#1000things

[angel060563]

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#Repost @1000thingsinvienna @download.ins --- Hometown ❤ Unser #1000things Userfoto der Woche ist dieses Mal ein Video. 😉 @christian_kremser hat das spektakuläre Wolkentreiben über dem Donauturm eingefangen. 🤩☁️ ⁠ Our # 1000things user photo of the week is a video this time. 😉 @christian_kremser captured the spectacular clouds above the Danube tower. 🤩☁️ ⁠ We ❤️ Vienna ⁠ ⁠ #1000thingsinvienna #welovevienna #discovervienna #visitvienna #igersvienna #wienliebe #feelaustria https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_2bWvJhRz/?igshid=1id2w4dzroezt

[1000thingsaboutmysister]

#3

She was terrified of Heaven. My parents were baffled when she told them. Wasn’t Heaven the highest longing of anyone’s heart? How could she be scared of going there, given the alternative? Didn’t she want to sing with angels when the time came?

I pretended to be just as confused, but deep down, I knew what she meant.

[1000thingsaboutmysister]

#2

Her middle name was Ann. 

She was named after our paternal grandmother. Our mom tried so hard to connect with her mother-in-law, but they never could reach one another. Was her name some kind of a peace offering to smooth over the enmity between them?

Lydia never connected with her either.

[1000thingsaboutmysister]

#1

Her name was Lydia.

She was named after the Biblical Lydia, an entrepreneur who dyed the rich purple fabric of kings, that same dye that was so prized by the Romans and Byzantines. It came from the shell of a tiny, rare mollusk. You had to grind down hundreds of them before you had enough dye to do anything with. It was all ridiculously expensive and Lydia was a wealthy woman.

She always loved the color purple.

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[tsareina]

1000 Of My Favorite Things People In Honor of 1000 Followers [x]

2/1000 | Max Irons | A fantastically talented British actor and model; son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack; best known for his role as Jared in The Host, but my favorite performance of his is his portrayal of King Edward IV in The White Queen. And honestly, he's the first actor I haven't gotten sick of liking. He's got the looks, charm and intelligence to set your ovaries off like atomic bombs. Srsly.

[tsareina]

1000 Of My Favorite Things In Honor of 1000 Followers [x]

1/1000 | Figure Skating | The sport of beauty, grace, power and sequins

[ileftmyheartintokyo]

1000 Things about Japan: Surgical Masks

One thing I have realized since coming back to the U.S. is that cultural context truly matters. This is something I've pondered in relationship to the debate over face-obscuring hijab or burkas being worn by women in the name of their native culture. In America, a country in which there is a fair bit of crime, covering ones face in a manner which obscures identity is a very different kettle of fish than it is in cultures in which there is less crime or crime in which identity is obscured.

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