https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tags/article-series/ Recent content in Article Series on Life In Good Measure Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-the-bronx/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-the-bronx/ This one in our series Streets & Squares is part of the New York series, divided into five, i.e. its boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. So, here follows a list of some people with streets, roads or parks named after them in the Bronx. The addresses are in alphabetical order. Clicking at the address will lead you to the location in Google Maps, and clicking at the person’s name will take you to his or her Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tokyo/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tokyo/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Tokyo, the capital of Japan. A very challenging place to do what we have done so far with other cities around the world! Partly because of the language of course, but also because it is hard to find the streets signs on the corners, or street names à la Google on the streets! Still, the challenge is accepted, and as always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salzburg/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salzburg/ xxx Title: Exploring the Enchanting Streets of Salzburg: A Glimpse into History and Culture Introduction: Salzburg, the picturesque Austrian city nestled against the stunning Alps, is renowned for its rich history, cultural heritage, and charming streets that wind through its heart. Each street in Salzburg has a story to tell, often named after notable individuals who have left an indelible mark on the city’s past. In this article, we’ll take a delightful stroll through some of the most captivating streets in Salzburg and learn about the personalities they are named after. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salt-lake-city/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salt-lake-city/ xxx Salt Lake City in Utah, United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Salt_Lake_City A to Z FROM SALT LAKE CITY i.e. a list of people born in Salt Lake City. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chains-of-births/ Thu, 08 May 2025 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chains-of-births/ Here’s something else for you: a chain of births where one element of chain is born the same month (or even the same day) that the previous one died. Just a play with dates really, but also a whirlwind through the ages. Some of the people in this chain are very well-known, some less so. But they are nevertheless all parts of this chain in their own right. 1879-0314 Albert Einstein* theoretical physicist/N – Ulm, Würtemberg, German Empire (18. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-8/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-8/ Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025), is crowned in Gniezno, the first capital of Poland, as the first king of Poland. He had been the Duke of Poland and Bohemia, but takes now advantage of the interregnum in the of Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Henry II (1014-1024) had died without any heirs, thereby ending the Ottonian Dynasty. The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom went on to be crowned Holy Roman emperors (1027–1125). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-7/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-7/ On July 13th, year 1024, emperor Henry II dies in his imperial palace at Göttingen (modern Germany). He leaves no heirs, thereby ending the Ottonian Dynasty. The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II. Updated 2024-1207 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlo-who/ Fri, 10 May 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlo-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Carlo – a name that essentially means “man”. As an Italian name it is a short form of Charles, and as a Spanish name, a short form of Carlos. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-6/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:46:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-6/ The date is not that exact here either (as is the case with many of these distant events), but sometime during December of 1023, Abbad I, the eponymous founder of the Abbadid dynasty, declares the Taifa of Seville independent from Córdoban rule. Abbad I became the first independent Muslim ruler of Seville in Al-Andalus - the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula - and he stayed in power until his death in 1042. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clark-who/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clark-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Clark - a name that is more often the last name, but we did find a few people that have it as the first name. The name Clark is of English and Scottish origin, and is derived from the Middle English word “clerk” which means “scholar” or “clergyman.” So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brianna-who/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brianna-who/ Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian - “Briana” being the original spelling. We present here max five names per year. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Check for other names in First Names First! Brianna Wu* computer programmer/video game developer – WV USA (1977) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brian-who/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brian-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Brian. We give you max five names per year. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Brian Urquhart* international civil servant/author/ played a significant role in the founding of the United Nations – Bridport, Dorset, England (1919) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-52/ Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-52/ This time in Language Day we take up that one very sought after item during hot summer days - ice cream! Being a cold treat, the word “ice” is part of the word in many languages, so we give here also the word for ice, in brackets. Enjoy - your ice cream that is, of any type and flavor! And why not try this summer a vegan ice cream! ARABIC - Buaza (jalid) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julia-who/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julia-who/ This time the female name in First Names First is Juliana, and along with it Julianna and Julianne. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Juliana Berners* nun/writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting – England (1388) Juliana of Stolberg* the mother of William the Silent – Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt (1580/74) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-munich/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-munich/ Munich - München in German - is our city this time around in Streets and Squares. The capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria in southern Germany. As always, clicking on the address will take you to Google Maps, and clicking on the name to Wikipedia. And here’s first some German for you: Brücke (bridge) - Platz (square) - Straße (street) class=“streetsign-holland” - StreetView - Wiki https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julian-who/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julian-who/ Another one in the series First Names First! The male name Julian! Why not pick one of the names here, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-51/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-51/ This time in Language day we embark on an imaginery journey through languages. We introduce one word in one language, and try to find the same word in another language, but meaning something else. We are looking for short stories of linguistic coincidences! When a Greek learns the Finnish word for thank you, Kiitos, he might be thinking of a whale - for that’s what whale is in Greek (although they do say φάλαινα as well). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felicia-who/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felicia-who/ Two weeks ago we had here in First Names First the male name Felix, so today’s female name is Felicia! It derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning “happy, lucky” (and in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means “happy things”). So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-fussen/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-fussen/ After Bangor last month, another smaller city in these Streets & Squares. The lovely German city of Füssen, situated one kilometer from the Austrian border in Bavaria, along the River Lech that starts at the nearby Forggensee and ends up far away in Formarinsee in Eastern Austria. This town is known more than anything else for its castles, one of which you see pictured here - the Neuschwanstein Castle - very familiar to many for us from the world of Disney. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felix-who/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felix-who/ This time in our series First Names First we have Felix! Below is a chronological list of some of the men born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-50/ Mon, 29 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-50/ This is the 50th Language Day article, and what better way to celebrate it than do it in honor of Tina Turner who passed away five days ago! We presents here the widely known three words of the song The Best - absolutely one of her most memorable melodies - in all the languages we have here. Kurdish is in for the first time. The song was originally performed by the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, but it was Tina who made it a worldwide hit in 1989, and it has never diminished in appeal since then. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pam-who/ Wed, 24 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pam-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-bangor/ Sat, 20 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-bangor/ Steven King House in Bangor, Maine It is time again in Streets & Squares for a U.S. city (January, May and September ). This time a slighly smaller one, namely Bangor in Penobscot County, Maine, situated by the Penobscot River. Founded as Kendeskeag Plantation in 1791 and incorporated as a town in 1834. Bowdoin Street - James Bowdoin II (1726-1790) was a politician and American Revolutionary leader, shaper of the public opinion in the colonies. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlos-who/ Wed, 10 May 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlos-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Carlos! The Spanish form of Carl. Why not pick one of the names below, follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frances-who/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frances-who/ Two weeks ago we had here in First Names First the male name Francis, so today’s female name is - you guessed right! - Frances! It can be a [male](http://1998-0120 Frances Tiafoe* tennis player – Hyattsville, MD USA) name too, but here we only consider the female ones. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-quito/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-quito/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we target Quito, the capital city of Equador, South America. There are quite a few eponymous streets – and squares in Quito. The word eponymous means – in case you didn’t know it already – (of a thing) “named after a particular person or group” or (of a person) “giving their name to something”. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francis-who/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francis-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Francis! There is a separate article here for people mainly known as Frank, the short form of Francis. This name has always been a very popular name, but do you know which Francis we have in the picture? Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-3/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-3/ Here is one more unusual occupation for you: prompter ! The exclamation mark there is a bit of a contradiction because a prompter is someone who is not supposed to make much noise at all, but remain in the background. Or, in this case, usually, in the foreground, as their job is to prompt or cue actors and actresses when they forget their lines. Or when they neglect to move on the stage to where they are supposed to be situated. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-45/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-45/ Time for another great quote! This one is precise and to the point: “Get busy living or get busy dying." There is no time to waste for life is short, right? No matter how many lives we live. The choice - for all free people - is always there to make: whether to live, really live, the life that we were bestowed, and make the best out of it - minus the eventual lapses and mistakes that we all inevitably make. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-49-2/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-49-2/ Let’s have something really fun this time around in Language Day! Winter turning into spring (in the Northern hemisphere), and while there is still snow - and even ice - on the ground in some northern countries, we are seeing more and more of the so pleasantly warming sun, and welcoming the spring once again. But we can still muster a few snowballs, and maybe try to with one of them hit an oak tree that in a few weeks will be getting leaves, and acorns for squirrels to pick up and eat, and store. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edith-who/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edith-who/ Edith is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A pretty common name in the latter part of the 19th century, seems like. Why not pick one of the Ediths that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-brussels/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-brussels/ The Atomium in Brussels This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Brussels. The capital of Belgium, and also the center of the world’s attention, being de facto capital of the European Union. Because of this, its name is sometimes used metonymically to describe the EU and its institutions.The secretariat of the Benelux and the headquarters of NATO are also located in Brussels. Brussels was historically Dutch-speaking (using the Brabantian dialect), but over the two past centuries French has become the predominant language of the city. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edward-who/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edward-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Edward! Ed, the short form of Edward, will be given later on for men exclusively known as Ed. Why not pick one of these Edwards here below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-48/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-48/ Every fourth year we have the Summer Olympics. Which happens to always be the same year that the leap year occurs. So, next one will be in 2024, then 2028, and so on. For those of us who are into sports, it is an easy memory rule, easy to remember. But would you know how to say leap year in some other language? Or leap day? Let’s take here the word Leap Day, and then the sentence: I was born on a leap day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-betty-lou-oliver/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-betty-lou-oliver/ Betty Lou Oliver, who had recently turned twenty, was working as an elevator operator for the Empire State Building that fateful day July 28, 1945. She was on the 80th story as a B-25, piloted by Captain William Smith, was heading straight for the building through the heavy fog over New York. At the time, the Empire State Building was the tallest in the world. The plane would crash into the 79th floor, one floor from where Betty was at that moment. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcia-who/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcia-who/ Marcia is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A very common name in the 1940s seems like. Why not pick one of the Marcias that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-lima/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-lima/ Today Streets & Squares takes you to Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. AVENIDA INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA - Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) was born as Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman. He was a chronicler and writer who is known primarily for his chronicles of Inca history, culture, and society. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mark-who/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mark-who/ Mark is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A very common male name, and a form of the name Marcus (click here for that name). It is related to the Latin word Mars, meaning “consecrated to the god Mars”, and also may mean “God of war” or “to be warlike”. Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-47/ Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-47/ Here is something that all our lives depend on. Love. We give you first the word in the languages below, and then for some of them a piece of music about love! Later on more songs will be added here, and you are very welcome to suggest one! CHINESE ?? 愛 Ài - DANISH ?? Kærlighed - DUTCH ?? Liefde - ENGLISH ????????????? Love - Dance Me to the End of Love (Leonard Cohen 1984) - Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan 1997, here performed by Adele) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/krista-who/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/krista-who/ This time in First Names First the name will be Krista. A name that you can pick out in quite a few countries today. Why don’t you pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-new-orleans/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-new-orleans/ New Orleans - La Nouvelle-Orléans in French - is the city this time around in our monthly series Streets & Squares. It is one of the three U.S. cities that we present here this year. New Orleans is located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before becoming part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kurt-who/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kurt-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Kurt. Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. PS. The year of birth given in brackets. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-26/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-26/ the term baker’s dozen has a pretty ancient origin? What we mean with it is any group of 13 (of baked products), i.e. a dozen plus one. But how did it come to be? It is thought to come from the former practice among bakers and other tradespeople in medieval England of giving 13 items to the dozen as a safeguard against penalties for short weights and measures. Thing is, you might even get a beating if your pieces of bread were too small. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ruth-who/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ruth-who/ This time in First Names First Ruth. Another biblical name like the one we had two weeks ago, Seth. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Ruth Gordon* actress /screenwriter/playwright – Quincy, MA USA (1896) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ystad/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ystad/ Time for a smaller city again. Namely Ystad in the county of Scania (Skåne in Swedish) in the southernmost part of Sweden. Some of the main industries of the town are trade, handicraft and tourism. Ystad is also the setting of the Swedish crime drama Wallander where the city layout becomes quite familiar. As always, clicking at the address will lead you to Google Maps, and clicking at the name to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seth-who/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seth-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about the name Seth. A familiar name from the Bible, as the third son of Adam and Eve, and brother of Cain and Abel. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-46/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-46/ A road sign in the two official languages in Wales This time - a month late, sorry about that, but hopefully worth the wait - we concentrate in Language Day on the Welsh language. Well yn hwyrach na byth (see below!). A Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Historically, it has also been known in English as British, Cambrian, and Cymric. It might also be of interest to know about the Welsh people. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carly-who/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carly-who/ This time in First Names First Carly, the female variant of the male name Carl. It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla and Caroline, which each will have their separate articles. So here we concentrate solely on Carly. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ilford/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ilford/ Exchange Shopping Center on Cranbrook Road The city of Ilford in Essex, England will be the center of attention in this month’s Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! Ilford is situated in East London, in the London Borough of Redbridge. