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Mark W. Gardner
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Mark W. Gardner
@MWillyG
Teaching Secondary English, History, and TESOL. CompTIA A+/Aviation/Paleoanthropology. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” O.W.
State of Conn_sternation, USA Katılım Temmuz 2009
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@PaprikaGirl_JP Thank you.
I already know a few places that I must see: Kyoto, for the Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, gardens, cherry blossoms (I know it’s extremely crowded.), palaces, etc.; Hokkaido prefecture (by Shinkansen), Ainu culture, historical sites, etc.; and much more. 🇯🇵
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Very interesting look at a ‘quiet’ aspect of Japanese culture that surrounds the tea ceremony.
Paprika Girl@PaprikaGirl_JP
I wrote a strong reflection on the chaji from the other day, since it meant more to me than just matcha. If you have a moment while sipping your morning coffee... or tea... please take a moment to read. deartokyolovepaprika.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/spr…
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@PaprikaGirl_JP Yes, it is. One of these days I’ll visit Japan again (for more than three hours!), and take part in a tea ceremony.
Among other things, too! 😉
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@MWillyG Thank you, Mark! Yes, this sort of “mystery” element to the tea ceremony is such fun the deeper you go.
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My, that’s a serious daffodil border, and not a bad ragtime piano accompaniment either. 🎶
Lissadell House@LissadellHouse
Daffodil beauty at Lissadell
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A very creative presentation of a simple Japanese food: pot stickers!
‘Gochisousama deshita’ 🙏
Japanese Mom's cooking@yokochin153604
Good evening friends. Today’s dinner “Gyoza” Itadakimasu 😄 #japanesefood #HomeCooking
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@MWillyG We need the balance to put things in perspective. Pain also makes us long for a heaven.
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This is life. It is both the good and the bad.
Perhaps it’s sorrows that allow us to better appreciate joy?
Or is this too simplistic? 🤔
Nina S. Murphy 🌻@ninaslostnfound
"The world is both burning and blooming. You get the bad news and the sunrise in the same day. You cry over the headlines, then you laugh at a baby wearing a hat shaped like a bear. This is the dual citizenship of being alive. Rage and reverence, grief and grace. You are allowed to feel both. You are allowed to scream, and still notice how good the soup is. You don't have to choose. Let it all in." - Karen Salmansohn
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In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times.
-- Bertolt Brecht (tr. John Willett)
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Rounding the corner on this quiet lane in the morning sunshine, I must admit that I had to stop and rub my eyes a little. The verges shimmered, that lovely golden light picking out the trees and the grasses and the curving way ahead - and above it all, a floating farm?! You never know what you'll find in the Peak District countryside!
📍 Peak District, England
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A lovely pair of #Roman earrings, made of gold & decorated with chips of emerald & garnet - a beautiful piece of ancient jewellery
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@mrsmaquillage Scotland? I imagined the French Riviera, perhaps? 😉
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And we in the north breathe a collective sigh of relief. 🌷
VenetiaJane's Garden@VenetiaJane
“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” — Reginald Heber (1783–1826) Today is the Spring Equinox, when day and night are held in perfect balance. From this moment, the light grows stronger, and the earth answers as buds swell and flowers unfold.
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Spring Equinox in the Ancient Irish Calendar 🌿
In ancient Ireland, certain moments in the sky were believed to be especially meaningful.
One of these was the Spring Equinox - the time when day and night are nearly equal.
Beannachtai na hEarrach oraibh!
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Happy vernal equinox! 🍀
Today marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
After today, the Sun will shine more directly on the Northern Hemisphere than on the Southern Hemisphere until the autumnal equinox.
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The Spring Equinox has arrived!
BL Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v
@BLMedieval
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Today is Shunbun-no-hi (春分の日), the vernal equinox. I’m enjoying an ogahi (おはぎ), a sweet often eaten on the equinox. This is a Seto Karatsu Yaki (瀬戸唐津焼) chawan. A perfect rainy day of tranquility while Kichijoji is crowded with tourists and “spring breakers.”
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A question which arises frequently in my classroom pertains to intelligence vs. knowledge. I continually make the point that people who lived in the past were no less intelligent than those alive today.
Here da Vinci applied his creativity and problem solving ability here.
DaVinci@BiancoDavinci
Leonardo da Vinci invented the self-supporting bridge, which works like this, between 1485-1487
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I’m not sure that this is a polka that little Grace is playing, but no matter, this is certainly the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. 🥲
Massimo@Rainmaker1973
This is little Grace Lehane playing a polka for some very enthusiastic young cows in Kilmichael, Cork, Ireland
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