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  1. OracleLady

    Poltergeists

    This reminds me of a college professor I had many years ago. He claims he used to have a friendly poltergeist living in his apartment when he was doing his doctoral studies. Little things would move around the room and be in various places. If you knew how down-to-earth, honorable and mature...
  2. OracleLady

    Mythology graduate programs

    Rhonda, I love Joseph Campbell. Anything you find by him is something to grab and work through. I have a set of his tapes on "The Power of Myth" as well as the book. I listen to the tapes when I'm driving. His stuff is filled with things that help you make connections. I love what he says about...
  3. OracleLady

    Charon's fee

    Even so, when my mother died, I put a few dollars into her casket with her so she wouldn't "be broke." She was always coming to me because she "felt broke." It was one last small thing I could do for her. We put a Pepsi in her coffin, too. She loved her Pepsi. And no, I don't believe she's...
  4. OracleLady

    What's on your 2012 reading list?

    I have read the Steig Larsen books as well as watched the three foreign versions of the film on Netflix. I want to read all of the Colleen McCullough Masters of Rome series. I think the first one starts with "The First Man in Rome." They have been on my list for several years now, and it's past...
  5. OracleLady

    Mythological names

    The thinking is that affiliates multiply your sales many times over. I think that's also the reasoning behind PPC, or pay-per-click, advertising. It's another think I know next to squat about.
  6. OracleLady

    Who has an indian princess for a great-grandmother?

    Speaking of urban legends, how many of you are or have known people who were descended from an Indian princess? The facts say otherwise, but oral history passed down through many families tell of an Indian princess in the background. My mother told me we had one. When I did the research, I found...
  7. OracleLady

    Most appealing woman in history

    I wonder what it is that happens in the make-up of people like this? There's no way I can think of anyone who tops Bathory de Esced in terms of sheer shock and awe. My mind turns to Cleopatra, Eleanor of Aquitane, Madame Curie and Elizabeth Tudor. Catherine the Great was pretty spicy, and Marie...
  8. OracleLady

    We are native americans

    I have a cousin whose grandmother was a full-blooded Native American. I don't know which branch. We came across some photos of her a few months ago. Although I never recognized those characteristics in the grandmother when I was young, I see them so clearly now. My cousin is quite a beauty, but...
  9. OracleLady

    Most appealing woman in history

    In all your studies, what woman do you find most appealing or interesting in history? I have never been able to decide. The movies present possible choices. Books offer more. All are colored with the prejudices of those who write about them or who portray them.
  10. OracleLady

    Bad message

    I don't see it that way. These gifts weren't bribes, or to show they loved him. They were to honor him, perhaps to revere him. There's a line in the song, "The Little Drummer Boy," that goes: "so to honor him, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum on my drum." The line comes after the little boy declares he has...
  11. OracleLady

    Fibonacci sequence in spirals and plants

    Yeats called the spiral Nature's most perfect form. I often based journal activities around the spiral forms in nature when I was teaching. His wild swans in flight image is one of the most beautiful images in all literature.
  12. OracleLady

    Is anyone as sick of this one as i am

    Am I the last person in the world not to be on Facebook? If they start charging for it, or if they don't, it won't affect me much at all. Maybe I'll check it out one day, but probably not if they make me pay money to get in the door.
  13. OracleLady

    The druids

    I check out the book shelves at Goodwill throughout the year. I was so excited to get a hardback copy of "The Druids" for $1.50 this past week. I remember doing research in it when I was in college, but now I can finally read it for sheer pleasure. It's going to be my first read of the new year...
  14. OracleLady

    "to the fairest..."

    This is one of those ageless questions for which there is no answer. The question will always remain. I wonder what questions are the equivalent during our time? Who is your favorite child? I believe parents do have favorite children, but they can't exactly say so.
  15. OracleLady

    Griffins

    This may have no relevance to your post, for I have not done the research; however, it may provide a clue for you. Extensive research has been done on one of my husband's family surnames, which is "Griffin." The Griffin lineage extends far back into Welsh/Celtic traditions, from what I recall...
  16. OracleLady

    Getting kids to read egyptian history

    My nephew spent the day with me yesterday. He has been a reluctant reader, but he spent the entire day reading from his collection of Rick Riordan Olympus books. He's read them over and over again. I just read on this forum that Riordan has a new series on Egyptian history and am wondering if...
  17. OracleLady

    History's most important invention

    I've slept on it and come up with my answer, although it's in a different vein. Man's greatest invention has to be language. The ability to make utterances and attach meaning that can be understood by others is nothing short of miraculous. What's cool about this is that men from all cultures and...
  18. OracleLady

    Myth of the first tears

    I've never heard this story before. It makes you wonder how they thought this one up. I've never thought about how tears came to be. Does anyone know any other explanation for tears?
  19. OracleLady

    Favorite period?

    Wise Owl, I spent the weekend watching one of the Netflix series on Elizabeth I. When I was teaching, I never had time to watch movies. Finding an entire series I haven't seen before keeps me from going to bed these days. Henry VIII was one card indeed.
  20. OracleLady

    Icarus

    I like to see Icarus as a typical teen determined to be independent and to "touch the red button." Tell me not to touch it, and I just have to touch it. I also see Icarus as rash, heedless and fearless when heading into danger. It's a necessary thing in cultures, for their youngest and strongest...
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