Waho: Maori word meaning far out, far flung, far off. Here are bits and pieces from an obscure corner of the world called New Zealand.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
PS.
Apropos of Florence Nightingale, her sister's name was Parthenope. I think it means "virgin-place", or something to do with virginity, parthenogenesis being the term for something that is born without being produced by sexual congress, mitosis as opposed to meiosis. The Greek goddess Athena was Athena Parthenos, as she was "delivered" full grown from the head of Zeus, hence the Parthenon, being her temple in Athens. Parthenope was the Greek name of the city of Naples. This may be useful information. Some day. There is no such thing as useless information, only information that doesn't yet have a use.
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