If it is your nature to be happy, you will swim away along the soft trails for hours, your imaginationalighting everywhere.” – Morning Poem by Mary Oliver
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #113
Edition #113 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet is brimming with cosy and sleepy #animals, immersive deep house #music, cosy houseboats, a #vegan recipe and more. Join me for a brief moment of repose from life #ContentCatnip
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #112
Edition #112 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet is chocas full of delectable delights like tessellating clouds, insects with morning dew and more…feast your eyeballs here fine folks! #ContentCatnip
Comforting Thought: When Death Comes by Mary Oliver
“When it’s over I want to say: all my life, I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” – When Death Comes by Mary Oliver.
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #111
Edition #111 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet features Kate Bush, felt animations, travel forays, salty Breton legends, classic house, medieval remedies and more from #ContentCatnip
Comforting Thought: How to take a spiritual detox from damaging media messages
When we constantly hear that we should be smart, better connected, more productive, wealthier – you name it – it takes real courage to claim the time and space to follow the currents of our talents, our aspirations and our hearts, which may lead in a very different direction.
Ancient Word of the Day: Lavender
If you think that humble fragrance of lavender is only loved by aromatherapists and older ladies with a penchant for scented drawer sachets – think again. Lavender was officially the scent of elicit medieval sex, according to History of Sex author Kate Lister! Unlike exotic and expensive perfumes, lavender grows wild and plentifully all overContinue reading “Ancient Word of the Day: Lavender”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #110
Welcome to edition #110 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet. This time I show you an Azerbaijani sweet treat, foxes dancing in the darkness, flotsam and jetsam and the shadow of #Bigfoot, it’s all in there like swimwear #ContentCatnip
Ancient Word of the Day: Ubuntu
A beautiful and ancient word that denotes the deep collective power of empathy and humanity. Ubuntu is a Xhosa word that denotes sharing what you have. As in, my humanity is inextricably linked and bound up in yours. Ubuntu recognises that true healing is impossible without recognition of our common humanity and common destiny. ‘TheContinue reading “Ancient Word of the Day: Ubuntu”
Book Review: The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing is a mixture of reportage, biography and creative non-fiction. Weaving together strands of history, philosophy and art, Laing explores one of the last taboos of humanity which is loneliness. This is an alarming and at times uncomfortable book to read if you have been or are now lonely. Yet loneliness is common to all of us at some point in our lives. It’s what we seek at all costs to avoid and hide under the rug.
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