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  • The neuroscience of nostalgia | Al Jazeera America

    The term “nostalgia” was coined in the late 17th century by a Swiss physician named Johannes Hofer. He used the roots of two Greek words, “nostos” and “algos” — meaning “suffering” and “origins” — to describe what he thought was… Continue reading

  • thus, here we are

    Softly a memory Sneaking up alongside Overtakes a heart And joy mingles with sadness Blessing a moment With the presence of those Who can never remain forgotten Thus, here we are Together Continue reading

    thus, here we are

  • those whose taste is lasting

    Nothing, in truth, can ever replace a lost companion. Old comrades cannot be manufactured. There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories, so many bad times endured together, so many quarrels, reconciliations, heartfelt impulses. Friendships… Continue reading

  • multiple versions of regret

    Originally posted on Randall Dean Scott: Everyone has their own version of this our youth passing like pages bending and flipping off a thumb rapid yet so much story unfolded and here we are looking back and forward I think… Continue reading

    multiple versions of regret

  • A Boon of Dandelions 5

    Creatures of emotion. & passion… reason is not our better power but our guiding power, our focus & adjustment. To sense, to cognize,  to remember, to imagine, to judge, to believe: these are all ways that we reason. Brought together… Continue reading

  • Everyone shoots first: reality in the age of Instagram | The Verge

    There are over five and a half billion cell phones in the world, nearly all equipped with cameras: an orgy of recording of life as it passes. Our age has seen an explosion of this peculiarly human activity — recording… Continue reading