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New LiDAR Technology Unmasks 60,000 Undiscovered Mayan Ruins in Peten Region

February 9, 2018 No Comments

You may know the Ancient Maya people for their hieroglyphic script and as those who sacrificed their peoples for the gods, but you may not know […]

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Hi, friend! I'm Lydia, a 25 year-old digital marketing gal based in Chicago. I enjoy getting outside, reading, and experiencing new things.

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  • Thoreau on the Long Cycles of Social Change and the Importance of Not Mistaking Politics for Progress
  • Emblem of My Work: Artists Reimagine Laurence Sterne’s Iconic Marbled Page
  • Romanian Philosopher Emil Cioran on the Courage to Disillusion Yourself
  • Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Otherness, Belonging, and the Web of Life: The Great Nature Writer Henry Beston on Our Fellow Creatures and the Dignity of Difference

Instagram: @LikeLyds

  • It’s my Mami’s birthday today! Aging like fine wine. So blessed to have a caring, loving, and devoted woman in mi life.
  • Shoutout to mailob @lowki_312 for these beautiful Valentine’s day flowers. My room smells like roses and they’re so full. Definitely the nicest ones I’ve ever received and thought they deserved a share. Thanks babe! #roses #rosebouquet #rose🌹 #love #precious
  • Sorry to scare you away, but please stay. This mask has been the funniest thing and resulted in a glowing face! Shoutout @glamglow. #selfcare #glamglowmask #facialtreatment #glowup
  • ❄️ So icey ❄️ #chicagoweather #icestorm #nature #winter #winterwonderland
  • Nailed it! Finally got the design I’ve been wanting! Shoutout to the @ezzanails salon 😚

#nailart #naildesigns #nailsofinstagram #nailschicago #ezzanails #citygirls #orangeyouglad
  • In a daze

#chicago #chicagoriver #fog #architecturephotography #gloomy #citygirls
  • Will you pick up? 
Image via @cecile_hoodie
  • Reminiscing about this beautiful adventure at @glaciernps! That’s a glacier on the top left. #TakeMeBackSunday 😆
  • Been wanting to join the @imperfectproduce family and excited I finally did! 
Photog: @velcromagnon
  • 👀 As promised, I tried a jade roller for 30 days and you can see the results on my blog! 👀 Let me know if you have any additional questions. Link in bio 💋 #jaderoller #skincare #selfcare #skincaretips #facialmassage
  • My rendition of #fridakahlo 😂 got to do a wine and paint for sister’s @ara1985 birthday!
  • Through #stoicism I learned that “worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength” 💥 - Corrie Ten Boom 
So now I only worry about things I can control, like my reaction to external events. 😊
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