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carl-who/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carl-who/ This time in First Names First the North German male name Carl, very popular throughout ages. Variants of it include the Spanish Carlos, Italian Carlo, French Carle, Swedish and German Karl, Finnish Kaarlo, among others. But here we concentrate only at Carl and Karl. Carl Gyllenhielm* soldier/politician – Sweden (1574) Carl Gustaf Wrangel* military commander/statesman – Uppsala, Sweden (1613) Carl Piper* nobleman/statesman – Stockholm, Sweden (1647) Carl Bonde* royal counselor/ambassador – Stockholm, Sweden (1648) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/olivia-who/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/olivia-who/ Last time here in First Names First we had Oliver, so today it is time for its female counterpart Olivia! It is derived from Latin oliva meaning peace. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-cardiff/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-cardiff/ Cardiff Castle from late 11th century Streets & Squares proudly presents Cardiff - the capital and also the largest city of Wales. It is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan. English and Welsh are the official languages of Wales which can clearly be seen when traveling there. And what is also clearly evident is how different the two languages are. Welsh is the most vibrant of the Celtic languages in terms of active speakers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oliver-who/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oliver-who/ Time for another First Names First! Oliver is the name of today, and two weeks from now the female variant of it, Olivia. Why not pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-44/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-44/ Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago – or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-45/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-45/ Living in these days of great uncertainty, let’s have again some uplifting topic here. The article on the Welsh language can wait. Why not have a few - foreign - words about Happiness? That thing that we all strive towards, in our own unique ways. That thing that we sometimes stumble upon. That thing that we can define in so many individual ways. In some languages the word “happiness” may also mean “luck”, in the same way that the word “unhappiness” may also denote accident. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/lesley-who/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/lesley-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about women with the first name Lesley! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tampa/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tampa/ Northward view from Harbour Island towards Downtown Tampa Today our series Streets & Squares takes us to Tampa in Hillsborough County on the Gulf Coast of Florida. This lovely city was originally called Tampa Town, but in 1855 the name was shortened to simply Tampa. Of course, we also know it as Tampa Bay, as it is surrounded by the bay area water. Well, let’s see who are the people behind the eponymous street signs of Tampa! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leslie-who/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leslie-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about the name Leslie/Lesley! These names are used by both men and women, but here we concentrate of course on the men with that name. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-44/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-44/ Language Day celebrates L I F E - in these somewhat dismal times - big time! By rendering the word for it here in a few languages, and showing some titles of movies and videos (music in bold) where the word “Life” takes center stage. And, whenever possible, in the original language, and possibly even with the lyrics translated! The film links lead you mainly to Wikipedia, and the musical links to YouTube. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chloe-who/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chloe-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Chloe! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-palermo/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-palermo/ Cathedral Santa Vergine Maria Assunta in Palermo Streets & Squares visits this time Palermo, the Sicilian city with an extremely colorful history. The capital of Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816), the capital and then a city in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1861), then a part of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) and now the Italian Republic. Some vocabulary: giardino (garden), via (streets) GIARDINO GARIBALDI - Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) Italian general and nationalist who helped bring about the Kingdom of Italy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/colin-who/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/colin-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Colin! Colin Campbell* co-founder of the Swedish East India Company – Edinburgh, Scotland (1686) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-43/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-43/ Picture credit: Luc Latulippe Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago – or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-43/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-43/ This time in Language Day we take on a more general approach to what it is to use a language, any language, in our daily lives. And we take on a specific item there, i.e. the simple expression “Language!” And the idea that it is a good idea to once in a while - and in some very specific circumstances - to check ourselves as speakers of a language. How do we express ourselves, how do we say things in ways that may be interpreted by others as offensive? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/laura-who/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/laura-who/ This time in **First Names First **it is all about Laura! So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Laura Mancini* the eldest of the five Mancini sisters/part of the Mazarinettes at the court of Louis XIV of France – Rome, Papal States (1636) Laura Bassi* Italian physicist/academic/the first woman to have a doctorate in science – Bologna, Papal States (1711) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-visby/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-visby/ Uddens gränd in Visby, Gotland This time in Streets &Squares we visit Sweden, and the island of Gotland. And even more precisely the Hanseatic city Visby on the western shore of the island. Visby has been on the map since the 10th century. So, lots of history here, and we get right on it! But before that, perhaps you want to get to the feeling of it all with this video about the medieval Visby: Visby’s Last Stand https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/larry-who/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/larry-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Larry, derived from Lawrence or Laurence, but here about people mainly known as Larry! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-42/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-42/ This time in Language Day we concentrate in a very common item, in use all around the world - the pencil! The English word for it comes from Old French pincel, from Medieval Latin pincellus, and from Latin penicillus “painter’s brush, hair-pencil,” literally “little tail,” being diminutive of peniculus “brush,” itself a diminutive of penis “tail”. In 1565 a large deposit of graphite was discovered in England. Extremely pure and solid, it could easily be sawn into sticks. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/claire-who/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/claire-who/ As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First **male and female names that both start with the same letter. We had Clint two weeks ago, now it’s time for Claire. So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Claire Waldoff* (b Clara Wortmann ) cabaret singer – Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, German Empire (1884) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool-comments/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool-comments/ Angela Field - Nov 1, 2024There are conflicting views as to the irigin of the name “Penny Lane”. And there are so many famous names of Liverpudlians not mentioned in that list. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool/ This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Liverpool, a coastal city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside in western England. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. With the metropolitan area it has today a population of well over two million people. Besides the port, Liverpool is of course world famous for its ardent football supporters - and the Beatles! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clint-who/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clint-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Clint, often the short form of Clinton. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Only the year of birth given here. 1828-1208 Clinton B. Fisk* Temperance Movement leader – York, NY USA (1890/61) 1881-1022 Clinton Davisson* physicist/N – Bloomington, IL USA(1958/76) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-41/ Sun, 29 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-41/ Three gypsy ladies in the 1930’s Helsinki You readers of Language Day have come to see that this article series can contain most anything to do with languages. The lingual possibilities are countless and how could it be otherwise - there are thousands of languages and nations in the world. This time in Language Day, we concentrate on the language spoken by the Romanis. And more precisely, Romanis living in Finland and Sweden. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abigail-who/ Tue, 24 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abigail-who/ As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the First Names First male and female names that both start with the same letter. So as we had Abraham two weeks ago, it is now time forAbigail ! Often shortened as Abby. So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-houston/ Fri, 20 May 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-houston/ This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Houston, the most populous city of Texas, founded by land investors on August 30, 1836, and incorporated as a city the following year. It is named after General Sam Houston, who was also president of the Republic of Texas, having won Texas’s independence from Mexico. Let’s see who are the people behind the eponymous street signs of Houston! As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abraham-who/ Tue, 10 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abraham-who/ This time in **First Names First it is all aboutAbraham! **An archaic name still in use, and very popular in the 17th century. Often shortened as Abe. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Abraham Ortelius* Flemish cartographer/cosmographer/creator of the first modern atlas – Antwerp, Habsburg Netherlands (1527) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-42/ Sun, 01 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-42/ Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago - or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-40/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:23:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-40/ Bula bula! This time in Language Day we have a special treat for all you Survivor fans out there! Some titbits of the Fijian language! An Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians (i.e. less than half the population) as their first language, and as their second, some 200,000 more. The traditional Fijian language is made up of a number of dialects, with the official interpretation being Bau Fijian. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barbara-who/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barbara-who/ This time in the **First Names First **we will have Barbara/Barbra ! So, take your pick and choose at least one of the names below to read more about the person ! Find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Barbara Fugger* German businesswoman/banker – Augsburg (1419) Barbara Strozzi (B) (b Valle) singer/composer – Venice, Republic of Venice (1619) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-basel/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-basel/ The city we go this time in Streets & Squares is Basel, a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. The official language of Basel is German - the Swiss variety of Standard German. As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Achilles Bischoff-Strasse - Achilles Bishoff (1795-1867) was a politician born in Basel, Swiss Confederacy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barry-who/ Sun, 10 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barry-who/ This time in our series First Names First we have Barry ! Below is a chronological list of some of the men born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-41/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-41/ Reflections of sun in a drop. Photo credit Aakash Kumar Time for another great quote! We present here a famous or great quotation, and reveal at the end of the article who said that. This time it is all about love! So, who do you think said _Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. _ We are all like walking suns. And even though some of us prefer to hide behind clouds - or are for a reason or another forced to do so - there is light within all of us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-39-2/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-39-2/ The previous Language Day was published exceptionally already on February 22nd due to the article on Kalevala taking precedence on the 28th, the National Kalevala Day in Finland. But now we are back on the 29th, and this time Language Day deals with a very current topic. War. Let us take an anti-war stance here as well. First the word for war, and then the sentence here below in a few languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/whitney-who/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/whitney-who/ First Names First has today as first name (more common as a last name though) Whitney which was a very popular name given to girls in the 1980s - even before the fame of Whitney Houston, but especially after that. Below is a chronological list of some of these women. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about them, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-kyiv/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-kyiv/ Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine The city we go to this time in Streets & Squares is Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Previously also known by its Russian name Kiev, situated in the north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. A city that at the moment is the center of attention of the whole world. As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walter-who/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walter-who/ This time in our series First Names First we will have Walter! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Walter Raleigh* soldier/ explorer/statesman - East Budleigh, Devon, England (1552 or 1554) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-25/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-25/ the recommendation to walk 10,000 steps daily is a truly arbitrary one? For the figure 10,000 is based on a marketing gimmick in Japan in the 1960s - and the fact that there is a kanji sign for the number 10,000 in the Japanese language. The advertisement you see here admonishes people with the slogan “Let’s walk 10,000 steps a day!” 一日一万歩あるきましょ Ichi-nichi ichi-man po arukimashou! So the device was neatly called a Manpokei - 万歩計. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ella-who/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ella-who/ This time in “First Names First” **it is all about Ella! **Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Ella M. S. Marble* (b Smith) educator/ physician/activist – Gorham, ME USA (1850) Ella Wheeler Wilcox* author/ poet – Johnstown, WI USA (1850) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-38/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-38/ This month we publish Language Day exceptionally before the 29th. For three reasons, really. The obvious reason being that there is no 29th this month. The second reason is that on the 28th, which was to be the exceptional publication day for this month’s Language Day, is occupied by Kalevala Day - more about that later. And the third reason is that today, February 22nd 2022, is the magical day of Twos that just cannot be ignored! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rovaniemi/ Sun, 20 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rovaniemi/ This time in our article series Streets & Squares we will go to Rovaniemi, a city in northern Finland - a polar circle city as it is situated on the 66th degree of latitude, or more precisely about 6 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. The Sami name for the city include Ruávinj_a_rgâ, Roavvenjárga, Roavenjárga, and Ruäʹvnjargg. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/elliott-who/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/elliott-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Elliot/Eliot. Take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Only the year of birth given here. Elliot E. Cohen* the founder and first editor of Commentary – Des Moines, IA USA (1899) Eliot Ness* Prohibition agent – Chicago, IL USA (1903) pic https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-40/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-40/ Another piece in our series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who do you think said the following: “Your life is bigger than any one experience!” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-37/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-37/ Hot air balloon (kuumailmapallo in Finnish) This article is mainly for all you studying the Finnish language, or anyone interested in linguistic idiosyncharies! You might have heard that there are lots of long - very long - words in the Finnish language. That is true. And even though Finnish in no way has a monopoly on long words, their abundance in the language is something you just get used to early on. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/betty-who-2/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/betty-who-2/ Betty White (1922-2021) in 1988 As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First male and female names that both start with the same letter. So as we had Benjamin two weeks ago, it is now time for Betty! ** So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-missoula/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-missoula/ Once in a while we visit here in Streets & Squares some smaller city anywhere in the world. This time it will be Missoula in the mountaineous state of Montana, United States. Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory. By 1866, the settlement had moved upstream 5 miles east, and been renamed Missoula Mills, later shortened to Missoula. The city is divided by Clark Fork River. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-5/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 01:58:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-5/ Olof Skötkonung as depicted on a coin of his from around 1030 This one did not necessarily happen exactly 1000 years ago for the exact date remains unknown. But sometime during the winter of 1021 and 1022, the King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, dies at the age of 41 - or 42 - in the village of Husaby in southwestern Sweden. He had ruled Sweden since 995, i.e. since his teenage years. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-16/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-16/ Not all work is compensated. But we all deserve to get paid for our work. Sometimes the compensation is ridiculously small, and we may sell ourselves short. We can think of a million occasions when compensation has not been forthcoming at all. Or maybe we get rewarded, paid for our work retroactively through completely different people and for completely different reasons. There is a Latin saying for this what should be so obvious, yet remains so elusive: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/benjamin-who/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/benjamin-who/ This time in **First Names First **it is all about **Benjamin!**Often shortened as Ben, and a popular name since the 1800th century, seems like. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Benjamin Bramer* mathematician/architect/inventor – Felsberg, Germany (1588) Benjamin Keach* Baptist preacher – Buckinghamshire, England (1640) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-39/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-39/ Happy New Year 2022! So, it is the first of the month, and time again for another great quote! This one rings so true for all ages, no matter when we live, how educated we are and what opportunities we are given. It takes faith and courage to overcome this obstacle: _“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-36/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-36/ Countries have different ways of denoting floors in a building. If you’re used to one system, it may be confusing to encounter another one as you travel abroad. This article might help you with that. The European method of naming floor levels starts with zero (0). Zero is the ground floor, and the one above it the first floor (1), two flights up the second floor and so on. Here follows a simple list of floor systems in some countries. