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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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). Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading