between drifting and floating

I am like a train rushing for many years now between the city of Yes and the city of No. (Secondary blog for @kaeyko)

[andatsea]

Ink and tide.

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[wanderthewood]

by chinateaspirit

[floatingstories]

All this talk teased us into unbearable anticipation. Finally, Mrs. Lim poured more tea and urged Poh-Poh to begin. Silence. We heard an incredible fourth exhalation, Poh-Poh's signal that this story, rare and surely to be fantastic, was a most important one. Liang and Jung stopped wiggling. Distant thunder sounded. The room darkened. We held our breath. Mrs. Lim reached over and snapped on a light. Shadows darted away. Unable to stop my Chinese brain, I thought of ghosts. With eyes closed, her head tilted back, the Old One began.

- All that Matters, Wayson Choy

[duncan-rohanne]

Good.

[vvnnie]

Blue/gold hour // Instagram

[floatingstories]

Instead of telling Hideo bedtime stories, he read aloud from his broken books. He read Chinese Tang books that were stitched together with bright silk thread or woven hemp. Best of all, he read pouch-bound dictionaries that followed the scattered testimonials of shipwrecked sailors.

- The City of Yes, Peter Oliva

[newjackcole]

Reservoir City, Rainy Day

[floatingstories]

Everyone in Calabria knew the proverb If you are unlucky you must go to Bagnara. There the women could read the swirls of a man’s future by spilling olive oil into pots of boiling water.

- Drowning in Darkness, Peter Oliva

[kitsmittens]

“Copy, Moon joy.”

materials: acrylics, watercolour paper, white and black pens, the hopes and joy of humanity

[fruitviking]

[blond-shell]

"We will explore. We will build. We will build ships. We will visit again. We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers. We will do radio astronomy. We will found companies. We will bolster industry. We will inspire. But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other." —Christina Koch, Artemis II Mission Specialist

[gemini-enthusiast]

Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch after a joyful recovery aboard the USS John P. Murtha.

[josketches]

copy, moon joy!

[steadynightruins]

Moon Joy - the Artemis crew take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home

[mollybeenoel]

[kflowerstorm]

"Copy, moon joy"

thank you NASA and every member of Artemis II mission for giving me 10 wonderful days of hope and joy for humanity <3

[gemini-enthusiast]

Earthset over the lunar surface and the sun eclipsed by the Moon, seen by the Artemis II crew as they passed behind Earth's closest neighbor yesterday.