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My Husband and I playing. I swear, i will win
Photo taken aut Sunny´s
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Photo%20Studio/54/...
La 181208-0 passe à Courcelles-sur-Nied sur l'EC 54 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 10h45 - Paris-Est 17h02 (01/04/2007 - 14h11)
AMAZING dress designed by Kaithleen's called Kaithleen's Lace Whimsy Dress. The fatpack hud offers so many color combinations. It's rigged for Maitreya LaraX, PetiteX, Reborn, Waifu, Waifu+JuicyRolls, NHumana, Bel.XGen Classic, Legacy and Perky. You will find this at the Fameshed event from August 1 till August 27, 2025. Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed/163/147/25
The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU&list=RDMKLVmBOOqV...
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/144130363@N02/
My blog: roxymystic.wixsite.com/intothemystic
My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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Kaithleen's
Kaithleen's Lace Whimsy Dress
You will find this at the Fameshed event from August 1 till August 27, 2025.
Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed/163/147/25
More information about Kaithleen's:
Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maribella/201/126/23
MP: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/115231
Website: kaithleen.carrd.co/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kaithleen.xoxo
www.facebook.com/groups/660921790720993
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/kaithleens/
www.flickr.com/groups/2677020@N23/pool/
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Other information, items/accessories in picture:
HAIR
Stealthic - Rise
NAILS
Le Forme Bento Nails M03 Fantasy Tone
JEWELRY
- Secrets - Ayane Necklace Set - Silver
Vibing -- kinsley rings -- silver
Kibitz - Tamara's earrings
ACCESSORIES
MVT - Exclusive handbag - Pink
#BANG . Sunglasses Retro ' Only Sunglasses
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Everybody needs cute little dresses like this one! Designed by NANIKA and called NANIKA - Kaori Dress. The Fatpack offers so many colors! It's rigged for MaitreyaX / Legacy / Perky / Reborn. Such beautiful details on this design and the fatpack hud offers patern/color choices for the lace, belt and dress. You will find this at the Anthem Event Opening Date: November 3, 2024 and Event Closing Date: November 30, 2024. Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/134/129/1107
Everybody Loves An Outlaw - I See Red
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFsZ1bifm0
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/144130363@N02/
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My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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NANIKA
NANIKA - Kaori Dress
Available at the Anthem Event Opening Date: November 3, 2024
Event Closing Date: November 30, 2024.
Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/134/129/1107
More information about NANIKA:
Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dulcis/128/130/27
MP: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/160991
Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100018055363948
Flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/nanika/pool/
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HAIR
Magika - Hair - Eleanor
NAILS
Le Forme Bento Nails M03 NaturalGlam
ACCESSORIES
*{JB}* Satin Bow [Ink]
Art&Ko - Witch Lilith Set - Black Shoes
zOOm - Fishnet Pants
+CHANDRA+ Morgan Hat BLACK
JEWELRY
(Yummy) Oceana Ring Collection
(Yummy) Oceana Hand Chain Rings
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Created for Kreative People; - Treat This 54
www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/721576492292824...
Thank you, abstractartangel77, for the source which you may view in Comments below.
Today is, according to my kids, the first day of Spring. Hooray! I wanted to create a 'spring' picture which wasn't my usual flower macro.
My entry for No.54 - Spring, in 112 in 2012.
Looks nice on black - click on the image, or press the 'L' key on your keyboard.
PS. There are now no Cadbury's Mini Eggs left. At all.
This very sexy bottom is designed by AYO and called AYO // Danika Set. It includes skirt. panties and harness. The outfit offers 10 colors skirt/panties + 1 harness colors by pack. Only fatpack: mix and match skirt, panties and harness colors. Hide/show panties and 7 harness leather colors. Rigged for LaraX, Legacy, Reborn, juicy rolls. You will find this at the AYO mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wana/210/56/1505
The next item is this cute top designede by MIDNA and called MIDNA - Ocean Top. It comes in many exciting colors and the knitted sweater top is so well designed, love the textures! The bra is hideable via the hud. It's rigged for Maitreya X, Legacy and ebody Reborn. You will find this at the MIDNA mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Match/93/62/46
Adele - Chasing Pavements
www.youtube.com/watch?v=08DjMT-qR9g
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/144130363@N02/
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My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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AYO
AYO // Danika Set
Available at the AYO mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wana/210/56/1505
More information about AYO:
Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wana/210/56/1505
MP: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/64159
Primfeed: www.primfeed.com/ayo
Flickr Store: www.flickr.com/photos/191018333@N07/
Flickr Group: www.flickr.com/groups/14764370@N21/
FB: www.facebook.com/AYOboutiquesl
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MIDNA
MIDNA - Ocean Top
Available at the MIDNA mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Match/93/62/46
More information about MIDNA
Mainstore:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Match/93/62/46
Marketplace:
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/200584
Flickr group:
www.flickr.com/groups/midnasl/
Facebook:
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Other information, items/accessories in picture:
HAIR
DOUX - Whiplash
NAILS
Le Forme Bento Nails M03 Princess
JEWELRY
*PKC* LeL EVO X Aries
- Secrets - Akiko Chain Piercing - Silver
- Secrets - Butterfly Ring Set - Silver
PET
JIAN 'dorable Danes 3. Adult Wanderer RARE
ACCESSORIES
SINCHI - Cell Phone Black
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irrISIStible Shop - Tropicale Beauty Mesh Outfit + Shoes & Jewels: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodjewel%20Island/105/54...
Credits:
🎁 ..::Taboo Store - Christmas Cap::.. - (Unisex)
(Free for group members)
🎄 LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oggy/232/24/3501
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🎁 {ViSion}Vivian Sweaters-GIFT(at Shop & Hop)
🎄 LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lupine/99/228/53
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🎁 andika winter snack/Gift
🎄 LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Halcyon/12/95/53
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🎁 [FORMANAILS] NAILS TEXTURE HUD-XMAS 2021 (MIA Nails) - 10 Xmas textures (at Shop & Hop)
🎄 LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tinseled/229/89/54
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🎁 !APHORISM! Sophia Leg Warmers Ltd Ed Gift (at Shop & Hop)
Original Blog Post Here: auroratown.org/2021/10/29/girls-heaven-11-21-trick-or-tre...
Girls Heaven 11/21
SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bellavista/70/192/25
Outfit by Pink Cherry
Skin and Shape by 7 Deadly s[K]ins
Dark Passion Productions Trick or Treat Lane
SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spectacle/180/236/59
Heels by Beauty of Darkness
Collar and Headchain by The Little Bat
Poses by Infiniti Poses
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Peaches/86/113/1452
Hair by Truth
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Truth/75/137/29
Ink by Kira Tattoo
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bellavita/95/14/1227
Handbag by My Bags by Mila Blauvelt
SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20World/88/74/23
Miix Event which officially opens Tomorrow, Oct. 29th.
Halloween Hop & Shop Event.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Golden/103/59/54
Leather Arm Cuffs by Exxess
Earrings by Beloved Jewelry
Ring by Seance
SWANK Event
SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Swank%20Events/35/162/23
Mesh Eyes by Elemental
Thirsty Event
SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/THIRSTY/93/236/24
Mesh Nails by Tulssy Nail Ar
Today's Photo Shoot site is DRD's Scarlet Hotel maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Scarlett%20Bay/250/248/22
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/roxymystic/
My blog: roxymystic.wixsite.com/intothemystic
My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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HER HAIR
Doe: Ruby V1 - Indecisive RARE
NAILS
Le Forme Bento Nails M03 NaturalGlam
HER JEWELRY
(Yummy) Oceana Ring Collection
(Yummy) Oceana Hand Chain Rings
HER OUTFIT
Blueberry - Poppy - Leggings
//Ascend// Isla Crop Denim Jacket
PET
JIAN Classic Shelties // Sleeping Sheltie
POSE / BACKDROP / PROPS
Focus. Fall Camp Backdrop/ with fall view
Focus. Couple 566
Focus. Camp Mug / couple 566 female prop
Focus. Guitar/ couple 566 male prop
{what next} Winter Harvest Soup Tray
dust bunny . harvest feast . plate of food
dust bunny . harvest feast . pumpkin slice
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The outfit I am wearing is an exclusive outfit designed by V-Twins and called V-Twins (Gothicat) - NOEL Exclusive Release. It includes: fur coat, dress, stocking (BOM), garter and boots in 12 colors editable via HUD. Fits Maitreya, Lara X, Legacy (Classic&Perky), Reborn (Classic and Waifu). Available at PANDORA FAIR from January 11th to 30th, 2025. Here is your ride:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Beach/56/12/3001
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/144130363@N02/
My blog: roxymystic.wixsite.com/intothemystic
My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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V-Twins
V-Twins (Gothicat) - NOEL Exclusive Release
Available at PANDORA FAIR from January 11th to 30th
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Beach/56/12/3001
More information about V-Twins Biker Outfitter:
V-TWINS MAIN STORE: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TerraVillage/89/76/23
FLICKR: www.flickr.com/groups/vtwins/
MARKETPLACE: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/65786
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Other information, items/accessories in picture:
HAIR
WINGS-EF0208-HAIR
TATTOO
+Nuuna+ Lill Black
BACKDROP / PROPS
K&S - Dreamlike Space. backdrop
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once upon a time .... in 2099....
the queen city
model and photographer : me :)
jewelry by l'atelier sad's : dorsal spine
shop :
slurl.com/secondlife/Tallyman/186/130/21
Marketplace: marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Dorsal-Spine-Boxed-by-sad/54...
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - BURQUITLAM - a post office and farming settlement between New Westminster and Port Coquitlam, in Dewdney Provincial Electoral District, reached by jitney stage from New Westminster, which is the business centre.
BURQUITLAM was located three and one-half miles north of New Westminster, between Burnaby and Coquitlam. Name derived from positions of the two adjoining municipalities - Coquitlam and Burnaby - for the purpose of providing a post office. BURQUITLAM Post Office opened - 1 October 1906, with Peter Lawson as postmaster. BURQUITLAM Post Office amalgamated as a sub-office of New Westminster Post Office - 1 August 1946 becoming New Westminster-Burquitlam.
Link - to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BURQUITLAM Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this registered letter entered the postal system at BURQUITLAM the Postmistress was Mrs. May Copping - she served as Postmistress at BURQUITLAM from - 16 June 1933 to - 24 April 1944.
May (nee Cotton) Copping / Stevens
(b. 15 July 1886 in in Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England - d. 25 August 1970 at age 84 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/25... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for...
Copping's Corner (garage, store and Post Office) located on the corner of Hamilton and North Roads in Burquitlam. The Post Office was located in the old country Copping's Store in a little alcove in the back, where Mrs. May Copping dispenced the mail.
Her first husband - George Copping
(b. 27 November 1863 in England - d. 19 September 1930 at age 66 in Coquitlam, British Columbia )
Her second husband - Albert Charles Stevens
(b. 26 September 1884 in England - d. 10 September 1961 at age 76 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - occupation - building inspector for the City of Vancouver, B.C. - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ca... - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for...
- sent from - / BURQUITLAM / FE 13 / 40 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1906 when the Post Office opened - (RF C).
- sent by registered mail - / R / BURQUITLAM, B.C. / ORIGINAL No. / 490 / - registered boxed marking in purple ink
- via - / NEW WESTMINSTER / 10 / FE 13 / 40 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp
- via - / VANCOUVER / FE 13 / 40 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp
George VI "Mufti" Period
1937 - 1942
International Mail - The international surface rates which were in effect during the 1937 - 1942 period were unchanged from those which applied in 1931. Preferred Letter Rate - A reduced international letter rate was available for mail to the following destinations: Great Britain and places within the Empire, Republic of Ireland, France, Spain , United States and all other countries in North and South America. LINK - postalhistorycorner.blogspot.com/2011/06/george-vi-mufti-...
The rate was 3 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents for each additional ounce.
7 cents paying the 3 ounce rate to New Zealand
The registration fee was 10 cents to New Zealand
Burquitlam, B.C. to Dunedin, New Zealand - 13 February 1940 - 3 cents (first ounce) + 2 cents (second ounce) + 2 cents (third ounce) + 10 cents registration = 17 cents
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- sent by - A.P. Ranger / Hamilton Rd. / Burquitlam, B.C.
Albert Percy Ranger
(b. 17 August 1888 in London, England - d. 16 November 1961 age 73 in Burnaby, British Columbia) - he had a small chicken farm in Burquitlam, B.C. - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1d...
His wife - Winnifred Kathleen "Kate" (nee Petty) Ranger
(b. 22 November 1886 in London, England - d. 30 March 1969 at age 82 in New Westminster, British Columbia) - they were married in 1920 in Hampstead, London, England - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/54...
Addressed to - Messrs Wilcox Smith & Co. / 14 Manse Street / Dunedin / New Zealand
Wilcox Smith & Company - Dunedin firm of stamp dealers - Took over business of Auckland Foreign Stamp Depot in 1883. The firm was run by W L Hooper until his death in 1942. George Kitchin J P owned the business until his death in 1964. It was then bought by Laurie Franks Ltd and moved to Christchurch. Letter book, 1883-1885, is to be placed in the library of the Christchurch Philatelic Society.
a beleza do sal (54)
da mão
a que dá
a que tira
a que ignora
a que acaricia
a que fere
a que mata
qual a tua?
(armazéns de lavos; 2017)
flor de sal
Love this dress! It's called - pOOnsh - Scarlet Dress. IT INCLUDES Dress, HUD (16 colors + 7 halloween prints + TintPicker for fatpack). Rigged for Reborn, Waifus, Legacy, Perky, LaraX. Available at the KINKY Event (28 September - 23 October). Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Liberty%20City/169/127/30
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/roxymystic/
My blog: roxymystic.wixsite.com/intothemystic
My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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POONSH Store
- pOOnsh - Scarlet Dress
Available at the KINKY Event (28 September - 23 October).
Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Liberty%20City/169/127/30
More information about POONSH Store:
Mainstore:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Serena%20Cantari/31/60/503
Marketplace -
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/233363
Flickr -
Facebook -
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Other information, items/accessories in picture:
HAIR
Magika - Hair - Amy
NAILS
MeHoney - Esta nails
TATTOO
[POUT!] Beetlejuice
ACCESSORIES
Insomnia Angel . necromancy -11- raneae hat [noir]
LOCATION:
Beetle Juice
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Legend%20Isle/198/176/301
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When I saw this fantasy dress I knew I had to get it! It's designed by Web Dew. It comes with the following items: falling leaves, tight and gloves, shoes, panties, skirt, Pedals and top. All pieces can be found at the Fall Frolic at Fae Faire: The Autumnal Court Hunt! Costs/Fees: 10L – 50L, Start Date: November 9, 2025
End Date: November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM. Here is your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Seas%20of%20Eden/13/161/3987
My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/144130363@N02/
My blog: roxymystic.wixsite.com/intothemystic
My FB: www.facebook.com/roxy.mistic.54/
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A long exposure by the rocks in Crosshaven, Co Cork. There is a ship anchored offshore in the distance..
Jan 9th 2012 - Explore # 54 -
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Cheshire, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.[2]
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
History
The Chester to York Roman road passes between the settlements of Dunham Massey and Bowdon and today forms the boundary between the two places. The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey Barons. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to the Saxon thegn Aelfward before the Norman Conquest and to Hamo de Masci after. De Masci was an influential baron, who also had control over the manors of Baguley, Bowdon, Hale, Partington, and Timperley. The addition of "Massey" to the name Dunham reflects the manor's importance within the barony; Dunham was the seat of the Masseys. The importance of Dunham is further emphasised by the presence of two of de Massey’s castles: Dunham Castle and Watch Hill Castle on the border with Bowdon; a third, Ullerwood Castle, was near Hale. The Masseys remained barons of Dunham and its environs until the 14th century, when the line became extinct.[3][4]
The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409, with Dunham Massey remaining at the heart of the estate; at the time, only four villages were in the Trafford area. By the Elizabeth period, Dunham Massey Castle had been demolished. Probably during the medieval period, Dunham Massey Hall became the home of the manorial lord, and a centre of power in the area. The hall was rebuilt in 1616, leaving no remains of the old medieval hall. The mill at Dunham was first documented in 1353, although the mill's present structure dates to the 1860s. It lies on the River Bollin, opposite Little Bollington. The first record of Dunham's deer park was also in 1353. The settlement of Dunham Woodhouse dates from the 15th century. During the medieval period, the primary source of employment in Dunham Massey was agriculture, mainly arable.
The Warrington and Stockport Railway was constructed through Dunham during 1853/54. Dunham Massey railway station served the area between 1854 and its closure in 1962. Dunham grew as a result, the population increasing by 57.5% between 1851 and 1881. Otherwise, the industrial revolution had little effect on Dunham Massey, and it remained a predominantly agricultural area.
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall.
The present hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who was amongst the creations of Baronets by James I in 1611, but was later remodelled by John Norris for George, Earl of Stamford and Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was also altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall itself, the stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford.[5]
The site is moated and lies immediately west of the village of Dunham, with the deer park lying to the south. The hall was donated to the National Trust by the last Earl of Stamford, in 1976. The hall was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Inside is a collection of Huguenot silver, the carving The Crucifixion by 17th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons, and a white marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian; the head is antique, but the neck and shoulders are 18th century, it was probably acquired by the 5th Earl of Stamford. The collection of paintings in the hall include Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino; The Cascade at Terni by Louis Ducros; and portraits by William Beechey, Francis Cotes, Michael Dahl, A. R. Mengs, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Enoch Seeman, and Zoffany. The 7th Earl of Stamford removed a selection of paintings to Enville Hall in the late 1850s, and it was not until the time of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford that some were returned after sales in 1929 and 1931.[6] The deer park at Dunham Massey is the only medieval park in Trafford to survive to the present.[4] The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with over 115,000 visitors in 2007.
Governance
The civil parish parish of Dunham Massey was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, and has its own parish council. Dunham Massey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bowdon electoral ward.[9][4] The councillors for the Bowdon ward are David Merrell, Paula Pearson, and Stephanie Poole, all members of the Conservative Party.[10] Dunham Massey is also a part of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and belongs to the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since the formation of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency in 1997, it has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives won with a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party won 1.7%.
Geography
Dunham Massey lies to the east of Warburton, and to the west of Bowdon, with Altrincham approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the northeast. The landscape is generally flat, with some mossland. Dunham Park occupies 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) of the area. The Roman road running from Chester to York forms the boundary between Dunham and Bowdon. The River Bollin runs to the south, with the Bridgewater Canal running through the area. The local geology is lower keuper marl, with a ridge of sand and gravel running from Dunham to Warburton.
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Dunham Massey had a total population of 475. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. The average household size was 2.36.[2] Of those aged 16–74 in Dunham Massey, 42.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[12][13] According to the census, 0.01% were unemployed and 19.24% were economically inactive.[12] 17.89% of the population were under the age of 16, and 9.89% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the residents of Dunham Massey was 43.71. 75.79% of residents described their health as 'good'.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Brookheys Covert
Brookheys Covert is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Dunham Park Estate (grid reference SJ742904). The site is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat and several marl pits, which have flooded to form ponds. The reserve spans 5.8 acres (23,000 m2) and is managed by the Dunham Massey Estates. Brookheys Covert provides a habitat for many animals, including foxes, rabbits, squirrels, and 57 species of bird.[15][16]
Dunham Park
Dunham Park covers an area of 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (grid reference SJ740870). The park is mostly “pasture-woodland or park-woodland” and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer and over 500 species of insect.
Grade II listed buildings
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings; among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.[18]
There are many listed residences in Dunham Massey, most of them dating from the 18th or early 19th century, and many of them featuring Flemish bond brickwork and slate roofs. They include: Dunham Massey Lodge, on Dunham Road;[19] Willow Cottage;[20] numbers 1 and 2 Barns Lane;[21] number 1 Orchard View;[22] The Hollies, on Station Road;[23] numbers 1, 3 and 4 Woodhouse Lane;[24] Big Tree Cottages, on Woodhouse Lane.[25] Agden View, also on Woodhouse Lane, dates from 1725 and has both garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork.[26] Big Tree House, on Charcoal Road, dates from the mid-18th century and features English bond brickwork.[27] Yew Tree Cottage and Lime Tree Cottage are also on Charcoal Lane; both houses date to the 17th century and exhibit garden wall bond brickwork with slate roofs.[28] Ivy House, on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 18th century.[29] Kitchen Garden cottage was built in 1702.[30] Rose Cottage and Farm Cottage are late 18th or early 19th century.[31] The Meadows, on School Lane, was built in the 17th century and features garden wall bond brickwork and a thatched roof.[32]
The farm buildings of Home Farm, including its dovecote, were built in the early 19th century, and feature Flemish bond brickwork.[33][34] Sinderland House, also dating from the early 19th century, is another of Dunham Massey's listed farmhouses.[35] Manor Farmhouse, on Station Road, was built by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; the building dates from the mid-18th century and features both Flemish and garden wall bond brickwork.[36] The farmhouse on Station Road was built in 1752.[37] The barn on Woodhouse Lane dates from the early 18th century and features garden wall bond brickwork, a slate roof, and upper cruck frames.[38] Dog Farmhouse, also on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 19th century; however it may have been an adaptation of an earlier, possibly 18th century, farmhouse.[39]
Dunham School was built in 1759, with additions in 1860 and the 20th century. Above the door is an engraved panel reading “This School was Erected in 1759 For the Benefit of the Township of Dunham Massey. According to the Will of Thomas Walton Gent”. The school now serves as the parish hall.[40] The nearby Dunham School Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal, was built in 1776 by John Gilbert,[41] who also built the aqueduct for the Bridgewater Canal over the River Bollin, which was opened in 1776.[42] The other listed bridge, Brick Kiln Lane Bridge, was also built in the 18th century.[43] Bollington watermill was constructed in the 1860s, and has an undershot waterwheel.[44]
There are a number of listed structures in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s,[45] and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head.[46] The stable buildings,[47] the slaughterhouse,[48] the deer house,[49] the orangery,[50] and an ashlar shelter to the west of the hall,[51] all date from the 17th or 18th century. Barn Cottages date from at least 1751. The cottages were originally a single barn, which was converted in the 19th century.[52] Other grade II listed structures in the grounds of the hall include: the lakeside wall (18th century);[53] two small piers south of the garden forecourt (18th century);[54] a pier north west of the garden forecourt (18th century);[55] the gateway opposite the kitchen (1750);[56] the piers at the south of forecourt garden topped with lions (18th century);[57][58] and an obelisk erected by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, in 1714 in memory of his mother.[59] Near the hall there is a Grade II* listed sawmill, probably built in 1616.[
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A really unusual one from the lens of Mr. O’Dea today! An advertisement for the Waterford Gas Company gives a fine list of all the things they will NOT do. Town gas is gone in Ireland nowadays, so what can we find out about this?
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Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Cheshire, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.[2]
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
History
The Chester to York Roman road passes between the settlements of Dunham Massey and Bowdon and today forms the boundary between the two places. The name Dunham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon dun, meaning hill. The Massey element of the name is a result of its ownership by the Massey Barons. The manor of Dunham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having belonged to the Saxon thegn Aelfward before the Norman Conquest and to Hamo de Masci after. De Masci was an influential baron, who also had control over the manors of Baguley, Bowdon, Hale, Partington, and Timperley. The addition of "Massey" to the name Dunham reflects the manor's importance within the barony; Dunham was the seat of the Masseys. The importance of Dunham is further emphasised by the presence of two of de Massey’s castles: Dunham Castle and Watch Hill Castle on the border with Bowdon; a third, Ullerwood Castle, was near Hale. The Masseys remained barons of Dunham and its environs until the 14th century, when the line became extinct.[3][4]
The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409, with Dunham Massey remaining at the heart of the estate; at the time, only four villages were in the Trafford area. By the Elizabeth period, Dunham Massey Castle had been demolished. Probably during the medieval period, Dunham Massey Hall became the home of the manorial lord, and a centre of power in the area. The hall was rebuilt in 1616, leaving no remains of the old medieval hall. The mill at Dunham was first documented in 1353, although the mill's present structure dates to the 1860s. It lies on the River Bollin, opposite Little Bollington. The first record of Dunham's deer park was also in 1353. The settlement of Dunham Woodhouse dates from the 15th century. During the medieval period, the primary source of employment in Dunham Massey was agriculture, mainly arable.
The Warrington and Stockport Railway was constructed through Dunham during 1853/54. Dunham Massey railway station served the area between 1854 and its closure in 1962. Dunham grew as a result, the population increasing by 57.5% between 1851 and 1881. Otherwise, the industrial revolution had little effect on Dunham Massey, and it remained a predominantly agricultural area.
Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall.
The present hall was initially built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who was amongst the creations of Baronets by James I in 1611, but was later remodelled by John Norris for George, Earl of Stamford and Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was also altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall itself, the stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford.[5]
The site is moated and lies immediately west of the village of Dunham, with the deer park lying to the south. The hall was donated to the National Trust by the last Earl of Stamford, in 1976. The hall was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Inside is a collection of Huguenot silver, the carving The Crucifixion by 17th century wood carver Grinling Gibbons, and a white marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian; the head is antique, but the neck and shoulders are 18th century, it was probably acquired by the 5th Earl of Stamford. The collection of paintings in the hall include Allegory with Venus, Mars, Cupid and Time by Guercino; The Cascade at Terni by Louis Ducros; and portraits by William Beechey, Francis Cotes, Michael Dahl, A. R. Mengs, Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Enoch Seeman, and Zoffany. The 7th Earl of Stamford removed a selection of paintings to Enville Hall in the late 1850s, and it was not until the time of Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford that some were returned after sales in 1929 and 1931.[6] The deer park at Dunham Massey is the only medieval park in Trafford to survive to the present.[4] The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with over 115,000 visitors in 2007.
Governance
The civil parish parish of Dunham Massey was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, and has its own parish council. Dunham Massey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The village is part of the Bowdon electoral ward.[9][4] The councillors for the Bowdon ward are David Merrell, Paula Pearson, and Stephanie Poole, all members of the Conservative Party.[10] Dunham Massey is also a part of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and belongs to the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since the formation of the Altrincham and Sale West constituency in 1997, it has been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives won with a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 21.7%, and the United Kingdom Independence Party won 1.7%.
Geography
Dunham Massey lies to the east of Warburton, and to the west of Bowdon, with Altrincham approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the northeast. The landscape is generally flat, with some mossland. Dunham Park occupies 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) of the area. The Roman road running from Chester to York forms the boundary between Dunham and Bowdon. The River Bollin runs to the south, with the Bridgewater Canal running through the area. The local geology is lower keuper marl, with a ridge of sand and gravel running from Dunham to Warburton.
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, Dunham Massey had a total population of 475. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. The average household size was 2.36.[2] Of those aged 16–74 in Dunham Massey, 42.0% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, similar to the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).[12][13] According to the census, 0.01% were unemployed and 19.24% were economically inactive.[12] 17.89% of the population were under the age of 16, and 9.89% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the residents of Dunham Massey was 43.71. 75.79% of residents described their health as 'good'.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Brookheys Covert
Brookheys Covert is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Dunham Park Estate (grid reference SJ742904). The site is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat and several marl pits, which have flooded to form ponds. The reserve spans 5.8 acres (23,000 m2) and is managed by the Dunham Massey Estates. Brookheys Covert provides a habitat for many animals, including foxes, rabbits, squirrels, and 57 species of bird.[15][16]
Dunham Park
Dunham Park covers an area of 192.7 acres (780,000 m2) and is part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (grid reference SJ740870). The park is mostly “pasture-woodland or park-woodland” and has been since the Middle Ages. Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer and over 500 species of insect.
Grade II listed buildings
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings; among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.[18]
There are many listed residences in Dunham Massey, most of them dating from the 18th or early 19th century, and many of them featuring Flemish bond brickwork and slate roofs. They include: Dunham Massey Lodge, on Dunham Road;[19] Willow Cottage;[20] numbers 1 and 2 Barns Lane;[21] number 1 Orchard View;[22] The Hollies, on Station Road;[23] numbers 1, 3 and 4 Woodhouse Lane;[24] Big Tree Cottages, on Woodhouse Lane.[25] Agden View, also on Woodhouse Lane, dates from 1725 and has both garden wall bond and Flemish bond brickwork.[26] Big Tree House, on Charcoal Road, dates from the mid-18th century and features English bond brickwork.[27] Yew Tree Cottage and Lime Tree Cottage are also on Charcoal Lane; both houses date to the 17th century and exhibit garden wall bond brickwork with slate roofs.[28] Ivy House, on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 18th century.[29] Kitchen Garden cottage was built in 1702.[30] Rose Cottage and Farm Cottage are late 18th or early 19th century.[31] The Meadows, on School Lane, was built in the 17th century and features garden wall bond brickwork and a thatched roof.[32]
The farm buildings of Home Farm, including its dovecote, were built in the early 19th century, and feature Flemish bond brickwork.[33][34] Sinderland House, also dating from the early 19th century, is another of Dunham Massey's listed farmhouses.[35] Manor Farmhouse, on Station Road, was built by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; the building dates from the mid-18th century and features both Flemish and garden wall bond brickwork.[36] The farmhouse on Station Road was built in 1752.[37] The barn on Woodhouse Lane dates from the early 18th century and features garden wall bond brickwork, a slate roof, and upper cruck frames.[38] Dog Farmhouse, also on Woodhouse Lane, was built in the early 19th century; however it may have been an adaptation of an earlier, possibly 18th century, farmhouse.[39]
Dunham School was built in 1759, with additions in 1860 and the 20th century. Above the door is an engraved panel reading “This School was Erected in 1759 For the Benefit of the Township of Dunham Massey. According to the Will of Thomas Walton Gent”. The school now serves as the parish hall.[40] The nearby Dunham School Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal, was built in 1776 by John Gilbert,[41] who also built the aqueduct for the Bridgewater Canal over the River Bollin, which was opened in 1776.[42] The other listed bridge, Brick Kiln Lane Bridge, was also built in the 18th century.[43] Bollington watermill was constructed in the 1860s, and has an undershot waterwheel.[44]
There are a number of listed structures in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s,[45] and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head.[46] The stable buildings,[47] the slaughterhouse,[48] the deer house,[49] the orangery,[50] and an ashlar shelter to the west of the hall,[51] all date from the 17th or 18th century. Barn Cottages date from at least 1751. The cottages were originally a single barn, which was converted in the 19th century.[52] Other grade II listed structures in the grounds of the hall include: the lakeside wall (18th century);[53] two small piers south of the garden forecourt (18th century);[54] a pier north west of the garden forecourt (18th century);[55] the gateway opposite the kitchen (1750);[56] the piers at the south of forecourt garden topped with lions (18th century);[57][58] and an obelisk erected by George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, in 1714 in memory of his mother.[59] Near the hall there is a Grade II* listed sawmill, probably built in 1616.[
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I had a premonition. Whenever I thought about our upcoming riverboat cruise on the Blue Danube two images came to mind: Bratislava and my father-in-law John suffering a heart attack while we were there.
12 April, Friday 2013
We set sail from Vienna at midnight and arrive in Bratislava at six in the morning.
7:00 a.m.
I am the first to leave our cabin on the ship and when I see that John's door is open and his clothes are on the floor by the bathroom I am alarmed and alert Chris who is not far behind me. But, I carry on to the lounge to finish writing post cards - there are only two days left on the cruise - we are due to return from Budapest, Hungary after breakfast on Sunday morning. The end of an eight day trip.
When I am done I climb downstairs to the dining lounge to look for Chris and John. After I walk around the entire room I joke to the last couple seated by the door that it is not like my husband and father-in-law to skip a meal.
The first thing I see is John's empty bed and when I realize that he has lost control of his bodily functions I know this is serious. John, who is wearing white boxer shorts and a white tee-shirt, is sitting in a chair by the bed and Chris is standing by. Chris tells me that his father has had a really bad night and that he needs to go to the hospital. The staff has been alerted and the paramedics are on their way.
John is sweating profusely and struggling to breathe,. He remembers me opening the window. I move to his side and ask him if this is all right. “Yes,” he says, “I’m dying.” Doctor’s have a name for this conviction: Angor animi, Latin for ‘anguish of the soul’. According to Dr. Gavin Francis, “as a sensation it carries great predictive power”. In the emergency room a patient’s belief that they are about to die is taken seriously.
I place my right hand on the nape of his neck and my left hand on his forehead while I assess the situation. John is drenched in sweat. I race to the bathroom sink and wet two wash cloths and place one behind his neck and he takes the other to wipe his face and head. Then he returns to bed, which is one step away, but he does not slide down far enough and his head is in an awkward position.
Most people know not to lay someone with breathing problems flat and John is struggling. I show Chris, who is about to pull his father forward, how to reposition John by reaching under his armpit and grasping his back. This works and together we are able to move his upper body forward. I place a pillow so that John is able to sit up.
Again I place my right hand on the nape of his neck and my left hand on his forehead. “I'm dying," he repeats "No you're not," I say this as though it is a ridiculous thing to do. I'm thinking, we’re on a cruise! John says that he can’t breathe and that he has water on the lungs. We can hear what doctors call the death rattle, when saliva accumulates in the throat.
I am loathe to tell my father-in-law what to do and when he mentions that he quit taking his diuretic as prescribed I do not say a word. But, now I remind him, “Once you receive your medication you will feel all right again”. I say this reassuringly.
I encourage Chris to make John’s bag of prescription drugs available - the doctors will want to know the names and the dosages. I grab fresh towels from the cart in the hall and cover John and the bed.
The Prestige is due to set sail at noon and I know it is going to leave without us so I suggest we start packing. First I send Chris across the hall to our room. I watch through the open door as our things are hastily thrown together. I call him back and suggest he pack for John - that way he can stay by his father’s side.
We are all set to go when the paramedics arrive with Peter, the twenty-five year old Slovakian waiter from the dining room who serves as our translator. As the paramedics work their magic I move partially onto the bed, close to John’s right ear, and explain what is happening. “There are three paramedics here and a doctor,” I tell him. This turned out not to be completely true - there was no doctor. John opens his eyes for a moment and smiles. "Good" he says. "I like a lot of attention." This is true.
Chris later told me that when he first saw his father John was seated on the toilet. He told Chris that he needed a minute - he had a bad night - and he said that he needed to go to Stanford Hospital right away.
Chris told a cleaning staff member who was in the hallway that his father needed a medical doctor. Wesley, the activities coordinator, came and told Chris that there was not a doctor available who could come to the ship, he had two choices. John could have an appointment with the doctor at 11 a.m. or he could go to the emergency room. Chris asked Wesley to call for an ambulance - John needed to go to the emergency room.
By this time John had made his way to the chair where Chris had placed a towel. He told Chris that he thought he had died last night. He woke up sweating, he could not urinate, he was in pain and he had difficulty walking and breathing. He said he was very uncomfortable and he just wanted to die.
John leaves the ship in a sling chair, as he is being wheeled through the lobby Artur, (this is not a typo) the Portuguese manager, tells me not to worry about the cost - Viking will take care of it. “Keep on thinking positive,” he says, “and everything it will be okay.”
7:54 a.m.
Two ambulances - sirens wailing - John and Peter in one, and Chris and I in another arrive at the University Hospital Old Town (Univerzitná Nemonica Staré Mesto). We are in the medieval center of Bratislava.
8:18 a.m.
After a brief stay in the emergency room John is wheeled to the coronary care unit (Interná Klinika Koronárna Jednotka). As he is about to enter the elevator he turns to Chris and says, "Remember what I said earlier about wanting to die, well I changed my mind."
10:17 a.m.
Dr. Papinčák, who is studiously calm and attentive, does not take his eyes off me as he speaks, his gaze is piercing. He informs me that John may be able to fly home on Monday with a medical assistant. He is concerned about the high altitude. John suffers from congestive heart failure (CHF).
“One of the most important problems for travelers with congestive heart failure is altitude... All patients should be able to walk 100 yards and climb 12 steps if they are to attempt a long plane flight. Heart failure patients may also be particularly susceptible to the symptoms of altitude sickness, which may include shortness of breath and profound fatigue. In general, patients with congestive heart failure should avoid traveling to locations at high altitudes.” - Internet Scientific Publications. The Internet Journal of Health ISSN: 1528-8315 Travel Concerns For Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Patients.
10:30 a.m.
Chris uses the hospital’s computer to email his sisters. Typists beware, the z and the y are reversed and the apostrophe and the @ symbol are no where to be found.
“Dad maz have had a heart attack last night. He is okaz now, in the hospital... if it will help with medical evacuation.... I would like to get him to Stanford... I think he had a heart attack in his sleep earlz this morning. It is fridaz at ten thirtz here and I§m using the computer at the hospital. I will also trz to make phone calls and e=mail, but communications are difficult right now.” - Chris’ email
11:00 a.m.
While Chris is typing Dr. Papinčák comes out to the hall to tell me that John is asleep. As we leave the hospital with our bags a grounds worker Feró, points us in the direction of the Hotel Saffron. This four star hotel is located just around the corner from the hospital and the Staré Město (Old Town) is a fifteen minute walk in the other direction. There are shops, markets, ATM’s, restaurants and cafe’s in between. Everything is within walking distance.
At this point we feel tremendous gratitude. First of all, we are grateful that we are docked when the heart attack happens, secondly that the paramedics respond quickly, and thirdly that Chris has family to help with the logistics. And, we feel grateful to be in a position where we are able to stay in Bratislava for as long as it takes for John to recover and deemed fit to fly. We see nothing but the positives and we are excited. Exploring medieval Bratislava will serve as a good distraction and our eight day trip has turned into an indefinite adventure - my favorite kind.
2:45 p.m.
I skip lunch but as Chris orders the Pakistani behind the counter seriously wonders, “What are you doing in Bratislava?”
3:30 p.m.
Back at the hospital I monitor the activity in the hallway while I give Chris and John time alone. If there are any last words that need to be spoken now is the time.
4:15 p.m.
Despite the double expressos and the warm overcast spring afternoon (good for photography) once we settle into our room we are unable to leave the hotel. For the first time ever we decide to settle in early.
While Chris figures out how to call his sister using FaceTime I watch racy and fast paced MTV videos on the television. When the rain starts to fall softly I soak in a hot bath. Our large window opens wide - we do not realize that we are facing southwest until the moon sets. It does not get dark until 9:30 p.m.
13 April, Saturday
The big questions are; how much damage was caused to John’s already congested heart, what are John’s chances of recovering from pneumonia, which we just learn he has, and when is he going to be well enough to travel home? There are no immediate answers forthcoming as the doctors need information on John’s previous condition.
While Chris sits with his father I visit an ancient who is laying in the bed closest to the door. I am pleased to learn that she speaks German, all the older people do she tells me - that was until the communists came to rule in 1945 and stayed until 1989 - now that generation speaks Russian as a second language. This woman, who has two sons, tells me that she has an uncle and relatives who live in “cosmopolitan” Canada, Toronto.
14 April, Sunday
We learn that ejection fraction measures how much volume the heart pumps with each beat, 55% to 6o% is considered normal and 20% is too low. John’s ejection fraction in his left ventricle, is 20-25% , it was 35%. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a blood protein that indicates inflammation of the arteries. Levels rise in response to inflammation. You are at high risk for heart disease if your CRP level is higher than 3.0 mg/L. John’s levels reach 140mg/L. And, his leucocyte levels, which measures the number of white blood cells and indicates infection, are high.
I have a private talk with Dr. Kašperová. I would like to know what are John’s chances of survival. She tells me that culture is growing in lab - soon they will know specific antibiotic to give him. The doctor thinks a two week stay is optimistic. What is most essential at this point besides hydration is for John to be optimistic. She believes his survival depends on this.
Today John is NOT feeling optimistic, he wants out by weeks end. He does not know that he is looking at a two week minimum stay and we are not going to tell him. And, he is concerned that he has no appetite. This does not bode well for John. “Your body is trying to heal,” I tell him. This is what I told my friend Carol when she expressed the same concern a week before she died of congestive heart failure on 23 May 2012. But, we just brought him hot soup and he is eating after two days of no food. It is not until later that we learn restaurant soup is verboten - too much salt.
Today is my mother’s 79th birthday. It does not occur to me until now that I can send her emails using Chris’ iPhone. I write: Father-in-law John had a heart attack on Friday and he is in the hospital in Bratislava. We will stay in Slovakia until John is well enough to travel. In hindsight, emailing my mother would have been a good opportunity to write and keep track of our adventures. Viking had kept us busy starting early every morning. It was a great trip while it lasted, in fact, everything was much better than we expected and we only missed the last two days.
