In 1883, a paper in the nation's capital reported that "an Iowa woman has spent 7 years embroidering the solar system on a quilt."
Ellen Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college: https://t.co/HZSnMlPf4M
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart."
A tiny, timeless manifesto for living with wholeheartedness: https://t.co/e8yptmpWDf
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examines allegations that healthcare workers including doctors have been targeted by Israeli forces. Watch this important piece of journalism Wed at 10pm
“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.”
Aldous Huxley on bridging the island universes of our human experience with each other https://t.co/DjCpYq1Kwb
@MooseAllain I found a copy of this book in a holiday gift shop at Dawlish Warren during one of the Lockdowns. It was hidden underneath a load of Mills & Boon and Catherine Cookson books on a charity bookshelf at the back of the shop. What a find. So beautiful.