Comments on: Ask Magpie: Cultural Singularities http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/ distracted by sparkly things since 1969 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jessica http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-32167 Jessica Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:24:36 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-32167 I love this post. My favorite part is a day of silence. There are many times I wish I did not have to participate in small talk. I didn't know chit chat was not a part of Danish culture. I like that. I love this post. My favorite part is a day of silence. There are many times I wish I did not have to participate in small talk. I didn’t know chit chat was not a part of Danish culture. I like that.

]]> By: shellbell http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-32123 shellbell Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:43 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-32123 i'm back and i figured it out! what i love about Toronto is the way it is never the same. it reminds of the way the human body constantly replenishes itself - our cells have died and been replaced by new cells so many times that the body we had when we were born isn't the same as the body we have now! Toronto is like that. every minute, it is different... and its sort of organic, in a way, the fluidity of it. there is stability in the instability of it. and it is unique and really special the way the soul of this city is built on multi-culturalism - Toronto's identity is about it's all-encompassingness. and i love that! thanks for helping me figure this out and renewing my zest for living in Toronto! i’m back and i figured it out! what i love about Toronto is the way it is never the same. it reminds of the way the human body constantly replenishes itself – our cells have died and been replaced by new cells so many times that the body we had when we were born isn’t the same as the body we have now! Toronto is like that. every minute, it is different… and its sort of organic, in a way, the fluidity of it. there is stability in the instability of it. and it is unique and really special the way the soul of this city is built on multi-culturalism – Toronto’s identity is about it’s all-encompassingness. and i love that!

thanks for helping me figure this out and renewing my zest for living in Toronto!

]]> By: Angela Beal http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-32104 Angela Beal Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00:16 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-32104 Magpie Girl, what a delightful post! It is good for the soul, I do believe, to see the positive in a place that can sometimes leave you lonely. I happen to live in the Canadian north ~ the far north. 58.5 degrees latitude to be exact, which I think is on par with Stockholm. During these days, darkness is closing in on us at a rapid pace. When I go to work it is dark and by 4pm, it is back again. But the trade off for all of this is a night sky more beautiful than anywhere else I have ever lived. The stars do shine like diamonds. By the way, thank you for starting a quiet little revolution. It was just what my quiet little blog needed. Angela Magpie Girl, what a delightful post! It is good for the soul, I do believe, to see the positive in a place that can sometimes leave you lonely. I happen to live in the Canadian north ~ the far north. 58.5 degrees latitude to be exact, which I think is on par with Stockholm. During these days, darkness is closing in on us at a rapid pace. When I go to work it is dark and by 4pm, it is back again. But the trade off for all of this is a night sky more beautiful than anywhere else I have ever lived. The stars do shine like diamonds.

By the way, thank you for starting a quiet little revolution. It was just what my quiet little blog needed.

Angela

]]> By: shellbell http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-32064 shellbell Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:50:12 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-32064 you know... i have been fortunate enought to have lived in a lot of inspiring places on this planet. after my time overseas was finished, i was really excited to come home and move to Toronto. i've been in this vast, hectic metropolis for 5 years now, and it has never lived up to my expectations. i often daydream about moving yet again... but at the moment i have some committments that require me to stay put. so... i'm really glad you posed this question, because i'd like to discover something about Toronto that is unique and special and makes me happy! i can't think of anything right now... but i will mull it over and get back to you. i'm on a mission! thanks for the inspiration! ps - i have just joined your Small is Beautiful cause! yay! you know… i have been fortunate enought to have lived in a lot of inspiring places on this planet. after my time overseas was finished, i was really excited to come home and move to Toronto. i’ve been in this vast, hectic metropolis for 5 years now, and it has never lived up to my expectations. i often daydream about moving yet again… but at the moment i have some committments that require me to stay put. so… i’m really glad you posed this question, because i’d like to discover something about Toronto that is unique and special and makes me happy!
i can’t think of anything right now… but i will mull it over and get back to you. i’m on a mission! thanks for the inspiration!

ps – i have just joined your Small is Beautiful cause! yay!

]]> By: Allison http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-32008 Allison Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:22:06 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-32008 I studied in Denmark a few years back and loved it. Like you, I didn't like the cold (or the super short winter days), but the city and culture absolutely enchanted me. I have a couple little nisser that stay perched on my windowsills year-round now! I studied in Denmark a few years back and loved it. Like you, I didn’t like the cold (or the super short winter days), but the city and culture absolutely enchanted me. I have a couple little nisser that stay perched on my windowsills year-round now!

]]> By: Kat http://www.magpie-girl.com/20091202/ask-magpie-cultural-singularities/comment-page-1/#comment-31976 Kat Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:21:31 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=2912#comment-31976 I'm sleepy and misread number one. It would really be something to see red charcoal brassieres at Christmas! Excellent post! I’m sleepy and misread number one. It would really be something to see red charcoal brassieres at Christmas! Excellent post!

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