#InterestingThings: This week, a black kitty gives us lessons in #DataPrivacy, glowing and enchanted #fungi exist, a scrumptious lentil soup #recipe, a #retro vision of the #future, #drumnbass in #Madrid, why the #colour #orange is special and how to feel #loved
Tag Archives: History
Book Review: Tiny Gardens Everywhere by Kate Brown
This is an enormously important book about the history of gardening not as a placid recreational activity for the wealthy but as a practical form of survival, food security and resistance by working class people all over the world. Never has a book been more important as right now with the commodification of land and homes.
Ancient word of the day: Dægeseage
The ancient word of the day is Dægeseage. This is an old English word for daisy. The origin of Dægeseage is literally daisy or day’s eye. Which makes sense when you think about the quaint little flower and its tendency to follow the arc of the sun through the sky from dawn to dusk, soaking in as much light and goodness as possible.
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#InterestingThings: This week, #Baldzam: Ancient #Mayan jesters, beautiful #poetry about suffering and joy, 90s #trance, mystical #Japanese caves, unusual #toys of Japan, a #vegan teriyaki fried rice #recipe, Tutankhamun’s boats and more.
Book Review: Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago
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.