Except for the ubiquitous and jumbo sized chocolate chip cookies (yes, there is such a thing) I like the small portions of food Viking serves, although John informs me that not everyone is of the same opinion. And, not being a big meat eater, I look forward to the hot rueben sandwich which is on the menu for tomorrow’s lunch. “You know I’m not supposed to eat that,” John tells me, “Too much salt, but I’m going to, I eat whatever I want.” This is not the first time John brags about his see-food diet. The last time it happened he ended up in the hospital with a heart attack. I predicted that would happen. The body keeps count.
The first few days we stay with John only briefly as he is tired and sleeps most of the time. We start the routine of dropping off a decaf latte in the morning which progresses to one in the afternoon, and everyday we bring him food and the International Herald Tribune.
Near the end, as a treat, we buy him a New Yorker 12.50 € ($17.00) which John has subscribed to for almost sixty years, and a Time magazine which features the 100 most influential people in the world. When we are not hunting for food and gathering reading material for John we explore the medieval city center of Bratislava and I start to learn the Slovakian language.
The Slovakian word for thank you is Ďakujem. I have one of the nurses on my voice recorder repeating this word over and over again. I admit that it took me one long week to learn how to say ďakujem without thinking - that is how difficult this word is to pronounce and why the locals are so appreciative when we make the effort. The Slovakians and the Slovenians use ‘Prosím' for please and there are some other similarities, but the Slovakian language uses diacritics that I have never seen before. My curiosity is piqued.
15 April, Monday
It is a huge relief to see that John is feeling much better this morning after he briefly lost his optimism. For the first time yesterday we saw the possibility of darkness settling in. But, I notice that the right side of his body is bloated.
“We visited Dad this morning and he is doing noticeably better than yesterday. He is more alert and energetic, and his appetite is better. He has bronchial pneumonia in the right lung which is being treated with two antibiotics. He appreciates everyone's concerns and good wishes. Once the pneumonia clears up and he is stronger we can go home. Although he wants to go home he realizes that he is too weak to travel.” - Chris’ email
“Dr. Papinčák says it’s too soon for Dad to walk, that he needs to start by spending more time sitting up, physical therapy will start tomorrow. When we visit in the morning we will have him sit up with his legs over the side of the bed and his feet on the floor. He said that Dad is improving, responding to the antibiotics as measured by a lower CRP number. He also said that his heart was not damaged that much more by this heart attack as measured by the EF number. Finally he said that Dad may be ready to travel by Friday or Saturday. We brought him OJ, salad, decaf latte, a blueberry muffin and the Herald Tribune, everything he wanted. Things are going as well and as fast as they can go for now. We are optimistic. - Chris’ email
16 April, Tuesday
We wake up to the news that terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon. We feel safe in Bratislava.
John is definitely making progress. He is one tough Greek and I tell him so, but he is not convinced. “Wait until we’re in the air,” he says not realizing the potential danger that lies ahead. I notice that he is not coughing. The double dose of two different antibiotics must be working and the right side of his body is not as swollen.
“We are going to get an update from the doctor in the morning and hopefully an approximate timeline for when Dad might be able to travel. He is very much hoping to leave Friday, but I don't know about that. While he is clearly improving each day he still has pneumonia and is very weak.” - Chris’ email
Today I discover that Dr. Kašperová understands every word of the German language but, like her English, she struggles to speak. The first thing she tells me, without any prompting on my part, is that John is not going anywhere in a hurry.
17 April, Wednesday
This morning Dr. Kašperová introduces us to her daughter Julia a blonde medical student who speaks English well. This is a teaching hospital and Julia is studying to become a cardiologist just like her parents. Her grandfather Julius was one of the founders and the main cardiologist in the Slovak Cardiovascular Centre in the former Czecho-Slovakia. In two years she will complete her studies. Julia is twenty-three years old.
10:00
Chris buys a disposable telephone at T-Mobile on Ivánska cesta 12, John’s daughters are eager to speak with him. This turns out to be a good call as John’s spirits lift and for the first time he sits up in bed with his feet flat on the floor.
It is a little after 4 p.m. when the first call is made. Church bells are chiming, sirens are wailing and John is coughing, a dry hacking cough that does not let up. “ It’s bad.” he tells them. He would like to go straight to Stanford hospital when he arrives in San Francisco.
Chris wonders how I know that to call abroad from Slovakia one must dial 00 - the exit code.
Today we learn that we must pay the hospital bill in full and in cash on the day we leave. The University Hospital does not accept credit cards. Dr. Kašperová will give us an estimate after she speaks with the billing department.
The first option we look into is a money transfer. Western Union is surprisingly expensive, so we go next door to the bank, the only one in the area that deals with money transfers. For a surprisingly small amount we are able to open an account. But, we think this is too complicated, and the bank does do not open until 9 a.m. Instead, John gives us his password and twice daily we withdraw the cash limit from both of our accounts.
A few days later Dr. Kašperová tells us that the daily cost of staying in the University Hospital is 113€ ($150.00) plus medicines and procedures such as x-rays and electrocardiograms. We will not know the final cost until the day we leave.
John urges Chris to build-up a cash reserve of $3,000€ and then changes it to $4,000€. Chris is hesitant, he thinks this is too much. I want that Chris should take his father’s advice as I am not convinced that John is going to make it home alive. This will not be the first in flight death we will have experienced. Once we had to make an emergency landing in Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. I wonder how complicated it will be to have John cremated, how much it will cost and in which country it will happen. We are told, by someone who knows, not to tell the airlines that we are traveling with a high risk passenger.
18 April, Thursday
John continues to make great strides. Today he walked across the room and back and he was wheeled outside into the sunshine to the radiology department to be x-rayed (antiquated is the word he used) and his catheter was removed. We are all happy about this.
This morning Dr. Kašperová tells me that John, who is eager to leave, can go home whenever he wants. I think this is good reverse psychology and I was going to use it on him. When I tell him that he can go home whenever he wants, John says, "Let's wait and see what the doctors say.”
More drama today when we find out that John’s eighty-nine year old brother, Spiro, has passed away. We suspect that, if not for John’s pacemaker, he and his brother would have died one day apart.
Poor Chris, there have been some difficult moments for him. We are on the street in Bratislava when his sister calls to tell him the news. This is not easy for Chris as he loves his uncle Spiro.
I am a little surprised this afternoon when John asks what else was said during this conversation - I was not expecting Chris to tell him unless he asked the specific question. John had made it clear that he did not want to hear anything about Spiro while he was on the trip. Chris finds this moment too difficult so, just like a scene in a movie, I lean in close, gently place my hand on John’s right shoulder and whisper in his ear, “Spiro died.” John, staring off into space, does not say a word. “That’s why we looked so glum when we arrived,” I tell him “I hadn’t noticed.” John replies taking a quick glance over his right shoulder. This is where I stand.
Two years ago John threw an eighty-fifth birthday party for himself and invited his close family and friends. At the end of the bash one of the questions I was asked was, who is this woman, a mother of two, with the same last name. John, a psychologist who spent twenty-five years in analysis, never thinks to introduce his children.
“You might have introduced your children, “ I say to John as we all pile into the car early the next morning. “People were wondering why …” I get cut-off as everyone agrees. A good idea too late, but it makes no difference, no one feels slighted.
John, who lives in Palo Alto, California feels grateful that he flew to New York City the week before our Danube cruise to reminisce with Spiro after he refused further treatment for lung cancer.
Near the end of his life Spiro was engulfed by blindness. In part, his obituary read, “Even while struggling with his blindness, Spiro could not be deterred. Throughout the rigorous training at the Guide Dog Foundation, Spiro rallied his classmates, transforming a tense and strenuous course into one filled with laughter and friendship. In appreciation, his classmates named him the honorary “Chief” of the fictitious [Where the?] Fugawe Tribe. It was one of his proudest achievements.” - The Suffolk Times
Uncle Spiro worked on the Manhattan project. It says so in the Suffolk Times. Chris says he’s known all along, but he does not know more.
We were told that Spiro died in peace and he was joking up to the end. The service was last Wednesday, the church was full and it was a gloriously beautiful day. Aunt Joan, who also has lung cancer, won’t last another three months.
I tell Dr. Kašperová in private and in my limited German, that John's brother Spiro died. And, I tell her that he had requested that he not be told, but since he had asked about him the other day and if he were to ask again we were going to tell him. I want her to know just in case John finds the news too depressing - she can knock him out. The doctor agrees, John should know, and she wants to know how he died. Then she tells me that every day when she comes to work she wonders if John is still alive. Dr. Kašperová explains the obvious: John ist alt und er ist krank mit schlechten Herz. John is old and he is sick with a bad heart.
4:00 p.m.
Chris is exhausted and he would like to return to the hotel, but I discourage this with wide-open eyes. This is not a good time to leave, John has just learned that his brother has died. Chris agrees and sits back down.
We spend the next three hours by John's side as he reminisces. I mention that he is the last of three brothers to survive. John tells me this is something he is going to think about. The eldest Mary, died of pneumonia at the age of two. John’s father showed him a photo of her of one day in his flower shop in the Bronx. John did not learn that he had a sister until he was ten years old.
As we get up to leave I tell John that if he gets too sad to ask the doctor to put him to sleep. “Juliana,” he says leaning forward from a sitting position. He takes an unflinching look into my eyes, “I don’t mind being sad,” he tells me emphatically. Then he repeats this for emphasis. Of course I know this already, but who wants to use the words “too depressed”. Now I learn to speak even more plainly with John.
Seven days after John is admitted to the hospital he says, “It’s ME time, tell the extended family about ME.” They do not know that John is in a hospital in Slovakia.
19 April, Friday
Today the doctors start preparing the paperwork, this is a good sign. If, after the weekend, Dr. Papinčák tells us, John continues to improve we can go home on Tuesday.
This morning we leave the hotel and walk right past the public park, also known as the medical garden (Medická záhrada) on our way to the Ondřejská Cemetery. This is a pleasant surprise, a green oasis in medieval Bratislava. I would like to stay longer and photograph all the angelic tombstones, but Chris, who practices moderation to the excess, is hungry, and like his father, he takes his food seriously.
We are in the eastern part of the Staré Město and on the way back Chris takes us to see the Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth, also known as the Blue Church. It sits on the corner of Bezručova street and Groslingova. This is another surprise, art nouveau in medieval Bratislava. Built between 1907-1908 everything about the Blue Church is astonishingly blue - inside and out.
Chris has been a vegetarian for 34 years now so the lunch menu is somewhat limited. But, this fact is rarely a problem especially in cosmopolitan Bratislava. The restaurant he chooses is owned by Jordanians and our server is an Afghan. While Chris eats his falafel I eat a delicious bowl of vegetable soup made by an Indian chef. When we are done a Slovakian waitress prepares a gyros for John. While we wait I watch CNN with three Jordanians males and learn that the terrorists who blew up the Boston marathon are two young brothers from the Russian Caucasus area.
Back at the hospital I wait outside and explore the grounds while I give Chris and John time alone. I know that my behavior is suspicious and that I am being watched when I take notes and speak into my voice recorder. But, it is when I start to take photos that the security guard comes over and asks me not to photograph. “Nerorazumiem,” (I don’t understand) I tell him understanding fully. I want to practice my Slovakian on him. “Razumien.” (I understand).
Okay, so there is no soap in the bathroom and the hospital could use a paint job and some Spackling paste and I will not get into the elevator - still it is a solid structure with a set of surprisingly elegant and dilapidated stairways that face each other in the biochemistry and molecular genetics building. John is laying under cathedral ceilings next to two large arched wooden windows that he is free to open. He feels the breeze and he has a view of a Linden tree, Slovakia’s national tree that is measured in centuries, and he can see the church steeple. Like us, he is on the fourth floor. John continues to be amazed that the doctors are working to identical standards and he has a favorite nurse, Anna, who bathes him in the early morning light.
This evening I notice that John’s dry hacking cough has returned, I think that this cannot be good. We wait and wonder: What will the doctors have to say about John leaving the hospital on Tuesday morning?
20 April, Saturday
I am sure that Chris feels like we abandoned his father this morning but I insist on changing the routine. I think that since John is not sleeping as much he would prefer to receive his newspaper in the morning instead of the afternoon. And, what if they sell out! Plus, I am drawn to the the medieval city centre. I want to walk there and I want to walk fast. On our way I talk just as fast, in part to distract Chris from his uneasy feeling. I think that I have Chris convinced that the doctors are stringing him and John along. Everyday the doctors tell them only a few days more when in private they tell me how dire the situation really is, which is obvious to me.
After we buy the newspaper at Interpress Chris relaxes enough to take a detour to the Bratislava Information Service (BIS). He would like to climb atop Michael's Tower before we leave Bratislava. Chris is sure our trip is about to end.
It is here, at the information center, that we see the beginnings of what promises to be an even more exciting day. This year Bratislava is celebrating 20 years of independence from Czecho-Slovakia. The Gentle Revolution, also called The Velvet Divorce, took effect on 1 January 1993. The Slovak Republic, also called Slovakia or Slovensko, is Europe’s newest country.
As we race back to the hospital with John’s coffee and newspaper we agree to make a dash for the exit, but first Chris would like to make sure that his father is going to be all right. Of course, John gives us the okay and like little children we run out the door and down the street to the Square (Primacialne Namestie). It is 11:00 a.m. and the parade has just begun.
We follow thirty professional actors dressed in period costumes, horsemen, drummers, and soldiers, men and women, carrying long rifles, swords, flags and banners. Together we march up to Michael's Gate (Michalska Brana) built around 1300 and the only surviving of four gates that were used to enter the mediaeval city. A large banner depicting St.George slaying the dragon and the message Bratislava Pre Všetkych (Bratislava For All) bars the entrance.
Here we watch performances so arresting that I put down my camera. After a four rifle salute declarations are made by someone who looks like the mayor of Bratislava, Milan Ftáčnik, and the banner is raised signaling the unsealing of the city gates.
