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I read an article today entitled “6 Sweet Survival Tips for Super Sensitive Souls”(http://www.rebellesociety.com/2013/05/06/6-sweet-survival-tips-for-super-sensitive-souls/) that inspired me to put my thoughts and perception of hypersensitivity to the written word....

Influential Men in History: A Statistical and Astrological Study

A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine posed a question that intrigued me greatly. The question was: Is astrological sign a potential gauge of future greatness? Being scientifically minded and suddenly enthusiastic to know the answer to this question, I began a...

An Apple for the Teacher

For many years, I have taught at both the university and high school levels, either as a side job or as a primary job when my boys were little. I have also at various times tutored individuals of all ages in a variety of subjects. In 1934, in an entirely...

How Cortisol Wreaked Havoc on My Body

For many years now, I have struggled with my weight. I realize that I’m not the only woman in the world to have this concern. Although I am not a sport fanatic, I lead a relatively active lifestyle, often being out and about, "taking care of business"....

Music and Videos

Music is an international language that knows no boundaries! Any boundaries that are formed are within one's own mind. On May 17, 2013, the BBC reported something that I have always known, namely that music has the power to heal the body and the mind. In fact,...

Music from Scandinavia

The term Scandinavia is used to refer to the countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and the countries of Finland and Iceland are often included. Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are distinct yet similar, however Finnish is completely different and has Hungarian...

Music in Assyrian

Assyrian also known as Neo-Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language spoken by roughly 3 million people in the world, some scattered throughout the Middle East (namely in Iran and Iraq), but most in diaspora the world over. The Aramaic language was that spoken in...

Music in Armenian

Here are some of my favorite Armenian language music videos. It is one of the oldest languages in the world, and lies in the Indo-European family of languages. It is the language of the country of Armenia and is also spoken by Armenians in diaspora. The Armenian...

Music in Italian

Italian is descended from Latin and is the official language to several countries in Europe such as Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Croatia, and Slovenia. Italian is also a recognized minority language in 27 countries worldwide and is one of the five Romance languages...

Music in Arabic

Here are some of my favorite Arabic language music videos. Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world. It is one of the primary languages spoken in the Middle East (Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq to name but a few countries) as well as in North Africa...

Music in Turkish

Here are some of my favorite Turkish language music videos. Feel free to send me links of your favorite Turkish songs as well. They just might make their way onto my playlist.

Music in Greek

The Greek language is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages and boasts 34 centuries of written records. In fact, it was the lingua franca in the Mediterranean world during antiquity ad well as the official language of the Byzantine empire....

Celtic Music

Here are some of my favorite Celtic music videos, a few are in Gaelic, some are in English, some hail from Ireland, others from the French coast of Brittany, but all share that inimitable ethereal quality of Celtic music. Don't hesitate to send me links of your...

Music in Spanish

Here are some of my favorite Spanish language music videos. Feel free to send me links of your favorite Spanish songs as well. They just might make their way onto my playlist.

Music in French

French is often called the "language of love". It boasts 110 million native speakers and over 190 million second-language speakers. French is at home in 29 countries in the world. In fact, the singers in my playlist hail from many different French-speaking countries...

Music in English

Here are some of my favorite English language music videos. English is the third most spoken language on earth, following Mandarin and Spanish. A large number of the artists that I've chosen to place here are not even native English speakers. Kudos to them! Feel free...

True Feminists Don’t Wear Pink Beanies

We are bearing witness to an era of feminism run amok. Around the year 2008, a radical feminist group known as FEMEN took center stage in the fight for women's rights. You and I probably know them more as the group of half-naked women who run around proudly displaying...

On the Other Side of the Mirror

What do we see when we look in a mirror? The simple answer is a reflection of our selves. Yet the true answer to this age-old question is so much more mystifying. The oldest known mirrors found in Anatolia, date back to 6000 BC and were made of polished obsidian, a...

I Call It As I See It

Often times, I feel so much frustration within me that I cannot bear to write. Words get caught in my throat or in my fingers as I type. I feel so much anger within me that I cannot bear to speak for if I do I might say something I’ll regret forever more. So I keep it...

Apocalypse 2013

For as long as I can remember I have always seen the world in shades of gray. On the rare occasions when my eyes have allowed me to see a rainbow of color, it has been a truly wondrous sight to behold. By all accounts, I am also one of those people who tend to be...

The Value of Instinct

We all know that our senses are important and use them every day of our lives, our sense of smell to tell us if dinner is burning, our sight when we’re driving, our ears to tell us if a baby is crying, our taste buds that clearly tell us if milk is rancid, not to...

When Mom Went on Strike

Being the mother of teenagers can be a real roller-coaster ride. I’m sure any mother with teens would agree. You go from being a mom who is adored and loved by that sweet little baby to being the “wicked witch of the west” from the perspective of the teenager. Now,...

A Word of Thanks

This blog is important to me and represents the culmination of many steps in my life. It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t take a moment to thank the many people who have been intricately involved in this process. Firstly, I’d like to thank my husband and my sons for...

On Being Ignored