Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Final Chapters)

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Chapter 42  Burano, Venice 10th June 1667 Most of the council members of the Constantinian Order had gathered earlier that day in the Comnen...
Friday, June 26, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Part 27)

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Chapter 41 Ragusa  6th April 1667 The four litter-men carrying the curtained chair lowered it gently from their shoulders to rest the base o...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Part 26)

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Chapter 40 Djerba, North Africa   10th Av 1647 Issac was relieved to enter the secret tunnel that buried itself into the hillside. The rag...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Part 25)

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Chapter 39 Ragusa   10th January 1639 As Catherine sat at her bureau she strained to see through the small panes of the bay window that ove...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Rihla (Journey 5): Tabriz – Habsīyah Iran

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Rihla (The Journey) – was the short title of a 14th Century (1355) book written in Fez by the Islamic legal scholar Ibn Jazayy al-Kalbi ...
Friday, June 19, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Part 24)

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Chapter 38 Velvet Castle, Smyrna, Turkey.  October 12th 1638 The journey from Tvanshanli through the parched ravines and scorched plateaux o...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

My Eden – Marmalade and the Perfect Pillow

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This is entirely a whimsical piece, precipitated in the main by a desire to examine the concept of happiness. On a daily basis, fully cognis...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Simurgh and the Nightingale (Part 23)

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Chapter 37 Tvanshanli, Anatolia.   Oct. 4th 1638 As Djivo and Catherine descended into the village, the mountain path behind them disappeare...