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MYSTERIES With ROSES - Supernatural Phenomenon - A Sense of AweVALENTINE'S DAY soon here - Feb. 14Valentine's Day, is known as a holiday to celebrate love, and roses are much loved and admired. Roses were the embodiment of love, spirituality, and beauty in the Middle Ages and progressing throughout history, have become a decorative symbol of earthly love. If you ask ten people to name their favorite flower, probably the majority would name the rose. Roses are given to others as a gift to express one's love. Another holiday similar to Valentine's Day is Sweetest Day, held on the third in October, also celebrated with Roses.Although it is hard to believe, there are so many mysteries with roses, which are true stories, reported by people worldwide. Fresh cut long stem red roses (delivered by a florist) actually stayed alive for ten (10) weeks, a historical record! This historical record, an INCREDIBLE FIND, happened to Lynda Peringian, from Dryden, MI. This was documented in the front page of the newspaper, The Eccentric," and witnessed by so many people. Peringian happened to be an author so she wrote a book about the true story. Now readers of her book, The "MIRACLE ROSES" - A True Story, are reporting mysteries which are connected to this book. "A live red rose in the middle of the road!" said Connie Simmons "A single red rose on the floor," reported Judi Peli.How is it possible for a nun, St. Therese, living only to the young age of 24, to touch the lives of millions of people a century after her death? Love is the answer. She was extremely full of love, not only with her family and other people, but with nature. St. Therese loved flowers, especially roses and she said, "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses." That she is doing, causing a sense of supernatural phenomenon, a sense of awe.For over a century, St. Therese has kept her promise and she is known to be a powerful intercessor to these who call upon her. She also said, "I will spend my heaven in doing good on hearth." Miracles, grace, favors, and so many good things are happening everyday by intercessions (Mediation) and they are happening worldwide. St. Therese is known as the "greatest saint of modern times," and she touches us all with her presence from heaven. She is known with many religions (Jewish, Moslems, Christian, etc.). Although some people think she is associated with only Catholics, this is not true. She is well liked and people seek her healing and guidance. She is known as the "Little Flower," since she thought of herself as being a small flower in a garden.A saint is a holy person who performs miracles. St. Therese's ability to work miracles comes from God. She is a conduit of God's power. Can you imagine roses appearing to people and causing us all to wonder. If it happens to you, you say to yourself, "What on earth is going on?" You are wondering if this is a dream. You are not afraid, but rather pleasantly surprised, and happy with this good event... it is a blessing! St. Therese often leaves a rose as her calling card and outward sign of her presence.Although there are no traceable explanations to the fascinations of life's mysteries, wouldn't you agree that life would be dull without them? Surprisingly, readers of Peringian's inspirational book have reported roses appearing to them, usually red in color. They have been fresh cut roses, but also silk roses. The floral industry (florist, gardeners, nurseries, associations, societies, and others involved with roses) have said "fresh cut long stem roses have not lived as long as Peringian's roses." Take note that these roses were delivered by a florist to her house which were fresh cut roses, not roses growing outside in her backyard.Roses usually live no longer than one to two weeks, perhaps a little longer. People all over are saying," I never have heard of roses lasting as lo

This book did not start as a book. It started as a sketchbook from THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011, for the Brooklyn Art Library in New York. To participate in the project, I had to complete and mail the sketchbook by January 15, 2011. It was November 2010. My topic was: "Outside-Inside", and I could do anything I wanted with it. So I decided to paint the story of my life.I planned the paintings carefully, according to the period of my life, deciding to do the first part, farther away in time, in watercolor, due to the softness of its hue. The second and third parts I did in acrylics, brighter colors provided more immediacy. I also decided to give the second part a shift, painting and writing diagonally on the pages, to emphasize the mental shift my family had to go through when we started our new life in the USA. I researched old family photos, letters, documents, my life journals, my mother's poems, and I painted day and night for several weeks. Each painting is symbolic in that it represents not only a geographical place or feature in Argentina, California, or France, but also my feelings during that period of my life. All the hand-writing was done in ink, with an old fashioned "plume", like the ones I used at school in Argentina. The first part I just had to write in Spanish, then translating it all to English. The third part has some phrases in French which are also translated to English. My mother's poem: "Primavera", about the Spring of life, I did not translate.When I held the finished sketchbook in my hands, a few days before the mailing date, I did not want to part with it. I had invested so much of my heart and soul in it, and so many hours of my painting life on it, I didn't know what to do. Finally, I scanned the sketchbook, and mailed the original, keeping the digital version. My original sketchbook is touring Art museums and galleries throughout the United States in 2011, and will become part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library in New York, at the end of the year 2011. The scanned version became this book.

The Pearl of Life is a journey of a man's life and the changes that he goes through that transforms him into a better man. As the author travels through his life remembering all of the changes that he has witnessed, the reader examines the poems as a testimony to his struggles. In everybody's life we go through changes that transform us into the humans that we are meant to be. A journey that almost anybody can relate to in his or her own lives. A journey that teaches the author as much as the reader the true values of life. In order to better your life you must learn to study life.