It's been a weird year. Lots of ups and downs with business and personal life. Nearly losing a child, quite honestly, traumatized me. For awhile I was afraid to experience life. To go or see or
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Kintsugi: This traditional Japanese repair method celebrates each artifact’s unique history by emphasizing its fractures and breaks instead of hiding or disguising them. It often makes the repaired piece even more beautiful than the original, revitalizing it with new life.
Best friend memes to celebrate the friends in our lives. Make sure to share them with your besties to let them know how much you love them.
I love this saying...not quite sure who said it. Buy the poster here. society6.com/ciarasworld/Dancing-in-the-Rain-cnz_Print
A death doula is a person trained to help the dying one and their family with the death process. In this article we explain the role of end-of-life doulas.
When Jean Paul Gaultier announced only days ago that his spring 2020 couture show would be his farewell to a career that has spanned 50 yea...
The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of summer. The point the life-giving Sun is at its strongest over the powers of darkness. Litha: the...
Born on November 12, 1651 (though there is some dispute about the year), in San Miguel Neplantla, Mexico, Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez was the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish father and Creole mother. Her maternal grandfather owned property in Amecameca and Juana spent her early years living with her mother on his estate, Panoaya. Juana was a voracious reader in her early childhood, hiding in the hacienda chapel to read her grandfather’s books from the adjoining library. She composed her first poem when she was eight years old. By adolescence, she had comprehensively studied Greek logic, and was teaching Latin to young children at age thirteen. She also learned Nahuatl, an Aztec language spoken in Central Mexico, and wrote some short poems in that language. At age eight, after her grandfather’s death, Juana was sent to live in Mexico City with her maternal aunt. She longed to disguise herself as a male so that she could go to university but was not given permission by her family to do so. She continued to study privately, and, at sixteen, was presented to the court of the Viceroy Marquis de Mancera, where she was admitted to the service of the viceroy’s wife. When she was seventeen, the viceroy assembled a panel of scholars to test her intelligence. The vast array of skills and knowledge she demonstrated before the panel became publicly known throughout Mexico. Juana’s reputation and her apparent beauty attracted a great deal of attention. Interested not in marriage but in furthering her studies, Juana entered the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of St. Joseph, where she remained for a few months. In 1669, at age twenty-one, she entered the Convent of the Order of St. Jérôme, where she would remain until her death. In the Convent, Sor Juana had her own study and library and was able to talk often with scholars from the court and the university. Besides the writing of poems and plays, her studies included music, philosophy, and natural science. Her small room was filled with books, scientific instruments, and maps. Though accomplished, Sor Juana was the subject of criticism by her political and religious superiors. When her friends, the Viceroy Marqués de la Laguna and his wife María Luisa, Condesa de Paredes (the subject of a series of Sor Juana’s love poems), left Mexico in 1688, Sor Juana lost much of the protection to which she had been accustomed. In 1690, a letter of hers which criticized a well-known Jesuit sermon was published without her permission by a person using the pseudonym “Sor Filotea de la Cruz.” Included with her letter was a letter from “Sor Filotea” (actually the Bishop of Puebla, Manuel Fernandez de Santa Cruz), criticizing Juana for her comments and for the lack of serious religious content in her poems. Sor Juana’s reply, the now famous Respuesta a Sor Filotea, has been hailed as the first feminist manifesto, defending, among other things, a woman’s right to education. Her fervent reply was the subject of further criticism, and the archbishop and others demanded that she give up any non-religious books or studies. She continued to publish non-religious works, among them several villancicos (a poetic form typically sung as a religious devotional for feasts of the Catholic calendar), about St. Catharine of Alexandria, written in a more feminist than religious tone. Controversy surrounding Sor Juana’s writing and pressure from those around her, including her confessor Núñez de Miranda, resulted in Sor Juana’s forced abjuration. During this time, Sor Juana was required to sell her books as well as all musical and scientific instruments. Sor Juana responded by devoting herself to a rigorous penance, giving up all studies and writing. In 1695, a plague hit the convent. On April 17, after tending to her fellow sisters, Juana died from the disease around the age of forty-four.