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tina-who/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tina-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Tina/Tiina!** Often sort for Christina, Christine, Kristina etc. But here taken as the preferred first name. So pick one of the names below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-loviisa/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-loviisa/ A good idea to do in Loviisa: walk the Myllyharju nature trail, and climb the three-storey Kukkukivi sightseeing tower (1906). This time Streets and Squares visits Loviisa, a tiny, picturesque town on the southern coast of Finland some 90 km east of Helsinki. It is a bilingual city (Finnish & Swedish), and was actually known until 1752 as Degerby. Its current name it received from the Swedish king Adolf Fredrik, who so liked the city when he was visiting there that year that he named it after his wife, Queen Lovisa Ulrika. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/teemu-who/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/teemu-who/ This time in First Names First we concentrate on the Finnish male name Teemu. And it is a very Finnish name indeed, evidenced by all of the men you see here below being Finns. The name is derived from the Greek name Nicodemus (Νικόδημος) which comes from the words nike (victory) and demos (people), i.e. the winner of people. Teemu Selänne* hockey player/OS/SC – Helsinki, Finland (1970) pic Teemu Keskisarja* historian/author – Helsinki, Finland (1971) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-2/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:49:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-2/ A month ago we started a new article series here in Journeys of Life - Occupations! In these articles we go through some lesser known occupations. Occupations and job titles that may leave some of us wondering what the work actually entails. So, this time around we talk about best boy. Which many of us have surely seen at the end credits of a film. But do you know what it means? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-35/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-35/ Korean stop sign, saying “Jeongji”. But for sure, many do have the English word STOP on them too. Let us stop for a minute and have something else here in Language Day - a quick look at the Korean language for us who know absolutely nothing about it! This is a very simple introduction to Korean, and more precisely, the language spoken in South Korea. Many of us Westerners don’t even know whether the Korean characters are alphabets or logographic characters like the Chinese script, or kanji in Japanese. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/delaney-who/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/delaney-who/ Delaney is the name in today’s First Names First! It is originally an Irish surname. As a first name it is not very common, and has been in fact been given to both men and women. Here treated as a girl’s name as this is the women’s day. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-jersey-city/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-jersey-city/ Jersey City seen from Ellis Island. Picture credit: Pavel Kuritsyn This time Streets & Squares goes to Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. Jersey City is the second-most populous city of New Jersey, after Newark. It was incorporated as a city in February 1838. As always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. After each address there is usually also a link to Google’s street view which takes you straight to somewhere along that street. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dean-who/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dean-who/ Today’s name in First Names First is Dean. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Dean Rusk* politician – Cherokee County, GA USA (1909) Dean Brooks* physician/actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) – Colony, KS USA (1916) Dean Martin* actor/singer/producer – Steubenville, OH USA (1917) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-23/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-23/ instant baby formula has been around for centuries? And the first ones were not based on cow milk at all, but plant-based - made of corn and nuts? From the stories of Elizabeth Hanson who was captured by the Native American Abenaki in 1724, we get to know of her troubles of breastfeeding her daughter, two weeks old at the time of the kidnapping. The lack of nourishment and clothing resulted in inadequate milk production. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-4/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-4/ Brenner Pass at today’s Austria-Italy border. Photo credit: Sönke Kraft aka Arnulf zu Linden This time in our series 1000 Years Ago Today, the exact date is unknown. But sometime in November 1021, King Henry II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor and also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, the last ruler of the Ottonian line, conducts his fourth Italian military campaign. He crosses the Brenner Pass, a mountain pass through the Alps with a 60,000-strong army, and reaches Verona in the Kingdom of Lombardia in northern Italy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-38/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-38/ Time for another Who Said That! Try to guess or remember who is behind the quotation below, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll slowly. So, who said: You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge! Whatever it is, you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge! Be it addiction (drugs, food, sex, gambling etc), obsession, co-dependency, any other emotional issue or bad habit, you have to face yourself in order to change the way you live. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-34/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-34/ Mother tongue. The first language we learn, and usually by our mother, and father. Sometimes we get to learn two languages at once if the parents are from different linguistic background. And sometimes the third language enters the picture early on as we enter the school and the language of the land is not that of our parents. So, whatever else we may call the mother tongue - first language, native tongue, parent tongue - it will be the language of feelings and self-expression more than any other language we may learn. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emily-who/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emily-who/ Emily - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Émilie du Châtelet* natural philosopher/mathematician – Paris, Kingdom of France (1706) Emilie Petersen* Swedish philanthropist – Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1780) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-moscow/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-moscow/ Modern Moscow with its business center The city we go this time in Streets & Squares is Moscow, the capital of Russia, first documented in 1147. From the times of Tsardom of Russia it has evolved into a very modern city, the home of some 20 million people in the metropolitan area. Vocabulary: most мост (bridge), park парк (park), pereulok переу́лок (lane), proezd проезд (passage, thoroughfare), prospekt проспект (avenue), sad сад (garden), ulitsa улица (street). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emil-who/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emil-who/ Emil - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Emil Skoda* Czech engineer/ founder of Skoda Works – Pizén, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (1839) Émile Zola* author – Paris, France (1840) pic https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-33/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-33/ The Lingsberg runestone known as U 240, from the 11th century. near Vallentuna, Sweden This time in Language Day an interesting, but not a very current subject: rune stones and the rune alphabet. A fitting subject nevertheless, and certainly something that most of us don’t know a whole lot about! Most runestones date from the late Viking Age and are located in Scandinavia, notably in Sweden. But a few are scattered elsewhere, in places visited by Norsemen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brenda-who/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brenda-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Brenda!** Pick one name below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Brenda Bell* pioneer amateur radio operator – Otago, New Zealand (1891) Brenda Bruce* actress – Prestwich, Lancashire, England (1919) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-den-haag/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-den-haag/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Den Haag, or The Hague as it is called in English. It is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague was first mentioned as Die Haghe in 1242, and in the 15th century the name des Graven hage (The Count’s Wood) came into use. The spelling “’s-Gravenhage” was officially used for the city from the 17th century onward. Today, this name is only used in certain official documents. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-15/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-15/ One World Trade Center After a longer while, another Latin phrase. This time a very short one, but one full of promise, with its meaning “toward better things”. And suits today, as it is the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of what happened in the United States on September 11th, 2001. Ad meliora is actually part of the sentence Ad meliora (toward better things) et (and) ad maiora (toward bigger things) semper (always). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brent-who/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brent-who/ This time in **First Names First it is about Brent! **Not a very common name, but pretty popular in Canada, seems like. Take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Brent Ashabranner* Peace Corps administrator/ children’s books writer – Shawnee, OK USA (1921) Brent Spiner* actor/ musician/singer – Houston, TX USA (1949) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-4/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-4/ is it gonna end? It’s The Question millions of people ask these days. When can we live and go about our lives in a normal manner again? Finally cast away all this protective gear, and breathe normally? Like we used to not that long ago. There are definite signs in the air and everywhere that - no, not of it being over - but that we, so many of us, are getting so so fed up with having to gear up and be extra cautious. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-37/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-37/ Another piece in our series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who do you think said the following: _**“You don’t have anything to give that you don’t have. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-32/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-32/ There are a whole lot of loan words in English. Many more than you might think. Perhaps as much as 80% of words in the English language have a non-English origin. Most are of course from far back in time, but some are quite new. So new that you might recognize them right away if the source was your own mother tongue. Below there is an alphabetical list of some of these words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ada-who/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ada-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Ada!** Pick one name below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Ada Lovelace* (b Byron) mathematician/writer/ often regarded as one of the first computer programmers – London, England (1815) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-montreal/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 05:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-montreal/ As you may know, our article series Streets and Squares was created to provide interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we visit Montreal, the most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie (City of Mary), it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adolf-who/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adolf-who/ This time in First Names First we haveAdolf. And Adolph, Adolphe and Adolphus - all male names. Unfortunately Adolf was the name for that one dictator, but also the first (or in this case, the second) name for many good and brilliant men. No man owns a name, but nevertheless, after the Second World War, Adolf has for obvious reasons rarely been a name one would choose for their son. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-36/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-36/ So, Who Said That! Try to guess first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll very s l o w l y. Sometimes it is so obvious. That someone is very different from “the rest of us normal people”. And even if you add “more” before “normal”, it doesn’t much change the fact that there is no normal , and being “different” is an illusion. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-31/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-31/ The Watchtower’s Samoan edition Did you know that The Watchtower, started in 1879 by Charles Taze Russell and published monthly by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is the most widely read magazine in the world? It has appeared with slightly different names, and has different editions even now, but you would have to live pretty isolated if you never had seen this magazine anywhere. The success of this theologically very conservative magazine is based on several factors. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gemma-who/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gemma-who/ This time in First Names First! it is all about Gemma! So pick one of the Gemmas that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Gemma Donati* wife of Dante Alighieri - Florence, Republic of Florence (1267) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-casablanca/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-casablanca/ Hassan II Mosque on the Atlantic coast As you may know, our article series Streets and Squares was created to provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we will visit Casablanca, the largest city of Morocco. Not the capital though for that is Rabat. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gene-who/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gene-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Gene - as the male name! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-24/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-24/ “The last attack of the Swedes” by Magnus Adlercreutz, illustrating the heroic Swedish attack in the Battle of Oravais, which ultimately led to their defeat. one of the nicknames that the Finns have for their dear Western neighbors, the Swedes - namely Hurrit - may have a more dramatic background than usually considered? The Battle of Oravais was one of the decisive battles in the Finnish War (1808-1809) between Sweden and the Russian Empire, fought on September 14th, 1808 by the Gulf of Bothnia in western Finland. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-35/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-35/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll very s l o w l y. GET RID OF THE SHITTY SOUND. LIFE IS TOO SHORT. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-30/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-30/ This time in Language Day we take a slightly different approach. Namely looking at an expression in the English language that has a foreign background. There will be other such articles later on. We start with Dutch treat. Most English speaking people know exactly what that means, but others perhaps not. A treat yes, but Dutch? Anything to do with the Netherlands? Everybody knows though what my treat means. I pay for everything - for me, you and perhaps even for the rest of the bunch. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charlotte-who/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charlotte-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Charlotte! Follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Charlotte of Savoy* queen of France as the second spouse of Louis XI – Savoy, France (1441) Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus* – Nicosia, Cyprus (1444) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sigtuna/ Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sigtuna/ This time we head for Sigtuna in our article series Streets & Squares. A small town northwest of Stockholm which became the capital of the Swedes during the 970s. King Eric the Victorious, the founder of Sigtuna, lived there as did many kings after him, so Sigtuna remained an important town. It did that for almost 300 years until Stockholm took over as the number one city in Sweden. These days it is a nice place to visit for both domestic and foreign tourists with its long history and idyllic sites. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-3/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 08:40:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-3/ I, years ago, visited Paris for the first time during one of my Interrail trips - the kind of traveling by train done by many young Europeans in the 1970s and 1980s, and which is still popular - I tried to get to see one of the most famous sights in the city, the Arc de Triomphe at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle. And like an arch I walked around that big square, trying to find an entrance. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charles-who/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:06:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charles-who/ This time in “First Names First” one of the most popular male names ever - Charles. Also the nickname derived from it, Charlie. Below you can see the list of these particular first names. Pick at least one of them, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-22/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-22/ Fontaine Molière on Rue Molière in Paris during the fourth performance of Molière’s comédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid ( Le malade imaginaire) on February 17th, 1673, something unexpected happens to the playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (better known by his stage name Molière) who also plays the title role of the severe hypochondriac Argan? Molière collapses on the stage in a fit of coughing and haemorrhaging. He insists though on completing his performance. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-34/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-34/ Time for another Who Said That! Try to guess or remember who is behind the quotation below, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll slowly. So, who said: Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. That’s something we know instinctively. That we are unique. But sometimes we may forget that the other person is that too. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-29/ Sat, 29 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-29/ There are so many languages in the world! But some of us - actually quite a few - go through life without learning - or needing to learn - any other language except the one provided to us since infancy, our mother tongue. Depending upon where you were born though, you may have been surrounded by other languages beyond your mother tongue to the extent that it has been only natural - or perhaps even necessary - to take up at least one of them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-richard-the-lionheart/ Tue, 25 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-richard-the-lionheart/ Statue of Richard the Lionheart in front of the British Parliament in London. Photo credit Alex-David Baldi Two of Europe’s most powerful rulers - Richard I of England (perhaps better known as Richard the Lionheart) and King Philip I of France, had met on the banks of the river Seine on January 13th, 1199, and made a truce. With a peace secured, Richard is now able to refocus on bringing internal order to the south of the Angevin Empire (i. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francesca-who/ Mon, 24 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francesca-who/ First a notification, if we may: Creative Commons turns 20 years today. Congratulations! You can take part in their Better Sharing campaign, honoring 20 years of commitment to open access and better sharing. So, once again time for the female name of the month in “First Names First”, namely Francesca. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-largo/ Thu, 20 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-largo/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to a slightly smaller city or shall we say town. That is, to Largo, the third largest city - after Clearwater and St. Petersburg - in Pinellas County, Florida. As well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. Largo was incorporated as a town in 1905. And yes, it is not to be confused with Key Largo, also in Florida. