What is a Quafaie?


Quafaie (pronounced: kwa FAY) are fantasy creatures that exist in the fantasy writing of Hugh Kemeny, and are created by him. They are primarily in Hugh Kemeny’s Black Phoenix short stories...

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Daily Factoid

Ladies First
Term: 1933-45
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. president), was born on this day in 1884. Shortly after moving into the White House, she began holding weekly, all-female press conferences. This practice helped women reporters to become an integral part of the White House Press Corps.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Fri 11 Oct 2013 



The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
- Doris Day, American actress (b. 1924)
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 12/13 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

Enjoy your life in every moment, observe what you have now, and truly live in your surroundings.
- Shunryn Suzuki
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Fri 11 Oct 2013


The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.
- Al-Nuri
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Sat/Sun 12/13 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Friday, October 11, 2013

Daily Factoid

Catpture the Moment
Collect leaves while Mother Nature's brilliant color is on display.
Dry the leaves and scatter them on the table cloth at thanksgiving.
Cover with a glass top or clear sheet of vinyl.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 9 Oct 2013 


Historic Happenings
On this day in 1886, tobacco heir Griswold Lorillard shocked his contemporaries by showing up at a ball at The Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York, in a "tailless dress coat," an event often credited as the debut of the tuxedo.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Thu 10 Oct 2013 

Daily Inspiration

Pilgrimage . . . is the strong and steadfast aspiration to meet God face to face.
- Dilip Kumar Roy
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Wed 9 Oct 2013


The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out.
- Chinese Proverb
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Thu 10 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Daily Factoid

 In October, dung your feild,
And your land its wealth shall yield.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 8 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

To have a human form is a joyful thing.
- Chuang Tzu
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Tue 8 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)



Monday, October 7, 2013

Daily Factoid

Congratulations, Libra
In the United States, October 5 is the most common birthday.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 5/6 Oct 2013


Conceal a Meal
To slip more vegetables into the diets of picky eaters, add pureed squash to macaroni and cheese or make "fries" from sliced rutabaga.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 7 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, the wise man will leave the small pleasures to look at the great.
- The Dhammapada
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Sat/Sun 5/6 Oct 2013


Move and the way will open.
- Zen Proverb
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Mon 7 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Friday, October 4, 2013

Daily Factoid

A good time to cut firewood is between October's new and first quarter Moons.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Fri 4 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do. Nothing else.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Fri 4 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Thursday, October 3, 2013

Daily Factoid

O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye can not rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather.
- Helen Hunt Jackson, American writer (1830-85)
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Thu 3 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

Zen is not difficult
for those who have no preferences.
- Sosan
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Thu 3 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Daily Factoid

Poor Richard's Advice
Think of three things:
whence you came,
where you are going,
and to whom you must account.
- Bentamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1755
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 1 Oct 2013



Thank You?
If someone tells you that you're the "spittin' image" of someone, don't worry; it has nothing to do with saliva. The phrase is used to describe how one pwerson resembles another and results from the luring of "spirit and image."
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 2 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

Let not the fruit of action be your motive to action. Your business is with action alone, not with the fruit of action.
- The Bhagavad Gita
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Wed 2 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)


Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Daily Gratitude

5 Things I'm Thankful for Today:
- Attending a candidates' forum for mayor
- My father for helping me with my house renovations
- Tutoring; earing some money
- Purchasing most of the remaining materials for my home renovations
- Chatting with friends; old and new

Daily Factoid

I Can See Clearly Now
When washing windows, use vertical strokes on the outside surface and horizontal strokes inside (or vice versa). This will help you to determine on which side the streaks are.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 28/29 Sep 2013


Learning Tool
A form of the poem that starts "Thirty days hath September," which tells the number of days for each month, dates from at least as far back as the Middle Ages.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 30 Sep 2013

Daily Inspiration

Thoughts of themselves have no substance;
let them arise and pass away unheeded.
- Ashvaghosha
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Mon 30 Sep 2013


Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see that whole landscape before me. I see my hands, my feet, my toes, and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive. Wonder of wonders.
- Buddha
Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Tue 1 Oct 2013


Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)