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"A day without laughter is a day wasted." — Charlie Chaplin

I often notice Synchronicity in my daily life since I realized everything is synchronicity and there is no coincidence in life.  In the most recent occurrence, After seeing a video which showed an actress playing the music " The Entertainer " by Scott Joplin on a piano, this music started spinning in my head for a few days and I was often humming it.             " The Entertainer " by Scott Joplin       And then my husband thought I like it so he collected and put together a CD album which included that music along with some other similar music.  Also he was purchasing some movie DVD's recently and one of them was Charlie Chaplin's short movie collections.     And in that collection of Chaplin 's stories, the music " Entertainer " by Scott Joplin was used as one of the background music !  Both of us never knew about it, so it was interesting.  Anyways, today I would like to talk about Charli

Frederic Chopin - Prince of the Romantics - My Review

  “Chopin was the sweet evening star, who shone only for a moment “       - Camille Saint-Saens According to Franz Liszt  “  Chopin’s bearing had so much distinction, and his manners such a cachet of good breeding that one naturally treated him as a prince. “ - Franz Liszt  We recently bought a new biography of Frederic Chopin called “ Chopin - Prince of the Romantics “ By Adam Zamoyski   !  There are several Chopin’s biography books.     We’ve read several and we think this is the best biography of Chopin, because a lot of new information has come to light in the last 30 or so years, and this book updates a lot and shines new insight into Chopin.  The above house is Frederic Chopin's birthplace.  And above it, the lady to the left is a portrait of his mother Justyna Chopin and to the right is a portrait of his father, Nicolas Chopin. While reading this book, we felt transported back in time for an in depth look at this myster