five questions for this week
unfeatured questions stolen from the featured question chatboard, dated from October of 2007
Answer any one or all of these questions in the coming week. I try to mix the whimsical with the serious here, so hopefully there is at least one question here for everyone.
December 15th
The halcyon, or kingfisher, is associated in Greek myth with the winter solstice. Alcyone is the goddess of the Halcyon Days, which occur seven days before and seven days after the winter solstice. These were peaceful days when the sea calm enough for the female kingfisher to build a floating nest.
Fortuna Redux, goddess of happy journeys and prosperous returns, is honored today.
The 30th day of Tybi recalls the crossing before Nun in the Temple of Hapi.
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The question about being old might be dangerous to answer. I could find out that I'm older than I want to be.
RYC: Exactly!!! One of my 'issues' is that so many people rely on their doctors to be 'gods' so don't question anything. People just shovel it in... One should be aware!
YOU have a beautiful soul! Ooh, what is a 'soul?' My opinion, one's 'nafsheha' (horrid Hebrew transliteration), essense, entireness,...
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