Wednesday, April 30, 2014
You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral - Aaron Freeman
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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy,...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
My Mother's Hands - Kristina Hayes
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How you have spun whole worlds for me between your fingers, cupped palms. How you fed me, clothed me, taught me the shape of trees and b...
Monday, April 28, 2014
The Only Way to Respond to Life - Leo Babauta
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I went for a run along the beach at sunset yesterday, foam kissing my bare feet, smooth sand caressing my soles, and the sky exploding ...
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Scaffolding - Seamus Heaney
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Masons, when they start upon a building, Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points, Secure al...
Saturday, April 26, 2014
How I Go to the Woods - Mary Oliver
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Ordinarily I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t re...
Friday, April 25, 2014
After Years - Ted Kooser
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Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face of a glacier slid into the sea. An ancient oak ...
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Litany - Billy Collins
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You are the bread and the knife, The crystal goblet and the wine... -Jacques Crickillon You are the bread and the knife, the...
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