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frank-who/ Mon, 10 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frank-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Frank! Frank James* Confederate soldier/ outlaw/the older brother of Jesse James – Clay County, MO USA (1843) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-33/ Sat, 01 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-33/ “Contagious Laughter” Photo credit Ed Schipul We people are a funny sort. We can emulate the feelings and expressions of others, even when we ourselves are nowhere near that particular emotion at that particular time. For for the most part we can easily identify with it. Smiling, let alone laughing, can be such a contagious thing! You sit in a subway car and see someone start laughing out loud - and then not being able to stop laughing - and you may find it very hard, if not impossible, to prevent a smile spread across your own face. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-28/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-28/ Sun, the source of all life in our solar system, certainly earns its own Language Day article! From the linguistic point of view, you can easily see the similarities in several of the European languages in the words we have for sun, be they Germanic, Latin or Slavic languages. The Romans replaced the Greek word for sun, Helios, with the Latin Sol, a root word that continues to refer to the sun in the present day, but sol itself came from the Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jutta-who/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jutta-who/ This month in “First Names First” is German month, so we continue here with the female name, namely Jutta - a German form of Judith. A name which is in use outside of Germany as well. Follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-barcelona/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-barcelona/ In compliance with the voting results where you could choose between Barcelona, Casablanca and Visby, we now head in Streets & Squares to Barcelona - the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and also the second most populous municipality of Spain. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-32/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-32/ This one might hit a little sore spot. Or so it might seem. We all dream. Growing up, getting in the labor market, creating a career, family, traveling to places, climbing Mount Everest, you name it. We all have dreams. From the youngest age till the day we die perhaps. Dreams add spice to our lives and even hold it together, but at some point, if we don’t back them up with substance, they may become a bit unrealistic. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jurgen-who/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jurgen-who/ This time in First Names First we have a German name, **Jürgen.**Lately in use in Estonia as well. Why not pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Jürgen Wullenwever* merchant/burgomaster of Lübeck – Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1492) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-21/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-21/ the reason why ambulances have the word AMBULANCE written as mirror writing on the front of the vehicle is so that drivers (of cars driving in front of them) would be able to see the word the right way around in their rear-view mirror? Some people are naturally good at mirror writing. Leonardo da Vinci for example wrote most of his personal notes in this way. But it is a phase that most of us go through in childhood. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-27/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-27/ Have you ever wondered what the term “polymath” entails? Anything to do with mathematics for example? Being in various ways talented in mathematics? You would be partly right. It may indicate being talented in mathematics, but also in many other fields of science as well. According to Wikipedia, “A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarja-who/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarja-who/ First Names First has mostly been about first names that are in promiment use either in the English-speaking countries, or internationally. But we will more and more take on names from other countries. Last time it was Tarmo, a male name in use mostly in Finland and Estonia. Today’s name is the female name Tarja. A common name in Finland a few decades ago, but not so much these days. Next month’s names will be German. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-wellington/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-wellington/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Wellington, Te Whanganui-a-Tara in Maori language. The capital city of New Zealand, located at the south-western tip of the North Island, which is the more populous one of the two large islands of New Zealand. On January 22nd in 1840, British colonists reached New Zealand, officially founding Wellington. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-2/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-2/ When is a pretty new article series here in Journeys of Life that we attempt to develop into something much bigger. The stories here can entail most anything, and is really about creative writing – as opposed to some other article series here. The When can be a beginning of a question sentence, or a story that follows. These stories will typically be short ones, but can be long-reads as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-14/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-14/ When you go to a museum, how awesome is it not to see all those old works of art painted or sculptured perhaps hundreds of years ago! As photography hadn’t been invented yet, the only way to immortalize or give shape to something was of course to paint or sculp it. There is a very suitable Latin phrase for this: “Ars longa, vita brevis”. Dissected this would be: ars (art) longa (long), vita (life) brevis (short). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarmo-who/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarmo-who/ This time is First Names First we have a much less common name, as it seems to be in use only in Finland and Estonia. We are talking about the male name Tarmo. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-16/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-16/ the word taxi comes from the Greek word taxithi (ταξίδι) which means travel? And taxi being the means of travel. And that when you call a cab, you are calling a cabriolet? A term which originated from a carriage cabriolet, i.e. a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons. Taxi is a very universal word with only slight variations so it is easily recognizable wherever you are in the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-31/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-31/ Off and on, we need something to enliven our lives. Bring something new to it, something exciting, something refreshing in order to feel alive instead of just going through the motions of the daily living. It can be a trip somewhere, having coffee with a friend in the city, applying fresh paint on the living room wall, starting a new hobby. Anything to break the routine. Then there is something we can’t quite control - or control at all! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-26/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-26/ Ever wonder where the expression Blood is thicker than water comes from? Or what it actually means? You might think that it means that family relationships and loyalties are the strongest and most important ones, keeping people closer together. Stronger than friendships or even love relationships - where although closeness and intimacy is tangible, no blood is shared. But actually the opposite is true. The Blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb is a medieval proverb that means that bonds of friendship or love will always be stronger than bonds of family. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paula-who/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paula-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Paula! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-reykjavik/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-reykjavik/ A view from Hallgrimskirkja towards Skólavörðurstígur This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. A fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, founded in 1785. We don’t find many eponymous streets in Reykjavik, at least not ones named after people. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paul-who/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paul-who/ This month in “First Names First” it is all about Paul & Paula in the usual male and female posts respectively. The year in brackets indicates the year of birth. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Paul Revere* silversmith/industrialist/Patriot in the American Revolution – Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America (1735) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-30/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-30/ This time a little longer quotation, but one which describes so well its writer. Who might that be? “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." First of all, that is a masterful description of the star sign she was born under, Sagittarius. And the characteristics of which are seen in many of her novels. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-25/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-25/ This time in Language Day we go through one word in daily use all over the world: grandmother! Let’s see the official (in bold) and the colloquial word (in italics) for these darlings in some of the countries in detail. Note that some languages make a distinction between maternal and paternal grandmothers (and grandfathers for that matter). The colloquial use given here are the most common ones. There may always be local and cultural variations. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erika-who/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erika-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Erika/Erica! A very international name as you can see in the list below. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Erika Lindström* teacher/missionary /writer – Sund, Åland, GD of Finland (1879) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-washington-d-c/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-washington-d-c/ National Mall in Washington D,C. Photo credit: Matti Blume This time in Streets and Squares the capital of the United States of America, and the place that is all over the news this inauguration day: Washington D.C. Many of the streets in central Washington D.C. are state names, so we skip them as we are only looking for people here. We also look at the many parks of Washington D.C. And as always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names usually to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erik-who/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erik-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Erik! (Eric will have its own post) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-24/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-24/ A polyglot myself, I luckily stumbled the other day upon a great new acquaintance as far as language sites go. An Italian polyglot by the name of Stefano whose knowledge and interest in my mother tongue Finnish truely impressed me. He has a YouTube site called linguaEpassione with lots of quality content, and more coming of course. Stefano’s thoughts about studying Finnish and the response from Finns to his avid interest in their small language reminded me of the response I got from my Greek teacher in Stockholm University. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dorothy-who/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dorothy-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Dorothy! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-buenos-aires/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-buenos-aires/ Time to have a city from South America here in Streets and Squares. Let’s have a look at Buenos Aires, the capital and the largest city of Argentina. As always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. AVENIDA JUAN B. JUSTO - Juan B. Justo (1865-1928) was a physician, journalist and socialist politician from Buenos Aires. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/douglas-who/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/douglas-who/ douglas adams inspired “Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy” H2G2 Another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Douglas, sometimes shortened as Doug. Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-29/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-29/ Another great quote in our series Who Said That! A very current one these days with the ongoing idiosyncrasies of one Western politician, as opposed to those of a more accepted and honorable ways of behavior of one in a public office. Do you know who said this: “A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections”. There are politicians from all layers of society, with different backgrounds and varying abilities to handle the affairs of state or community. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-23/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-23/ In these times of COVID-19 when traveling is scarce for whatever reason and wherever we are, it’s great to have access to the simple pleasures of Google’s Street View. Walking down the streets, driving through areas, watching what we might find behind a corner - even if some maps do need some updating too. And planning perhaps some future trip. So let’s explore a bit. À la Language Day. Let’s see how the word map translates in different languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jill-who/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jill-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Jill! It is a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian. Below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-edinburgh/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-edinburgh/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to a slightly smaller city or shall we say town. Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. ANN STREET - Ann Edgar, wife of the portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823). Raeburn designed Ann Street, and named it after his wife. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-28/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-28/ After a long while, let us have another piece in the article series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who said: “Life is the farce that everyone has to perform. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joe-who/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joe-who/ In honor of the president-elect, let’s have this time in First Names First the name Joe! Often short for Joseph. Pick one of the names below, follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and then see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived may all have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jodie-who/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jodie-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Jodie! It is a unisex given name, but here we deal with only the female side of it. Follow one of the Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Jodie Evans* political activist/author/ documentary film producer – Las Vegas, NV USA (1954) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-venice/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-venice/ This time in Streets and Squares we take a look at a very unique place. Venice in Italy. Or Venezia, as they say in Italian. Situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. It is not easy to find eponymous streets in Venice, but still, there are some. And as always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joel-who/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joel-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on Joel/Yoel - a male given name meaning “Yahweh Is God”. A pretty popular name around the world. Joel Rinne* actor – Asikkala, Grand Duchy of Finland (1897) Joel Barr* electrical engineer/part of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring – New York City, NY USA (1916) Joel Grey* actor/ singer/director - Cleveland, OH USA (1932) Joel Ryce-Menuhin* pianist/psychologist – Sterling, IL USA (1933) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-22/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-22/ People conversing in sign language. Photo credit Natural American Sign Language by daveynin This time in Language Day let’s have a look at sign languages. Since many of the ways we show our emotions and reactions with different gesticulations and facial expressions are universal, one might think that there could be just one universal sign language. But that is of course not the case. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulations in combination with non-manual elements. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/amanda-who/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/amanda-who/ Amanda Who? Check the list, and read about her! Picture courtesy of Gage Skidmore This time in “First Names First” it is all about Amanda! Follow one of the Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Amanda Rylander* stage actress – Jäder, Sweden (1832) Amanda Clement* athlete/umpire/ first woman paid to umpire a baseball game – Hudson, Dakota Territory (1888) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-denver/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:42:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-denver/ This time in Today inStreets & Squares we visit Denver, the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver has a lot of numbered avenues, but also a lot of eponymous streets and places. The city itself is named after James W. Denver, and nicknamed the Mile High City due to its official elevation being exactly one mile above sea level. According to Wall Street of the Rockies, “many of the namesakes of Colorado streets, towns, counties and landmarks, tell stories of the Wild, Wild West days before statehood. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who-comments/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:53:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who-comments/ Kevin Kivi - Oct 2, 2020Love your website. I noticed this page is missing Armand Assante. He is an actor. Most memorable for me is his role in Judge Dredd (1995) as Rico. He has also been in Gotti (1996) as John Gotti and American Gangster (2007) as Dominic Cattano. Oh, no Assante! Thank you for noticing that, I’ll be sure to add him in Armand Who? Please can I link this piece from you? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:53:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Armand which is the French form of Herman. So mainly in use in the French-speaking world. Also Armando, the Italian form of the name. Only the year of birth given here. 1585-0909 Cardinal Richelieu* (b Armand Jean du Plessis) clergyman/ statesman - Paris, Kingdom of France (1642/57) Armand de Kersaint* sailor/politician - Paris, France (1742) Armand de Gramont* Count of Guiche/adventurer/one of the greatest playboys of the 17th century – France (1637) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-21/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-21/ The Tower of Babel by an anonymous artist, the Hendrick van Cleve construction The most beautiful language in the world. And the ugliest of them all. Which languages are we talking about here would you say? A hint: the emphasis is on the word you. For whether we find a language pleasing to the ear or not is an entirely subjective matter. A lot of it has to do with what your first language is and what other, perhaps foreign, sounds you were exposed to as a child. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/margaret-who/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:51:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/margaret-who/ Margaret at age 13 This is a series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! Below you can see the list of first names. Your task is to pick one (with a link). Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-dublin/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-dublin/ Chatham Street in Dublin This time Streets & Squares goes to Dublin, the capital and the largest city of Ireland. Situated at the river Liffley, it was founded as Dyflin (“black pool”) by the Norwegian Vikings in the year 841. Like always, clicking on an address will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. S in the list means south and N north of River Liffey. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcus-who/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcus-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Marcus/Markus! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-20/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-20/ light moves around 300 000 km in a second, whereas the speed of sound is only one millionth of it, around 330 meters per second? Based on that, there is a formula on how to count how far a lightning occurs once we know when the thunder occurs. And did you know that the person who invented the lightning rod was Benjamin Franklin? By the year 1750 Franklin - in addition to wanting to prove that lightning was electricity - began to think about protecting people, buildings, and other structures from lightning. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-20/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-20/ Yes! Jesari! This time in Language Day we concentrate in one single language. There will be other times too when we do the same. Today’s language will be Finnish, and we concentrate here on the peculiar way the Finns shorten words with the ending -ri. Sometimes a pretty long word in Finnish (a language of many, many long words) gets to be shortened to a mere three syllable word which of course is the main purpose with abbreviation of words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/priscilla-who/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/priscilla-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Priscilla! Not a very common name for sure, but still, below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-georgetown/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-georgetown/ This is the 26th city in Streets & Squares, and today we visit Georgetown, the capital of Guyana which was a British colony called British Guiana, until 1966. Long before that, between 1667 and 1814, it was Dutch Guiana. At that time the capital was called Stabroek, but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812, in honour of the English monarch King George III. Georgetown sits on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pierre-who/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pierre-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about the French name Pierre, also included names starting with Pierre. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-19/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-19/ the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York received the first part of its name from the small town that the first American multi-millonaire and the patriarch of the wealthy and influential Astor family, John Jacob Astor, was born in, in 1763? And that this grand hotel used to be two separate hotels - the Waldorf and the Astoria - built by two feuding relatives, William Waldorf Astor (opened in 1893) and John Jacob Astor IV (in 1897)? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-27/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:43:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-27/ After a long while, here is another great quotation for you in our series Who Said That! A very practical advice that truly doesn’t discern what age and time we live in. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” Here was certainly a person who lived up to his own advice. We can see that in his life, and we can see it in his creations. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18/ This time in Language Day a word daily used and a product in high demand all over the world in 2020. The face mask. Or respirator. Like the one in this picture that looks pretty home-made - and is prettier that many of the more official face masks that seemed to be sold out in so many pharmacies and other stores everywhere. The picture at the bottom of the page taken end of March tells that story (EI hengityssuojia is Finnish for NO face masks). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wendy-who/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wendy-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Wendy! Not a very common name, but you might just find someone interesting here as well! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-chicago/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-chicago/ This time in Streets and Squares let us travel to the Windy City - Chicago - in the U.S. state of Illinois. By going through the streets and squares and other places of the city, we get to know more about its history - as with all the previous cities we have visited in this article series. The river that starts from Lake Michigan and divides the city is called - well, what do you know - Chicago River (with its South and North Branches), and later with the South Branch turning into Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-3/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-3/ Here’s yet another piece in this article series, taking us back exactly 1000 years. This time to June 15th in the year 1020. Troia is a city situated in the northernmost part of Apulia (shown in magenta in the map) , south of Benevento. According to legend, it was founded in the 10th century BC by the Greek hero Diomedes who had participated in the Trojan War and helped destroy the ancient Troy - a city in the northwest of Asia Minor (in today’s Turkey). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/william-who/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:57:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/william-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about William. A name that has been widely used for centuries. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18-2/ Fri, 29 May 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18-2/ How often do we get misunderstood when we try to tell our name, address, the license plate number (or rather, letter and number combination) of our car, etc? And when traveling abroad, it doesn’t help of course that each country has its own way of spelling. So here is a helpful list: spelling alphabets in different countries. The main order of all of the alphabets is as follows: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Å Ä Ö https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vienna/ Wed, 20 May 2020 09:52:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vienna/ This is the 24th city in Streets & Squares, and today we visit Vienna, the capital of Austria. The big river Donau flows to the east of the city, and Donau channel through it. Lots of eponymous streets here and a lot of history! As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clinking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Don’t forget to also read about the people born in this city throughout the years. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-18/ Tue, 05 May 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-18/ Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) the very same day the future president Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, the so called Baruch Plan was proposed to the United Nations in that same city? The plan was a proposal by the United States government to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) during its first meeting. On June 14th, 1946. Written largely by Bernard Baruch but based on the Acheson–Lilienthal Report. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anna-who/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anna-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Anna/Ana! Anna Maria Garthwaite* textile designer – Harston, Leicestershire, England (1688) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vancouver/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vancouver/ This time in Streets & Squares, the city of Vancouver! The westernmost city of Canada, named after the British Navy officer and explorer George Vancouver. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Many of the streets in Vancouver are named after colonial imperialists, omitting the fact that there is a lot of First Nations history in Vancouver. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/andrew-who/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/andrew-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Andrew! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Andrew Melville* scholar/ theologian/religious reformer – Baldovie, Scotland (1545-1622) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-17/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-17/ This time in Language Day one simple but very current word, sadly to say - otherwise depicting something fine and majestic, rooted in history. We talk about the disease COVID-19, which is colloquially called Corona and here we go through what that word is in some languages, in its meaning as the royal headwear. It does have another meaning as well of course, as currency for some monarchies - also very current as it threatens to wreck the economy of both individuals and countries worldwide. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/grace-who/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/grace-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Grace! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Grace Sherwood* (b White) farmer/ midwife//convicted of witchcraft – Pungo, Colony of Virginia (1660) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-anywhere/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-anywhere/ This time in Streets & Squares we won’t be dealing with any one city, but with any city in the world that is facing the serious threat of the COVID-19 virus, also known as the Corona virus. There actually is a city of Corona (crown in Spanish), or rather, several cities with that name. One in Riverside County in Southern California. There is also a town, city or community with that name in Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota and Tennessee. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gary-who/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gary-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Gary! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Gary Cooper* actor – Helena, MT USA (1901) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-26/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-26/ Time for another great quote by some of the great minds of men and women who have walked here before us. About the importance of bringing forth the goodness in each and one of us, to the benefit of ourselves, our loved ones, and in the broader context, the society and the whole world. Goodness is the only investment that never fails. How many examples could we give of this? Countless! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-16/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-16/ This time in Language Day we talk about today´s topic, the Leap Day. The 29th day of February that occurs every four years - the same year as the Summer Olympics. You can read about Leap Year and Leap Day in Wikipedia’s extensive articles. Here let’s just go through what we call this particular day in different countries and languages, and the etymology of the word itself. Did you know that people born on a leap day may be called “leaplings” or “leapers”. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/susan-who/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/susan-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Susan** and the related names such as Susanne, Susanna, Suzanne and even Zuzana. Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Susanna Hall* (B) (b Shakespeare) – Stratford-upon-Avon, England (1583) Susan B. Anthony* social reformer/ activist – Adams, MA USA (1820) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-athens/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-athens/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Athens, the capital of Greece since 1834, but in existence since times immemorial. Commonly thought be have been named after the Greek goddess Athena, yet modern scholars now generally agree that it is rather the opposite: the goddess takes her name from the city. Be it as it may, clicking on the address links leads you - as always in Streets & Squares - to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-13/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-13/ This time in Monthly Latin something simple. Two words that cover all of us. Or do they? UNUS MULTORUM i.e. one of many. One in a mass. An average person. Unus (one) multorum (of many). But as we all are but one, even when we have the power of/over many, the old hierarchical idea of the little man should in all honesty give way to the ideological side of those two words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sebastian-who/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sebastian-who/ This time in First Names First ** Sebastian/ Sébastien! **Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Sebastian Münster* cartographer/ cosmographer – Ingelheim, Germany (1488) Sebastian Franck* German freethinker/humanist/radical reformer – Donauwörth , Swabia (1499) Sebastian de Aparicio* Spanish colonist – A Gudiña, Ourense, Spain (1502) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-25/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-25/ Not all of us are religious or even spiritual, but we all can experience unconditional love. Love that conquers all, love that makes everything seem mellow and easy until proven otherwise. Love that builds bridges out of nowhere, and just never dies. And faith isn’t of course just a religious thing, but simply a belief that most anything is possible if one believes that it can be done, or that it can happen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15-2/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15-2/ Since the year 2000, February 21st has been observed around the world as the International Mother Language Day, in order to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and multilingualism. In view of that, let’s see how the words mother & mother language (mother tongue) are said in some of the languages. Whether we speak just our mother tongue, or on top of that our father tongue (if it’s not the same as our mother’s), or acquire yet another language skill in childhood or later on in life, we can all appreciate the emotional familiarity of the very first language we learn. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/greta-who/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 09:12:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/greta-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the names Greta, Grete and Grethe. An old name that appears a lot in the news these days due to the environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Greta Hällfors-Sipilä* (b Hällfors) painter – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1899) Greta Kuckhoff* (b Lorke) German resistance fighter – Frankfurt an der Oder, German Empire (1902) Greta Garbo* actress – Stockholm, Sweden (1905) Grethe Meyer* architect/designer - Svendborg, Denmark (1918) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-12/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-12/ This time in Monthly Latin about the fact that we human beings, as we learn all sorts of things about the world and ourselves and how we could use that knowledge and our special talents to advance our own interests, we mustn’t at the same time forget to contribute to the greater good of humanity as well. We are all fallible, all capable of making mistakes or being wrong for the simple reason that no one – quite naturally – can be expert on all facets of life. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who-comments/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who-comments/ Jude Meinhart - Apr 4, 2020It was helpful. Keep on posting! Very good info. Lucky me I discovered your site by accident (stumbleupon). I have saved it for later! Thank you! I’m glad you found something interesting. More articles coming up on a pretty regular basis :) Thanks for your comment Jude! Sorry it took a while to respond. I sure will keep on posting, in First Names First as well as all the other article series and the individual articles. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on George, one of the most popular boys' names through the ages. Other forms of George included here are Georg and Georges. Since there are so many Georges, maximum five names per decade are shown. George of Podebrady* King of Bohemia – Podèbrady Castle, Bohemia (1420) Georg von Peuerbach* astronomer/ mathematician/instrument maker – Linz, Austria (1423) George Sandys* traveller/colonist/poet – Bishopsthorpe, England (1578) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-17/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 08:11:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-17/ Bonngasse 515, Bonn two German composers, Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815) and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) were both born at Bonngasse 515 in Bonn, Germany? 35 years apart from each other. Beethoven who knew Salomon from his days in Bonn, wrote to fellow composer Ferninand Ries on hearing of his death, “Salomon’s death grieves me much, for he was a noble man, and I remember him since I was a child.” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15/ Sun, 29 Dec 2019 15:36:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15/ And. A word that never appears alone. Always preceded by something, and followed by something. Although it may sometimes start a sentence. But always loaded with promise and hope of continuation. So a very positive word, right? Which by itself doesn’t mean a thing. We’ll, of course it can be involved in a list of sinister things as well. And was also the first foreign word that I learned. We kids always walked to school, situated a couple of miles from our home. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donna-who/ Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donna-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Donna. It is Italian for “woman”, the original meaning being closer to “lady of the home”. It was a title of respect in Italy, equivalent to “Don” for men. Donna Reed* actress – Denison, IA USA (1921) pic Donna Axum* beauty pageant/author/philanthropist – El Dorado, AR USA (1942) Donna Leon* author – Montclair, NJ USA (1942) Donna Fargo* country singer – Mount Airy, NC USA (1945) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-christopher-haley/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 08:11:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-christopher-haley/ Another one in our article series One Day in the Life of. November 24th, 2018 was supposed to be just another Saturday night for pastor Christopher Haley from Winnipeg as he was watching the match between Winnipeg Jets and hometeam St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Canadian supermarket chain Safeway (owned by Sobeys) has a continual promotion called “Score & Win” where it randomly selects a shopper to potentially win prizes for a player’s achievements. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-copenhagen/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-copenhagen/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. A fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The Danish name of the city, København, descends from the old Norse Kaupmannahofn, meaning merchants' harbor. Some vocabulary to help you along the way: allé (avenue), bro (bridge), gade (street), plads (square) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donald-who/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donald-who/ So another one in our recurring series First Names First. This time it is Donald, according to this little sample here most common especially in the 1930’s. 1897-0620 Donald Keyhoe* naval aviator/ufologist – Ottumwa, Iowa USA (1988/91) 1919-1005 Donald Pleasance* actor – Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (1995/75) 1926-0921 Donald A. Glaser* physicist/neurobiologist/N – Cleveland, OH USA (2013/86) 1930-1226 Donald Moffat* actor – Plymouth, Devon England (2018/87) 1932-0709Donald Rumsfeld* businessman/politician – Evanston, IL USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:10:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when/ is a new article series here in Journeys of Life. It can entail most anything, and is really about creative writing - as opposed to some other article series here. The publication date will be the 8th of each month. The When can be a beginning of a question sentence, or a story that follows. These stories will typically be short ones, but can be long-reads as well. So we always start with When, and go on from there. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-15/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:11:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-15/ two great industrialists - and later philanthropists - were born two days apart in July 1839? One on Long Island, New York, the other in Kastel, Germany. John from New York built an empire around oil, Adolphus from Kastel around beer. 1839-0708 John D. Rockefeller Sr.* industrialist/philanthropist - Long Island, NY USA (97) 1839-0710 Adolphus Busch* co-founder of Anheuser-Busch/philanthropist - Kastel, Hesse, Germany (1913/74) If you happen to be in Manhattan in New York City, it is pretty hard not to notice the name Rockefeller. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-13/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-13/ Let’s learn some Hawaiian this time around in Language Day. It is a Polynesian language and, along with English, the official language of the State of Hawaii. Read more about its background and politics here. This article will deal solely with the language itself. The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters. That is a lot less than in most languages. There are five vowels: a, e, i, o, and u - each with a long pronunciation and a short one. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannah-who/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 08:11:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannah-who/ This time in First Names First **it is all about Hanna(h)! **Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Hannah Pritchard* actress - England (1711) Hannah More* religious writer/ playwright/philanthropist - Fishponds, Bristol, England (1745) Hannah Adams* author - Medfield, Massachusetts (1755) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rome/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:11:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rome/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Rome, the capital of Italy - and the city where all roads lead to, or so they said! The river Tiber flows through this ancient city, and in the list below the locations are given either as ET (East of Tiber) or WT (West of Tiber). Vatican City is to the west of Tiber. