Lady Sharon | September 29, 2009
One day in July, Terry Herbert, a metal-detecting enthusiast, was searching in the fields of Staffordshire, England, with his metal detector. He came upon some gold and silver pieces buried in the ground. Thus began the saga of the UK’s largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure, consisting of 1,500 objects almost entirely of precious metal. Kevin [...]
Category: History |
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Tags: Anglo-Saxon treasure, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, News, NTDTV, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Hoard, Terry Herbert
Lady Sharon | September 28, 2009
Compassion The Dalai Lama, the Buddist monk and exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, spoke yesterday at the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit (Vancouver, BC, Canada). The three-day conference consists of bringing together, Nobel Peace Prize winners and spiritual, corporate and social peace activists together for discussions about peace. Yesterday the Dalai Lama spoke to thousands at the [...]
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Tags: Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education, Peace summit, Vancouver Peace Summit
Lady Sharon | September 28, 2009
“My heart is like a singing bird.” ~Christina Georgina Rossetti Susan Boyle’s heart is like a singing bird that sings in a key our hearts only hear. People all over the whole world were moved by her first audition on the talent show “Britian’s Got Talent”. She sang “I Dreamed a Dream”, and suddenly her [...]
Category: Chronic Pain - The Darkest of Knyghts, Television and Talent |
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Tags: America's Got Talent, Susan Boyle, Wild Horses, Wild horses couldn't drag me
Lady Sharon | September 26, 2009
Old Time Radio There was a time when the radio shined into the doorways of almost every home, carrying the best of news and entertainment. This Golden Age of Radio took place from the early years of radio in the early 1920’s till the 1950’s, when television arrived on the scene. Old Time Radio (OTR) [...]
Category: Old Time Radio Shows |
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Tags: Chronic Pain, Golden Age of Radio, Old Time Radio, suffering, Theatre of the Mind
Lady Sharon | September 22, 2009
America’s Got Talent With many talented singers in the finals of the TV Show “America’s Got Talent”, it was Kevin Skinner who won the hearts of the people. Kevin’s first audition was one of the most emotional heartfelt auditions that we have ever seen. I think the viewers and judges did not forget that first [...]
Category: Television and Talent |
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Tags: America's Got Talent, If Tomorrow Never Comes, Kevin Skinner, Lawrence Beamen
Lady Sharon | September 21, 2009
Pendragon B Greetings Students today we are discovering the origin of the word “Pendragon”. Pen Brythonic (Brittonic languages or British languages ) for “head;” It was common in place names in Cornwall and Wales. Dragon c.1220 From Old French “dragon”, from Latin “draconem” (nom. Draco) serpent, dragon, and Old Welsh “dragwn” dragon. Also from Greek [...]
Category: Medieval Lessons |
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Tags: Arthur Pendragon, Aurelius Ambrosius, Medieval lesson, Pendragon, Uther Pendragon
Lady Sharon | September 15, 2009
“A love-sick heart dies when the heart is whole, For all the heart’s health is to be sick with love.” ~The Garden of Bright Waters From the Hindustani of Miyan Jagnu (eighteenth century) Translated by Edward Powys Mathers This is a story of two hearts. The Daily Mail in the UK, reported this amazing story [...]
Category: Hearts doth Speak, Stories, Fableors and Mythology |
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Tags: Daily Mail, Hannah Clark, Magdi Yacoub, piggy-back heart