We follow the parade back to the square where we watch a soldier stand on his horse, drape the horse’s leg over his shoulder, lie underneath the horse and place the horse’s foot lightly on his chest while he is laying flat on his back. In the square we are joined by a king and queen. This year Bratislava is celebrating the 450th anniversary of the first royal coronation.
Formerly known as Pozsony by the Hungarians and Pressburg (in reference to the castle) by the Germans, Bratislava, became the new capital of Royal Hungary in 1536 after the Ottoman Turks, under the leadership of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, swept into Hungary and overtook Buda at the battle of Mohacs in 1526. Bratislava, the official name since 1919 when it was made the capital of Slovakia in the newly created Czecho-Slovakia, was honored to be the city of coronation and it lasted for almost three hundred years. Ten Habsburg kings and nine queens were crowned in the gothic St. Martin’s Cathedral using the crown of St. Stephen the first king of Hungary who was crowned on Christmas Day in the year 1000.
The medieval Crown of St. Stephen, also called the Holy Crown of Hungary, is the symbol of Hungarian nationhood. People from far and wide will come to watch the authentic coronation ceremony which follows the exact same ritual based on historical documents.
Nota bene: The coronation ceremony is held every year during the last weekend of June in honor of Maria Theresa who was crowned on 25 June 1741.
12:31 p.m.
We are on a mission to find the closest thing we can to a Greek Orthodox church to light three candles for Chris’ deceased kinfolk. At John’s request. On the way up to St. Nicholas, which sits under the walled castle and is in the old Jewish Quarter we stop on Židovská 1 (Jewish) to visit the Museum of Clocks. I see a clock with engravings of the different phases of human life. A poignant reminder of how time affects all of us.
It is a steep climb up the stone stairs to St. Nicholas which is hidden behind a row of buildings. Built in 1661 the entrance to this nondescript baroque church is flanked by trees. A statue of St. Nicholas stands in the niche above the door and above a coat of arms which is partly obscured by leafy branches. When we walk in through the open door we are stunned into silence. There are no pews only chairs lining the south and east walls. The adherents are standing in the center gathered around three heavily bearded Orthodox priests dressed in black cossack robes and wearing pectoral crosses. It feels as though we have just stepped into the Middle Ages.
“We found a beautiful, old Orthodox Church today, St. Nicholas, and lit three candles… and gave them a donation as Dad had requested. We took lots of pictures to show him, and he was pleased. They were in the middle of a ceremony with singing and prayers, the Church was full, and 40 minutes later everyone left and the Church was locked up so we just made it.” - Chris’ email
2:16 p.m.
I do not have a voracious appetite during our sojourn in Bratislava, I only eat two full breakfast’s and three main meals, one of which is a delicious bowl of goulash soup mit dunkel Brot at the Pivnica U Kozal on Panská 27.
We sit outside. When I am done I walk through an archway and climb down a broad set of stairs to the restaurant/bar deep underground. Who can believe this place with its low arched ceiling and dim lights. There is only one group of men sitting at a table immediately to my left as I enter and a lone man sits on my right a few tables over. I pay them no heed and carry on. I feel uncomfortable as I try to open the door to the WC (water closet) and realize that someone is in there and I have to wait. But, I think it is only a case of nerves and after I calm myself down by looking at the art on the wall I ask the lone figure if there is anyone in there as I try to open the door once again. This time it opens.
I find my fear curious and take some time to soak in the atmosphere in this most unusual restaurant underground. I am looking at a vintage tin beer sign across from the men when one of them orders me to, “COME, SIT!” I am paralyzed by fear. Then I am ordered to “DRINK BEER!”
What happens next to my field of vision is interesting. All I see as I turn around is someone pushing something aside and patting down a place for me to sit and I see a table topped with huge glasses and a pitcher filled with pivo (beer) which one of the men is holding aloft. I never see the men themselves, but I know by how they sound that they are big burly types who have been sitting here for a while.
I find the thought of joining them and drinking beer, in this cave, in the middle of the afternoon so ludicrous that I laugh out loud and in the same loud and commanding voice I reply, “THAT is NOT going to happen." There is dead silence. Released from my paralysis I take this opportunity to escape and run up the stairs without ever looking at the men.
Once outside I tell Chris about the unique restaurant/bar below and still curious about my fear I follow him downstairs and hang out while he uses the WC - still never looking at the men. But, as we are walking out I lift up my camera and take a photograph. In the photo one of the men is lurching drunkenly towards me. I count a total of six big celebrating Slovaks. It is not until we arrive home that I learn that Pivnica means cellar.
Today John walks across the room and when he arrives at the sink he shaves himself. Talk is still about returning Tuesday and for once I believe that if John continues to make progress we will indeed return sooner rather than later.
21 April, Sunday
10:07 a.m.
No matter how many times we mention the festivities taking place in Bratislava this weekend John does not let us go. Instead of music, dance shows, and horse races this morning we wheel John outside for some fresh air and we walk the length of the corridor, twice.
This whole thing feels surreal - we’re in medieval Bratislava, Chris is pushing his father in a wheel chair and I’m looking over my shoulder every time I want to take a photograph.
10:48 a.m.
Dr. Soña Kiñová tells us that John’s cough will last for a couple of weeks. And, she tells us that John is good to go home on Tuesday. But, this is not her decision to make - still we prepare ourselves mentally.
Dr. Soña speaks fluent English. We pepper her with questions about Bratislava and Slovakia. Then she tells us about the students who study at this University Hospital. They come from all over the world, she explains, because it is relatively inexpensive to study here. Twice she mentions that the Greeks are the laziest students and she explains why. In Greece, in order to own a pharmacy, one must be educated as a doctor. The Greek students do not want to learn, but they want to own pharmacies.
At first I think it is interesting that the Greeks are the laziest students, but after she mentions it a second time I start to feel uncomfortable and I look at Chris and John, but neither say a word. I think Dr. Soña knows that John is a Greek but Chris tells me this is not so. I think she knows by the name - Beletsis. Anyone with any experience with Greeks knows that a family name ending in "sis" hails from mainland Greece.
1:16 p.m.
Michael’s Tower, also called Michael’s Gate because it is a combination of the two, was built around 1500 and it is more than 50 meters high (seven floors, I counted). Climb the narrow circular staircase for a postcard view of Bratislava.
Only so many people are allowed entrance at a time and there is a guard on every level and a military museum with a collection of medieval arms and military uniforms. The enthusiastic guard on the top level insists that Chris take a photo of me from the inside looking out. Since he speaks no English he gestures wildly for me to step outside and come around to the window. He thinks this is an excellent idea. I photograph them from the outside looking in. The guard poses but he does not smile.
When we visited the Czech Republic in the spring of 2000 I read that the people complained that the playwright president Vaclav’s Havel’s new wife since 1997, the actress Dagmar Veškrnova, smiled too much.
5:02 p.m.
John, who is wearing a hospital gown, leans out the window. I too lean out the window. He comments on the good weather. I quote Chris. “We arrive in winter and stay until spring.“
22 April, Monday (Eleven days later)
12:36 a.m.
Our airline Lufthansa is on strike. Hopefully it will last for one day only. I lay awake and wonder, what will Dr. Kašperová say about John leaving the hospital on Tuesday morning?
There is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that we can leave tomorrow and the bad news is that a medical escort will not be available for one more day. Will his father play it safe? I make Chris a bet and I lose. John is adamant about leaving the hospital tomorrow.
John is sitting up in his hospital bed munching on a gyros - not looking at anyone. Chris is standing on John’s left leaning against the wall and I am standing to the right of John. We are near the foot of the bed where Dr. Kašperová stands deep in thought - she is looking down. There is silence.
Dr. Kašperová is in charge, she is the one who must determine when John is fit to fly and she has just received the news that John has decided to return home tomorrow without a medical assistant. Chris and I look at each other and together we look at John who refuses to look at anyone. We look at Dr. Kašperová who is still deep in thought and looking down at the floor. This goes on for some time - around and around Chris and I look while John continues to munch refusing to look at anyone and the doctor continues to thinks things through.
I tell Dr. Kašperová that John has an option - stay one more day and return with a medical assistant. Dr. Kašperová does not take her eyes off me as she digests this information. John, who is adamant about returning tomorrow, looks up at Dr. Kašperová and with great cheer says, "I'm fine! “ Then he tries to explain that he lives in an independent and assisted senior living retirement community. Dr. Kašperová demands more silence as she looks to the floor once again for answers. Around and around we go again. Chris and I look at each other, then we look at John who continues to munch and refuses to look at anyone. This makes us smile.
Dr. Kašperová looks up and tells me that she had made it clear on Friday to those responsible that John could go home on Tuesday and that she had ordered a medical assistant. Earlier in the day Dr. Papinčák had also made this clear to us - arrangements were made on Friday. I acknowledge this and express our frustration with with those who are responsible for our predicament. We all prefer that John return with a medical assistant by his side.
Finally, Dr. Kašperová says that it is fine for John to travel home tomorrow and she suggests that he have a drink - whiskey. This makes me laugh and I feel relief that John will be able to leave without a medical assistant and with the doctor’s blessing. Dr. Kašperová explains that she will give us medicine if Johns blood pressure should rise and if he has difficulty breathing. She gives Chris her email address and her mobile telephone number and asks that we contact her when we arrive in Frankfurt.
This is our last night in Bratislava. John is in high spirits as we prepare his clothes for a 7:15 a.m. departure. Piece by piece I hold them up for his approval. When I come to his boxer shorts I hold them high. John exclaims, "Aren't those cute Juliana!" After eleven days in the coronary care unit John is excited and ready to return home.
Bratislava, located in southwestern Slovakia, is the only European capital that borders two countries - it is within walking distance to the Austrian and Hungarian borders. The trip west to the Vienna airport by private car will take one hour. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the driver we hire is the hotel receptionist’s boyfriend, Matej.
Back at the hotel we pack, one small backpack each. We have reservations, but no tickets. It is not until late into the nights that we learn that all the arrangements have been made. Lufthansa will fly us from Vienna to Frankfurt and United Airlines will fly us direct to San francisco.
23 April, Tuesday morning
7:00 a.m. Sharp
Matej is waiting for us in the hotel lobby. He greets us with a smile. He drives what seems a long way out of the way as the hotel is just around the corner. But, he explains that the car must take a different route. While the hospital guard and Matej figure out where to park Chris jumps out of the car and I miss my opportunity to say goodbye to the doctors and nurses.
Chris said that when he went to pick up his father it didn’t look like anything was happening. The curtain around John’s bed was closed and the staff was busy. Chris drew the curtain aside and there was John, he was laying down, fully clothed and ready to go. Dr. Kašperová came over and John’s favorite nurse, Anna, helped him into a wheelchair, but not before he surprised her by giving her a big hug. It took only a few minutes to pull it all together.
When John is wheeled into the daylight he calls my name. I turn to look at him and in the excitement of the moment I clap my hands and give him two thumbs up. This is indeed an exciting time.
On our way out Matej, a compassionate humanitarian, tells me that our kindness made the old man with the cane cry. While we waited we helped him to his seat on the bench. “Dobrý!” (Good) I exclaim with a big smile once he is settled. I see that his eye is red and teary, but I do not make the connection. I think this is due to his condition.
Matej, who was once a tour guide, takes us on the scenic route to the Vienna airport. Along the way he tells us that, “Socialism has good sides and the bad sides. Bad thing is, the bad sides stayed and the good ones are gone.”
8:53 a.m.
As we check in to special assistance the attendant says to John, “Good children, you are flying business class.” John replies. “I feel very special.” She does not know that we came directly from the hospital.
Because he can, Chris sends Dr. Kašperová an email. She promptly replies, “Dear Chris and Juliana, it is nice to hear from you, thank you for the message. We wish you good luck and a lot of strength for Mr. John. Kind regards, Viera Kašperová”
We arrive early and the Frankfurt gate reads destination Brindisi. I happen to know that this is where one catches the ferry to Greece. I am ready to keep moving and ask John a spirited traveler. I can see us heading south and me racing him around in a wheelchair.
In flight, Chris and I check on John several times. I ask the flight attendant to keep her eye on him and I explain that John is a high risk passenger. John later says that the flight back was really difficult for him, but he shows no signs of distress. He just looks like a worn-out traveler.
In San Francisco we hand over John to his daughters and son-in-law who take him home and we catch our flight to San Diego. We sit by the emergency exit doors. The flight attendant would like to know if we are willing and able to help in case of an emergency. She would like that all the passengers see that we are reading the instruction manual.
On our way to our car I quiz Chris. “In what position do you place your arms when you slide down the emergency chute?” Chris holds his arms high in the air and says “Whee!” It feels good to laugh again.
It is not until we are on the I5 (Interstate 5) heading north that it hits me. I sure am glad that things worked out well as they did, after all, it was me who suggested we invite him on this trip. John said that he was glad that we made the best of being in Bratislava and that we did all the right things. He thinks that we saved his life.
It turns out that my father in-law did not suffer a heart attack after all. Although, what he did experience, a heart exacerbation, a sudden worsening of an already bad condition, is just as serious. John did all the right things. He ate a salty lunch which is verboten, he drank alcohol which is verboten and he stopped taking his diuretic as prescribed.
Complicated times (his words, not mine) for John indeed. The difference between the photo taken of him on 7 April about to embark on the ship in Passau, Germany where the trip started and 7 May, two weeks after he arrived home, is astonishing. John came back an old man leaning on a cane. His doctor tells him that it will take at least six weeks for John to feel well rested and to regain his strength.
