Gifts of Unknown Things
Have you ever had a feeling that you were going to run into someone and then you actually saw them moments later? Of course, it’s a common thing that happens to everyone, and it’s typically shrugged off as a mere coincidence. But in the haunting novel “Gifts of...
read more The Lotus
“Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name- two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles and tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.” -Anita Diamant, The...
read more Be Lazy
It takes 72 muscles to frown, but only 23 to smile....
read more Wander
Snapshots from some of my favorite travels.
read more Nostalgia
“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” ― Carson McCullers One of my favorite quotes of all time....
read more Fluctuating
“Present is gone. Fantasy is a part of reality and we take the brakes off. We are thinking clearly and not thinking at all. And this feels right. We stop trying to control things. Warm rush of chemicals through us. We are fluctuating. Is this brain damage? We forget...
read more Home is Where the Waves Crash
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read more World Elephant Day
As humans, we have so much to learn from elephants. Scientists are constantly in awe of the mindful altruism the world’s largest land mammal extends not only to fellow elephants, but also to many other species in distress, including people, proving that animals are...
read more The Earth is the Ocean
The ocean’s surface is a facade. The Pacific’s peaceful ripples seem to flow off the end of the Earth like an infinity pool, changing colors with the horizon or glistening like the Koh-i-Noor diamond under the summer sun. In a way, beaches are a borderland between...
read more Every Summer Has a Story
If we allow these moments to stick to us like sand… our lives can become *castles*. Shout out to my good friend Blayne for editing this picture I took. Check out his Instagram for more amazing photos....
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