July 2012
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For An Absence
apoetreflects (via recycledsoul):
For an Absence
When I cannot be with you I will send my love (so much is allowed to human lovers) to watch over you in the dark— a winged small presence who never sleeps, however long the night. Perhaps it cannot protect or help, I do not know, but it watches always, and so you will sleep within my love within the room within the dark. And when,...
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“At their best, nominalizations help us express complex ideas: perception,...”
– Helen Sword, www.writersdiet.com
Nominalizations Are Zombie Nouns - NYTimes.com
FIGHT THE ZOMBIE NOUNS
(via goneforsoldiers)
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If you saw the Olympics on NBC, you missed this - →
littlehouseontheprisonfarm:
This kind of undid me. I’m rather angry that it was cut from the viewing we had here in the States, partially because it makes so much more artistic sense to have something actually meaningful to end the silliness of the “digital age” portion of the opening pageantry before the parade of nations, and partially because this is just so…wow…that I can’t believe anyone...
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“When we deny our wholeness, when we repress part of ourselves, when we are...”
– — Madeleine L’Engle, The Irrational Season (via Godthings)
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I’m listening to my summer playlist right now. Man! Music is such an experience! Not only am I hearing great, mood-altering tunes, I’m also hearing the self that selected them and remembering the selves that first heard them. Experiences ring round each song like orbiting moons, but tighter than we normally like our lunar orbits to be. More like onions, but with a little...
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“Observation of reality puts us on our guard against the temptation to construct...”
– Pierre Bourdieu (via thepovertyoftheory)
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“There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and...”
– Anton Chekhov (via larmoyante)
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“I suppose it’s a comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse damage to...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via saddest-summer)
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“The new myth is that the world is full of black Americans prospering unfairly at...”
– Anna Quindlen (via wretchedoftheearth)
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“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog...”
– Winston Churchill (via wilburandco)
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littlehouseontheprisonfarm:
doctorwho:
Karen...
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“It’s what you’re reading that matters, and how you’re reading it, not the speed...”
– — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
(via and the hours after that)
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Lonely? Your health may suffer -- Amanda Gardner,... →
…here’s to the preventative care of good friendships, not to mention good roommates.
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The Promise by Jane Hirshfield : American Life in... →
A little poetry for your week, from Jane Hirshfield, via Ted Kooser’s column American Life in Poetry.
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“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine....”
– J. D’Angelo (via wilburandco)
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“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via mahalkitax3)
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“Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way...”
– John Green (via saddest-summer)
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The 'Busy' Trap - Tim Kreider →
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“Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.”
– Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (via tobeginwhereiam)
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“The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip...”
– Rachel Vincent (via saddest-summer)
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“Prayer seeks change, prayer expresses the conviction that pain or disablement is...”
– Rowan Williams (via wesleyhill)
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“To Be Alone with You” by Sufjan Stevens
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How to Build an Owl
jackcheng:
1. Decide you must.
2. Develop deep respect for feather, bone, claw.
3. Place your trembling thumb where the heart will be: for one hundred hours watch so you will know where to put the first feather.
4. Stay awake forever. When the bird takes shape gently pry open its beak and whisper into it: mouse.
5. Let it go.
by Kathleen Lynch
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“Real-time interactions happen as they happen. Timely ones, on the other hand,...”
– Jack Cheng, “The Slow Web” (article available here)
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