PAGAN CROSS>photo, selfportrait not published in any book Pagan from old Latin paganus which means country dweller, villager. It may refer to: The term Paganism has historically been used by adherents of monotheistic religions (such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam) to indicate a person who doesn't believe in their religion, often used in a pejorative sense of an unbaptized savage or someone too rustic to embrace Christianity. Sometimes it is also used to mean the lack of (an accepted monotheistic) religion. Neopaganism is a heterogeneous group of religions which attempt to revive ancient beliefs, mostly associated with the pre-Christian religions of northwestern Europe. Cross -- a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. It is one of the most ancient human symbols. Crosses symbolize different meanings for different people worldwide. The cross is a Sacred Symbol that represents the intersecting of Heaven and Earth-the spiritual and the material world. The four quadrants delineated by the arms of the cross can be seen as the four directions - north, south, east and west, or the four alchemical elements - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Different shapes of cross: www.bartleby.com
PANCAKES photo (CoM) probably the oldest prepared food. The first
pancakes were a mixture of pounded grain and water spread on
a hot stone. Today, people enjoy such pancake variations as French
crepes, Hungarian palacintas, Indian dosai, Italian cannelloni,
Jewish blintzes, and Russian blini. The Punakaiki or Pancake Rocks 15 km from Barrytown, New Zealand -- strangely sculpted columns of limestone rocks, the gateway to the dramatic limestone country of the Paparoa National Park. It lies half way between Greymouth and Westport > www.ecotours.co.nz
PARADISE photo (Signlanguage)heaven as the ultimate abode or state of the righteous the place or state of happiness enjoyed by Adam before the first sin; the Garden of Eden any place or condition that fulfils
all one's desires or aspirations A large property in the Dart Valley near town of Glenorchy, New Zealand turned into an Eco-Tourism Center. Servred as set for Lothlorien in FOTR movie > Travelpod
PASSOVER photo (Signlanguage, HITS)also called Pesah, is a Jewish festival that celebrates the flight of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, probably in the 1200's B.C. The story of Passover is told in the Bible in Chapter 12 of the Book of Exodus. Passover begins in March or April, on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan. also means: transfer, transit, trespassing
PARKER poem (Linger, also on div. CD as spoken word) Isaac "Hanging Judge" Parker
(1838-1896) Lawyer, congress representative, judge for the
Western District of Arkansas ruling over the Indian Territory
(Oklahoma).
Another Judge John J. Parker (18851958) served as an alternate judge on the International Allied Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany > Wikipedia
PATRIC, SAINT photo Cold Saint Patric (Signlanguage) (about 389-461) - the patron saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick was a missionary to Ireland in the A.D. 400's who
converted the Irish to Christianity. Day is celebrated on March
17th, the feast day of Saint Patrick, a national holiday in Ireland.
PERCEVAL photo (CoM)Sir Percivale (Perceval, Percival) is the Grail knight or one of the Grail knights in numerous medieval and modern stories of the Grail quest. The legend of Perceval began with Chretien de Troyes' medieval romance written around 1180. Percivale was raised by his mother in ignorance of arms and courtesy. Percivale's natural prowess, however, led him to Arthur's court where he immediately set off in pursuit of a knight who had offended Guinevere. > wikipedia
PERIODIC TABLE photo (Signlanguage) The periodic table lists the chemical elements
in rows, called periods, in order of increasing atomic number.
Elements that have similar properties lie in vertical columns
called groups. The table also lists atomic mass numbers, atomic
weights, and numbers of electrons in electron shells; and indicates
major classes of elements. more about the photo: Periodic Table
PILAMAYA photo Pilamaya Sonny (Miyelo)Means Thank You in Lakota language > "Thank you" in many languages
PREFIERO EQUIVOCARME A MI MANERA painting (Signlanguage)means: I prefer to make mistakes my way or I prefer to make my own mistakes in Spanish. (Thanks, Frondeur!)
PUKERUA BAY photo (For Wellington)Pukerua in Maori means "two hills". A settlement in between the two hills near Wellington, New Zealand. Birthplace of Peter Jackson. > wikipedia
PULASKIphoto (For Wellington)town and county in Viginia, USA > pulaskitown.org | www.pulaskicounty.org county and place in Arkansas, USA > www.co.pulaski.ar.us city in Tennessee, USA > www.pulaski-tn.com Fort Pulaski -- National Monument and Park in Georgia, USA. > Homepage | The Capture of Fort Pulaski Casimir Pulaski (actually: Kazimierz
Pulawski) pronounced pu LAS kee, KAZ uh mir (1747?-1779),
born in the province of Podolia, Poland, now part of Ukraine
-- a Polish nobleman and soldier, won fame for his role with
the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783).
