Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Eurycleia.

Eurycleia (Εὐρύκλεια ) (Eurýkleia), or Antiphata (Ἀντιφάτη) (Antipháte), was an old nurse of Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) (Ὀδυσεύς) (Odysseús) (Odyseús). Her father was Ops (Ὤψ) and grandfather Peinsenor (Πεισήνωρ).

Also, Eurycleia served his wife Penelope (Πηνελόπεια) (Πηνελόπη) (Pēnelópeia) (Pēnelópē) and son Telemachus (Τηλέμαχος) (Tēlemakhos). Odysseus took part in the Trojan War and was wandering.

She recognized him when Odysseus came home. Eurycleia noticed his old scar.





Monday, October 6, 2025

Tales from childhood: Bad diagnosis.

"You're very seriously ill!" the man in the white coat told me.

Yes, I have neglected this disease and I may die soon. It's my destiny.

I, the lady in red, have been working in a dangerous job for many years. Maybe someone of my clients suffers from this disease...

When I came to the doctor it was already too late. It's time for me to tell you my secret of the present day.

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Great people: Peter Paul Rubens.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Holy Roman Empire. He was an artist.

Venus and Adonis (1635), Child with a bird (1614 and 1625), The Judgement of Paris (1606), Diana Returning from the Hunt (1615), and Landscape with Milkmaids and Cattle (1618) are Rubens' works.

Baroque was his movement.

Peter Paul Rubens had wives and children.

He died on May 30, 1640, in Spanish Netherlands.





Recipe of homemade crepe cake.



Ingredients:

Crepes-about 8

Condensed milk-2 table spoons

Jam-2 table spoons

Spread the crepes alternately with condensed milk and jam. Place everything together.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Literature. Part hundred twenty seven.

                                               "Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barot de Villeneuve.

Once upon a time a daughter asked her father for a flower. The father went for the flower and took it, but he met a beast. The monster demanded that his daughter come to his castle.

At home, the young girl found out about everything and went to the beast. Then she learned that the monster was an enchanted prince.

In the end, the girl fell in love with the beast and the curse was lifted.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/beauty-beast-open-book-fairy-tale-1858230163



Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred twelve.

                                                                  Pamela Travers.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/maryborough-qld-apr-19-2023pamela-travers-2309656647



“Once we have accepted the story, we cannot escape the story's fate.”

“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6872556.P_L_Travers