A novelised tour Puerto Rico’s colonial history from the perspective of a determined and yet unlikeable heroine and the people she enslaves for a sugar hacienda in the 19th Century. It could have been improved with more focus on the lives of the slaves.
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#InterestingThings: Delicious #vegan sweet potato #recipe, a moment in the #Sahara under the #Orion star cluster, 80’s #synth with #French star Françoise Hardy, a #rabbit effigy from #Mexico, turning an old apartment into a work of art in #Sweden, classic lollies as #art, #architecture and more!
Book Review: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
A juicy and reverent novel about a sparkling time in #history – the #Italian #Renaissance from the perspective of a determined young female glassmaker on the island of #Murano in #Venice.
Book Review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Inspired by a true story, Hannah Kent has woven a remarkable tale that is totally bewitching and magical in how it draws you in. The heroine Agnus Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of a well-liked local man Natan Ketilsson.
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90’s Hip-Hop golden era classics with DJ Afrosia Nice people dancing to good soul music, a sign at the Do Drop In. All of the supermodels of the 90’s in one fabulous documentary I couldn’t stop watching all of the beauty! Cycling the Klausenpass with Nala cat One of my favourite vloggers, Nala’s World inContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 190”
Comforting Thought: As far as we can discern
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” Carl Jung Georgia O’Keeffe – Pond in The Woods – 1922.
Book Review: The Ideological Brain by Leor Zmigrod
A very timely and interesting book about the interplay between ideology and rigid thinking and how our psychology and neurobiology influence our personal politics. You will learn why your brain is wired to be conservative or progressive.
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Printer Solistice: Poet, Mathematician and Meteorologist Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) Story and screenprint art by artist, printmaker and marine geophysicist, Ele Willoughby, PhD (she/her) on Mastodon. Astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist & poet Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797), who left her impact on Qing era China during her short life. Raised by her father and grandparents, her ancestral home wasContinue reading “10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet 189”
Ancient word of the day: Hedgehog
The ancient word for today is hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus. In the Middle Ages, writers didn’t make reference to hedgehogs, but to urchins. This term for the spiky diminuitive animal is still favoured in some English dialects. We still have the lingering remnants of this etymology in the form of sea urchin, which is literally aContinue reading “Ancient word of the day: Hedgehog”
Welcome to a strange and forgotten alien world: Socotra
Looking like a cross between a surreal computer game and an alien planet, Socotra is a relatively unexplored and remote island off the coast of Arabian Peninsula. It’s a sparkling diamond of natural diversity and rugged wildness, with over 700 endemic species of flora and fauna. Only a small number of countries have more endemicContinue reading “Welcome to a strange and forgotten alien world: Socotra”
