Posts Tagged ‘Darkness’

Up on the Roof…. in Tehran

From the rooftops of Tehran , "Laleh Azadi" sends us an extraordinary essay, a "scream" into the darkness, rich with irony and insight, sadness and hope. Worth pondering in full, consider these excerpts: "We put all our emotions into screaming “Allahu Akbar” into the night from the rooftops. We must stay under the radar during the day but the night brings a small sense of freedom. The streets are quiet and the heat has subsided so we can breath and use our voices. The calls that begin arou


Choppy time, pluck some gains!

When the apple is ripe it will fall.It was darkness after dawn as a thick cloud cover over India and China hid the sun when the eclipse began. The market too had its share of darkness and choppiness. The outlook remains hazy as investors search new reasons to justify their stand on equity investment. After a flat start, the indices will swing mostly to global cues. A recovery may be always on


Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in darkness after dawn

By Eric Talmadge AP | The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon Wednesday. A woman was killed in a stampede at the Ganges river in India, where devout Hindus had gathered for the eclipse. Millions of others, gripped by fear, shuttered themselves indoors. India abounds in superstitions and fables based on Hindu mythology, one of which says an eclipse is caused when a dragon


Willem Dafoe as a Civil War Astronaut Emprisoned by Giant Martian Barbarians

By Quinn Bender movieset.com It always comes as good news to hear Willem Dafoe has signed on to a new project. That’s because you know his character will be like nothing you expected, yet defining and superiorly sharp for the role. The man who humorously plumbed the oceans as a self-deprecating emotional co-dependent in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou , and then this year rocked the Cannes Film Festival by pluming the depths of human darkness in Antichrist , is now ready to take his ca


Soulsisters Retreat: Day One

I wake up before as the sun is just rising over the horizon, tingeing the sky with light and calling the trees out of the darkness. The green fleece saddle blanket is warm around me and I rub my feet together in a subconscious ritual of awakening. I am a little stiff from my night on the couch (a side effect of insomnia, this wandering and sleeping in odd places.) Still, despite the stiffness, there’s not much that could make me happier than this weekend on our island retreat with my murmur of S


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