I heard a talk the other day about the difference between foot lamps and stand lamps in the ancient Middle East, and the fact that both served very different purposes: stand lamps were, as implied by the name, set on a stand and were designed to light up the whole room, or outdoor area, or […]
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Some inspo for your weekend today. This one tears me up every time. And you know what’s even more glorious? I actually know that I have friends who would – and have – rush to my rescue like this, to support me through dark times. If you’re one of those friends, THANK YOU. I love
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IDK about you but last week I was in a really negative headspace, and it’s lingering through to this week (though today has been better and honestly a lot of it is probably food-caused, urgh). So I really needed a reminder that not all humans, particularly Famous Ones, are walking garbage fires. So. In the
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Saw the dietician last week, which was a positive experience all round. She reaffirmed that I knew what I was doing with this elimination diet, and encouragement me to keep pushing the boundaries to discover the thresholds of my tolerances so that I could eat as wide a variety of food as possible. Which is
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Another poem this week, probably the last one for a while. The title pretty much sums it up, but when I first heard this several years ago it really stuck with me, and then there was a conversation in our car (not involving me) that kind of collided with it, and I wrote a poem
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I don’t think we need a lengthy introduction here about how awful humanity can be. It’s pretty easy to look around and spot a hundred examples all within arm’s reach. Humanity can be awful. It hurts. It hurts so much there’s a term for it: Weltschmerz, which is German for ‘world pain’. World pain. That’s
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Happy Easter! Here in Aus it’s a four-day long weekend, which is fabulous, so I’m enjoying the extra time with family 🙂 One of my junior classes has just started their poetry unit for the year, so I’ve been trawling through YouTube vids for all my poet-y favourites. There are some seriously amazing spoken-word poets
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Because we all need to be reminded to breathe now and again. Liana Brooks: Just Keep Breathing And this awesome Tumblr image on Periods of Growth. Go read ’em. You’ll feel a lot better about life and the world once you do. <3 A Read more:Why Positive Affirmations Sound Really Stupid To YouBest Ad of
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There are good people in the world. There are strong people in the world. There are knowledgeable, informed, active people in this world, and they are doing good things. And if we just keep being positively rebellious and rebelliously positive, every little thing will be okay. Trust David Tennant: he’s a Doctor. Read more:Amazing Book
Every Little Thing Is Going To Be Okay – The Doctor Told Us So. Read More »
