Month: March 2020

It breaks my heart to say goodbye: this place—and each of you—has made me a better person.

Understand more about navigating grief (even when no one has died)

See more of Käthe Kollwitz’s haunting charcoal sketches online at MOMA.

There are three responses to a piece of design: yes, no and wow. 

Milton Glaser

Set your ‘wow’s loose on the world. We’ll all be better for it. 

Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s TED talk on the small delights that good design can bring

Delight in TRUE’s guerrilla art installation in the NYC subways 1994-2014

In this electronic-saturated world, you remind me that some of the best things in life are acoustic.

Peek into the gorgeous world of fingerstyle acoustic guitar:

• Andy McKee, “Drifting”
• Antoine Dufour “Drowning”
• Calum Graham, “Tabula Rasa”

More videos at Candyrat Records

I appreciate your endless generosity taking time away from the complex web of challenges you face to help me with mine. Your kindness helps me understand why the Americans who go over don’t want to come back. 🙂

Read one man’s take on being an American living in Ireland

Very sad to see Dublin go. I wish all of you all the best for the future.

Explore the story behind the famous Irish blessing that begins “May the road rise up to meet you”

In this surreal time of ceaseless conflict, thank you for filtering the muck so I can stay engaged without toppling into overwhelming despair.

Learn WTF just happened today in US politics

Be amazed by the surreal photo illustrations of Iván Tamás

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORT DESPITE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DUBLIN (SAD). NO MATTER WHAT COMES NEXT FOR YOU I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL SMASH IT. 

SCIENCE SAYS SCREAMING (EVEN ON THE INTERNET) IS GOOD FOR YOU

Your voice has been my companion across years and miles, through loneliness and uncertainty, telling me the stories that drew me ever closer to home.

Drink in a poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson about finding home

Enjoy more of Michelle O’Kane’s photographs

Thank you for making my introduction such a positive one. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to have had it with. You gave me a lot of confidence that I could do this and hadn’t made a massive mistake 😊 You are also just an incredibly good person so thank you for that. 

Learn 5 phrases to help boost your colleague’s confidence

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Friedrich Nietzsche

You bring pure and simple delight into my life, chasing away the gray.

Learn more about the glorious Hindu holiday of Holi, the “festival of colours” / “festival of love”

Once you stop learning, you start dying.

Albert Einstein

Thank you for opening me up to a world I had no idea existed. After nearly 50 other pilgrimages you’re still my favourite.

Investigate why you should try new things

Be charmed by Paris Wyatt Llanso’s paintings