As the small ferry boat wound its way through the Adriatic Sea, a burst of laughter swept across the deck.“He jumped on her back, and they swam off together…it’s true…it really happened,” cried the burly, bearded man, looking towards the…
A Sicilian Legacy
The “piano music” begins every morning at sunrise. Upholding the precepts of his father– a legacy that binds him to the land–this skilled musician leaves the modest stone house with his daughter Enrica. Followed by “Pippo,” one of five rescue…
Wandering in the Sahara by Beatriz Maximo
Except for the camels sipping water, and the lizards scurrying in the sand, there was absolute silence. Night had fallen, and there was a silence I had never felt before, one that brings a life-changing reckoning. Now Time and Space…
Solving the Puzzle Sundararajan Kidambi with Edward Kiersh
It’s a continuing puzzle. One must anticipate the future, evaluate perspectives, master the placement of objects. As in all creativity, blunders and total failures are possible. Intuitive thinking is dicey. Painting canvases of the mind are always chance, risky, a…
A Cry for Help
They are huddled together, their slumped bodies and extended hands passionately dramatizing desperation, their collective nightmare. These immigrants are the forgotten, souls lost in a tense, highly-pitched political battle. Some have wandered through the Sahara carrying their infants. Others have…
Attitude into the Stage
The moment a microphone was thrust in front of her, life changed. She suddenly found inspiration, a distinct new passion. “My first thought was to grab that microphone, and to sing as loud as possible,” remembers psychotherapist Alexandra Nowak.…
On the Essence of Creativity
One evening I was walking through the old town of Cologne, it had been raining, a cold wind was pushing through the winding streets coming from the nearby Rhine. There were few people on the street, so close to closing…
COLLAGEN Art of Nature
Alicja Jaworska is a collagen specialist. As the Director of PerfectColl and a Leader in PerfectColl for UK – a Polish company, she helps supervise the international operation of this enterprise–a firm that implements advanced biotechnology and bioelectronics achievements for…
THE INTREPID TREASURE HUNTER by EDWARD KIERSH
A contemporary incarnation of the courageous traders who plied the Silk Road to bring Persian carpets to the West, this adventurer roams deep into the Atlas Mountains to discover antique Berber rugs. No place is too far, no outpost too…
ESCAPING INTO THE ATLAS by Edward Kiersh
As the Berber men hover clay, conical-shaped tagine pots, the fragrant aromas of lamb, garlic and lemons waft through the sun-drenched air. The smoke from the charcoal fire creates a haze, a hint of mystery accentuated by the shadows cast…