Sila Blume
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Slap in the Face
It is life and here I am and again, although it does not happen daily, it does happen with some regularity that I get slapped in the face. Wonders appear — miracles, moments of deep and transcendental Beauty. And, like a few minutes ago, life slaps me in the face. Admiration sets in, with acknowledgement…
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Answer
A wonderful and beautiful friend, named Basma, has just responded to my question as to why I document things I do not know. Those flowers I photographed and posted minutes ago, are known as Japanese rose, seven-sisters rose, many-flowered rose, rambler rose. Botanically it is a Rosa multi-flora. The answer is therefore, I document what…
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Sing
If you can’t sing, sing. If you’re happy, sing. When you are sad, sing. Whenever you are confused, sing. If you are angry, sing. If confused, sing. If you want to be in happiness, sing. Sing your heart out. Sing your mind out. Sing your insecurity out, sing your confidence out. If you wish to…
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Celebrating the life of Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett was born in New Orleans on the 31st of May in 1931. Her operatic debut was 1957 in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Not the best choice, considering her family practiced Seventh-Day Adventism, and was not in agreement with her pursuing an opera career. In 1968 she made her New York Metropolitan…
