Wonderful Stories
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Even the Most Witty Learns.
I, Pascal Chisom Okechukwu, have been reading the Book of the Thousand and One Nights. The first two hundred Nights actually, and came upon this wonderful piece set in the ancient times of old Arabia. A whimsical story is told of a King, who denied to Poets those rewards to which usage had almost given…
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Throwback on Pompeii
Through time, Ancient civilizations have been claimed by a variety of natural ocurrences such as Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Desert Sandstorms. Even a couple might have been buried under water, such as the famed coastal city of Atlantis. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D.79 the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were completely covered by ash, stones, and…
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The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia
It didn’t occur to Me before now, as I was reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the second time. I came across the scene where Lady Galadriel was showing Frodo the mysterious Mirror. There was an act there that had a resemblance to C.S. Lewis; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. In the former,…
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Work. Work. Work.
This is an old short story. Probably older than the great Pyramids of Egypt. For you’ll have noticed at the end that the origin is Chinese. Very old Chinese. It reminds us not to push too hard on Life. For in trying to accumulate much possessions to oneself, we often lose precious things that doesn’t…
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CHANGE Is A Constant
Change is Constant. This expression is as Old as civilization itself. Most trusted sources attributed it to be first proclaimed by Heraclitus, Greek philosopher and historian. But what does it mean in our modern time. Here’s what William Corlett thought in 1976; and actually wrote as a page 4 in his wonderful Sci Fi novel,…
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The Noble Life
About seven (7) years ago, I happened upon this ancient Greek Story book that featured the original stories of Theseus, Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, etc. I searched for the book after two years then; for I yearned to hold its thick paperback and smell it’s yellow pages once more. But couldn’t find it. So…
Eupheus (to Know) 