Hygge, pronounced 'hooga, actually comes from a Norwegian word meaning "well-being." It first appeared in Danish writing in the 18th Century and has been embraced by the Danes ever since!
Hygge means creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people. The warm glow of candlelight is hygge. Friends and family is hygge too. There's nothing more hygge than sitting round a table, discussing the big and small things in life.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Susegad
Susegad is a concept which is associated with Goa. It is derived from the Portuguese word sossegado which means quiet. Sadly, the word has acquired negative connotations and is taken to mean a relaxed attitude and enjoyment of life.
However, this is not what susegad meant. It means contentment, and being at peace with yourself.
However, this is not what susegad meant. It means contentment, and being at peace with yourself.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Got an apt word
word-nerd
Came across this in a sentence which tells of an argument with a person who has a fantastic vocabulary. Such people can use words to turn and twist any argument in their favor, and you are left wondering where the argument started and where it went and indeed, where it ended!
Came across this in a sentence which tells of an argument with a person who has a fantastic vocabulary. Such people can use words to turn and twist any argument in their favor, and you are left wondering where the argument started and where it went and indeed, where it ended!
Monday, January 5, 2015
Check this out
Fiction makes the world real.
And another one:
Reality is in the eye of the beholder.
A suggested read - Revenge Wears Prada - for those of us who loved The Devil Wears Prada, if just for the last sentence in this review:
I’d rather work for Miranda Priestly any day.
And another one:
Reality is in the eye of the beholder.
A suggested read - Revenge Wears Prada - for those of us who loved The Devil Wears Prada, if just for the last sentence in this review:
I’d rather work for Miranda Priestly any day.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Ray Bradbury on books
Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic Fahrenheit 451 says:
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the pages, ate them with salt, doused them with relish, gnawed on the bindings, turned the chapters with my tongue! Books by the dozen, the score and the billion. I carried so many home I was hunchbacked for years. Philosophy, art history, politics, social science, the poem, the essay, the grandiose play, you name ’em, I ate ’em.
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the pages, ate them with salt, doused them with relish, gnawed on the bindings, turned the chapters with my tongue! Books by the dozen, the score and the billion. I carried so many home I was hunchbacked for years. Philosophy, art history, politics, social science, the poem, the essay, the grandiose play, you name ’em, I ate ’em.
Came across this very 'feelings' phrase
....that somewhat MELANCHOLY changing time between Day and Night...
~ Maira Kalman – My Favorite Things
~ Maira Kalman – My Favorite Things
Friday, December 12, 2014
Beautifully encapsulated
“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds,” the pioneering conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote.
The words I'm looking at and which have gone home are "....one lives alone in a world of wounds."
The words I'm looking at and which have gone home are "....one lives alone in a world of wounds."
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