Today is officially the start of the Chinese New Year! It is the year of the Pig (or Boar), and based on the year I was born (1971), according to the Chinese zodiac, I am a Pig as well. My wife is a Rooster and my daughter is a Monkey, just in case [...]
I ‘m hoping that we all are celebrating today with someone you love! I also hope we all don’t get caught up in the commercialism so associated with this day. Just like Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving, Valentine’s day has just become another day to sell cards, candy hearts and heart-shaped balloons! It’s [...]
The Carmina Gadelica is a collection of prayers, hymns, incantations, runes and other literary-folkloric poems and songs collected and translated by Alexander Carmichael in the gaelic-speaking regions of Scotland between 1855-1910. Here is one from that collection entitled ‘Rann Romh Urnuigh’ or “A Rune Before Prayer”. A rune, in this sense, basically means [...]
