prone to wander

aly / 24 / i love jesus, my husband austin, & finding beauty and love in the ordinary

[stuckinapril]

At your girl’s house telling her that sometimes things must be done not for the sake of building a resume but for the sake of keeping the heart soft and aglow

[tinyghosts]

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”

– Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

[pure-presence]

artist unknown

[havingapoemwithyou]

VI. wisdom: the voice of god by Mary Karr

[thisisalovestry]

file -> phrases that are going to shift something in me forever

[insomniparty]

[stuckinapril]

“do you know where you’ll be headed in 5 years?” no. but i do know about themes and motifs. and friendship. and putting garlic on everything

[squeakowl]

Art by Ed Perkins (source)

[eleilinnrallin]

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

[kiisuuumii]

why is it not enough to just sip coffee and read poetry outside why must i be employed

[passareltemps]

"Cat and Her Kitten", Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923).

[ashstfu]

fast food, fast fashion, songs being sped up, tv show seasons being only 8 episodes long, replacing youtube vlogs with fifteen second “day in the life” tiktoks, people in their 20s complaining about being too old...everything is so rushed, we have lost the art of lingering.

[showings]

“You, God, who live next door— If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking— this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you’re all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there’s no one to get you a glass of water. I wait listening, always. Just give me a sign! I’m right here. As it happens, the wall between us is very thin. Why couldn’t a cry from one of us break it down? It would crumble easily, it would barely make a sound.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy, “Du, Nachbar Gott, wenn ich dich manchesmal” |  Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

[daisylambs]

[librarycard]

[looks for you in everything] [finds you there]

[witheredsprout]

- God

[stellaluna33]

I have a theory... and this is just like, conjecture! I'm not an anthropologist and I haven't done or read any studies or anything... I think the way our culture seems increasingly enthusiastic about ritualistic seasonal consumerism (the pumpkin spice lattes and aesthetic Gilmore Girls binges of Fall, for example) is that our lives are increasingly devoid of the rhythm of traditions historically provided by a common religion or societies organized around agrarian cycles. I think that as humans, we crave cyclical time-organization (each season is both new and exciting, yet comfortingly familiar) and social connection, but our society no longer naturally provides that. Most people are completely disconnected from the agricultural cycle, and with globalization and refrigeration, foods that were once highly seasonal are increasingly available year-round (convenient! Yet boring!). Harvesting and food production is no longer a communal activity, but yet another specialized commodity provided by a few professionals. So, what can we do to mark the passage of time? How do we connect with each other and keep from just drifting aimlessly? We buy stuff and consume media! This is increasingly all we have left.

[daringdoombringer]

hi here’s a cool bird I betcha didn’t know existed, ✨the wallcreeper✨

it literally looks like a monarch butterfly it’s so cute

[nattousan]

the creeperrrrrrrrr

[greater-than-the-sword]

Personally I think the medical profession should stop asking "what normal God-made nutritious foods that have been staples of the human diet for 5,000+ years do people need to completely cut out of their diet to be healthy" and start asking "how do we fix what's making people's body not tolerate wheat"