February 2012
Feb 4th
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
– Leonard Cohen (via thresca)
Feb 3rd
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NUIG launches iTunes channel to help... →
gaeilge-abu: By Kernan Andrews A new learning resource, The iTunes U – COGG Channel, developed by NUI Galway for Gaeltacht and all-Irish primary schools was launched this week. The iTunes U – COGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta) Channel comprises audio and video resources that have been carefully selected from both the Raidió na Gaeltachta and NUIG archives, as...
Feb 3rd
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January 2012
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“Mo chara thu go daingean! is níor chreideas riamh dod mharbh gur tháinig...”
– From Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire [Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire] by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. This heart-wrenching 18th century poem expresses her grief after her husband’s death. The text above is from An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed, edited by Seán Ó Tuama. The translation which...
Jan 24th
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“What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.”
– Aristotle (via kari-shma)
Jan 18th
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“Trying times are not the times to stop trying.”
– Ray Owen (via kari-shma)
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Look Back at 2011: Most Popular Themes
staff: Tumblr gives you complete control over all aspects of your blog, and once you know some HTML, you can make them look pretty much any way you want! On the other hand, many of us would rather benefit from the skills of the thousands of brilliant designers whose work is featured in the Tumblr Theme Garden. The top themes of 2011 were… The Minimalist Inspire Well
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“For now she need not think of anybody. She coud be herself, by herself. And that...”
– Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse. (via ruineshumaines)
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Jan 4th
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“The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is.”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein (via kari-shma)
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December 2011
Sruth na Maoile: Comparative Vocab in Ulster and... →
sruthnamaoile: I recently spent a wee spell in a gorgeous part of the Tír Chonaill Gaeltacht, Gaoth Dobhair (I had never been there before - yes, shocking, I know!) and have since endeavoured to become better acquainted with the Ulster dialect. One thing that struck me was how similar their pronunciation of…
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Alison Ni Dhorchaidhe: An 'Clár Bog Déil' (nó... →
anidhorchaidhe: Is é an t-amhrán seo ceann de na hamhráin is ansa liom. Roinn mé na focla ar an mblag seo cheana, san Earrach táim ag ceapadh. B’ aoibhinn liom fear mar seo a fhaigheann mar leannán, ag a bhfuil ard-mheas don dúlra ‘s dá ghrá. Seo trí leagan dhe; an chéad ceann ó Lorcán Mac Mathúna, an darna ceann…
Dec 28th
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500px: Kiss of the first light →
Dec 24th
“The way you relate to others reveals the way you relate to yourself.”
– The Secret Letters of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma (via kari-shma)
Dec 21st
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tell me your secrets: The most important things... →
aeloquence: The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important…
Dec 2nd
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November 2011
“この本はいままででベスト3に入る良書だと思います! ...”
– 大人の読書感想文 デザインセンスを身につける! 私も嬉しいです。ありがとうございます! (via ujitomo)
Nov 30th
The Selchie Warrior: Some quotes from Harry Potter... →
selchieproductions: Neville Longbottom (Niamhall Mac an t-Earbaill): Cha d’fhuair e am bàs gu dìomhain, ach gheibheadh tu! He did not die in vain, but you will! Hermione Granger (Hermione Sìne Nic a’ Ghrainnseadar): Is lugha an reachd ort na spàineag! You have the emotional range of a tea spoon! …
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Nov 28th
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tell me your secrets: Not just beautiful, though —... →
aeloquence: Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. What I’ve up till now, what I’m going to do — they know it all. Nothing gets past their watchful eyes. As I sit there under the shining night sky, again a violent fear takes hold…
Nov 27th
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tell me your secrets: Until that moment, I had... →
aeloquence: Until that moment, I had always thought that the earth on which I stood was a solid object that would last for ever…I had simply taken it for granted. But in fact, the earth was nothing but a chunk of rock floating in one little corner of the universe: a temporary foothold in the vast emptiness of…
Nov 27th
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Alison Ni Dhorchaidhe: An Seann Òran →
anidhorchaidhe: Tha mo chom a’ seinn rid bhòidhche ‘s mo chuislean ‘g èigheach luathghair: tha m’ fhuil uile mar fhìon cròiceach a’ cur thairis cuaiche: fa do chomhair, a thè bhòidheach, ‘na mo cheann dà mhìle smeòrach ann an coille òig ri ceileir: ‘na mo chluais deich mìle seillean. Tha mo chom ri…
Nov 27th
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“I keep thinking you already know. I keep thinking I’ve sent you letters that...”
– I Wrote This For You: The Invisible Postal Service (via kari-shma)
Nov 26th
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“Little by little, one travels far.”
– J. R. R. Tolkien (via kari-shma)
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