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35 Years On: Pale Blue Dot and Our Place in the Universe
At 4:48 GMT on February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 snapped an image of our collective home. It wasn’t until a couple months later that the image data finally made its way back to the space center to show what had been captured: the Earth looking like a tiny speck of dust suspended in a sunbeam—a photo that would go on to be known as the Pale Blue Dot.
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The Everyday Mindfulness of Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver was cited often as stating that her vocation was primarily the observation of life—famously writing “attention is the beginning of devotion”—and her oeuvre underscores that in spades.
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The Case for Having a Bed Picnic
There’s eating in bed…and then there’s the bed picnic. At its core, both are the same, but the latter necessitates a little extra time that feels well worth the effort.
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There is a narrow cobblestone street in Munich where you can see a striking feature on the ground that tells a tale of the German resistance in the 1930s.
Viscardigasse, more commonly known as Drückebergergasse or “Shirkers’ Alley,” is a pedestrian-only street located in the heart of Munich where people can see a distinct pathway of bronze cobblestones. This was made to honor the Mücheners who refused to show their support for the Nazi regime by walking down this alleyway to evade the mandatory Sieg Heil salute.