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Painting by Emil Nolde

"You will never know that your soul travels

sweetly sheltered in the depths of my heart,

and that nothing, neither time nor age nor other loves,

It will prevent you from ever existing.

Now the beauty of the world takes your face,

it feeds on your…

The Year of Rumi's poems, translated by Andrew Harvey, is over.

Now, with 350 pages and 33 discussions, we can fully delight you with his poems.

Please enjoy this wonderful offer ... …

The State of Maine just took cottage food laws to the next level.

In addition to being allowed to sell non-perishable jellies, candies and baked goods prepared at home, the citizens of Maine now have a constitutional right to buy, barter or trade foods like raw milk straight from the cow and meat slaughtered in their neighbor’s…

Archbishop Tutu was a shining example of compassion, love and peace. May his graciousness and humanitarian works live on in the minds and hearts of all those who advocate for peace in the world.

Desmond Mpilo Tutu

His Excellence Desmond Tutu gone to his pure land of Jesus on this…

May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A b...oat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness…

Today is the anniversary of the day we lost John Lennon, at the age of far too young. I have long been inspired by his unique combination of musical artistry, compassion, brilliance, straight up truth telling (just gimme some truth) and rebellion. Here's a great article with the last interview he ever conducted, as he began to re-emerge from his hiatus, time he spent focussed on raising his son, Sean, the years of "watching the wheels go round and round...no longer riding on the…

David Gould

"We are at our best when we serve others.” “Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here is a little gallery to honor the Wild Turkey - a spectacular bird, especially when you have a chance to see it it good light that highlights its iridescent feathers. All photos are from my back woods in Massachusetts.…

Photo: Jackson, Mississippi circa 1935

“The Negro Mother”  by Langston Hughes

Children, I come back today

To tell you a story of the long dark way

That I had to climb, that I had to know

In order that the race might live and grow.

Look at my face…

The body is like a November birch facing the full moon...reaching into the cold heavens. In these trees there is no ambition, no sodden body, no leaves,

Nothing but bare trunks climbing like cold fire...

It is a joy to walk in the bare woods...The moonlight is not broken by the heavy leaves.

The leaves are down, and…

I'll leave some of my blogs here, for pleasure, if you're interested...

https://culturtimemyblog.wordpress.com/

https://alamentheaven.wordpress.com/

http://mypeaceme.blogspot.com/

http://thevoiceofnada.blogspot.com/

As part of a closing hand-off ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games and the 2024 games in Paris, choreographer Sadeck Waff worked with 128 performers in a dizzying performance focused on arms and hands. The French dancer…

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Maria Ressa and Dmitry…

John Lennon

John was a simple Liverpool man right to the end. He was a chameleon, a bit of a chauvinist, but so human. In our 14 years together he never stopped…

Manashima Duttagupta

Poema: "My painting of 2020"

Autora: Manashimaya Duttagupta

Traducido en Castellano.

Foto que acompaña al poema: "Tranquility"

I had just begun with the bright colours

Of yellow and red

My life was showered

With…

The Human Library

In Denmark, there are libraries where you can ′′ borrow ′′ a person instead of a book to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The goal is to fight prejudice. Each person has a title like: ′′ unemployed ", ′′ refugee ", ′′ bipolar ", but listening to…

Blog planned on interviews with concentration camp survivors from 1946

“Voices of the Holocaust”: The unique interviews with concentration camp survivors directly after the liberation are to be brought closer to a wider audience. The German historian Jürgen Bassfreund is planning a blog.

The unique sound archive “Voices of the Holocaust” has been accessible to the public for over ten years, but is almost unknown to…

Secrets out Sunday!

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Art by Lily Seika Jones

Why, the very thought

That you thought of me

In such a way

Well,

That shall see me through my day

Poem written by Athey…