Ancient Word: Dadirri according to Aunty Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr

Dadirri recognises the deep spring that is inside us. We call on it and it calls to us. This is the gift that Australia is thirsting for. It is something like what you call “contemplation”. #listening #Dadirri #words #etymology #books #bookreview

Book Review The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

This is the perfect transportive holiday reading. An uplifting and psychedelic novel about a mystical and ephemeral cafe-on-wheels that appears on the full moon where gigantic cat waiters serve human passers-by with coffee, cake and an astrological reading of their past, present and future. If it sounds cosy, well it really is! It’s a bit like a Murakami novel but less dark and forboding and more heavy on the kawaii-cute.

My ideal day from start to finish

Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. Waking up late and having a beautiful vegan brekkie with my partner. Cycling along the coastal path along with my beloved and ending up at our favourite Indian restaurant where we have some of our favourite dishes. Making some margaritas and having them in a flaskContinue reading “My ideal day from start to finish”

10 #InterestingThings I Found on the Internet 146

Prog #rock from #Ukraine, a good #dog’s #retirement, how #apes recognise each other, maps of #lichen in #ambient #music form and much more #InterestingThings #ContentCatnip

Comforting Thought: Process Your Wounds

“we often hand our tension over to others without understanding that it wasn’t ours to begin with. someone passed it to us, and so we pass it to the next person, and they to the next, until it lands in the hands of someone with the tools to process it and let it go. the more of us who are open to inner work, the more points there will be in the giant web of humanity where harm will not be able to spread.”

Book Review The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey

Step into the otherworldly realm of the deepest parts of the #ocean. Susan Casey promises and delivers on a journey so #alien and immersive that you emerge drenched in oceanic wonder. #BookReview #books #review #bookquote #quote

Book Review: Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist by Albert Camus

Book Review: Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist by Albert Camus | An electrifying and timeless book of ideas about how artists can resist and overcome the forces of fascism written by one of the greats of the 20th Century who created a massive body of work actively resisted Nazism #fascism

10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #145

This week’s InterestingThings include Comfy #cats reclining on tiny sofas, a 1000 year old yummy #rice #recipe, an elegant #haiku, Artaois the #Celtic #bear, how to show up for people, henna hand art and much more

Times when I have felt loved

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? This is an interesting prompt and one that gives the feel-good vibes deep inside so here goes. I hope that you also have a person/pet who makes you feel loved. Here’s some of the things the PB does regularly to make me feel loved.Continue reading “Times when I have felt loved”

Comforting Thought: Where identity meets safety

“i need you to meet me in the roomwhere identity meets safetythe room where we gather—to learn what this feels likeso that we can replicate this same roomwithin ourselves” good grief, brianna pastor