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Nothing screams 'Merica like these 4th of July themed pics.
The creation of personal histories preserves our lives, making the specifics of our life available to our descendants forever. Access 300 questions to get started.
Fashion legend Iris Apfel turns 94 today. Here are 11 of her saltiest, chicest insights on life and style.
Filippo is so happy! Let's celebrate! Human: Ivana Verle
Best friend memes to celebrate the friends in our lives. Make sure to share them with your besties to let them know how much you love them.
Read 12 facts about Christmas in Germany, including German Christmas traditions and interesting ways that Germans celebrate the season.
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WikiHow is an online database of how-to instructions that aims to empower everyone in the world to learn anything they desire. However, it’s not only a useful resource for learning but also for funny content. With over 249K articles uploaded so far, there are some pretty niche instructables available, such as: “How to Make People Think You’re Immortal” or “How to Apologize to a Cat.” It’s no wonder that wikiHow memes emerge from such peculiar content.
It's June - about 200 days left to craft for the holidays! Are you planning now or waiting til next season? Whatever your project list, if you need to buy yarn, be sure to use this roundup of the weekly deals and coupons at the craft stores to save money and time while you're at it! Many of these sales only last through the weekend, so be sure to click on the name of the store for current prices if you’re shopping next week! Make sure too that you know your craft store policies – many take competitor’s coupons, and
Other than it being the most wonderful time of the year.
BY SOPHIE MOSS For most of us, the home is our safe haven. It’s the space in which we sleep, create, cook, nurture relationships, create art, celebrate successes, think our most private thoughts and feel our most deepest feelings, and is a space to be honoured. Just as we respect our homes by dust
30+ Goofy Cat Snaps That'll Leave You Feline Good - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
American actor Henry Fonda and his wife Shirlee Mae Adams at the “Black and White Ball” legendary masked ball organized by the Writer/American author Truman Capote in Grand Ballroom of New York City's Plaza Hotel.NY,November 28, 1966. -Shirlee is wearing a Creation of Oscar de la Renta.
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It's the 20 year anniversary of the premiere of The Nanny. Oy vey.
Warning! If you have not read all of the books including the novella, The Space Between, this article will contain numerous spoilers! Before we start our visit with Geillis Duncan and get to…
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While most were tucked up in bed, some of us were up early chasing the sunrise. We pulled ourselves from our snug cocoons and popped down to Blueberry Lake. Where a lucky few managed to both stay in bed and get the best of the lake… We wrapped up warm and took to the water just […]
Many cultures around the world celebrate the winter solstice by holding festivals, holidays, and winter solstice activities.
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National Author's Day is November 1 - so what better day to celebrate your favorite author and the books they write? Look to these funny memes about writing and author quotes from books that perfectly describe what it's like to write for a living.
Ease the pain artfully with these fun bandages featuring reproductions by Japanese painter, sculptor and draughtsman Yoshitomo Nara, an artist represented in MoMA’s collection. 20 latex-free bandages in a tin. Since the mid-1990s, Yoshitomo Nara has exhibited around the world, working with a range of institutions he fe
We often see our favorite celebrities being photograph at their best. But thanks to paparazzi who followed famous people and snapped them both at their best as well as their worst...
Buy a souvenir plot of land from Highland Titles and style yourself as Lord, Laird or Lady of the Glen. The amazing gift of Scottish land from just £30.
'Love is that little girl with red hair.' -Charlie Brown Happy 50th birthday to a Charlie Brown classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Throughout the years, we've seen Charlie's undeniable love for The 'Little Red-Haired Girl'. Her character shows Charlie Brown's affection and is a symbol of his ability to truly love. She was never seen in the comic strips, but she appears onscreen in several television specials and movies. Her name is Heather with the prettiest red hair. Let's take a look at their years of love and how it all happened: Where It All Started: On the way to school, Charlie meets Linus and tells him he
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