Gone are the days before the massive supermarkets, when every neighborhood had their meat shop, deli shop, dairy shop, bread shop, etc... These shops were ran by local families. The small independent shops brought community together, because everyone in the neighborhood knew their local families that ran the shops. Local shops were much more cozier, and provided a friendly, comfortable atmosphere for the customers. In smaller shops, neighbors were more likely to run into each other, and have a chat. And not to mention, it provided a really amazing trade for families to do together. With the small local shops mostly gone now, and replaced by giant supermarkets, we lost family centered trades. Families built up their businesses together, and it would be passed s on from generation to generation.
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮
The name Ristniittu ("cross meadow"), here seen on a map from the second half of the 18th century, was given to the area of the ancient #hiisi ("sacred grove") in Pertteli, Finland, after it had been destroyed by the Church, because a large wooden cross was erected there once the trees were felled, the stones smashed and their pieces scattered, and the soil plowed. The cross has long since rotted away, and the exact location where it stood is unknown.
Should the grove be recreated by planting trees on the meadow? "No", says Kalervo Mettala, who has studied the hiisi tradition. He continues: "Planted parks and gardens have nothing to do with the hiisi culture that existed for millennia. If something is to be done, then a fence could be built around the meadow and thus the area can slowly become naturally reforested. A hiisi cannot be created with machines or technology, or in a short period of time. It is a project for a thousand years."
Should the grove be recreated by planting trees on the meadow? "No", says Kalervo Mettala, who has studied the hiisi tradition. He continues: "Planted parks and gardens have nothing to do with the hiisi culture that existed for millennia. If something is to be done, then a fence could be built around the meadow and thus the area can slowly become naturally reforested. A hiisi cannot be created with machines or technology, or in a short period of time. It is a project for a thousand years."
Forwarded from Easter Tidings
He said his American wife made him remember his love for his own Scottish background. I do feel that transplanted people often respect and revere the homelands that their tribesmen who never left often overlook.
Then he goes into how the pipers picked up the melody so fast and very soon it was an emotional enrapture.
I’m not musical at all. But I find my lyrical poems have imitated English-Scots border ballads when I had no intention of doing so.
The blood within you sings when you surrender to it. I recommend playing this to the end, even if you know the song. If you’ve got a bit o’ Scots blood in ye, you feel it every time.
https://youtu.be/QHGI2XvYkxc
Then he goes into how the pipers picked up the melody so fast and very soon it was an emotional enrapture.
I’m not musical at all. But I find my lyrical poems have imitated English-Scots border ballads when I had no intention of doing so.
The blood within you sings when you surrender to it. I recommend playing this to the end, even if you know the song. If you’ve got a bit o’ Scots blood in ye, you feel it every time.
https://youtu.be/QHGI2XvYkxc
YouTube
Paul McCartney 'Mull Of Kintyre [Pure McCartney VR]'
http://www.PaulMcCartney.com
Paul has launched a brand new episode in his virtual reality documentary series discussing songs from his release 'Pure McCartney'.
Preview the 360 video above, and download the full virtual reality experience on the Jaunt app…
Paul has launched a brand new episode in his virtual reality documentary series discussing songs from his release 'Pure McCartney'.
Preview the 360 video above, and download the full virtual reality experience on the Jaunt app…
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Plato: On Writing – In fact, it will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it: they will not practise using their memory because they will put their trust in writing, which is external and depends on signs that belong to others, instead of trying to remember from the inside, completely on their own. You have not discovered a potion for remembering, but for reminding; you provide your students with the appearance of wisdom, not with its reality.
Plato, Phaedrus c. 370 BCE
Plato, Phaedrus c. 370 BCE