ABOUT THE HAMMERED DULCIMER
The hammered dulcimer is an ancient trapezoidal musical instrument played by striking the strings with wooden hammers.
Originating in the Middle East about 2000 years ago, English soldiers brought the instrument back to England after their failed attempt to conquer Persia during the Crusades about 1000 years ago. Dulcimers have many names in many lands: santur in the Middle East, yang q'in in China, hackbrett in Austria, zither in Germany, and cymbalom in Hungary. The name "dulcimer" is derived from Latin, meaning "sweet sound". Hammered dulcimers were popular in England during the reign of James I, when the Bible was translated into English as the King James Bible. The dulcimer was mentioned in the Book of Daniel 3:5 among other instruments "..the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music..." The dulcimer was later mechanized to become what we now know as the harpsichord which later evolved in the piano.
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Mike - Take the word DELETE out of your vocabulary. Big hug... Sandee
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I URGE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO MAKE THIS CALL TO PLEASE DO SO.YOU ARE A PRECIOUS HUMAN BEING,YOU ARE SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE. GOD KNOWS WE ALL GO THROUGH A CRISIS AND NEED THE HELP. PLEASE CHOOSE LIFE.
THIS IS HERE TO REMIND ME AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE THAT LIFE IS IMPORTANT.
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1) link to the person who gave you this award
Sandee Gave it to me.
2) nominate at least seven people that you want to give this to.
3) put a link to the blog that you are giving this to.
4)Let them know that you gave this too them.
Since I'm giving this to every body that visits me,they are linked in my comments,and they know that I awarded this to them. (I know I'm taking the easy route)
The Blogger's Prayer
Lord help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
SWIPED from
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11 comments:
Cool, you put it on both your sites. Awesome Mike. Have a great day. Big hug. :)
Sandee, I'm GFlad that you aprove. Hugs and Blessings.
Thank you very much Mike! I appreciate it. You made my day.
Congrats on this one - I just got it too, but thanks for passing it on again!
Anni.and Mari. I'm glad that I was ablee to make your day!
SORRY I HAVE BEEN AWAY SO LONG!!!!
I got WAY out of whack with my blog visiting. Lots of stuff in the real world to contend with - and not near as much fun as Blogland. I hope that you are doing well!
Be blessed Mike. I am going to read some more and get caught up with you.
Jen
And thanks for the AWARD!!
I appreciate you Mike.
Jen
Jennifer, I can relate to things being out of whack in the real world. the real world me was not a whole heck of a lot of fun recently for me either.
I'm glad that you enjoy the award.
Thanks Mike!!
Tink, you are welcomed and thanky you for stopping by.
You are so kind Mike! Sometimes the easy way is just the only way to go. Especially when we struggle just to get through our days. :-)
Big Big Hugs & Many Blessings,
Kimmie
xo
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