...and miles to go before I sleep

what you see is what you get. elixir of life or drug of choice; call it what you want. I prefer to laugh at life rather than take it seriously.

[breathtakingdestinations]

León Cathedral - León - Spain (by Javier Díaz Barrera) 

[breathtakingdestinations]

Storfjorden - Norway (by Patrick BAUDUIN) 

[shakasandsinglefins]

[allthingseurope]

Arrembecourt, France (by Gwy Arn)

[allthingseurope]

Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy by Mihael Gmerk

[wehadfacesthen]

Joel McCrea and Constance Bennett in the pre-Code romantic comedy Bed of Roses  (Gregory LaCava, 1933)

[coffeebooksandmountains]

We stood Steady as the stars in the woods And the warmth rang true inside these bones As the old pine fell we sang Just to bless the morning

Old Pine - Ben Howard (via coffeebooksandmountains)

[nythroughthelens]

New York City at night…. Rain. 

Chinatown.

[archatlas]

[archatlas]

Moh’d Bilbeisi

[carpe-capulus]

If I’m going to be honest, I’m scared.

Tomorrow, I’m going to wake up, square my shoulders, and go about my business in New York City like every other day. Tonight though, in this quiet moment in the dark, I am scared. 

I’m scared of what I’m going to wake up and see on the news. I’m scared that the innocous individual in front of me will pull a Wal-Mart hatchet from his belt and drive it into my face. I’m scared that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade coverage will stop being about holiday cheer and instead devolve into unconfirmed reports of gunfire in the crowd. I’m afraid that I will be in that crowd.

They say that if you are terrorized by the terrorists, they’ve won. At least for tonight, at least within the confines of my mind, they might be winning.

We can’t allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear. However, in the quiet moments, we might quake. It’s not abnormal, and it’s not permament.

I’m scared. But I’m not going to stay that way. And they aren’t going to win.

[lsleofskye]

Short lasting sunrise

[wanderlusteurope]

Madrid, Spain

[carpe-capulus]

Take me back

[mystic-revelations]

[wanderlusteurope]

Budapest, Hungrary

[breathtakingdestinations]

Grand Canal - Venice - Italy (by cliff hellis)

[dailyshakespeare-blog]

When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions.

Claudius (Hamlet, Act IV scene v)

[archatlas]

[archatlas]

Ancient Statues Travis Durden