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannes-who/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:11:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannes-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Hannes! A male name abundant in countries like Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Iceland, Sweden and Finland. So go ahead and pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Hannes Ignatius* army general/advocate for independence - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1871-1941) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-24/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-24/ Many of us enjoy walking in the woods, don’t we! Hiking, picking berries, listening to birds, or just walking there whether alone or in the company of friends. If you are one of these people, it is probably easy for you to identify with the following quote: “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best” Imagine if some birds could and then would decide not to sing if they thought their song was not up to standard that day, or any day! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-12/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:17:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-12/ This time in Language Day we concentrate on just one single language - as opposed to the usual multilingual theme we have here. This language is the Skolt Sami language. It is one of the many Sami languages spoken in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway, and all of them belong to the Uralic language group. Year 2019 is - among other things - the International Year of Indigenous Languages that are spoken by millions of people around the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anne-who/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:11:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anne-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Anne/Annie! Anne of Bavaria* queen consort of Bohemia (1329) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-nairobi/ Sun, 20 Oct 2019 08:11:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-nairobi/ Nairobi in the background. Courtesy of Rod Waddington Let’s head to our first African city in Streets & Squares: Nairobi, the capital and the largest city of Kenya. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. However, as there are not that many eponymous streets in Nairobi, we will allow here some cultural names as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-23/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:11:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-23/ So time for another great phrase! This one - like so many others - comes with a message. It tells about the importance of daring to try, even when facing great adversity and risk of failure. In order to achieve something great, in order to fulfill a dream. If you don’t take the risk of missing while hitting that nail, you will never get it where you want it to be, and what you are building will not progress. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/alexander-who/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/alexander-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Alexander/ Aleksander! Alexander the Great* - Pella, Macedon, Ancient Greece (356 BC-323 BC) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-14/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 08:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-14/ Hopalong Cassidy airs on NBC June 24th, 1949 June 22nd of 1949 is a date of birth shared by three people from three different U.S. states who came to leave their mark on the American society, all in their own unique way? These people are Alan from Utah, Meryl from New Jersey and Elizabeth from Oklahoma. Alan was born as the first child and had six siblings who all became singers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-11/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 08:11:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-11/ Let’s have this time around in Language Day a little play with words. Or rather, letters. Three single letters to be exact. The letters A, I and M. See, you can start learning a language with very little, and go on from there. With as little as three letters. Language learning is not just about learning by heart, or from example, or from practice. It is also about the light and humorous touch. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521-comments/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:39:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521-comments/ Tawnya Fysh - Mar 5, 2020Hi, We’re wondering if you’ve ever considered taking the content from jovestone.com and converting it into videos to promote on Youtube using Content Samurai? You simply add the text and it converts it into scenes that make up a full video. No special skills are needed, and there’s access to over 1 million images/clips that can be used. You can read more about the software here: https://turntextintovideo. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:39:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521/ This time in First Names First** it is all about Naomi! **Take your pick here, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Naomi Judd* actress – Ashland, Kentucky USA (1946) Naomi Wolf* journalist/feminist/author – San Francisco, CA USA (1962) Naomi Watts* actress/film producer – Shoreham, Kent, England (1968) Naomi Campbell* model/actress/singer – London, England (1970) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-winnipeg/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:57:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-winnipeg/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Winnipeg, the capital and also the largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. Please do open that Winnipeg’s Wikipedia link as it contains lots of useful and interesting information of the city. Here we just mention that Winnipeg lies at the bottom of the Red River Valley, a flood plain with flat topography. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-11/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:11:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-11/ After a short break, time for some Latin again! This time about the fact that even the wisest people make mistakes. We are all fallible, all capable of making mistakes or being wrong for the simple reason that no one - quite naturally - can be expert on every facets of life. In Latin, this would be Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit Broken into pieces for all you Latin lovers and/or students of the language: nemo (no) mortalium (mortal) omnibus (all) horis (hours) sapit (wise). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/neil-who/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:11:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/neil-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Neil Simon* playwright/screenwriter – The Bronx, NY USA (1927) Neil Armstrong* astronaut/#1Moon1969 – Wapakoneta, Ohio USA (1930-2012) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-22/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 17:21:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-22/ Long time no see, but here is another one in our series Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! This quotation reminds us that we really do not need a whole lot to be happy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-10/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:55:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-10/ Welcome back to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. This time we deal with the etymology of weekdays in a few languages. The first day of the week varies in different countries and cultures, but let’s take here Sunday as the first day for the sake of convenience. This may get a bit complicated and confusing, and if it does, just pick one or two languages, and go from there. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jessica-who/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:59:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jessica-who/ Another one in the series First Names First! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Jessica Tandy* actress – London, England (1909) Jessica Lange* actress – Cloquet, MN USA (1949) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-oslo-2/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-oslo-2/ This time in Streets and Squares we go to Oslo, the capital of Norway. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and called Christiania between 1624 and 1925. As always, clicking at the address will lead you to Google Maps, and clicking at the name to the person’s Wikipedia page. BISKOP GUNNERUS GATE - Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718-1773) bishop/ botanist - Christiania, Norway DRONNING EUFEMIAS GATE - Euphemia of Rügen* (c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9-comments/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:11:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9-comments/ Cody Bellflower - Apr 3, 2020Hi. I’m glad he found jovestone.com website, I really like it, the article is very useful and I shared it! In order to survive the hard times ahead we found 2 very good books, you can download them here: https://bit.ly/2RlAHdb and here: https://bit.ly/3e3Bg59 Great success with this site! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:11:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9/ Angelica keiskei aka 明日葉 ashitaba or “tomorrow’s leaf” there is a plant called Ashitaba that might help you stay healthier and age slower? Mother Nature Network recently published an article about this miracle plant. It is well worth your time to read both the article and the Wikipedia page, and perhaps try planting it yourself in your backyard or balcony. One fantastic thing about Ashitaba (which translates “tomorrow’s leaf”) is that it does so well in cold as well, is quick to recover and, like MNN writes, “a leaf cut off in the morning will start growing back the next day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-sirkka-sari/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:09:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-sirkka-sari/ Some eighty years ago, on the 30th of July in 1939, a young aspiring actress by the name of Sirkka Sari decides to go on the rooftop of the hotel that she’s staying at with the rest of the film crew. They have just finished filming Rich Girl where she played the leading role, and now a bit of a celebration is in order. Having seen the tall tower on top of the hotel, Sirkka decides to go and get a better look at the surrounding areas. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/diana-who/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:04:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/diana-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-honolulu/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:21:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-honolulu/ This is the 16th article in the series Streets & Squares, and this time let’s make a digital trip to Honolulu, the capital of the State of Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Please do read the article Born in Hawaii previously published here in Journeys of Life. Many of the eponymous streets in Honolulu tell about the history of the native Hawaiians. Honolulu has been part of Kingdom of Hawai’i (1795-1893), the Territory of Hawaii of the United States (1898-1959), and since 1959, State of Hawaii. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/david-who-2/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:39:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/david-who-2/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-9-2/ Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-9-2/ Welcome once again to take a dive in languages - a big part in our journeys of life. Whether we actually make any journeys geographically or merely in our minds - digitally or otherwise. This time it will be about the third person singular - he and she. To the exclusion of all other aspects of gender specification. So without entering in the discussion when and why the two genders get grammatically separated, or what is the role of feminism in all of this, let’s just say that I myself found out only a couple of weeks ago that gender neutrality is not that uncommon after all. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/linda-who/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 07:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/linda-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Linda! Like with other names, this too is updated every now and then. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-12/ Wed, 22 May 2019 08:11:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-12/ [caption id=“attachment_10400” align=“alignright” width=“293”]Photo credit Arja Mielityinen[/caption] the funny looking tree (okay, there are admittedly a lot of funny looking trees around the world) in the picture taken in Icod de Los Vinos in Teneriffe, is actually not a tree at all, but a plant? It is called Millennium Dragon Tree (El Drago Milenario in Spanish), and there are claims of it being the oldest tree on the planet. But yes, even though it looks like a tree, it is nevertheless a plant - placed in the family of Asparagaceae, though in earlier classification systems, in the family Liliaceae. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-21/ Wed, 01 May 2019 09:48:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-21/ This time in our series Who Said That! a quotation that rings true to many of us as most of us get to live a long life filled with opportunities - some grasped, some missed, and some passed: _“TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW _ YOU WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN’T DO THAN BY THE ONES YOU DID DO” These things can be most anything. Encouraging your kids to be the best they can be. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-8/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-8/ Welcome again to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. This time we’ll go through that simple but oh so useful and such an appreciated word: Thank You! Here presented the most simple form of it in different languages, more or less corresponding to the English Thanks. The way the word is written in its own language is given after the language designation. How it is pronounced is for you to find out! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-puerto-de-la-cruz/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-puerto-de-la-cruz/ Today in Streets & Squares we visit the city of Puerto de la Cruz in the Spanish island of Tenerife off the coast of Africa. Lots of eponymous streets here and a lot of history! As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clinking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. AV. FAMILIA DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA - Agustin de Betancourt y Molina (1758-1824) was an engineer, urban planner and construction manager born in Puerto de la Cruz. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-20/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:22:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-20/ This time in our series Who Said That! let’s go down the rabbit hole! Or literally explore where that phrase: Going down the rabbit hole originates in. The meaning of it is obvious to most of us. We see something, but want or need to know more about it and are willing to go to great measures and depths in order to find out, once and for all. So like the rabbit that disappears in its hole under ground to escape a danger, we dive into a hole - not to avoid danger, but possibly face it in letting ourselves get in circumstances unknown to us in order to find out what lies beneath the surface, what actually is there to know if you take that step. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jeff-who/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jeff-who/ This time in First Names Firstis about Jeff and Jeffrey! Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Jeffrey DeMunn* actor – Buffalo, NY USA (1947) Jeff Bridges* actor/singer/producer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1949) Jeff Goldblum* actor – West Homestead, PA USA (1952) Jeff Fahey* actor – Olean, NY USA (1952) Jeff Koons* artist - York, PA USA (1955) Jeff Daniels* actor – Athens, GA USA (1955) Jeff Foxworthy* actor/ comedian/writer – Atlanta, GA USA (1958) Jeffrey Dahmer* serial killer – Milwaukee, WI USA (1960) Jeff Probst* Survivor host/producer – Wichita, KS USA (1961) Jeff Beal* composer - Hayward, CA USA (1963) Jeffrey Dean Morgan* actor - Seattle, WA USA (1966) Jeffrey Wright* actor – Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-11/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:11:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-11/ Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, decided this winter to introduce -as a trial basis - a new, gender equal approach to clearing roads and sidewalks from snow. The snowplows are to work the sidewalks and bicycle lanes first (and roads second) in order to favor women who use them much more frequently than men do. Men who tend to take (what is often the only) family car to work. This winter especially that decision has been met with great satisfaction as the sidewalks have often been so icy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-19/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:57:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-19/ It is April Fool’s Day folks! And even if the word fool connotes today something else - and hopefully brings a smile to your face - it is still a good day for this phrase: “The fool looks at a finger that points at the sky” That phrase appeared in the 2001 French romantic comedy film Amélie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. And it’s not hard at all to understand what is meant by that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-7/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:11:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-7/ This time in Language Day, let’s talk a little about countries. Anyone who watches international sports events such as the Olympic Games is well aware of that many national teams like to display the name of their country in their own language. Which can be very different from how it is said in English. So the list below shows what it might say on the shirt of an athlete (these days of course you often see the name of the athlete instead). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/maija-who/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:11:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/maija-who/ This time in First Names First a Finnish name - Maija! The name Maija is half of the double connotation of “Matti ja Maija Meikäläinen” which roughly translated means Mr and Mrs Smith. And since we a fortnight ago already had Matti, the counterpart this month will be Maija. Some of them from other countries, and double names accepted here as well. And also the international Maya of course! Tyyne-Maija Salminen**(b Kivi) author – Tuusula, GD of Finland (1903) Maya Angelou* poet/writer/activist – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sydney/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:11:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sydney/ Streets & Squares takes you this time to Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales on the east coast of Australia. As always, clicking on an address will take you to Google Maps, and clicking on a name to the person’s Wikipedia page. See who lies behind the name of these streets and squares. Alfred Street - Prince Alfred (1844-1900) Duke of Edinburgh, and the second son of Queen Victoria. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-18/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:11:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-18/ This time in Who Said That! another quote to ponder upon. And if you want to try to guess or remember who said that, just remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal it ahead of time! “WHEN ONE DOOR OF HAPPINESS CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS_;_ BUT OFTEN WE LOOK SO LONG AT THE CLOSED DOOR THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE ONE WHICH HAS BEEN OPENED FOR US” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-10/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-10/ Time for some Latin. This one is something that some of us dream of, but very few can realize. To be able to have so little that you can carry it all with you, anywhere you go. To have that freedom. It is about minimalism, the strive to have so little that material things do not present an obstacle to one’s living and moving around. Perhaps we can stretch this in our modern world to having everything you own fit in your camper. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-2/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-2/ [caption id=“attachment_5123” align=“alignright” width=“375”]Yalu River between China and Korea[/caption] Here’s the second piece in our series 1000 Years Ago Today, published every now and then. When you think about it, not much of essence differentiates us from the people who lived a thousand years ago. Their surroundings and circumstances sure were different, but when it comes to basic human needs, desires, capabilities, ambitions etc, most of it is more or less the same for us and them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-10/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:11:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-10/ [caption id=“attachment_9012” align=“alignleft” width=“272”]A Three-Star restaurant according to the Michelin Guide[/caption] the world famous Michelin Guide is not just about restaurants, but actually a series of guide books, published by the French tire company Michelin for more than a century. The one giving those stars for restaurants and hotels around the world is called Michelin Red Guide, but in addition to that, Michelin also publishes a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries, called the Michelin Green Guides. