Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

I hope you all have an amazing 2015! Here's a gorgeous December 2014 sunset to celebrate the beauty of this past year! Happy New Year! Happy 2015 ! 

Happy 82nd Birthday to actress Nichelle Nichols. May you enjoy peace and prosperity! Thank you for appearing in Star Trek; your portrayal of commander Uhura helped me realise that women really can do everything and is one of the main reasons I've been a fan of Star Trek for over 20 years! "Her role as Uhura on Star Trek was one of the first times that an African-American actress portrayed a non-stereotypical role on television. Previously, most African-American female characters on American television were depicted as maids or housekeepers, and Nichols' role helped break that barrier."  Nichelle Nichols article; Memory Alpha Nyota Uhura wasn't just the one with the pretty legs, she wasn't just the token female on a science-fiction show or an example of equality for both women and African Americans in a time when equality was sorely lacking. She wasn't just a woman on the bridge of a starship, heck, she was THE communications officer of THE Federation...

Wat een herrie weer... Vuurwerk mag officieel nog niet eens afgestoken worden, overmorgen pas, maar daar lijkt men zich niets van aan te trekken hier in de buurt. Vorige maand al liepen er kinderen over straat met rotjes, mensen te terroriseren en huisdieren expres bang te maken. Ik vind het zo ont-zet-tend asociaal van de ouders dat ze kinderen en tieners met gevaarlijke wapens laten spelen zonder ZEER duidelijke uitleg over wat grappig of leuk is en wat echt levenslang letsel kan veroorzaken voor hunzelf of een ander. "Je bent een rund als je met vuurwerk stunt" lijkt een boodschap te zijn die de jeugd van nu nog nooit gehoord heeft. Die boodschap kwam vroeger vaak genoeg langs rond Oud en Nieuw, samen met plaatjes van mensen die door onverantwoord gebruik van vuurwerk bijvoorbeeld een vinger, een oog of een hand kwijt waren. Vandaag de dag voelt het alsof geen van de rotjochies op straat ook maar nadenkt over wat vuurwerk kan doen en hoeveel schade het kan aanrichten... ...

In verband met de wijzigingen in de zorg dacht ik vandaag: Toch maar even kijken of mijn zorgverzekeraar en mijn ziekenhuis elkaar wel aardig zullen blijven vinden volgend jaar. Ging er eigenlijk 'gewoon' van uit dat de twee giganten goede banden zouden hebben en al had ik er een tijdje terug iets over opgezocht, had ik er verder niet meer naar gekeken. Toen ik begin 2013 ziek werd hebben minstens twee cardiologen en vier assistenten mijn hart bekeken in mijn lokale ziekenhuis. Het waren er meer, maar ik heb zes gezichten duidelijk onthouden. De ECG en de echo - standaard bij elk bezoek voor een hartpatient - waren voor deze zes professionals blijkbaar reden om te besluiten dat ik een probleem had met een van mijn hartkleppen, de pulmonalisklep. Toen geen van de professionals de klep goed in beeld kon krijgen tijdens de reguliere echo, is er besloten dat een slokdarmecho nodig was om de klep beter te bekijken. Een echo via de slokdarm betekent (in mijn eigen woorden) dat er e...

To those who celebrate Christmas today or tomorrow - Happy Holidays! There, that's done. Now that I've respected your holidays... Please also respect that they are NOT my holidays. STOP trying to wish me a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. STOP assuming that being white / European and being Christian are the same thing. I was born with my skin, hair and eyes, I never consciously chose them, they are simply me; part of who I am and always have been. I was not born with a certain religion, I am free to choose my religion. I am free to believe what I want to believe and sorry folks, that does not include believing in sons of gods just because those around me seem to. I am not a Christian. I do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was God or part God or the son of God or the promised Messiah or anything other than a 100% human and 100% Jewish Israeli male striving to free his people from Roman oppression and bring them closer to God. I am not a Buddhist; I do not celeb...

