Tag: bird
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 78/365
As Europe starts to gradually ease covid restrictions, I keep hearing talk of going back to our old normal, as if that is even possible! Having lived through this pandemic and all the changes that we have witnessed, how can we use the words ‘going back’? From here on, we can only move forward and…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 55/365
Hi my friends, Lea’s quarantine ended today! We have a negative covid test and the birds are singing again in our neighbourhood. You don’t realise the importance of human contact till you go 10 days without it. We have been smiling a lot today, hugging and being silly. I am grateful for her recovery and…
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The Birds of Istanbul~
Upon first arriving in Istanbul, you are overwhelmed with the sheer amount of visual stimuli and with the unusual that makes the city what it is. Magnificent architecture, unique sounds and smells of its exotic cuisine and spices, the water ways surrounding it, and mostly the birds. The seagulls and pigeons are everywhere, flying, fishing,…
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Of men and birds~
This man sat quietly smoking on the edge on the bustling Champs-Élysées as people walked all around and birds flew by. He was still there on my way back an hour later. Day 95 of 365~ Paris
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Remembering is subjective~
There was a winter tree above me on the Brooklyn bridge where a black bird flew overhead crying loudly, or was there? Day 80 of 365~
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On Possession~
Possessions: What do we really, truly possess? We think of possessions as things we plan and hope on keeping permanently, and the more we have the more we want to collect. But in the end, does it really matter? Maybe we can call them temporary belongings, because that is all they are. When we leave…
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Where do we go in sleep?~
Its a natural law, everyone must sleep. But where do we go when we sleep? We surrender completely to a process we know very little about and lay in a still state recharging as part of us travels to who knows where! And then don’t get me started on dreams! Day 49 of 365~ Image…
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A Stark Reminder~ India
There is a place on the bank of the Ganges River in the holy city of Varanasi, where more than 300 bodies get cremated daily and the ashes thrown into the river with the belief that the soul of the dead will be allowed a chance at a new life through reincarnation. Hindus from all…