I love secluded and lonely places where there’s nobody around for miles. That’s why the Highlands and Islands hold such appeal to me and so here’s a couple of lonely places may make you feel in turns melancholy or yearning for a place where nobody can disturb you.
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Book Review: Only The Moon Understands The Beauty Of Love by Thomas Slatin
Publisher: Self Published Review in one word: Transmutation Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 “Only The Moon Understands The Beauty Of Love” by Thomas Slatin is a touching and thoroughly beautiful memoir that intricately blends personal anecdotes, reflections, and poetic prose. The book delves into the author’s life journey. It’s marked by moments of joy, sorrow, reflection, memory and profound introspection.Continue reading “Book Review: Only The Moon Understands The Beauty Of Love by Thomas Slatin”
Comforting thought: The silence of the bird and the lily by Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) implored people to learn from the silence of the lily and the bird. In other words to learn to refrain from speaking. He believed that we should learn this because we humans possess the power of speech and so we should learn the art of silence. According to Kierkegaard ourContinue reading “Comforting thought: The silence of the bird and the lily by Søren Kierkegaard”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #133
This week, weird #food combos, a timeline of a #posthuman galaxy, wolpertingers, purple jellyfish and their friends, how to have better arguments, and other esoterica #art #culture #connection
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #132
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
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 René 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
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