The Danube Waltz
My father-in-law was lucky, his last trip abroad nearly cost him his life and travel insurance covered his flight home and trip interruption. The hospital bill, which we paid in full and in cash the day before we left, amounted to only 1,889.36 € ($2,500.00) and that was covered by his medical insurance and Travel Guard.
John, who would like me to make him look heroic, spends eleven nights and twelve days recovering in the oldest teaching hospital in medieval Bratislava. During his stay Boston is shutdown by a manhunt, the death toll rises when a Texas fertilizer plant implodes and his last remaining brother Spiro dies. John loses his sense of humor only once when he is hungry and it is brief. His unshakeable optimism and indomitable spirit saves us all.
I have an easy time with it all, in part, because I do not concern myself with the logistics. I provide moral support and look to my late friend Count Alfonso de Bourbon for words of wisdom, “Don’t make it any more difficult than it already is.” Chris agrees, “It is what it is.” Plus, the doctors are really nice and they think we are “awesome people”. They “threaten” to come and visit us when they come to California, but not this year.
We are somewhat of a novelty in Bratislava. Most tourists come for a single day, riverboat walking tours last two hours. We stay in Bratislava for twelve days and for the most part we frequent the same markets, cafe’s and news stands. The Bratislavs are curious.
Free wireless and John’s cafe latte’s are not the only reason to go to The Green Tree Cafe on Obchodná ulica (street). It is helpful that Chris has a sob story to share with the staff - father is in the hospital, we’re going home soon, I’m buying the coffee’s for him. These girls are young and they are sweet, but they never ask about John, it is me they wonder about. “Where is your wife?” they ask when I am missing. They are curious and they are always smiling.
What to expect if your father-in-law has a heart attack In Bratislava, Slovakia and the ship leaves without you? Expect the doctors and nurses in the University Hospital Old Town to be ”exceptional” - John’s word.
“Not only were they competent, but how much they cared about me, how concerned they were about my getting home safely and how Dr. Kašperová wanted to know, after I got home, by email or a phone call, that all is okay. Most people complain about doctors, that they're very impersonal, they don't pay any attention to them, they don't really care about you they just want to get doing what they have to do, and get rid of you, These doctors and nurses were so different. It was very special and unusual to have that kind of care shown by anybody and we after all we were strangers too - which makes it even more important." - John Beletsis
Pocos vestigios sobreviven del Ferrocarril de Circunvalación de Santiago, siendo actualmente un cada vez más lejano recuerdo, archivándose en forma definitiva sus años de operación.
Concebido en su génesis como un ferrocarril que pretendía circunvalar el Santiago de la década de 1900, terminó siendo un ramal que por 90 años fue un engranaje relevante en el desarrollo industrial de la zona que atendió.
A partir de 1994, con el cese definitivo de sus operaciones, inició un creciente desmantelamiento de su infraestructura sobreviviendo a inicios de la década de 2020 vestigios y huellas muy puntuales, destacando el puente sobre la calle Vicuña Mackenna.
No obstante, en el extremo sur-poniente de la Maestranza San Eugenio, sobrevive con uso ferroviario y con rieles muy probablemente de los años en que los trenes llegaban a Estación Ñuñoa, unos 500 metros de que fuera el inicio del Ramal de Circunvalación junto con un semáforo de gran relevancia para la operación de esta vía.
El semáforo “N°78”, correspondiente a las 2 luces superiores, autorizaba a los trenes movilizados desde Estación San Diego acceder a las vías de la Red Sur, mientras que las 2 luces inferiores correspondían a una repetición del semáforo “54 – A” ubicado a la altura del paso sobre nivel del camino a Melipilla y que autorizaba la movilización al norte de este punto.
En la imagen de este histórico punto descansa a la espera de nuevos viajes la antigua locomotora D – 412, construida por la General Electric en diciembre de 1953.
Foto © Alfredo Navarro Recabal
Um texto em português:
Bem-te-vi (Pintangus sulphuratus), fotografado em Brasília, Brasil.
O bem-te-vi é talvez o pássaro mais popular deste país. É conhecido em toda parte por seu canto, pelo anúncio frequente de seu nome e por sua coloração amarela viva na barriga, garganta e alto da cabeça. Tem uma listra branca que circunda inteiramente a cabeça e seu bico é forte.
Pode ser encontrado em uma enorme variedade de habitats, como campos de cultura, cidade, pomares, orla de mates e em ambientes aquáticos, tais como margens de lagoas, córregos, e rios, onde tem aprendido a capturar peixes que são acrescentados a sua dieta de insetos, anfíbios, etc.
Constrói um ninho esférico, com entrada lateral na parte superior, na forquilha de um galho, sendo bem cuidado e feito de diversos vegetais secos. A postura consta, em geral, de quatro ovos brancos e alongados. É social e vive em pequenos grupos. O barulhento bem–te-vi é comum em todas as regiões brasileiras.
Suas caracteristicas corpóreas: (22,5 cm ; 54 a 60 gramas )
Obs:. São encontradas outras espécies de bem-te-vi, como por exemplo: Bem-te-vi vizinho ( Myiizetes similis ) difere-se do bem-te-vi, em relação ao seu tamanho, com cerca de 17,5 cm ; 28 gramas.
E o bem-te-vi de bico chato (Megarhynchus pitangua ) conhecido vulgarmente como nei-nei, é bem parecido com o famoso bem-te-vi, porém apresenta bico extremamente largo e chato, e canto diferente. Sua área de ocorrência vai do México até o Rio Grande do Sul.
A text in english:
great kiskadee (Pintangus sulphuratus), photographed in Brasília, Brazil.
The great kiskadee is a large member of the flycatcher family. It is about ten inches in length. It has black and white stripes on the crown and sides of its head. It has a white line above its eyes. Its chest and undersides are a bright yellow and its throat is white. Its back and wings are brown and its bill and legs are black.
he great kiskadee eats insects like beetles, wasps, grasshoppers, bees and moths. Despite the fact that it is a flycatcher, it also eats berries, seeds, mice, frogs, fish and lizards. It also will dive straight into the water to catch fish.
The great kiskadee is named for its loud "kis-ka-dee" call. It travels in pairs and aggressively protects its nesting territory. One of its most feared predators is the coral snake and the kiskadee will stay away from anything that has the same color pattern as the coral snake.
En español:
Bicho feo, Bien te veo (Pintangus sulphuratus). Foto sacada en Brasília, Brasil.
En las notas de su canto los diferentes pueblos han creído descubrir las palabras y frases más variadas: nei-neí oían los tupís, y pitaguá los guaraníes. "Bicho feo", "Bien te veo" y hasta "Montevideo" -al oído de los uruguayos- son sólo algunas de las traducciones de ese grito que los seres humanos hemos determinado, en un acto donde confluyen el humor y tal vez la velada ilusión de comprender el lenguaje de los pájaros.
Los benteveos gozan de una gran capacidad de adaptación al medio, de modo que habitan tanto en regiones cercanas a las selvas tropicales como en sabanas, praderas y estepas o sierras. De todos los miembros argentinos de la familia de los tiránidos son los que mejor se adaptan a la cercanía del hombre ya que no existe parque o plaza ciudadana que no cuente con ellos. La variedad de su dieta omnívora y de los elementos que requiere la construcción de su nido les permite vivir y reproducirse en tan distintos ambientes.
Aunque a veces se los halla en lugares secos, prefieren generalmente la cercanía de lagunas, bañados y ríos o sus inmediaciones. Es muy común verlos posados en ramas o piedras sobre pequeños arroyos o pantanos, donde pueden obtener ranas o peces.
El benteveo es un pájaro familiar para la mayoría de los pueblos americanos, ya que se distribuye por todo el continente, desde el estado de Texas en Estados Unidos hasta la Patagonia. Diferentes subespecies se reparten las variadas regiones americanas y residen en ellas en forma permanente, en su gran mayoría.
Ó voso galo, comadre,
téndelo mal ensinado,
que me vai cantar amores
enriba do meu tellado.
Cantiga popular galega.
MÚSICA: "Camaron", de Chabuca Granda & Oscar Aviles
The T150 Corona was known as the Corona FF, selling alongside the more traditional and recently facelifted rear-wheel-drive Corona (T140-series). Essentially a shortened version of the Camry, this was part of Toyota's very cautious approach to introducing front-wheel-drive vehicles.The Corona FF as introduced in January 1983 was only available with a five-door liftback body style, and only with the carburetted 100 PS (74 kW) 1.8-litre 1S-LU inline-four. In October 1983 a more traditional four-door sedan was added, and the T150 gradually became the main part of the Corona lineup as the T140-series shrank in importance.
Along with the new bodystyle, more engines were also added: a smaller 1.5-litre 3A-LU at the bottom, while the 1.8 was now available with fuel injection (1S-ELU) and 115 PS (85 kW).[53] There was also a two-litre diesel (2C-L) and the carburetted 1.8 was replaced by the central point injected 1S-iLU, with an extra five horsepower. In 1984, this chassis was also used as the basis for a new, front-wheel-drive version of the Carina sedan.
In August 1985 the Corona underwent a small change, largely consisting of new, bigger taillights. Also new was the related Celica and Carina range. With a more sporting chassis and five-lug wheels (rather than four), this received the new T160 chassis code. This chassis, as well as the twin-cam two-litre 3S-GELU engine with 160 PS (118 kW) (JIS) at 6400 rpm was used for the new Corona 2.0 GT and GT-R versions.[54] A sporting 1.8 SX-R version (1S-ELU) of the 160-series sedan was also added in late 1985.
Toyota's large family car lineup in Europe was quite confusing when looking over the past 25 years. The 1970 through 1983 Carina sister models had been sold in most of Europe, but in 1984 they were replaced with the "Carina II" – which was really the 1983 model Corona as sold in Japan with alterations to the headlights, grille and trim (the Carina in Japan at that time was a similar but boxier vehicle.)
A well designed at home outfit that makes you want to curl on a sofa and read a book! Designed by Kaithleen's and called Kaithleen's Homie Set. This is a PBR version only and the details are amazing! It comes in many exiting colors and the fatpack offers 16 colors. Rigged for Belleza Classic, eBody Reborn, Lara, LaraX, Legacy Original, Perky Original, PetiteX, Reborn Waifu, and Waify Rolls. You will find this at the Collabor 88 event from December 8 till January 6, 2024. Your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/8%208/84/179/1086
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Kaithleen's
Kaithleen's Homie Set
You will find this at the Collabor 88 event from December 8 till January 6, 2024.
Your ride: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/8%208/84/179/1086
More information about Kaithleen's:
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/kaithleen.xoxo
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HAIR
S-CLUB SOPHIA FATPACK
ACCESSORIES
TBF Antlers - Christmas Snow
Badwolf - Axel Armbands
*CK* Xmas friends socks
JEWELRY
(Yummy) Oceana Ring Collection
(Yummy) Curated Iridescent Lights
NAILS
[FORMANAILS] NAILS - Merry Christmas
PETS
JIAN Present Pups :: Gift Bag
JIAN Classic Shelties // Sleeping Sheltie
POSE / PROPS
SYNNERGY.TAVIS// Candy Bento Pose
SYNNERGY.TAVIS//Coffee Cup
SYNNERGY.TAVIS//Open Book
LEMME...Oh deer I'm horny // Christmas Cards
BAZAR - Laptop
LORE Gingerbread Cookie Plate
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The moustached Patroclus squats on his shield. The beardless Achilles crouches down to don - around his comrade's arrow-injured left upper arm - a white, two-rolled bandage.
Patroclus has obviously been wounded by the arrow in the bottom left of the icon which both of the heroes seem to stare at. Patroclus looks straight at the feathers of the cubit-long arrow, Achilles' line of sight seems to go to the heart-shaped arrowhead.
The seven letters ΑΧΥΛΕΥϚ are written clockwise, the nine letters ϚΟΛΚΟΡΤΑΠ anticlockwise. The spelling of the word Achilles as AXYLEYS is homeric; the use of capital letters archaic; especially the capital letter Stigma {_Ϛ_} at both of the endings of their hellenic names is striking.
This piece of pottery is incribed with ΣΟΣΙΑΣ ΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝ ('Sosias created (it)'). His kylix was discovered in Vulci and is exhibited in Altes Museum, Berlin.
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► Harmodius was in the flower of youth, and Aristogeiton, a citizen of the middle class, became his Lover ... γενομένου δὲ Ἁρμοδίου ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λαμπροῦ Ἀριστογείτων ἀνὴρ τῶν ἀστῶν, μέσος πολίτης, ἐραστὴς ὢν εἶχεν αὐτόν. (Thucydides Histories 6.54)
► Harmodios (Ἁρμόδιος) & Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων) --> Cassius & Brutus were two men from ancient Athens. They became known as the Tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνοι) after they killed the Peisistratid tyrant Hipparchus, and were the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians....The principal historical sources covering the two are Thucydides in his History of the Peloponnesian War (VI, 56-59) and The Constitution of the Athenians (XVIII) attributed to Aristotle or his school, ... Herodotus (Histories, Book V. 55) claimed that Harmodius and Aristogeiton presumably were "Gephyraeans" i.e. Boeotians of Syrian or Phoenician origin. Plutarch in his book On the malice of Herodotus criticized Herodotus for prejudice and misrepresentation and he argued that Harmodius and Aristogeiton were Euboeans or Eretrians.[
.... haben im Jahr 514 v. Chr. in Athen den Tyrannen Hipparch ermordet.... Nachdem Peisistratos im Jahr 528 in hohem Alter eines natürlichen Todes gestorben war, ging die Herrschaft auf seine Söhne über. Es gibt keine Anzeichen dafür, dass in diesem Moment die Tyrannis der Peisistratiden gefährdet gewesen wäre. Von nun an hielt Hippias als der Ältere die Herrschaft in seinen Händen, an der aber auch Hipparch beteiligt war. [...] Zu einer Gefährdung ihrer Herrschaft kam es erst, als Hipparch, der „lebenslustige und zu Liebschaften geneigte“ jüngere Tyrann, Harmodios kennenlernte, einen Aristokraten aus der Familie der Gephyräer. Um ihn, den Thukydides mit den Worten charakterisiert, er sei von einer „strahlenden Jugend“ gewesen, bemühte sich Hipparch nach Kräften. Seine Anträge aber blieben erfolglos, weil Harmodios seinem Liebhaber Aristogeiton die Treue hielt.
