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Monday, June 11, 2012
The Avengers - my thoughts
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Back in November I wrote about Thor and Captain America and how I hoped The Avengers would be on par. ( It's a Marvel! Good movies do...
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Road goes ever on and on without me
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Photo Credit: Edana A. "The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone, ...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Healing in the hands of the King
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"Alas! If he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: T...
Monday, May 7, 2012
"Big as a house, gray as a mouse," and very loud!
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The Song of Roland is an old French epic poem in which the knights of Charlemagne battle Saracen forces. The leading knight, Roland, has a ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Cu Chulainn and Achilles: Famous but Dead
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Cu Chulainn (pronounced "Coo Chullen," ch as in loch ) is the greatest hero in Irish lore. He is from the Ulster cycle of Irish ...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Secret of Kells: The Artwork
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The artwork in the 2009 film, The Secret of Kells , (director Tom Moore, co-director, Nora Twomy, art director, Ross Stewart,) reflects the ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Turning Darkness into Light
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Credit: Edana A. "Turning Darkness into light." This is a line from a 8th or 9th century poem by an Irish monk, called Pangur ...
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