I may not be a Christian, however that won't stop me from sharing this Dry Bones Christmas wish for the Christians of the Middle East. May the world hear your cries, indeed. To all those who celebrate Christmas (wherever you are) - Happy Holidays. May you celebrate surrounded by those you love and cherish while remembering those less fortunate than you, both in your prayers and in your dreams for a better world. a Christmas Wish - the Dry Bones Blog

I've been re-watching my season one DVDs of New Zealand television show Outrageous Fortune and am having a blast with the West family. It's been some time! Decided to check out the TV show's official website today and came across an article that made me very happy. They're making a prequel to Outrageous Fortune starring Antonia Prebble as Rita West! I am so very thrilled! How did I not know this?! Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortune, White Lies, The Blue Rose) and David de Lautour (The Kick, NCIS, Once Upon a Time) headline the cast of South Pacific Pictures’ new comedy drama series WESTSIDE, the six-part Outrageous Fortune prequel which is coming next year to TV3.   Prebble stars as Rita, the West family matriarch – a role she played briefly in flashback scenes during Outrageous Fortune season four. De Lautour plays the role of Ted West, the 30-something incarnation of the beloved ‘Grandpa’ character who was deftly portrayed in all six seasons of Outrageous Fortu...

Burka en Blahniks by Ebru Umar My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wat een heerlijk boek om te lezen! En wat een heerlijk oprechte schrijfster zonder blad voor de mond of politiek correcte non-mening! Zo lang mogelijk uitgerekt maar nu toch echt (twee keer!) uitgelezen. Een ding weet ik zeker: Ik haal dit boekje over een paar maanden met heel veel plezier weer uit de kast. View all my reviews

I may not be Jewish, however that won't stop me from sharing this beautiful photo! To all those who celebrate Hanukkah - Happy Holidays and may every candle you light remind you that miracles are possible! Post by ‎ Noam Chen - Photographer | נועם חן - צלם ‎.

Worrying about what's going on in Sydney with regards to the #sydneysiege . My thoughts are with the hostages and all who know and love them. I have friends and family in Australia; really don't like how close to home this feels. Silver lining to this horrible situation must be the " I'll Ride With You " social media posts tagged #illridewithyou and the way Australians are coming together as one. It's good to see that the Australian people won't let terrorists scare them into being quiet, going into hiding or turning on each other.

Early Morning... Well, not so early any more by the time I added watermarks to the photos and decided what to write in this post! Still - it was dark when I got up, surely that counts as early! As it got lighter and I went to make a cup of tea, this amazing sight greeted me. O f C ourse I rushed to the balcony to take several photos to share! @Nimavenl We really do live in a very beautiful world!  I just wish we - humanity - could spend more time enjoying our world, loving each other and appreciating being alive to enjoy the beauty. Instead, we hate, we disagree, we dislike, we fight, we torture, we rape, we insult, we discriminate, we kill, we terrorise.  "Our lives begin to end the day we become  silent about the things that matter."         Martin Luther King, Jr @Nimavenl I refuse to let terror win - I believe in humanity. Peace   :)   Shalom   :)   Salaam

I love language and especially love reading books and stories that play with language or show the author's love for language. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is one such story. I'd known the story of Alice in Wonderland for years before actually sitting down to read the book as an adult. What struck me was not only how much I enjoyed the fun and craziness of Alice's adventures, but how much I enjoyed the author's way with words. The simple yet exquisite beauty of the words on the page as they come together into a whimsical whole is simply amazing to me. Source: Quote HD.com I also love tales set in magical or fantastical worlds like the amazing Anne Bishop's Black Jewels books or J. R. R. Tolkien's extremely intricate world of Middle Earth . Alternate realities are very interesting to explore as well, worlds that are similar to yet different from our own. I like how they often provide great insights into our own world and our own thinking, despite so...

One only has to turn on the television or read the newspaper to realise our world is full of war, injustice, senseless hatred, racism, discrimination, murder and terrorism. We have brains capable of imagining how others might act, react, think and feel. We have books and movies which give us the opportunity to see the world from another's point of view or even from inside their hearts and minds. We have the internet and free online translation services that allow us to communicate with people from all over the world, no matter their language or home country. Yet even with books, movies and the internet to connect us and our human ability to imagine how others might think and feel, we haven't learned to live together in peace and prosperity, to share our planet together without bloodshed or violence, to coexist without trying to bend others to our will and our ways. Source: "Colour Blind" by Acvelyen | Deviant Art We are all human, yet relatively small differe...

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