Nach dem Tod Cäsars versuchten die Athener, sich auf die richtige Seite zu stellen. Um Cassius und Brutus auszuzeichnen, haben sie die Heroen ihrer Geschichte ins Spiel gebracht, Harmodios und Aristogeiton, die Athen von der Tyrannis befreit haben sollten. Ein Fragment der Inschrift von der Basis der Brutus-Statue ist 1936 gefunden worden und belegt, dass die Zeit zwischen der Ankunft des Brutus in Griechenland im August 44 v. Chr. und den Niederlagen der Cäsarmörder bei Philippi im Oktober und November 42 v. Chr. ausgereicht hat, den Beschluss auch auszuführen.
Später erst konnte man wissen, dass Cassius und Brutus mit ihrem Attentat letztlich erfolglos bleiben sollten, dass sie zwar Cäsar ermorden, aber die Monarchie in Rom nicht verhindern konnten. Bis zum Anschlag auf Cäsar waren Harmodios und Aristogeiton, wie Cicero schreibt, auch in Rom »in aller Munde«. Dann aber wurde die Tat von Cassius und Brutus zu dem Attentat der Antike, auf das man in Zukunft Bezug nahm, um das Problem von Tyrannenherrschaft und Tyrannenmord zu diskutieren. In diesem Zusammenhang wurden dann Harmodios und Aristogeiton nur noch selten erwähnt.
After the establishment of democracy, Cleisthenes commissioned the sculptor Antenor to produce a bronze statue group of Harmodius and Aristogeiton... ---> Philosophie und Politik im archaischen und klassischen Griechenland, SoSe2011, Frieder Otto Wolf
► Socrates & Alcibiades ?
Aeschylus Μυρμιδόνες: Achilles & Patroclus {-(Pseudo-)Lukian, Ἔρωτες 54
ἐρωτικὸς γὰρ ἦν, εἴπερ τις, καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης, καὶ ὑπὸ μίαν Ἀλκιβιάδης αὐτῷ χλανίδα κλιθεὶς οὐκ ἀπλὴξ ἀνέστη. καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ Πάτροκλος ὑπ᾽ Ἀχιλλέως ἠγαπᾶτο μέχρι τοῦ καταντικρὺ καθέζεσθαι
// δέγμενος Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν ἀείδων, //
{{quotation out of Homer's Ilias 9.191}}
ἀλλ᾽ ἦν καὶ τῆς ἐκείνων φιλίας μεσῖτις ἡδονή· στένων γοῦν Ἀχιλλεὺς τὸν Πατρόκλου θάνατον ἀταμιεύτῳ πάθει πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀπερράγη,
// μηρῶν τε τῶν σῶν εὐσέβησ᾽ ὁμιλίαν //
// κλαίων ..............................................//
{{ quotation out of Aeschylus' Μυρμιδόνες}}
τούς γε μὴν ὀνομαζομένους παρ᾽ Ἕλλησιν κωμαστὰς οὐδὲν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ δήλους ἐραστὰς νομίζω. τάχα φήσει τις αἰσχρὰ ταῦτ᾽ εἶναι λέγεσθαι, πλὴν ἀληθῆ γε νὴ τὴν Κνιδίαν Ἀφροδίτην.
Translation of 'Amores' by A.M. Harmon (Loeb edition):
For Socrates was as devoted to love as anyone and Alcibiades, once he had lain down beneath the same mantle with him, did not rise unassailed. Don't be surprised at that. For not even the affection of Achilles for Patroclus was limited to having him seated opposite "waiting until Aeacides should cease his song." No, pleasure was the mediator even of their friendship. At any rate, when Achilles was lamenting the death of Patroclus, his unrestrained feelings made him burst out with the truth and say,
// "The converse of our thighs my tears do mourn //
// With duteous piety ............ .......................... ... " //
Those whom the Greeks call "revellers" I think to be nothing but ostentatious lovers. Perhaps someone will assert this is a shameful thing to say, but, by Aphrodite of Cnidus, it's the truth.
► Socrates & Protagoras ?
[309α] Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
Ἑταῖρος
πόθεν, ὦ Σώκρατες, φαίνῃ; ἢ δῆλα δὴ ὅτι ἀπὸ κυνηγεσίου τοῦ περὶ τὴν Ἀλκιβιάδου ὥραν; καὶ μήν μοι καὶ πρῴην ἰδόντι καλὸς μὲν ἐφαίνετο ἀνὴρ ἔτι, ἀνὴρ μέντοι, ὦ Σώκρατες, ὥς γ᾽ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμῖν εἰρῆσθαι, καὶ πώγωνος ἤδη ὑποπιμπλάμενος.
Σωκράτης
εἶτα τί τοῦτο; οὐ σὺ μέντοι Ὁμήρου ἐπαινέτης εἶ, [309β] ὃς ἔφη χαριεστάτην ἥβην εἶναι τοῦ ὑπηνήτου, ἣν νῦν Ἀλκιβιάδης ἔχει;
Ἑταῖρος
τί οὖν τὰ νῦν; ἦ παρ᾽ ἐκείνου φαίνῃ; καὶ πῶς πρός σε ὁ νεανίας διάκειται;
Σωκράτης
εὖ, ἔμοιγε ἔδοξεν, οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ καὶ τῇ νῦν ἡμέρᾳ: καὶ γὰρ πολλὰ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ εἶπε βοηθῶν ἐμοί, καὶ οὖν καὶ ἄρτι ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου ἔρχομαι. ἄτοπον μέντοι τί σοι ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν: παρόντος γὰρ ἐκείνου, οὔτε προσεῖχον τὸν νοῦν, ἐπελανθανόμην τε αὐτοῦ θαμά.
Ἑταῖρος
καὶ τί ἂν γεγονὸς εἴη περὶ σὲ κἀκεῖνον τοσοῦτον πρᾶγμα; οὐ γὰρ δήπου τινὶ καλλίονι ἐνέτυχες ἄλλῳ ἔν γε τῇδε τῇ πόλει.
[309δ]
Σωκράτης
σοφωτάτῳ μὲν οὖν δήπου τῶν γε νῦν, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ σοφώτατος εἶναι Πρωταγόρας.
Ἑταῖρος
ὢ τί λέγεις; Πρωταγόρας ἐπιδεδήμηκεν;
Σωκράτης
τρίτην γε ἤδη ἡμέραν.
Ἑταῖρος
καὶ ἄρτι ἄρα ἐκείνῳ συγγεγονὼς ἥκεις;
καὶ πολύ γε.
Ἑταῖρος
τί φῄς; ἀστῷ ἢ ξένῳ;
Σωκράτης
ξένῳ.
Ἑταῖρος
ποδαπῷ;
Σωκράτης
Ἀβδηρίτῃ.
Ἑταῖρος
καὶ οὕτω καλός τις ὁ ξένος ἔδοξέν σοι εἶναι, ὥστε τοῦ Κλεινίου ὑέος καλλίων σοι φανῆναι;
Σωκράτης
πῶς δ᾽ οὐ μέλλει, ὦ μακάριε, τὸ σοφώτατον κάλλιον φαίνεσθαι;
Ἑταῖρος
ἀλλ᾽ ἦ σοφῷ τινι ἡμῖν, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἐντυχὼν πάρει; [309δ]
Σωκράτης
σοφωτάτῳ μὲν οὖν δήπου τῶν γε νῦν, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ σοφώτατος εἶναι Πρωταγόρας.
Ἑταῖρος
ὢ τί λέγεις; Πρωταγόρας ἐπιδεδήμηκεν;
Σωκράτης
τρίτην γε ἤδη ἡμέραν.
Ἑταῖρος
καὶ ἄρτι ἄρα ἐκείνῳ συγγεγονὼς ἥκεις; [310α]
Σωκράτης
πάνυ γε, πολλὰ καὶ εἰπὼν καὶ ἀκούσας.
Ἑταῖρος
τί οὖν οὐ διηγήσω ἡμῖν τὴν συνουσίαν, εἰ μή σέ τι κωλύει, καθεζόμενος ἐνταυθί, ἐξαναστήσας τὸν παῖδα τουτονί;
Σωκράτης
πάνυ μὲν οὖν: καὶ χάριν γε εἴσομαι, ἐὰν ἀκούητε.
Ἑταῖρος
καὶ μὴν καὶ ἡμεῖς σοί, ἐὰν λέγῃς.
Σωκράτης
διπλῆ ἂν εἴη ἡ χάρις. ἀλλ᾽ οὖν ἀκούετε.
τῆς γὰρ παρελθούσης νυκτὸς ταυτησί, ἔτι βαθέος ὄρθρου, Ἱπποκράτης, ὁ Ἀπολλοδώρου ὑὸς Φάσωνος δὲ ἀδελφός, τὴν
TRANSLATION
Friend
Where have you been now, Socrates? Ah, but of course you have been in chase of Alcibiades and his youthful beauty! Well, only the other day, as I looked at him, I thought him still handsome as a man—for a man he is, Socrates, between you and me, and with quite a growth of beard.
Socrates
And what of that? Do you mean to say you do not approve of Homer (-->Hom. Il. 24.348), [309b] who said that youth has highest grace in him whose beard is appearing, as now in the case of Alcibiades?
Friend
Then how is the affair at present? Have you been with him just now? And how is the young man treating you? [309c]
Friend
Why, what can have happened between you and him? Something serious! For surely you did not find anyone else of greater beauty there,—no, not in our city.
Socrates
Yes, of far greater.
Friend
What do you say? One of our people, or a foreigner?
Socrates
A foreigner.
Friend
Of what city?
Socrates
Abdera.
Friend
And you found this foreigner so beautiful that he appeared to you of greater beauty than the son of Cleinias?
Socrates
Why, my good sir, must not the wisest appear more beautiful?
Friend
Do you mean it was some wise man that you met just now?
Socrates
Quite well, I considered, and especially so today: for he spoke a good deal on my side, supporting me in a discussion—in fact I have only just left him. However, there is a strange thing I have to tell you: although he was present, I not merely paid him no attention, but at times forgot him altogether.
Friend
Why, what can have happened between you and him? Something serious! For surely you did not find anyone else of greater beauty there,—no, not in our city.
Socrates
Yes, of far greater.
Friend
What do you say? One of our people, or a foreigner?
Socrates
A foreigner.
Friend
Of what city?
Socrates
Abdera.
Friend
And you found this foreigner so beautiful that he appeared to you of greater beauty than the son of Cleinias?
Socrates
Why, my good sir, must not the wisest appear more beautiful?
Friend
Do you mean it was some wise man that you met just now? [309d]
Socrates
Nay, rather the wisest of our generation, I may tell you, if “wisest” is what you agree to call Protagoras.
Friend
Ah, what a piece of news! Protagoras come to town!
Socrates
Yes, two days ago.
Friend
And it was his company that you left just now?
Socrates
Yes, and a great deal I said to him, and he to me.
Friend
Then do let us hear your account of the conversation at once, if you are disengaged take my boy's place,1 and sit here.
Socrates
Very good indeed, I shall be obliged to you, if you will listen.
Friend
And we also to you, I assure you, if you will tell us.
Socrates
A twofold obligation. Well now, listen. During this night just past, in the small hours, Hippocrates, son of Apollodorus and brother of Phason, knocked violently at my door with his stick,
ARGEIPHONTES = κούρος αἰσυμνητῆρ (young prince).... πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριεστάτη ἥβη. @ Hom. Il. 24.345ff
τὴν μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχων πέτετο κρατὺς ἀργεϊφόντης.
αἶψα δ᾽ ἄρα Τροίην τε καὶ Ἑλλήσποντον ἵκανε,
βῆ δ᾽ ἰέναι κούρῳ αἰσυμνητῆρι ἐοικὼς
πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριεστάτη ἥβη.
With this in his hand the strong Argeiphontes flew, and quickly came to Troy-land and the Hellespont. Then went he his way in the likeness of a young man that is a prince, with the first down upon his lip, in whom the charm of youth is fairest.
ὑπην-ήτης , ου, ὁ,
*A. [select] one that is just getting a beard (cf. foreg.), πρῶτον ὑ. a youth with his first beard, Il.24.348, Od.10.279, cf. Pl.Prt.309b (quoting Homer), Him.Ecl.13.24, al.; Ἑρμῆς ὑ., opp. Ζεὺς γενειήτης, Luc. Sacr.11: generally, bearded, “τράγος” AP6.32 (Agath.).
► Prometheus & Atlas ?
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Aesch.+PB+425&f...
μόνον δὴ πρόσθεν ἄλλον ἐν πόνοις
δαμέντ᾽ ἀδαμαντοδέτοις
Τιτᾶνα λύμαις εἰσιδόμαν, θεόν,
Ἄτλαντος αἰὲν ὑπέροχον σθένος κραταιόν,
ὃς οὐράνιόν πόλον
νώτοις στέγων ὑποστενάζει
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.0...:
One other Titan god before this I have seen in distress, enthralled in torment by adamantine bonds—Atlas, pre-eminent in mighty strength, who moans as he supports the vault of heaven on his back.
► Patroclus & Achilles ?
