Tell me something ordinary but magnificent
Infections with Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis have dropped from 3.5 million cases worldwide in the 1980s to 14 reported cases worldwide in 2023. There's no vaccine, this disease has very nearly been eradicated through public health measures.
The amount of human ingenuity that went into you reading this single reply (design and manufacturing of your device, maintaining the infrastructure of the internet, the power grid that charges your battery, the radio towers that broadcast data) is enough for a dozen lifetimes of study
Waking up to the light peeking through the window — the sun barely up — and staying there in the comfort and silence feel soo good. Brightens up the beginning of my day!
Our bodies have a magnificent memory.
We have for probably close to two decades been regular customers at a sushi place. Pre-2020 we would always sit at the sushi bar and got to the owner and his staff. When he would go to Japan he came back and always gave us a container of his town’s black miso.
the way the sky changes colors! I know it’s a natural thing, and it happens every day but god it amazes me every time!
When it’s time for bed and you’re ready for bed and you were tired but there’s this burst of giddy delight that has you careening under covers to luxuriantly curl and stretch, maybe even releasing a sound you never knew you could make, and oh!— it’s like you’re beautiful without beholding, indelible
Not a day in human existance has gone by without someone using a hammer.
It’s 59 whole degrees in Laguna Beach and the sky is clear and the moon 🌖 definitely winked at me