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matti-who/ Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:12:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matti-who/ Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! This time around it will be a Finnish name - Matti! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-6/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-6/ This time in Language Day a very useful expression if you are traveling abroad. The one question that you need to ask when looking for a place, any place. You already know where you want to get to, and you only need to attach two simple words to it: where is? Of course you can always try English anywhere you go, but the fact is that not everyone knows English, so here goes: where is in several other languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-9/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:11:30 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-9/ Time for another Latin phrase in our Monthly Latin series. This time about something that will become increasingly important in our modern world as we move towards times that will most probably challenge the ways we handle global adversity collectively. Sapiens qui prospicit  meaning “Wise is he who looks ahead” - or “Wise is he who foresees”. On a personal level it signifies naturally the wisdom in looking ahead in one’s life - making plans and foreseeing possible problems and obstacles in one’s attainment of goals. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/melissa-who/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:11:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/melissa-who/ Yet another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Melissa Leo* actress – Brooklyn, NY USA (1960) Melissa Newman* artist/singer/daughter of Paul Newman – Hollywood, CA USA (1961) Melissa Sue Anderson* actress – Berkeley, CA USA (1962) Melissa Gilbert* actress/television director – Los Angeles, CA USA (1964) Melissa McBride* actress – Lexington, KY USA (1965) Melissa McCarthy* actress/producer/fashion designer - Plainfield, IL USA (1970) Melissa Francis* child actress/TV commentator – Los Angeles, CA USA (1972) Melissa O’Neil* singer/actress – Calgary, AB Canada (1988) Melissa Benoist* actress/singer/dancer – Houston, TX USA (1988) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-gdansk/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:57:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-gdansk/ This time Streets & Squares will visit Gdansk on the Baltic coast in northern Poland, and - more precisely - by the Gulf of Danzig. Danzig is the former German name of Gdansk. There is an interesting list of German streets names correlating with their Polish version in Your Pocket. The Polish language is known for its rich consonants and a lack of vowels, so be prepared to tackle some pretty difficult words and names in this article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matt-who/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 06:23:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matt-who/ Once again First Names First where we present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Perhaps some inspiration. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-8/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:17:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-8/ two among the most popular and likable individuals in the entertainment business in the last century - Marilyn Monroe and **Andy Griffith - **were born on the very same day, on June 1st, 1926? She in Los Angeles, California, he in Mount Airy, North Carolina. We all know of her tragic death - however that took place - in Los Angeles in 1962. She had turned 36 that summer. Griffith died 50 summers later at the age of 86, in Manteo, North Carolina. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-17/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:46:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-17/ [caption id=“attachment_8365” align=“alignright” width=“301”]Vase with Pink Roses, 1890. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington[/caption] This time in Who Said That! a quote from someone who knew how to live an eventful life. He wouldn’t settle for anything mediocre or devoid of authentic feeling, saying that “I WOULD RATHER DIE OF PASSION THAN OF BOREDOM_"_ And who was that? You might think it was someone who dove into passionate relationships with vengeance, not caring about the consequences of a potentially socially totally (or, at the very least, less) acceptable liaison or behavior. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-5/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:11:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-5/ The feeling when you are at the beginning of the runway. The plane has left the gates what may seem like a long time ago, now waiting for the permission for takeoff. The buzz of conversation between the passengers are louder than the engines, for a while. But there is in the air the anticipation of what is to come, and for that some of the passengers get really quiet. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/courtney-who/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:33:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/courtney-who/ Once again, First Names First! Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about Courtney/Courteney! Courteney Cox* actress – Birmingham, Alabama USA (1964) Courtney Love* singer/actress/visual artist - San Francisco, CA USA (1964) Courtney Thorne-Smith* actress - San Francisco, CA USA (1967) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-boston/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:11:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-boston/ Streets and Squares goes this time to Boston, the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and known to most of us for its Irish heritage. But its history goes way beyond that. As always, we leave out most people - even if they are well-known - who don’t have direct relation to the city. And along with the eponymous streets, there may be parks, bridges and other noteworthy public places. The address links lead to Google Maps, and the links of people to their Wikipedia pages, if such exist. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-16/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:21:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-16/ This time in Who Said That! a quote from a Jewish writer who shared a harsh past with his people, but emigrated to America before things got really bad in Europe. Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! I did not become vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. And who was it again that said that? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-8/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:09:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-8/ Here’s yet another Latin phrase in our Monthly Latin series. This could easily have an exclamation mark attached to it, and physically speaking both hands on one’s cheeks for extra effect, for it carries a lot of feeling. Have you heard of: O Sancta Simplicitas meaning Oh, Holy Simplicity! The legend is that these were the last words spoken by the Czech theologian Jan Hus as he was being burned at stake during the general council of the Roman Catholic Church in Constance in the year 1415. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/connor-who/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:08:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/connor-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Connor/Conor! Conor Oberst* singer/songwriter - Omaha, Nebraska USA (1980) Conor McGregor* mixed martial artist – Dublin, Ireland (1988) Conor Sheary* hockey player - Winchester, MA USA (1992) Conor Maynard* singer/songwriter/actor - Brighton, England (1992) Connor Wickham* football player - Hereford, England (1993) Connor Hellebuyck* hockey goalie – Commerce, Michigan USA (1993) Connor McDavid* hockey player – Richmond Hill, Ontario CAN (1997) Updated 10. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-7/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 09:11:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-7/ we won’t be detecting - not even with the most powerful telescopes - the new Chinese space probe Chang’e 4 that just landed on the moon? The reason being of course that it landed on the other side of the Moon. The side we never see. And did you know that the video taken with the help of the most powerful telescope does get us surprisingly near this side of the Moon? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-15/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:33:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-15/ This time in Who Said That! some Roman wisdom! Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! A hint though: this person lived a very long time ago (naturally - Roman wisdom), but most of us may actually remember him from history classes at school. Especially if your history teacher - or you yourself - happened to be particularly interested in Roman history. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-4/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:33:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-4/ If you are planning to welcome the year 2019 abroad, you might want to wish Happy New Year in the local language! Never mind the pronunciation, just trying to say it may get you some new friends! Cin cin! Here’s how it is said - or rather, written - in the following countries and regions:  Albania: Vitin e ri të lumtur! Armenia: Shnorhavor Nor Tari! Շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի Basque Country (Spain): Urte berri on! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-maria-elisabeth-lammerhirt/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 08:53:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-maria-elisabeth-lammerhirt/ It is Wednesday, the 8th of April, 1668. Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, daughter of a furrier and coachman in the German city of Erfurt, is about to marry Johann whom she has known since childhood. The wedding will take place in the old church, Kaufmannkirche, in Erfurt. Little does she know what impact that decision is going to have on the world. She is 24, he 23 years of age. Her future husband is a musician, and the home they will be sharing will one day be full of music! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/eve-who/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 06:08:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/eve-who/ Yet another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about Eva/Eeva/Eve/Evelyn Eva Tanguay* singer/entertainer/“The Queen of Vaudeville” - Marbleton, QC Canada (1878) Eva Dickson* (b Lindström) rally driver/aviator/travel writer - Steninge Slott, Sigtuna, Sweden (1905) Eve Arden* (b Eunice Mary Quedens) actress/comedian - Mill Valley, CA USA (1908) Evelyn Bryan Johnson* (b Stone) “Mama Bird”, the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world - Corbin, KY USA (1909) Eva Braun* Hitler’s wife – Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1912) Eva Gabor* actress /singer – Budapest, Hungarian Republic (1919) Eva Perón* First Lady/political activist – Los Toldos, Argentina (1919) Eeva Joenpelto* novelist – Sammatti, Finland (1921) Eva-Marie Saint* actress – Newark, NJ USA (1924) Eeva Kilpi* writer/feminist – Hiitola, Finland (1928) Eeva Ahtisaari* teacher/First Lady – Varkaus, Finland (1936) Eeva Tikka* writer – Ristiina, Finland (1939) Eeva-Riitta Siitonen* politician – Helsinki, Finland (1940) Eeva Litmanen* actress – Lappeenranta, Finland (1944) Efva Attling* silversmith/entrepreneur - Stockholm, Sweden (1952) Evelyn Ashford* athlete/ sprinter/OG – Shreveport, LA USA (1957) Eva Dahlgren* singer (Roxette) - Umeå, Sweden (1960) pic Eva Mendes* actress – Miami, FL USA (1974) Eva Longoria* actress/ producer/ activist – Corpus Christi, TX USA (1975) NB. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tallinn/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:11:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tallinn/ This time in Streets & Squares we go to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Lots of eponymous streets here! You might also see the name Reval in lots of places - that’s the old name for Tallinn. A short vocabulary to assist you in orienting in this lovely Hanseatic city: maantee (road), park (park), plats (square), torn (tower), tänav (street). Most street names in Tallinn lack the word street though, and are solely identified by the short form or the bearer of the street in question. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-14/ Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:18:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-14/ Who hasn’t heard the axiom A smile a day lengthens life. A smile can go a long way to brighten a day. It feels good to smile, but it may feel even better to bring a smile on someone else’s face. Smiling can trick your brain into happiness. The mere act of smiling can lift your mood, boost your immune system and possibly even prolong your life. WE SHALL NEVER KNOW ALL THE GOOD https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-7/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:07:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-7/ Here’s another one in our Monthly Latin series. The phrase you see below is just as eternal as any other Latin phrase, and probably known by at least some of you. But do you know where it originates from? Read on and you will.  Disce ut semper victurus, vive ut cras moriturus  Learn as if always going to live; live as if tomorrow going to die. What a superb sentence that is! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adam-who/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:28:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adam-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about Adam! Adam Smith* economist/philosopher – Kirkcaldy, Scotland (1723) Adam Afzelius* botanist – Larv, Västergötland, Sweden (1750) Adam Opel* industrialist – Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Prussia (1837) Adam West* actor (Batman) – Walla Walla, WA USA (1928) Adam Arkin* actor – Brooklyn, NY USA (1956) Adam Baldwin* actor – Chicago, IL USA (1962) Adam Shankman* actor/director/ producer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1964) Adam Sandler* actor – Brooklyn, NY USA (1966) Adam Savage* special effects designer/Myth Buster – New York, NY USA (1967) Adam Alsing* television and radio presenter - Karlstad, Sweden (1967) Adam Goldberg* actor – Santa Monica, CA USA (1970) Adam Scott* actor/producer/ podcaster – Santa Cruz, CA USA (1973) Adam Rodriguez* actor/ screenwriter/director – New York, NY USA (1975) Adam Nelson* athlete/shotput – Atlanta, GA USA (1975) Adam Rayner* actor – Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (1977) Adam Malysz* ski jumper – Wisla, Poland (1977) Adam Lambert* singer/ songwriter – Indianapolis, IN USA (1982) Adam Driver* actor – San Diego, CA USA (1983) picture Adam Buckingham* acrobatic gymnast (Spelbound) – England (1988) Adam McAssey* acrobatic gymnast (Spelbound) – England (1989) Adam Klein* homeless shelter manager/Survivor S33 – Burlingame, CA USA (1991) Adam Lowry* hockey player – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-6/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-6/ Jerry Springer - whose show The Jerry Springer Show just recently ended after having run for close to 27 years - was born in a London bomb shelter in 1944 to two Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazi holocaust? And that he, after having majored in political science, and then getting his law degree in 1968, worked as a political campaign adviser for Robert F. Kennedy till Kennedy was assassinated? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-13/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 09:11:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-13/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you still don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. “HAPPINESS IS NOTHING MORE BUT GOOD HEALTH AND A BAD MEMORY” Anyone can attest to the fact that good health promotes happiness. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-3/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-3/ Welcome once again to take a dive in languages - a big part in our journeys of life. Whether we actually make any journeys geographically or merely in our minds - digitally or otherwise - knowing a few languages besides your mother tongue is always a good idea. The original theme for this article was actually something entirely different, nothing to do with cartoons, but fate chose otherwise. So this time we jump into the magical world of marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants which premiered back in 1999. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/patricia-who/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:11:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/patricia-who/ This time in First Names Firstit is all about Patricia! Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Patricia Highsmith* novelist/short story writer - Fort Worth, TX USA (1921) Patricia Neal* actress - Packard, KY USA (1926) Patricia Routledge* actress/singer - Tranmere, Cheshire, England (1929) Patricia Wettig* actress – Milford, OH USA (1951) Patricia Cornwell* crime fiction writer - Miami, FL USA (1956) Patricia Heaton* actress - Bay Village, OH USA (1958) Patricia Arquette* actress – Chicago, IL USA (1968) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-amsterdam/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:11:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-amsterdam/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Amsterdam. the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands. Here is some vocabulary at first Kade, straat and weg can all be translated as streets. Furthermore, plein is square, and park is park. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. A. J. KROPHOLLERSTRAAT - Alexander Jacobus Kropholler (1881-1973) was an architect who designed many buildings in his birth town Amsterdam as well as elsewhere. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-12/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:55:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-12/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. Who said: SMILE IN THE MIRROR. DO THAT EVERY MORNING AND YOU’LL START TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-6/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:11:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-6/ Here’s another one in our series Monthly Latin. This phrase is just as eternal as any other Latin phrase, and probably known by many of you. But do you know where it originates from? The history behind it is quite interesting.  Audentes fortuna iuvat meaning of course Fortune favors the bold. The phrase is from Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 B. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pekka-who/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 06:51:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pekka-who/ Another one in First Names First! Your “task” -should you accept it - is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Once in a while it will be a non-English name. This time the Finnish name Pekka - also with the double names, which is quite typical with Finnish names. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-5/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:11:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-5/ in Istanbul, Turkey, you can take your empty plastic bottles and cans to your local metro station, recycle them, place your transit card on the screen to collect the amount, and then pay all or part of your fare with that? Now that is hats off to Turkey - even if there are lots of less desirable things happening in that country. Smart environmental thinking, for we all need to get from A to B, and this is such a good method to get people to take those bottles with them instead of creating more waste. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-2/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:11:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-2/ Welcome to another one in the series One Day in the Life of … of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. We get to 10,000 days at the age of 27. So there are plenty of days for all kinds of things to happen. Something spectacular. Something life-changing. Or just a pretty ordinary day that still held something very memorable. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-11/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-11/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. Who said: “MAYBE THIS WORLD IS ANOTHER PLANET’S HELL” A hint: This person was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature seven times, and was widely acknowledged as one of the preeminent intellectuals of his time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-2/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:35:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-2/ Welcome to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. Let’s start with something fun! Some Disney characters, and more precisely, the three nephews of Donald Duck. How do you say Huey, Dewey and Louie in some other languages? Would you expect them to be like in English, or just something that would sound just as fun? Let’s see! Let’s take first the country of origin, the United States. