I like things.

I like glitter and stegosaurus. I like vodka in my pasta sauce and cheese on my chips. I like symbolism when it's done right and warm duvets. I like heavy rain with hot chocolate and sunshine with Pimms. I like it when people smile on public transport and say 'hello' in the street. I like a firm handshake and the smile in your eyes. Here are some more things I like.

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Wed Oct 12

“ When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding up a picture of a bone with 28 incisions carved in it. “This is often considered to be man’s first attempt at a calendar” she explained. She paused as we dutifully wrote this down. ‘My question to you is this – what man needs to mark 28 days? I would suggest to you that this is woman’s first attempt at a calendar.’ It was a moment that changed my life. In that second I stopped to question almost everything I had been taught about the past. How often had I overlooked women’s contributions? Sandi Toksvig (via suzywire, learninglog)