June 2012
thirdeyeblinking:
Loss of relevance is a funny thing
But some things have brushed so close that they live in you
Years after
You’ll smell an ingredient or hear a note and it becomes the first quiver in the river before a flood
And soon you’re swimming
(Every memory just a pool inside a pool inside a tidepool that was lost as
the sea came rushing naked to press herself against the shore,...
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Writing Shotgun: Braingasms →
writing-shotgun:
Do certain sounds trigger a euphoric sensation in your body that causes your head to buzz and your fingers to go numb? Do you find yourself in a state of spellbound bliss watching someone complete a quiet, monotonous task, such as filing their fingernails, or putting together a puzzle?
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I get it when someone touches my hair, or is standing very near me and being very...
“And the situation here is desperate. The water is running out, and when it’s...”
– Nurse Chiara Burzio is working at the Doctors Without Borders field hospital in Jamam refugee camp in Maban County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. (via doctorswithoutborders)
Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils:... →
biomedicalephemera:
Afrikaans is a language derived from Cape Dutch, originally spoken by the Dutch farmers (Boers) living in South Africa. As the farmers established themselves in the Transvaal and Orange Free State, they encountered wildlife not known in the British-controlled Cape Colony, and gave several…
isunova:
exit the womb they said
life would be great they said
