…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
The Gymnast, by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“The Leaves Have Turned Yellow ” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
A poetic journey through our orthodox faith
…an e-book by Sofia Kioroglou
“Wadi Qelt” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“The ten Lepers” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“Like white swans’ wings” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“John Maximovich (the Wonderworker)” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“The city of Shalem” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“I shall return…” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
“A zipper that jammed halfway” by Sofia Kioroglou
…a poem by Sofia Kioroglou
What our love means to me
To know love is what life is all about. To be in love is to process something what is beyong…
Home, Warsan Shire
no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you…
The Man Who Could Work Miracles, H. G. Wells
The Man Who Could Work Miracles – The Country of the Blind, and other stories, by H. G. Wells A…
John Lennon’s lost letter to Steve Tilston
Dear Steve Tilston + Richard Howell Being rich doesn’t change your experiences in the way you think. The only difference…
“An Imperial Affliction”, by Peter Van Houten
“An Imperial Affliction” is an imaginary book by an imaginary author. It is mentioned on the book “The Fault In…
Combinations of the Kaleidoscope
The system of endless changes is one of the most astonishing properties of the Kaleidoscope. With a number of loose…
Humphrey Potter and the invention of the hand gear
It has been said that we are indebted for the important invention in the steam-engine, termed hand gear, by which…
Waste of human life
In 1825, there was opened in Cochin-China a canal, 23 miles long, 80 feet wide, and 12 feet deep. It…
Invention of the telescope and early discoveries with it
It is singular that the epoch of the most extensive discoveries upon the surface of our planet was immediately succeeded…
First historical record of refined sugar
It appears from the accounts of the Chamberlain of Scotland, published from the originals in the Exchequer, that in the…
Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
CHAPTER I HEIDI’S FIRST MOUNTAIN CLIMB On a bright June morning two figures—one a tall girl and the other a…
The Hare and the Tortoise (the Rabbit and the Turtle)
One fine spring morning, a Hare came out of his nest to eat fresh grass. As he was eating, he…
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Once upon the time there was a Grasshopper and an Ant. The Grasshopper built its nest in the branches of…
Creators of Transformers
In Transformers: Age of Extinction, humans succeed in making their own Transformers robots, and Galvatron was the first robot designed…
“The Dark Ages”, Abraham Lincoln
Men call you “dark.” What factory then blurred the light Of golden suns, when nothing blacker than the shades Of…
“To the English Gipsies”, Abraham Lincoln
Rough swarthy Gipsy folk, Would that my voice could once forget to falter, And sing a song as free as…
New Year Festival
At the first new moon of the new year, which sometimes occurs three weeks after New Year’s Day, the chiefs…
Infant Raised by Bears
A man and his wife and child went off hunting from an Indian village and encamped a long way from…
Origin of the Constellations
Iroquois tradition tells us that the sun and moon existed before the creation of the earth, but the stars had…
Origin of the Human Race
The Iroquois legend of an origin of the human race, which includes the creation of the spirits of good and…
An Incantation to Bring Rain – Rainmaking Ritual – Indian Rain Dance
In a dry season, the horizon being filled with distant thunder-heads, it was customary to burn what is called by…
Origin of the Seneca Medicine
Nearly two hundred years ago a man went into the woods on a hunting expedition. He was quite alone. He…
Practice of Sorcery by Iroquois Indians
The early history of the races of mankind, now civilized, is marked in all its course known to us by…
The pigmy’s mission
There was once a pigmy living in a little cave. Near him dwelt a hunter in a wigwam. The pigmy…
The Pigmies and the Great Hunters
The following story is told as having actually occurred: Mr. Johnson and others of the Seneca Reservation went out on…
The Stone Giant’s challenge
A Stone Giant challenged a Seneca chief to a race. The challenge was accepted, and the time for the start…
Great Head
It was a common belief among Indians that there was a strange, human-like creature, consisting simply of a head made…
The North Wind
It was the custom at a certain season for the medicine men to go about demanding gifts of the people;…
Extermination of the Stone Giants
The stone giants, who principally inhabited the far West, resolved to come East and exterminate the Indians. A party of…
A Seneca Legend of Hi-nuⁿ and Niagara
A beautiful Indian maiden was about to be compelled by her family to marry a hideous old Indian. Despair was…
“The Emperor of Ice-Cream”, Wallace Stevens
Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the…
