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[happyheidi]

Starry starry night 💫

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

died and came back tired. died and came back exhausted. died and came back with manic energy. died and came back with malingering unease. died and came back twitchy. so many possibilities

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

died and came back and refuses to talk about it. died and came back but don't know if it's permanent. died and came back with tragic knowledge of the future. died and came back with memories that aren't yours. died and came back with a implacable sense of doom. died and came back and now crows are following you

[mitchipedia]

[neil-gaiman]

And they say the age of heroes is dead.

[dduane]

A brief moment of rationality from the bird place.

[always-coffee]

Back in the 90s, there was a story in the LA Times that a boy sent me, saying it was right up my alley. This was the only good thing to come out of our relationship. Full link below (ignore the bible tag; it's the only site I could find it on), but this part always stuck with me:

"Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savor, not endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event-such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom. I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party-going friends.' "Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now."

Over the years, remembering this story has made me braver. That's led to all my good adventures, even the ones that ended is disaster.

Some day is today. Book a flight. Ask someone out. Make your art. See a play. Drink the good coffee/wine. Order dessert first. Connect with people, no holds barred. Life is too short for anything other than an unfettered yes. Care fiercely. Love wildly.

A Story To Live By | Bible.org

My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. T

[always-coffee]

**walks back into the room like Columbo**

And another thing!

This quote from Ted Hughes, in a letter to his son, Nicholas:

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”

He's right. And that's been something I have carried around for years, too. Hughes is one of my favorites. (I have his book of collected letters, and it's incredible.)

Invest your heart. <3

[spooksier]

young artist posting your work online, heed my warning. im holding your face so gently in my hands, you have to stop caring about numbers right now and start caring about making the weirdest and most self-indulgent art you possibly can

[spooksier]

STOP listening to the demon of capitalism and START listening to the angel of hedonism, i love you i believe in you keep making what you love forever ok?

[animentality]

[delicious-trash-tree]

This info needs to be out there, it turned the tide against cryptocurrency in the public eye it might fit so too

[happyheidi]

‘My cat Max’ by Irina ♡

[lovely-abeille-deactivated20241]

anecdote of the pig, tory adkisson // achilles & partoclus // house of dragon, 1x07 // plainwater, anne carson // the truth about forever, sarah dessen // lighthousekeeping, jeanette winterson

[passionpeachy]

How To Find A Sea Unicorn (reupload)

[bisexualseraphim]

ADHD at night: I could write a book. I could get my Master’s Degree. I could go to the club and come home with 12 new friends. I could get a job at that club and meet the mother of my children. I could cure every disease and use my wealth to bring world peace.

ADHD during the day: Fold laundry too hard :( Come back next week

[a-study-in-bullshit]

"I love you , I'm glad we're friends"

[katjohnadams]

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, to listen to doctors and get my flu vaccine and any shots i could because they remembered Before.

then they started fighting Covid precautions.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that the ozone was disappearing and the earth was dying and we needed to recycle and save the planet.

now my parents think climate change is a myth.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that racism was a plague, that we had to love and accept everyone, that we should never judge before walking a mile in their shoes.

then they told me that protesting for my Black siblings was wrong.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that we needed to give to the poor. working at soup kitchens. making quilts. collecting food and money and supplies. building houses. because it was the christian and just plain right thing to do.

now they look at me, on food stamps with their grandchildren, and lament the "welfare state".

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and that any rich man, especially an immoral one, should never run our country.

you can guess who they voted for.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, so very much.

when did they forget?

[katjohnadams]

Time to bring this back. Again.

[katjohnadams]

Apparently this is evergreen. Dammit.

[selkiesparrow]

Zoozve, my beloved

[ktempestbradford]

"...we don't live in a big clockwork, we live in a dance club..."

This is my favorite line.

[neil-gaiman]

I have learned so many things from this.

[k-eke]

round 

[macleod]

When public services are affordable and convenient, people will always choose those resources. They are not supposed to be a capitalistic profit-seeking initiative, they are developed for the benefit of the people, for a better life, just as government resources should be used. (tweet)

[macleod]

Update from Boston, where they have removed fares from 3 bus lines and ridership is up 48% in low-income areas.

‘Free public transport works’: a Q&A with Boston mayor Michelle Wu

Wu’s vision for transport is informed by her life story – as the first mother elected to run the city

[mbta-unofficial]

Yeah it fuckin is

Want more go to a meeting about it

[urgetocreate]

Charlie Meckel, The Light Pours Through, Oil on linen

[genderfluid-druid]

[ID: An oil painting of a train car sitting on its tracks somewhere out in the country at sunset. Wild greenery grows around it, and a pastel sky dotted with clouds arcs overhead. The big side doors of the train car are open, leaving a clear view through at the yellowish-pink clouds on the horizon beyond. End ID]

[radiofreederry]