Chinese Tea Eggs

Chinese Tea Eggs (Cha Ye Dan) ~ Gorgeous marbled hard boiled eggs soaked in a mixture of black tea and spices
12:12 am • 19 May 2011 • 1 note
touba:
“Verily in the remembrance of God do hearts find tranquility”
Qur’an 13:28
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3:19 am • 5 April 2011 • 252 notes
Crashingly Beautiful: You Learn
crashinglybeautiful:
You learn.
After a while you learn the subtle difference
between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises,
and you begin to accept your…
1:17 am • 16 March 2011 • 475 notes
Aphrodite Metropolis (1) by Kenneth Fearing
“Myrtle loves Harry”—It is sometimes hard to remember a thing like that,
Hard to think about it, and no one knows what to do with it when he has it, So write it out on a billboard that stands under the yellow light of an “L” platform among popcorn wrappers and crushed cigars, A poster that says “Mama I Love Crispy Wafers So.” Leave it on a placard where somebody else gave the blonde lady a pencil moustache, and another perplexed citizen deposited: “Jesus Saves. Jesus Saves.” One can lay this bundle down there with the others, And never lose it, or forget it, or want it. “Myrtle loves Harry.” They live somewhere.
2:26 am • 12 February 2011 • 1 note
AMIDST THE STORM As security vehicles burned in the background, protesters prayed in Cairo. (Photo: Scott Nelson / The New York Times)
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7:19 pm • 29 January 2011 • 676 notes
crashinglybeautiful:
Don’t surrender your loneliness
So quickly
Let it cut more deep
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
— Hafiz
(from Waking Up)
2:33 am • 21 September 2010 • 210 notes