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Double Take
I could have sworn the swan did a double take. It had been basking in the summer sun. It unfurled its elegant neck for a few seconds, seemed to glance at the pond, then tucked its head back to form … Continue reading
A Surprising Sea of Synesthesia
Old Uzbek had words for dozens of varieties of crying–including my personal favorite, a word for crying while making the sound hay, hay. I think English needs more words for “surprise”–perhaps for the variety of surprise that freezes one in … Continue reading
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Tagged grief, health, language, medicine, surprise, synesthesia, unpleasant surprises, zero at the bone
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Hydrangea
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
–Albert Einstein, quoted in Wisdom (London, 2002).
