Category: Time
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Iceman
Centuries ago, I went by the name of Iceman. Well, kind of. First of all, for it to be a name, do people have to use it? As nobody ever called me Iceman. I didn’t actually call myself it at the time, either. It was way back when I was in my first job. In…
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Une Minute Ramble: Étienne et Étienne
Just a quick post, this one.Yesterday, I wrote about my name in French class at school being Étienne. I wrote this as I had discovered that Étienne de Flacourt, Governor of Madagascar from 1648, may have been the only western person to have witnessed the huge Elephant Bird. I wrote it due to the coincidental…
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Even searching for a Dodo leads to 1642
Sometimes, I stumble across information completely at random. I’ll be beavering away, looking for facts about one thing, when, out of the blue, something will catch my attention, and I’ll be off, hurtling down a brand new avenue in my quest for information. Any kind of information will do. I’ve been meaning to look into…
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Message from the Universe: Do!
I see coincidences as reminders that I am in the right place at the right time. How else would I get to experience such random events happening at the same time, if I wasn’t meant to be there, at that precise moment, to witness them? I wrote those words as part of a post back…
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Do you ever…
Do you ever feel that your life is not your own?Do you ever feel that you knew what you were shown?Do you ever feel familiarity in a place you’ve never been?Do you ever recognise a face you’ve never seen?Do you ever notice a scent from long ago?Do you ever sing a song that you just…