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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – To A Historian
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ To a Historian You who celebrate bygones, Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races, the life that has … Continue reading
Posted in Leaves of Grass, poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman
Tagged Inscriptions, To A Historian
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “If I can stop one heart from breaking” (Life, 6)
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not … Continue reading
The Coffee Shop – Onbashira Matsuri (御柱祭), “Sacred Pillars Festival” (video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From OH! MATSURi, a film about Onbashira Matsuri (御柱祭), i.e., the “Sacred Pillars Festival”: Every six years for 1,200 years, people in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture risk … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Short Video
Tagged Culture, festival, OH MATSURi, Onbashira Matsuri, Open Thread, Sacred Pillars Festival, The Coffee Shop, 御柱祭
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The Story of the Taoist Farmer
A Chinese folktale: A man who lived on the northern frontier of China was skilled in interpreting events. One day, for no reason, his horse ran away to the nomads across the border. Everyone tried to console him, but his father … Continue reading
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Tagged china, Daoism, Folktale, Story, The Story of the Taoist Farmer
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – To Foreign Lands
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ Insriptions To Foreign Lands I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle the New World, And to define America, her athletic Democracy, Therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged Inscriptions, To Foreign Lands
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Glee! the great storm is over!” (Life, 5)
Glee! the great storm is over! Four have recovered the land; Forty gone down together Into the boiling sand. Ring, for the scant salvation! Toll, for the bonnie souls,— Neighbor and friend and bridegroom, Spinning upon the shoals! How they … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Poetry
Tagged Glee the great storm is over, poem
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The Coffee Shop – MONOPOLY, the Board Game’s True Origins
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading
Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged board games, Charles Darrow, Elizabeth Magie Phillips, Henry George, MONOPOLY Game, Parker Brothers, Ralph Anspach, US Patents
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – In Cabin’d Ships at Sea
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ Inscriptions In Cabin’d Ships at Sea In cabin’d ships at sea, The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the waves, … Continue reading
Posted in Leaves of Grass, poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman
Tagged In Cabin'd Ships at Sea, Inscriptions
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