What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Not that anybody need care about that. This is more of an announcement to myself. It is deeply significant to me and my favourite thing to do. Reading opens up infinitely unique and interesting worlds for me that never existed before. There are so many unique pleasures associatedContinue reading “I love to read 📚”
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Comforting Thought: Life On a Low Flame
One can live at a low flame. Most people do. For some, life is an exercise in moderation The best china saved for special occasions But given something like death What does it matter if one looks foolish now and then Or tries too hard, or cares too deeply? Diane Ackerman
Comforting Thought: We see into the life of things
“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
Book Review: SPQR by Mary Beard
I really wanted to love this book because I am a huge Mary Beard fan and I love her enthusiastic, passionate and fascinating documentaries about the Romans. As a novice to this topic, I was really craving a book that would educate me and also sustain my interest.
Book Review: She Rises by Kate Worsley
She Rises is an erotic, sea-faring adventure by debut novelist Kate Worsley. Under the tutelage of mentor and maven of the historical novel Sarah Waters, Kate Worsley has created a beautifully sculpted jewel of a novel set in an Essex fishing village in 1740.
Book Review: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Garcia wrote this essay in a series of newspaper articles in Bogota over 30 years ago. He tells the dramatised story of a sailor Luis Alejandro Velasco who sailed on a ship laden with contraband goods from Alabama in the US bound for Columbia. The ship encountered a turmultuous storm which threw all aboard into the sea with devastating consequences.
Book Review: How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger MD
With its rather dramatic title ‘How Not To Die’ is a timeless guide to a lifetime of good health. If you only buy one book about health in your lifetime, let this be the one. How Not to Die’s scope is vast and covers all aspects of human health, disease and preventative medicine and provides an overwhelming amount of evidence about the simplest intervention possible – a plant-based diet.
The quirky origins of Australia’s native animal names
In Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including around 800 dialects. Languages are living things that connect people to Country, culture and ancestors. Many words for Australian native animals come from these languages. ‘Keriba gesep agiakar dikwarda keriba mir. Ableglam keriba Mir pako Tonar nole atakemurkak.’ — The land actually gave birth toContinue reading “The quirky origins of Australia’s native animal names”
Comforting Thought: Getting Real, the Velveteen Rabbit
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.”
— Marcus Aurelius #quote #stoic #philosophy #soul #life
A history of the world’s languages as a gnarly willow tree
The world’s mother tongues have blended and intermingled since humans first stood upright and emerged out of the primeval forests. Here’s a really awesome family tree beautifully illustrated by Minna Sundberg. Minna is an immensely talented illustrator who has been creating a wonderful tales set in northern Europe for her online web comic Stand Still,Continue reading “A history of the world’s languages as a gnarly willow tree”
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