....οὐχ ὥσπερ Ἀχιλλέα τὸν τῆς Θέτιδος ὑὸν ἐτίμησαν καὶ εἰς μακάρων νήσους ἀπέπεμψαν, ὅτι πεπυσμένος παρὰ τῆς μητρὸς ὡς ἀποθανοῖτο ἀποκτείνας Ἕκτορα, μὴ ποιήσας δὲ τοῦτο οἴκαδε ἐλθὼν γηραιὸς τελευτήσοι, ἐτόλμησεν ἑλέσθαι βοηθήσας τῷ ἐραστῇ Πατρόκλῳ καὶ
[180α] τιμωρήσας οὐ μόνον ὑπεραποθανεῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπαποθανεῖν τετελευτηκότι: ὅθεν δὴ καὶ ὑπεραγασθέντες οἱ θεοὶ διαφερόντως αὐτὸν ἐτίμησαν, ὅτι τὸν ἐραστὴν οὕτω περὶ πολλοῦ ἐποιεῖτο. Αἰσχύλος δὲ φλυαρεῖ φάσκων Ἀχιλλέα Πατρόκλου ἐρᾶν, ὃς ἦν καλλίων οὐ μόνον Πατρόκλου ἀλλ᾽ ἅμα καὶ τῶν ἡρώων ἁπάντων, καὶ ἔτι ἀγένειος, ἔπειτα νεώτερος πολύ, ὥς φησιν Ὅμηρος. ἀλλὰ γὰρ τῷ ὄντι μάλιστα μὲν ταύτην τὴν ἀρετὴν οἱ θεοὶ τιμῶσιν τὴν περὶ [180β] τὸν ἔρωτα, μᾶλλον μέντοι θαυμάζουσιν καὶ ἄγανται καὶ εὖ ποιοῦσιν ὅταν ὁ ἐρώμενος τὸν ἐραστὴν ἀγαπᾷ, ἢ ὅταν ὁ ἐραστὴς τὰ παιδικά. θειότερον γὰρ ἐραστὴς παιδικῶν: ἔνθεος γάρ ἐστι. διὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα τῆς Ἀλκήστιδος μᾶλλον ἐτίμησαν, εἰς μακάρων νήσους ἀποπέμψαντες.
οὕτω δὴ ἔγωγέ φημι ἔρωτα θεῶν καὶ πρεσβύτατον καὶ τιμιώτατον καὶ κυριώτατον εἶναι εἰς ἀρετῆς καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν ἀνθρώποις καὶ ζῶσι καὶ τελευτήσασιν. [180ξ] Φαῖδρον μὲν τοιοῦτόν τινα λόγον ἔφη εἰπεῖν, ...
Translation by Harold N. Fowler of Plat. Sym. 179e...
... whereas Achilles, son of Thetis, they honored and sent to his place in the Isles of the Blest {{2: --> Pindar Oden 2.78ff. but Homer Odyssee 11.467ff., places him in Hades}}, because having learnt from his mother that he would die as surely as he slew Hector {{3:--> Homer Ilias 18.96}} but if he slew him not, would return home and end his days an aged man, he bravely chose to go and rescue his lover Patroclus,[180a] avenged him, and sought death not merely in his behalf but in haste to be joined with him whom death had taken. For this the gods so highly admired him that they gave him distinguished honor, since he set so great a value on his lover. And Aeschylus{{1:-->Aeschylus Myrmidones fr. 135-136}} talks nonsense when he says that it was Achilles who was in love with Patroclus; for he excelled in beauty not Patroclus alone but assuredly all the other heroes, being still beardless and, moreover, much the younger, by Homer's account {{2:-->Hom. Il. 11.786: 'My child, in birth is Achilles nobler than thou, but thou art the elder though in might he is the better far ...'}} For in truth [180b] there is no sort of valor more respected by the gods than this which comes of love; yet they are even more admiring and delighted and beneficent when the beloved is fond of his lover than when the lover is fond of his favorite; since a lover, filled as he is with a god, surpasses his favorite in divinity. This is the reason why they honored Achilles above Alcestis, giving him his abode in the Isles of the Blest.
“So there is my description of Love—that he is the most venerable and valuable of the gods, and that he has sovereign power to provide all virtue and happiness for men whether living or departed.” [180c] 3Such in the main was Phaedrus' speech as reported to me ...
► Solon & Peisistratos ?
διὸ καὶ φανερῶς ληροῦσιν οἱ φάσκοντες ͅͅ ἐρώμενον εἶναι Πεισίστρατον Σόλωνος, καὶ στρατηγεῖν ἐν τῷ πρὸς Μεγαρέας πολέμῳ περὶ Σαλαμῖνος: οὐ γὰρ ἐνδέχεται ταῖς ἡλικίαις, ἐάν τις ἀναλογίζηται τὸν ἑκατέρου βίον καὶ ἐφ᾽ οὗ ἀπέθανεν ἄρχοντος. - Therefore the story that Peisistratus was a lover of Solon and that he commanded in the war against Megara for the recovery of Salamis is clearly nonsense, for it is made impossible by their ages, if one reckons up the life of each and the archonship in which he died. Aristototle, Athenian Constitution 17,2
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A19...
► furthermore confer: ► Athenaios XIII 75 ► Xenophon
other photographs, same motive:
► . @ ЯAFIK ♋ BERLIN
► Achilles & Patroclus @ hornitologist Don’t be fooled by Hollywood’s claims of brotherly love; Achilles and Patroclus were definitely lovers.
► Achilles and Patroclus ... Patroclus, the son of Menoitius, is both Achilles' cousin and his foster brother ... This close familial relationship, along with the traditional role of a Greek hero to act more boldly than an ordinary mortal, may be sufficient to explain the depth and violence of Achilles' reaction to his comrade's death, but not the fact they were buried in the same tomb with their bones mingled.
► image on a contemporary, greek stamp
Achilles then organized an athletic competition to honour his dead friend and/or lover, which included a chariot race (won by Diomedes), boxing (won by Epeios), wrestling (a draw between Telamonian Aias and Odysseus), a foot race (won by Odysseus), a duel (a draw between Aias and Diomedes), a discus throw (won by Polypoites), an archery contest (won by Meriones), and a javelin throw (won by Agamemnon, unopposed). The games are described in Book 23 of the Iliad ...
The death of Achilles is given in sources others than the Iliad. His body was given a funeral pyre. His bones were mingled with those of Patroclus so that the two would be companions in death as in life.Their remains were tranferred to Leuke island of the Black Sea.
As predicted by Hector with his dying breath, Achilles was thereafter killed by Paris - either by an arrow (to the heel according to Statius), or in an older version by a knife to the back while visiting Polyxena, a princess of Troy. In some versions, the god Apollo guided Paris' arrow.
Both versions conspicuously deny the killer any sort of valor owing to the common conception that Paris was a coward and not the man his brother Hector was, and Achilles remains undefeated on the battlefield. His bones are mingled with those of Patroclus, and funeral games are held. He was represented in the lost Trojan War epic of Arctinus of Miletus as living after his death in the island of Leuke at the mouth of the Danube ... Leuce had also a reputation as a place of healing. Pausanias reports that the Delphic Pythia sent a lord of Croton to be cured of a chest wound { --> Peleus entrusted Achilles to the healer & teacher Chiron, on Mt. Pelion, to be raised.<--}
Some say that when Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, dipped him in the river Styx, to make him invulnerable to all weapons. But as she did so, she held him by the heel, which never got wet, and there it was that the fatal arrow hit him. Others say it is not so, that Thetis plunged him into fire hoping to make him immortal like herself, but his father, Peleus, king of Phthia, came into the room and interrupted her. Furious at his meddling, the mother took off and returned to the ocean, her former abode. Peleus, now needing a tutor for the boy, took the baby to his friend Cheiron, the wise centaur who had raised so many other heroes. The boy grew up fed on the marrow of bears to gain courage, and on the marrow of fawns, to be a speedy runner. At the age of six he killed his first wild boar, and was able to outrun wild deer at the hunts. He grew up to be the bravest, handsomest and swiftest of the heroes.
When fair Helen was taken by Paris, the Trojan prince, and all of Greece rose up to return her to her rightful home, golden-haired Achilles led the Greek armies in the siege of Troy, and fought well for nine years, but time came when he refused to fight besides the other heroes. Agamemnon, the Greek general, had taken lovely Briseis away from him by force, the girl which had fallen to his lot as spoils of war and was his favorite slave. "Go ahead, Agamemnon, rob me of my rightful prize," said Achilles, his heart black with anger, "but know that the Greeks shall look for me in their hour of need, and shall not find me!" And so brave Achilles sat in his tent as the fighting raged on the battlefield, and as hero after hero perished under the attacks of Hector, the Trojan general, and his troops. And the Greeks would have perished to the last man, had not Achilles been stirred by one thing and one thing only: his love for Patroclus, his bosom friend and lover. Only when his partner was torn from him by death did he return to the field of battle, to avenge him whom he cherished above all others.
They had been friends from childhood, from the days when Achilles had returned from the forest to live in the house of his father. One day Menoetius, an old friend of his father, came to the court of King Peleus to seek refuge. It seems his young son, Patroclus, had fought with a friend of his over a game of dice, and without meaning to, had killed the other boy. Menoetius and Peleus had sailed together on the Argos, and were good friends, so refuge was granted to the two weary travelers. Later Peleus held holy ceremony and purified Patroclus of his crime. The youth was appointed squire to Achilles. They soon became the best of friends, and later lovers.
His mother, being a goddess, knew that a great war was to take place between the Greeks and the Trojans. And she also knew that if her son went to fight against the Trojans he would die. So she sent Achilles to the court of King Lycomedes, where he was dressed as a girl and hidden with the king's daughters. It was a good trick, but the Greek generals were wilier still. The seer Calchas had already warned them that they would never take Troy without the help of the young son of King Peleus. So three of them, among whom Ulysses, journeyed forth to Skyros, the island of King Lycomedes, where it was rumored the boy was hidden. The king bade them search where they liked, and they found nothing, but Ulysses thought up a ruse. He brought a pile of gifts to the women's quarters, among which he hid a shield and a spear. While the girls were picking through the fineries he had an accomplice sound the war trumpet. Achilles, thinking the island was under attack, stripped off his women's clothes and picked up the weapons. Once he had been discovered, Lycomedes let him take his leave, and he was appointed admiral of the Greek fleet. He was still only fifteen years old. Nonetheless, while living among the king's daughters he had fallen in love with one of them, Deidameia by name, and had left her with child. Later, after the Greek fleet had set sail for Troy the ships were scattered by a storm, and Achilles took advantage of the delay to return to Skyros to marry Deidameia.
Soon thereafter the ships gathered again, and sailed for Troy, which they reached after many hardships. Achilles was not unaccompanied: Patroclus had been sent to watch over him, and from then on they were inseparable. In praying to the gods, Achilles would ask them to rid the world of all mankind, except for Patroclus and himself. Even so, Achilles kept on falling in love: as soon as the Greeks reached the Trojan shore, they joined battle with the defenders. Among them was Troilus, the nineteen year old son of Priam, the king of Troy. It had been foretold that if he lived to the age of twenty, Troy would not fall, but that was not to be. Achilles was overtaken with desire for him as they were fighting. "I will kill you, unless you yield to my caresses," threatened the hero. The youth refused, and ran to hide inside a temple of Apollo, but Achilles barged in, offending the god, and since the young man still resisted, beheaded him upon the altar.
After landing at Troy the Greeks found that the citadel was too strong to attack, so they spent the next nine years sacking the surrounding cities. Achilles was always in the forefront of the battles, and time and again he and his men, the Myrmidons, led the Greeks to victory. With him in command, the Greeks took more than twenty towns, and towards the end of the ninth year of battle the city of Lyrnessus fell. Briseis, a royal princess, was taken captive, and when the spoils were parceled out she fell to Achilles. She was not his for long. When Agamemnon had to give up his own concubine to appease the gods his fury knew no bounds, and he took his rage out on Achilles by seizing Briseis. From then on Achilles swore he would have no part of the war, and pulled his men out of the ranks. Now the Greeks' luck turned, and the Trojans had the upper hand.
Agamemnon bitterly repented, and sent men to beg Achilles to return to battle, and to promise him the return of Briseis. Achilles would have none of it, and things looked grim for the Greeks. With the Trojans about to set fire to the Greek ships, Patroclus asked Achilles to borrow his armor, so that being seen in it he might strike fear into the hearts of the Trojans. Achilles consented, but warned Patroclus to come back as soon as he had driven the Trojans away from the ships. In the heat of battle Patroclus did not heed his friend's advice, and pushed the enemy back to the very walls of Troy. Apollo, patron of the Trojans, had to step in and knock Patroclus back, and then Hector finished him off with a single blow.
When Achilles heard the bitter news he cried and rolled in the dust with grief. His friends brought back Patroclus' body from battle field, but he would not let them bury it. He lay down on top of it, holding it in his arms, sobbing helplessly. His own mother, Thetis, came to comfort him: "My child, how long will you keep on crying your eyes out in sorrow, forgetting food and sleep? It is a good thing to lie in love with women too." But Achilles could think of nothing but his lost companion, and bitterly he reproached him for squandering his life: "You had no consideration for my pure reverence of your thighs, ungrateful after all our frequent kisses."
And then Achilles rose up, donned the new armor that his mother had brought, fresh from the forges of the god Hephaistos, and plunged back into battle, routing the Trojans and slaying Hector, their general and the oldest son of King Priam. Soon thereafter it was his turn to die, at the hands of Paris, Hector's brother, who pierced his heel with a poisoned arrow guided by Apollo, who had not forgotten the death of Troilus. Thus the prophesy was fulfilled, and Achilles' ghost rejoined his friend's in the Elysian Fields. Their ashes were mixed together in a golden urn, and the Greeks buried them in a common tomb.
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