Boris Pasternak quote – when a great moment knocks
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is easy to miss it.” – Boris Pasternak
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Short Story (By Rachel Tucker)
I sat on the park bench watching my niece as she guarded her 4 year old son who clambered like a monkey over the jungle gym. Happy shouts and laughter filled the air and I found myself transported back to the time when I first met my niece. Despite the fact that this beautiful young woman was a niece by […]
Read moreMark Twain Quote – It Is Time To Pause And Reflect
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
Read moreZora Neale Hurston Quote – There Are Years
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston
Read moreMichael Meade Quote – Alive
African Proverb: “When death finds you, may it find you alive.” Alive means living your own damn life, not the life that your parents wanted, or the life some cultural group or political party wanted, but the life that your own soul wants to live. – Michael Meade
Read moreDrinking One’s Own Bathwater
“Every day could be spent listening to and reading the work of those who agree with me = Drinking one’s own bathwater.”
Read moreWomen Know
“I hate women because thy always know where things are.” – Voltaire
Read moreTracing The Moon’s Origins
Some new thinking may have brought astronomers a step closer to solving the mystery of how our moon formed. Researchers have long believed that the moon was cleaved from a Mars-sized planet that collided with Earth some 4.5 billion years ago. Yet recent tests of lunar rock samples suggest that the moon’s chemical makeup is too similar to Earth’s to […]
Read moreCartoon – Pessimistic Wireless
Pope Francis Quote – Fraternity and Solidarity
“Dear young people. I invite you especially to take concrete initiatives of solidarity and sharing along‑side and with those who are the poorest. Participate generously in one or another of the projects through which, in different countries, others of your contemporaries are involved in gestures of fraternity and solidarity.” – Pope Francis
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