May 2012
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10 Uninhabited Islands and Why Nobody Lives on... →
The internet has embraced the story of Brendon Grimshaw over the past couple of weeks. Grimshaw did what so many dream of doing: he bought an island. He purchased Moyenne Island in the Indian Ocean in 1964 for $20,000, quit his job in 1973 to move there, and spent the past 40 years developing it into a paradise, cultivating and protecting flora and fauna native to the Seychelles. Now 86,...
Short Spring Mix for the Masses by Yours Truly
kierstenmh:
Spring (<click to listen)
Other Lives – Dark Horse
Brazos – Day Glo
Gamble House – Bonny Doon
AA Bondy – Lover’s Waltz
Damien Jurado – Working Titles
Daniel Rossen – Saint Nothing
Blake Mills – Wintersong
The Middle East – Months
Father John Misty – Nancy From Now On
Panda Bear – Last Night At The Jetty
Practical talk:
(grandmother, while making curry, age 71)
Her: I'm tired of listening to young people say that they want a happy life, happy career, happy partner and all that happy stuff without facing pain. When I was young, we admired the person with the most painful life. Wanna know why? Because it made them beautiful. Now this isn't beautiful like those super models on TV and those cheeky girls in movies. I don't like those cheeky girls in those films. No, it made them beautiful because they learned how to endure life and its agony. They knew how to appreciate the little things in life. They were deep, meaningful, beautiful people. Happiness without suffering for a while is hollow. It's empty. Empty is not beautiful. Are you listening? Empty is not beautiful. I'm tired of finding these young people looking to escape when there's so much to learn in this life. One day you're going to thank the pain for giving you the guts you needed to go through life with your head held up high. Pain is important, you understand? It gives you guts, it gives you wings.
Me: Your curry is boiling.
Her: Oh. Yes. Pass me that red spice.
(Reblogging because I needed this right now)
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