delicadeza das coisas. – O Outro Lado

Alguém me contou a história pelo avesso e vi a sorte no riso de um menino comum. O sábio tinha jeito de louco e o porta retrato trazia apenas asas quebradas. Na folhinha, a magia do dia retratava o dia em que voei. Você acreditaria se eu dissesse que esqueci a cor dos meus olhos e quase disse azul quando me perguntaram?

Deve ser isso que se chama de delicadeza das coisas. Alguém hoje enterrou seu bem mais precioso e de novo estava lá as asas… lembrei dessa mania de voo que me pertence. Para minha lógica comum, sou esse centro onde as ocas rodeiam. Isso de ser de céu é quase um alento aonde tudo é pouso.

Mariana Gouveia

Source: delicadeza das coisas. – O Outro Lado

Boote in verschiedenen Ländern – Senioren um die Welt

 

Auslegerboote an der Küste von Ecuador bei Esmeraldas

Laos

 

Am Ufer des Mekong lagen mehrere einfache Boote, die für den Transport von Menschen und Waren bestimmt sind. Fast alle waren mit einem schlichten Außenboard-Motor ausgestattet, der bei der teilweise starken Strömung auf dem Fluss oft unentbehrlich ist.

 

Boote am Ufer des Mekong in Laos

 

Kambodscha

 

Wir fuhren mit einem Boot auf dem Tonle Sap von Battambang und dann auf dem Tonle-Sap-See, dem größten See Südostasiens, vorbei an einigen „Schwimmenden Dörfer“ nach Siem Reap. Unterwegs hielten wir an einigen Dörfer und bekamen dadurch einen guten Eindruck vom Leben der Menschen auf dem See.

 

Bootsfahrt auf dem Tonle-Sap…

Source: Boote in verschiedenen Ländern – Senioren um die Welt

UCRAINA [43:37] ‹ Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

A verse in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

The mayor of the city of Melitopol, just returned from being kidnapped by the Russians: “These are my first words after 6 days at the detention centre, I like to thank all the people of Melitopol, who, without the fear arrest, interrogation, torture, defended their standing and point of view, protested, fought. We are free people, we will protect our rights, I believe that, in the near future, the Ukrainian flag will fly again on the flagpole of the city…”

you see the beauty of a young woman
in the lewd hands
of a man

he’s like a ghost turning up just before the sunset
you could feel the echo of a fragile
ancient beauty
destruction
of lifetimes

temples, stupas
not just poets but churches
glorious against the sky
like the temples of retribution
throughout our cities

temples under dark clouds
rising periodically against the dark
cries of those who were not afraid

you see a woman
she smiles
joy chasing after dusk
a sound mystery
in the blink of an eye
you’re steeped in golden light across the horizon
colours of the robes of those
who have been monks for many lifetimes

her hair is short and not long
she’s not Snow White
her skin brown burnished by sunlight and her face bloodied
she has no curves hips waist or anything

like Snow White, she’s sweet
but there’s one point of difference
Snow White is a princess, and she’s a farmer
from a village
rice terraces
thatch roof huts
fields of sunlight pungent with the scent of cogon grass you used to sucked on as a child
squishy and sweet

she had a few friends
tiny little friends, shrivelled up and grey
they hid like spiders on the ceiling
shuddering spider web in the wind
from these corners out of view
from a tiny room
just enough room to breathe
she came

all her possessions
packed neatly in one backpack
as though there’s just enough room
for her to shove you in
take you with her

when it was time to leave, leave
how could anyone leave
in the end all we did see
was a happy smile

you learn that we don’t need
to squeeze anything else into the backpack
when we have enough blood and freedom…

Source: UCRAINA [43:37] ‹ Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

Genealogy Roundup, August 14 – Megan Smolenyak

Genealogy Roundup, August 14

The forgotten South Asian boys in George Washington’s family – This is about a month old, but is another one of those fascinating bits of history you don’t really expect. We’re so much more interconnected than many realize.

Irish roots of Kamala Harris’s running-mate Tim Walz – So Ireland has noticed that Tim Walz has Wexford roots! ☘️

Tim Walz’s Irish Great-Great-Grandparents Were Just Like Him

 

Source: Genealogy Roundup, August 14 – Megan Smolenyak

WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).
— Read on www.who.int/news/item/14-08-2024-who-director-general-declares-mpox-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern

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