This week see sleeping anime #cats in rice paddies, a mystical and nice quote from #YokoOno, the difference between a living and dead #idea, how snails hitchhiked from a Pacific Islands to the Americas and more, it’s edition 132 of interesting things by #ContentCatnip
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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #131
This week, a peaceful quote from Buddhist monk Joan Halifax, a yummy coconut rice recipe, a lesson in enchantment from Renรฉ Magritte, an encouraging possum and more, it’s edition #131 of Interesting Things! Welcome friends…
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #130
Dive deep into Frida Kahlo’s diary, explore ancient methods of espionage, ways to describe someone’s voice, a painting of a joyful Victorian era garden and much more, it’s edition #130 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip
Book Review: The Tao of Winnie the Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (1982)
The cultural phenomenon of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne (1926) crosses generations and time. Winnie the Pooh still speaks to me as an adult within the adult world. It speaks to the child within and her curiosity and wonder at life. The characters are each archetypes of human desires and fears.
The end of endless growth
What are you most excited about for the future? Endless growth is the mantra of wealth funds, publicly listed companies and well-to-do boomers and aspirational designer clothing wearing millennials. It’s the catchcry of neoliberal flavours of capitalism. The only problem – and it’s a significant one – is that we live in a natural worldContinue reading “The end of endless growth”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #129
Get a time-traveller’s guide to #medieval #Europe, some timeless words from Albert Camus, a hand-sewn heart, homely and warming porridge meals, bewitching cat-eye makeup and much more. Welcome to edition #129 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip
Sacred Self-care Practices to Help You Slow Down and Remember The Beautiful Person You Are
How do you practice self-care? Life has given me a lot of challenges, sometimes it feels overwhelming and insurmountable. Sometimes a light clicks on, that sublime light to make you really feel hopeful though. If you treat yourself gently and with self-care you will hear a loving voice inside of yourself saying “See! You canContinue reading “Sacred Self-care Practices to Help You Slow Down and Remember The Beautiful Person You Are”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #128
Haere mai and welcome dear friends! This week, Robert Greene’s insightful advice on how to achieve strategic mastery, a Ukrainian watchmaker breathes new life into an ancient Newfoundland clocktower, funky 90s house music, Festive vegan fried rice and much more, it’s edition #128 of #InterestingThings by #ContentCatnip.
Comforting Thought: If We Want to Do Something Well – We Cannot Do It All
“Opt out of the relentless pursuit of personal optimisation of our lives. “Opt-out of picking and choosing a new partner when we get bored of the person we have been with for many years simply because we are bored.” Svend Brinkmann #quote #philosophy #psychology #consumerism
Book Review: Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Genre: Literary Non-Fiction, Biography, History Rating: ๐๐๐๐๐ This non-fiction epic is like a rambling rose bush that extends far out into the unknown forest of intellectual curiosity. It features interwoven and enmeshed stories about roses and politics, cultivated by master writer of non-fiction Rebecca Solnit. Yet this is also a biography of one of Britain’sContinue reading “Book Review: Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit”
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