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About Me
- Thekla
- Oslo, Norway
- This is a good life. Many books are yet unread, many mysteries yet unsolved, great depths of life still undiscovered. I am here to unveil as much of this peculiar existence of mine as possible. And then share some of it with you!
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Silver Needle Tea
Eliot on emptiness
East Coker III
Leading Lady
Perfectly Austen
Storyteller
J. K. Rowling
Thoughts fluttering
Leave your front door and your back door open. / Allow your thoughts to come and go. / Just don't serve them tea. - Shunryu Suzuki.
Joni Mitchell - got to love her
Joni Mitchell
Radka Toneff
Brilliant Norwegian-Bulgarian jazz singer.
Edvard Munch
The Dance of Life
Løsrivelse / Separation
The Kiss
Leonard Cohen
This guy's lyrics and voice is more and more sneaking into my life
Stellar head
Christian Schloe
Keith Jarrett
Vienna Concert - possibly my favourite Jarrett (but I have far from heard everything this man has recorded)
Intro to Jarrett's musicscape
Truls Mørk - Great Cellist
If you get a chance, you should listen to this guy playing Bach's Cello Suites. His playing is exquisite.
Atonement
Just because this image is so beautiful. As is the novel, and the movie Atonement.
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