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This bits and clips post is a monthly feature on this blog highlighting the best that I read, heard or saw on the internet that month. I hope you find something in the links below that is interesting, thought provoking, helpful, inspiring, fun, or enlightening:
Art:
New MoMA Show Unearths Female Abstractionists That Have Languished in Storage
‘Hallelujah’ played on crystal glasses – gorgeous sound
Arts and Culture Aren’t an Elitist Extravagance. They’re Essential to American Life.
The Women of the Bauhaus School
Da Vinci’s iconic depiction of Easter’s beginnings has a violent history it barely survived
Few people can name five female artists — can you?
Philomene Bennett: Inspiring Budding Artists
Spirituality:
The Profound Connection Between Easter and Passover
Ideas:
Brené Brown: Be the adult you want your children to be
These 11 Trails In Connecticut Will Lead You To Unforgettable Places
Swinging Into Ella Fitzgerald’s Centennial, with Six Tracks Hand-Picked by Our Announcers
People With This Personality Trait Literally See the World Differently
A Timeline for When Kids Should Master Basic Kitchen Skills
Plants That Repel Mosquitoes Naturally
9 New Apps That Are Making Farmers’ And Gardeners’ Lives Way Easier
Bill Gates: This Will Be the Biggest Technological Breakthrough of Our Lifetime
7 Ways Focused Hard Work Crushes Self-Limiting Beliefs
Change Your Words, Change Your Life
To Be a Genius, Think Like a 94-Year-Old
Here are the national monuments being reviewed under Trump’s order
Stifled Grief: How the West Has It Wrong
Peggy Whitson logs more space hours than any other US astronaut: A history of women and NASA
Courage Is Born from Struggle — Brené Brown
Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard
Psychologists recommend children be bored in the summer
Sheryl Sandberg: How to Build Resilient Kids, Even After a Loss
A Positive Outlook May Be Good for Your Health
Books:
A Count Becomes a Waiter in a Novel of Soviet Supremacy
Are You Reading The Wrong Books? What Science Is Saying About Fiction Readers
Food:
Coconut Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Poetry:
The Ancient Poem That Will Put Your Life in Perspective
Hope:
She found a way to make plastic waste useful
Nature Conservancy protects 13 miles of North Shore
Meet the Math Professor Who’s Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry
Pope Francis gives a surprise TED Talk, calls for a ‘revolution of tenderness’
His Holiness Pope Francis: Why the only future worth building includes everyone
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This list is a gem! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I really really like the first quote. With love and inspiration, nothing is impossible and we really can never go wrong because we can us our goals as guide to never lose track.
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