The Norsk Institutt for Kulturminneforskning (Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research) has created a website based on its work to reconstruct the city of Oslo in the year 1324. Along with information in text, the site contains a two-minute video of a walk though the city and some of its structures at the time, complete […]
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Douce Souvenance —Jessie Redmon Fauset (“Douce Souvenance” translates as “Sweet Memory”) Again, as always, when the shadows fall, In that sweet space between the dark and day, I leave the present and its fretful claims And seek the dim past where my memories stay. I dream an old, forgotten, far-off dream, And think old thoughts […]
This article by Tara Haele on Medium discusses the challenges to maintaining one’s mental health in the endless disruption that is 2020. tl, dr: Our brains are not wired for endless stress. Be kind to yourself. Get help when you need it—and we all need it at some point. “Ambiguous loss elicits the same experiences […]
It’s a Long Way —William Stanley Braithwaite It’s a long way the sea-winds blow Over the sea-plains blue,— But longer far has my heart to go Before its dreams come true. It’s work we must, and love we must, And do the best we may, And take the hope of dreams in trust To keep […]