RACHID photos Rachid's (45301, For Wellington, Ephemeris)Arabic male name
RESTOS DE UN NAUFRAGIO painting (Signlanguage)means remains of a shipwreck in Spanish
REYKJAVÍKphoto (For Wellington Exhibition)(pop 113,387) located in southwest Iceland by Faxaflói bay, capital of Iceland, its largest city and the world's northernmost capital. Its latitude being 6408' N, not far from the Arctic Circle (at 6633' N), it receives only four hours of sunlight per day in the depth of winter, and in the summer the nights are almost as bright as day. ReykjavÌk is believed to have been established by Ingólfur Arnarson around the year 870 AD; this is described in Landnámabók, or the Book of Settlement. Steam from hot springs in the region is supposed to have inspired Reykjavík's name, as Reykjavík translates to Bay of Smokes. > wikipedia.org | encyclopedia.com | Visit ReykjavÌk | Virtual Island | Homepage The City is probably best known as the place where the summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev took place in 1986. > Ron and Mikhail's Excellent Adventure | Reykjavík summit ... and surely less known as a seat of probably the only Phallological Museum in the world. ;-) > Museum's Homepage
RICHTER, GERHARD painting Reading Richter (Signlanguage)German painter, born in 1932 > www.sfmoma.org
ROHAN photo (CoM)a kingdom in Tolkien's Middlearth, horse land from the Sindarin roch meaning horse and the ending -and denoting a country or region. >The Thain's Book - Guide to Tolkien Male first name meaning Sandalwood in Hindi > www.babynamesworld.com Family name meaning: in French -- habitational name from a place in Morbihan, in Brittany or Deux-Sèvres; in Irish Gaelic -- reduced Anglicized form of Ruadhán, a diminutive of Ruadh, a name which means Red. > Edgar's Name Pages
ROMA (Rome)photo Roma, October (Com)Capital of Italy and one of the world's great historic cities, an important center of civilization for over 2,000 years. According to a legend founded by twin brothers ROMULUS AND REMUS. in 753 B.C. Rome was the supreme power of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. Ancient Rome's influence can still be seen today in such fields as architecture, government, language, and law. As the home of the popes, Rome also became the center of the Roman Catholic Church. Rome lies on both banks of the Tiber River in central Italy, 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city is on about 20 hills, but its outskirts have some wide stretches of flat ground. These hills include the famous seven hills on which ancient Rome was built--the Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, and Viminal hills. Vatican City, the administrative and spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church, lies in northwestern Rome. The Vatican, as it is sometimes called, is the smallest independent country in the world. It covers only 109 acres (44 hectares), or about 1/6 square mile (0.4 square kilometer). See VATICAN CITY. Rome is also one of the world's most important art centers. Actors, musicians, painters, sculptors, and writers take part in the city's busy cultural life. > source: IBM World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia > www.roma2000.it City in New York , USA (pop. 44,350), a
historic city in the central part of the state. With Utica, Rome
forms part of a metropolitan area of 316,633 people. The city
was originally named Lynchville, was renamed Rome in 1819. Some
people believe that the Stars and Stripes flew there for the
first time in battle in 1777, during the Battle of Oriskany in
the Revolutionary War in America City in Texas , USA > www.citylinkz.com
SANDY DENNIS photo and poem (Ten Last Night, Recent Forgeries)Actress (1937 - 1992), The Indian Runner (1991) was her last movie, she died of ovary cancer. > IMDb.com | www.thegoldenyears.org
SANTA ANA photo (CoM)(pop. 135,186), is the second largest city in El Salvador. > source: IBM World Book Multimedial Enyclopedia City in California, Ca., largest city in Orange County by population. > www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us Pueblo of Santa Ana -- a Native American tribe with reservation lands that include a strip of New Mexico's fertile Rio Grande valley > www.santaana.org
SANTA MARIA photo (Hueco, 45301)Name of the ship that brought Columbus to America (1492) Popular name of villages, towns, and othre places in Spanish speking countries. Too much to list. City in California > www.santamaria.com | www.ci.santa-maria.ca.us
SAXON photo (COM), Saxon Morning (Recent Forgeries)Saxony -- an area in eastern Germany, with the capitol city of Dresden.> www.sachsen.de > www.dresden.de more about photos: SEBERG, JEAN from the poem Clear (Recent Forgeries,Coincidence Of Memory) Actress (1938 - 1979) born in Marshalltown,
Iowa, USA, spent an important part of her career in France.
SHIPSHAPEmeans "in good order", "trim"
SHOE FENCE photo (Signlanguage)Along with Shoe Trees -- an unusual method to get rid of old shoes. Seem to be pretty popular in USA, but the fence on the photograph is in New Zealand, near the Burke's Pass in South Canterbury. "Over 1000 ( well 1182 at last count ) shoes, sandals, ski boots, gumboots and flippers are strung along a good old 8 strand fence. It all started so they say when a pair of moccasins were left for a shearer as he had left his behind." Unfortunately, according to PEDALLERS' PARADISE Guide Book, the fence was removed 2001. > www.kiwinewz.com | shell.world-net.co.nz SIGNLANGUAGE photo (Signlanguage) Sign language is a language of gestures
and hand symbols used by deaf and hearing-impaired people. People
with normal hearing also use it to communicate with deaf and
hearing-impaired people. American Sign Language (ASL) is based
on ideas rather than words. Each gesture expresses a particular
idea or concept. SILENCIOmeans silence in Spanish. See Tango Silencio
SON OF GLOIN photo (Signlanguage)Gimli the Dwarf, a character in LOTR > Thain's Book - Guide to Tolkien Gloin, or Glói, is one of the dwarves named in the Old Norse poem Voluspa. His name means glow. > Thain's Book - Guide to Tolkien
STILL POINT photos (45301)Possible allusion to T.S. Eliot's poem Burnt Norton Also an often used term in Zen philosophy, Buddhism, New Age, etc. > anunda.com | www.self-knowledge.org Often used name for hotels, restaurants, Zen schools, meditation centres > www.stillpointzenbuddhisttemple.org
STONE STREET photos (For Wellington)Location of Stone Street Studios in Wellington at Miramar near Oriental Bay. Most of the sets in LOTR movies were built there.
SUEÑO DEL RETIRO photo (CoM)Retiro is a name of a park in Madrid, so the title probably means Dream of Retiro ... but retiro also means to remove, move away, to withdraw, to take away, to retreat(!) in Spanish. Is this a reference to Retreat photos?
SUNKAWAKAN WASTE Lakota version of the title of THiGMeans "the horse is good" in Lakota language. Sunkawakan = horse (literally: sunka = dog; wakan = great/big/mysterious) and waste = good > www.nativeweb.org |