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Plowshare Prayer. (via Cathy Gould on Fb)

"In 1421 the Earl of Warwick's household paid a groom 3s 4d to lead the Countess's tame bear from Walthamstow to Salwarpe.
I just keep thinking about it. What a good short story. A man and a bear walking over 100 miles together one medieval English spring." --@girl_hermes

Fifty Shattered Sculptures.

"To the Tune of 'Meeting Happiness'

Silent and alone, I ascend the west tower.
The moon is like a hook.
In solitude, the wutong trees
imprison the clear autumn in the deep courtyard.
Scissored but not severed,
trimmed but still massive:
it is the sorrow of parting,
another strange flavor in the heart."

--Li Yu, translated from the Chinese by Arthur Sze (via @paisleyrekdal)"

Dream city.