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jane-who/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jane-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Jane! Jane Seymour* third wife of King Henry VIII (1508) Jane Austen* novelist – Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England (1775) Jane Digby* aristocrat famed for her remarkable love life and lifestyle - Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England (1807) Calamity Jane* frontierswoman/scout – Princeton, MO USA (1852) Jane Joseph* composer/arranger – Notting Hill, London, England (1894) Jane Wyman* actress/ philanthropist – Saint Joseph, MO USA (1917) Jane Russell* actress – Bemidji, MN USA (1921) Jane Goodall* primatologist/ anthropologist - London, England (1934) Jane Fonda* actress – New York, NY USA (1937) Jane Fortune* author/journalist/philanthropist - Indianapolis, IN USA (1942) Jane Hawking* (b Wilde) author/teacher/1st wife of Stephen Hawking – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-budapest/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:44:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-budapest/ Once again, Streets and Squares is providing you with some interesting background information on street signs around the world - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go through Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The street signs there often end in utca. Or just út. _Híd _means bridge, park is park, tér is square, and rakpart is wharf. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-10/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-10/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “THE QUESTION ISN’T WHO IS GOING TO LET ME; https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-5/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:21:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-5/ Let’s have another piece in our series Monthly Latin! Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come as there is no end to the wise and for ever applicable phrases in Latin. And the next Latin phrase is just as eternal as any other - and very easy, although possibly painful, to relate to. Ex nihilo nihil fit The literal translation of this would be Out of nothing, nothing comes. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/john-who/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:11:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/john-who/ This time in First Names First it is about John! Being such an old and common name, this list gets to be pretty long. But take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! King John of Denmark* Aalborghus Castle, Aalborg, Denmark (1455) John of Avila* apostolic preacher/saint – Almodovar del Campo, Spain (1500) John Calvin* theologian – Noyon, France (1509) John Abernethy Sr* minister – Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland (1680) John Michael Rysbrack* sculptor – Antwerp, Belgium (1694) John Adams* politician/2usp – Quincy, MA, British America (1735) John Soane* architect – Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (1753) John Dalton* chemist/meteorologist – Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (1766) John Quincy Adams* politician/6usp – Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (1767) John Walter* newspaper editor at The Times – London, England (1776) John Galt* political novelist/entrepreneur – Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (1779) Johns Hopkins* entrepreneur/ philanthropist – White’s Hall, Maryland, USA (1795) John Keats* poet – Moorgate, London, England (1795) John Brown* abolitionist – Torrington, CT USA (1800) John Deere* blacksmith/inventor – Rutland, VT USA (1804) John Pemberton* pharmacist/developer and founder of Coca-Cola – Knoxville, GA USA (1831) John Singer Sargent* portrait painter – Florence, GD of Tuscany (1856) John Dewey* philosopher/ educational reformer – Burlington, VT USA (1859) John T. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-9/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:51:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-9/ Let’s have another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS” A hint: This could of course apply to anybody who has understood the insanity of repeating something that just doesn’t work. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-1/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:11:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-1/ Hi! From this day on Journeys of Life will have another featured series, namely Language Day. Every 29th of a month. This blog is entirely in English, but partly due to the multilingual background of the blogger, and partly due to the world being increasingly international, these sort of articles fall naturally in place here. And languages, well, they are a big part of our lives. Even if you only speak your mother tongue, you’re still gonna hear other languages as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/karen-who/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/karen-who/ Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-stockholm/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:35:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-stockholm/ [caption id=“attachment_5206” align=“alignleft” width=“368”]Stortorget in Gamla Stan, Stockholm[/caption] This is part of the ongoing series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we talk about Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. There are lots of squares there that bear historical names, but of course street addresses as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-8/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:15:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-8/ So time for another piece in the series Who Said That! Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU ARE ANGRY YOU LOSE SIXTY SECONDS OF HAPPINESS” A hint: this great philosopher was born in 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. [caption id=“attachment_3031” align=“aligncenter” width=“3504”]Happiness can be a choice[/caption] And the answer is: * * * Ralph Waldo Emerson. Check for more good quotes from goodreads. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-4/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-4/ Here’s yet another piece in our series Monthly Latin! Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come as there is no end to the wise and for ever applicable phrases in Latin. This phrase is known to most of us, and its message loud and clear.  Amor Vincit Omnia But who said that originally? Do we even know, this being such an omnipresent idea, what with love being - hopefully - present in everybody’s life, no matter when or where you live. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kevin-who/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:10:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kevin-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Kevin! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-4/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:10:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-4/ when the Olympic Gold Medalist in men’s javelin, Jan Zelezný, threw his world record of 98.48 meters in Jena, Germany back in May 1996, there was a little boy of four years of age living in that same city who would become a future Olympic Champion in his own right?  That little boy was Thomas Röhler, and he won his Olympic Gold in Rio Janeiro 20 years later in August 2016. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-7/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 06:55:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-7/ Let’s have yet another piece in the series Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “I AM FREE OF ALL PREJUDICE. I HATE EVERYONE EQUALLY." A hint: This person’s comic persona was misanthropic and egotistic, he appeared to have contempt for dogs and children, but despite all that he still managed to remain a pretty sympathetic character. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-3/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:38:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-3/ This is the third piece in our series Monthly Latin – one Latin phrase or quotation a month. Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come. This one must be one of the most well-known Latin phrases, one that everyone should know. And one that has bearing in anyone’s life at one point or another. Alea iacta est Uttered of course by Julius Caesar as he was crossing the river Rubicon with his army in Northern Italy on January 10th, 49 B. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sandra-who/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:10:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sandra-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled _First Names First _and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-london/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:35:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-london/ Let’s have another article in our series Streets and Squares - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go through London. You would expect a lot of royal names here - queens and kings etc - and so it is too. But let’s have a nice mix of those and some other interesting names, shall we. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-6/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:10:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-6/ Here’s another good quote in the series Who Said That! These pieces are there to brighten your day, put a smile on your face, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings - or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so as not to reveal too early who said that. Who said: “LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO US https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/steven-who/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:00:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/steven-who/ Yet another piece in the series of articles titled First Names First. Below is a chronological list of persons with their first name here. Your task is to pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/article-series/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 04:07:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/article-series/ This page will show you all the existing article series in Journeys of Life. The list is in alphabetical order and will expand as time goes by. Clicking at a link will open up the initial page of that series. In this page are also listed all the miscellaneous articles of Journeys of Life. That list is updated any time another miscellaneous article is published. But you can access the articles of course in the front page by clicking there at Articles. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-3/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:31:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-3/ [caption id=“attachment_3048” align=“alignleft” width=“227”]Golda Meir at age 16 in 1914[/caption] Golda Meir (1898-1978), the fourth Prime Minister of Israel, attending the Fourth Street Grade School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (now called Golda Meir School) organised a fund raiser to pay for her classmates' textbooks? A future leader. Or that she lived all her formative years in the United States before moving to Palestine in 1921? And that she strongly identified with Judaism culturally, but when it came to her religious beliefs, she was actually an atheist. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:47:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4/ This time in our series Who Said That! a little longer quotation. But as always, remember to scroll down s l o w l y so as not to reveal ahead of time who said that. Who said: “IMPERFECTION IS BEAUTY, MADNESS IS GENIUS AND IT’S BETTER TO BE ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAN ABSOLUTELY BORING” A hint: part of her charm for sure! [caption id=“attachment_3023” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]Scene from the movie “The Shape of Water”[/caption] And the answer is: * * * Marilyn Monroe. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today/ Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:11:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today/ This might sound like stretching it a bit, but nevertheless, here’s the newest addition to the list of series: 1000 Years Ago Today! To be published every now and then. Perhaps once a year. When you think about it, not much of essence differentiates us from the people who lived a thousand years ago. Their surroundings and circumstances sure were different, but when it comes to the basic human needs, desires, capabilities, ambitions etc, most of it is more or less the same for us and them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/rachel-who/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 06:33:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/rachel-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-paris/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-paris/ Flag of Paris This time Streets & Squares goes to Paris, the capital of France. The city is filled with eponymous addresses, which here may entail streets, squares, parks, bridges etc. The article may expand later on. Those of you who have visited this lovely city, or read about it, probably know that it is divided into 20 areas or districts called arrondissements. The rule of thumb is that the lower the number, the more central the area is. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4-2/ Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:11:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4-2/ Let’s have yet another piece in the series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings - or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-2/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:11:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-2/ [caption id=“attachment_3371” align=“alignleft” width=“213”]Seal of South Carolina[/caption] This is the second piece in our series Monthly Latin - one Latin phrase or quotation a month. Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come. The person who is behind the quotation will be revealed only at the end of the article, so remember to scroll down slowly.  Dum spiro, spero  And this translates While I breath, I hope. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/richard-who/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/richard-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-2/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-2/ the kid in Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is the same guy who played Uncle Fester in the 1960s TV-series The Addams Family? The Californian actor Jackie Coogan (1914-1984). And that he was one of the first child stars in film history who upon reaching adulthood sued his parents (actually his mother and stepfather) over his squandered film earnings. That provoked the state of California to enact in 1939 the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, widely known as the Coogan Act - last revised in 2004. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-3/ Sun, 01 Jul 2018 02:26:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-3/ Let’s have another piece in the series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-xxx/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:50:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-xxx/ This is the first in the series One Day in the Life of … of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. We get to 10,000 days at the age of 27. So there are plenty of days for all kinds of things to happen. Something spectacular. Something life-changing. Or just a pretty ordinary day that still held something very memorable. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mary-who/ Sun, 24 Jun 2018 07:59:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mary-who/ Here’s another one for the series “First Names First”! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-berlin/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:55:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-berlin/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we target Berlin which became the capital of the unified Germany exactly 27 years ago, June 20th 1991. Strasse - or straße like they write that double s in German - means of course street, and there are quite a few eponymous streets - and squares and parks - in Berlin. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-2/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-2/ Let’s have another piece in this series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-1/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:28:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-1/ From this day on there will be another constant presence in Journeys of Life, namely Monthly Latin. That old language isn’t of course an official language anywhere except perhaps in the Vatican State, and in the Catholic Church the use of Latin has greatly diminished since the old-style Latin Mass was phased out more than 40 years ago - in favor of local languages. Latin does remain the official language of the universal Church, but it is used mainly as the language of reference for translating major documents into modern languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/michael-who/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 04:00:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/michael-who/ Here is another piece in the series “First Names First” - all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:11:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that/ [caption id=“attachment_2622” align=“alignleft” width=“223”]Jack London in 1903[/caption] Jack London was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing? He was born in 1876, died fairly young at the age of 40, but amassed a fortune from novels such as The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906), and the short story To Build a Fire (1902/1908) which many critics assess as his best. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 07:05:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that/ This is an article series depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of/ Fri, 25 May 2018 05:20:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of/ Have you read the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? I have, long time ago. It describes a single day in the life of an ordinary prisoner in a Gulag camp, and now, that book gives life to a new article series in this Journeys of Life: One Day in the Life of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/helen-who/ Thu, 24 May 2018 06:39:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/helen-who/ This is the second piece in the series First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name (or the name they mainly use) here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-manhattan/ Sun, 20 May 2018 02:55:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-manhattan/ This is the second article in the series Streets & Squares. This time it is about New York City - the place that never sleeps. For those of you who have visited the city, it is no news that its five boroughs, especially Manhattan, are filled with numbered avenues and streets, i.e. with no credit to any historical persons. But there are a few addresses with names too, and here are a few of them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/henry-who/ Thu, 10 May 2018 02:55:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/henry-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present an alphabetical list of persons with their first names here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/first-names-first/ Wed, 09 May 2018 02:55:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/first-names-first/ [caption id=“attachment_2081” align=“alignright” width=“409”]Birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe[/caption] This is a series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! Below you can see the list of first names - male and female. Your task is to pick one (with a link). Then choose one of the persons with that first name, follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and then see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-helsinki/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:03:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-helsinki/ This is the first in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! We start out with Helsinki, the capital of Finland that celebrated its 100 years of independence December 2017. The picture here depicts the Senate Square Church behind Market Square with the South Harbor in front where the Silja Line passenger ferries depart to Stockholm, Sweden. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-and-squares/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:44:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-and-squares/ [caption id=“attachment_1153” align=“alignright” width=“398”]On Rue André del Sarte in Paris[/caption] Ever wonder when you are walking along streets abroad - or even in your home country - about the names in the street signs? Who gave the name to a particular street, square or park - and on what grounds was he or she bestowed the honor? Here follows a new series of articles which will go through cities in different parts of the world.