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May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude – The Marginalian
4 days ago
May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude – The Marginalian
“The best things in life happen to you when you’re alone,” artist Agnes Martin reflected in her final years. “Oh…
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City Sings Bird Divinations – The Marginalian
5 days ago
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City Sings Bird Divinations – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova Children know the deepest truths about life, the elemental knowledge we unlearn in the act of living,…
Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life – The Marginalian
5 days ago
Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life – The Marginalian
What an astrophysicist might have the perspective to eulogize as “the incredibly improbable trip that we’re on” the rest of…
Richard Powers on the Power of Song – The Marginalian
5 days ago
Richard Powers on the Power of Song – The Marginalian
In a lifetime of living in this body, I have known no more powerful a homecoming than music — nothing…
fall decluttering + tiny habits to heal your nervous system
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fall decluttering + tiny habits to heal your nervous system
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Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends – The Marginalian
6 days ago
Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends – The Marginalian
“Oh that beloved witch-hazel,” Emily Dickinson wrote to her cousins in 1876 as she tended to her famous garden, “one…
Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive – The Marginalian
6 days ago
Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive – The Marginalian
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself,” Kahlil Gibran wrote…
What Is Your Refugium? – The Marginalian
7 days ago
What Is Your Refugium? – The Marginalian
For courage, says Bulgarian folk wisdom instructs, keep a horse chestnut in your pocket. Even as a child, I was…
The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother – The Marginalian
1 week ago
The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother – The Marginalian
One of the hardest realizations in life, and one of the most liberating, is that our mothers are neither saints…
10 Quotes About Boundaries if You Struggle to Say and Set Them
1 week ago
10 Quotes About Boundaries if You Struggle to Say and Set Them
10 Quotes About Boundaries if You Struggle to Say and Set Them
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