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Tome Traveler

@tometraveler / tometraveler.tumblr.com

24. Oregon. Hufflepuff. INFP. Feminist, Artist, Bookworm. Welcome to my nerdy blog!
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April compilation

1. T.S Eliot - The Waste Land

2. Pierre Boncompain - Femme endorimie

3. Naguib Mahfouz

4. Angus Wilson

5. Pierre Bonnard - Woman with Cat

6. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Alone

7. Yusef Komunyakaa

8. Edvard Munch - the Girl by the Window

9. Edna St Vincent Millay

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mothdogs

Thomas Wolfe - Of Time and the River

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magescythe

list of mundane things that feel like ancient human rituals

  • cleaning or wipe your bare feet
  • breaking off a piece of bread and handing it to someone
  • putting the weight of a basket on your hip or head
  • eating nuts or berries while hunched over close to the ground
  • seeing something startling just out of your line of sight and very quickly stepping or leaping on to a larger object to get a better view
  • cupping your hands into running water to wash your face
  • the unanimous protection of a baby or child in a public space where women are present
  • when an elderly woman laughs and grips your forearm tightly
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roach-works
  • crossing your legs so a cat can curl up in your lap
  • seeing something beautiful and gesturing for the nearest stranger to come look
  • rolling over a log to see the bugs on the underside
  • picking up a good stick and swishing it around to hear the Stick Noise
  • everything to do with making a fire outdoors
  • poking at things and creatures on a shore
  • putting a particularly nice fruit where everyone can see it
  • Turning dirt over and planting seeds
  • saying “cows” when you see some cows while driving, and doing the like with Horses, Sheep, Deer etc.
  • Going out of your way to get close to the edge of any body of water to see if there are fish in it.
  • Thump side of dog like bongo drums
  • Breaking a stick or stick-like object (spaghetti, straw hay, etc.) in half anf half again and half again and so on.
  • Pulling up a handful of grass and dumping it on your friend.
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my favourite Bernini statue isn’t a real statue, but the damaged clay and straw angel that was the model for the bronze statue.

Here’s some more of them! The exposed wires in the wings give off such a Vibe

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renamonkalou

Observing the reindeer under the aurora | 

Aurora Borealis Observatory

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trashboat

digital cameras have come such an incredibly long way from the way we used to do things in the past.

take a moment to appreciate that these images, beautiful as they are, were only made possible to capture in the last decade. i’ve never seen auroras captured on video with such clarity in my life

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Sound On Please

celine dion whomst?

Those are selkies getting ready to send the faeries home

[Video: A series of seals on the edge of a pool, with a recording of a series of “notes” in seal-like pitch played to them; each one then does their best to imitate the recording. Transcript of accompanying text follows.]

Research by the University of St Andrew’s in Scotland has shown that seals can sing.

Although these marine mammals aren’t always pitch perfect…

The study could help researchers better understand the evolution of human speech.

Grey seals can sing like humans because they use their vocal tracts in a similar way.

Just like humans, some have better vocal chords than others… [Note: The seal accompanying this fact has a particularly gravelly and off-key bark.]

[End transcript.]

I think you mean Sealine Dion.

Sea Lion Dion

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daisyprayers

Experiencing burnout in an area you love doesn’t mean you are no longer passionate about that thing, or are any less good at it. It’s often an indication that there are other parts of your life that need your care. A garden looks most beautiful when every flower is watered, and you deserve to nourish yourself in the same way. You will flourish again.

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