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2/28 Art: God is in the details
Gone by Isabella Kirkland, 2004.
Q&A on Today’s Chinese Moon Festival with Our Friend from Hangzhou
Today is one of China’s most important and widely celebrated holidays: Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival. Families gather once darkness falls and sit together, looking at the moon and eating mooncakes with tea. They give thanks for the Fall harvest and for each other. Mooncakes are small in area but they’re rich […]
Must See Astounding Map Depicting True Size of Africa
The traditional maps and globes that we look at are not always drawn to scale. Consider this phenomenal portrayal of Africa’s true size: Thanks to Creative Commons for the innovative map!
Should we stand up or lay down?
Lying down, German author Bernd Brunner writes, “spans the human condition, from complete passivity to the most passionate of activities.” It’s the position in which “we sleep and dream, make love, contemplate, give ourselves over to wistful moods, daydream, and suffer.” Almost every day begins and ends in a bed, and so does almost every […]