To set the darkness echoing.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me. Poet, Joycean, Ravenclaw, breakfast enthusiast, collector of places. All poems © 2009-2018 Annie Diamond.

[paintingses]

Madame X (detail) by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

oil on canvas, 1883-4

[kalipedia]

As of Saturday I have been in Chicago 10 months. The last time I lived somewhere for ten months straight and was happy about it was never.

Ten months with no plans to leave, and no desire to. It feels good. My heart feels settled, more settled than it has felt since I was 17 and had only lived in one place and knew nothing about moving or leaving.

The terrible, distracting being-in-love is over. I mean, the feelings are not gone, but it’s no longer a thing. It’s done and it’s fine. I was sad for 3 days and then got over it. No time for people who cannot love me like I need them to.

[julianajohnsonphoto]

Glacier National Park, Montana

June 2018

instagram: @juliana_johnson

[kalipedia]

I want to visit here so bad 

[mitten]

[kalipedia]

It’s second week and I am not taking any classes this quarter, just writing my thesis and working a ton at the coffee shop and the bookstore. Things are very good and my thesis is going to bang

[soierose]

marcel ostertag ss 2017 / details

[macrolit]

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

Naguib Mahfouz (via macrolit)

What I have learned about home: home is not a thing that preexists; home is a thing you have to make. I am so proud of the home I am making here, and so grateful for all the help I have in making it.

[fattributes]

Quick Breakfast Tacos with Potatoes and Ham

[dailydoseofbookssauce]

When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.

Lemony Snicket (via dailydoseofbookssauce)

[jestemkasia]

[kalipedia]

It’s sunny af and 40 degrees today, and the sky is blue and cloudless, and my thesis is going to be spectacular, and I bought a piece of steak and an artichoke to cook tonight, and I finally deleted Facebook, and it’s tenth week which means this exhausting quarter is so close to over

And I have a new, giant bookshelf which is making me all kinds of giddy.

[solar-sisters]

Ur heart is broken but so what u r a woman u r not a teacup

[kalipedia]

This actually, weirdly, makes me feel better

[allthingseurope]

Athens, Greece (by David Curry)

[litany-of-excuses-deactivated20]

Friendly reminder to check you’re not holding tension in your body. Let your shoulders drop, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a deep breath. Much better.

[kalipedia]

Trying to remember to breathe more deeply these days

[lora-mathis]

Lora Mathis (2017)

[fattributes]

Open-faced Swedish Shrimp Sandwiches

[taces]

[kalipedia]

If Maud Ellmann can’t make me care about Samuel Beckett, nobody can

A comprehensive list of what I give a shit about right now: James Joyce, my bookstore job, my coffee job, my poetry manuscript, and my friends.

[allthingseurope]

Warsaw, Poland (by Jack)

[kalipedia]

Still thinking about a solo central Europe trip next summer/September