If you ever happen to be walking at night across the wild forests of the Pyrenees, under a full moon or a starry sky, and you hear femenine laughters coming from nearby lakes or rivers, do not dare go there. Or attend the party, at your own risk. In the Catalan myths, the Dones d'Aigua ('Water Women'), also called aloges, are women of oneiric beauty, who live in places where there is fresh water: lakes, streams, waterfalls, forest springs and humid caves. While their hair can be straight ...
Updated 10-11-2009 at 10:50 PM by Comte Arnau
Inspired by Psychonaut's chart here: [url]http://www.theapricity.com/forum/blog.php?b=98[/url] ... I thought I'd have a bit of a go myself. Not absolutely complete or as fully joined up as could be, but some of an idea at least. Fun to play with the program that made it, anyway! :D [IMG]http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2551/oswiuchartbmj.jpg[/IMG]
A THEORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY We of European descent are in a very strange place today, sociopolitically. Sometimes our heads spin when we try to make sense of it. Herein it will be explained how we got to where we are by looking at the history of the past century with the benefit of hindsight and unconstrained by P.C. The 20th Century will be remembered as a massive three-way Kulturkampf within the European and European-derived world for ideological supremacy and ...
Among the traditions of the Catalans, one of the most well-known is the castells or castles, usually translated into English as human towers. It is also a highly symbolic tradition, although to the eye of a tourist or a passer-by, this may just look like a spectacular but crazy thing with children doing the risky part. However, the risks of it are much fewer than it first seems, and the fun, sense of collectivity, mix of decision, courage, accuracy, and balance exceed by far every other feeling. ...
Hey all; Yesterday made 8 weeks since my wife and I took in a 10 year old cat. Miss Teia lost her family due to their house being taken through foreclosure. Her owners are Kin of one of Anita's comrades in the woman's veterans group to which she belongs. (Anita was an officer in the US Air Force for a little over 13 years and is disabled due to service connected injuries.) We told them that if it became a choice between us and the pound, we'd take her; 10 year old ...
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