In good times, it is possible for a lion to purr. (If you have not seen this, you will not believe me.) Your lion wants to keep you safe. Because of this, occasionally, when you are safe and your lion sees this, it will rub its cheeks against you and purr, like the distant rumble […]
The best way to fight a lion is to not. Instead, approach it sideways, from the very edges, looking vague, and non-threatening. When it realises you are there— and it will— it will growl, and bear its teeth, which feels a lot like a lump in your throat or adrenalin in your stomach. But you
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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Just take five minutes to skim over this list. I promise, you’ll find AT LEAST one thing there that will make you glad you did 🙂 26 Wholesome Things Go on. Click. You won’t regret it <3 Read more:Made-It Monday: SilkChange Becomes Us, My Very Personal Poetry CollectionFifth Thursday: Recruitment
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Consider this context for next Friday’s post 😀 But also, I do just love the song and the video clip. There’s a lot going on here, and I’ve actually used this several times as a class resource – and if you’re feeling SUPER KEEN, since there’s a weekend coming up and all and you might
Formation, Beyonce, and Some Lit-Crit-Lite ;) Read More »
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
Sometimes, you just really needed to hear it. My kids are 5 and 2 right now, and they are both clever little beans, and super active. My son particularly is a little perpetual motion machine, and always has been.* So for the last two years, they’ve been doing swimming lessons as yet-another-way-to-try-to-expend-their-energy-and-keep-them-sufficiently-occupied. Y’all know my
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