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Isn't this night light the cutest thing? I spotted it on the Etsy main page and fell head over heals. I even showed my husband (which is very rare).
Here is the
Mozartistry Etsy shop if you want to take a look see. Cost is 45.00 + 7.00 shipping.
Here is a card from
MakerMorgan Etsy shop.
I just think the little mouse is so sweet. I am going to get a few of these for friends. This card cost 4.00 + 3.00 shipping.
Want some super cute original artwork? Go to
Courtney P's Etsy shop and look at her awesome art. She is one of my all time favorites. You can get these for 18.00 each plus 4.00 shipping. Hurry they go fast!
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By Anatoly Liberman
People constantly wonder why understand means what it does. The concept of understanding is highly abstract. It is much easier to say I see (implying that now everything is clear), and I grasp (suggesting that the object is now mine in the literal or figurative sense) than I comprehend the nature and significance of a phenomenon or message. The briefest survey of other languages shows that words for observing (seeing) and seizing (grasping) are often used to express the ideas of comprehension and acquiring knowledge. The idea of “understanding” may also come from “separation”: we sift a mass of things and by sifting discern what they are made of (discern, from Old French, ultimately from Latin dis-cernere, is “to separate”). (more…)
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Here is the Mozartistry Etsy shop if you want to take a look see. Cost is 45.00 + 7.00 shipping.
I just think the little mouse is so sweet. I am going to get a few of these for friends. This card cost 4.00 + 3.00 shipping.
