:))

I'm trying to write more :/

[pastperfectcontinuous]

Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

—ursula k. le guin

[geopsych]

“I am not altogether on anybody’s side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.”

— Fangorn the ent, in LOTR by J. R. R Tolkien

[tenpa]

“A mycelial network is a map of a fungus’s recent history and is a helpful reminder that all life-forms are in fact processes not things. The ‘you’ of five years ago was made from different stuff than the ‘you’ of today. Nature is an event that never stops. As William Bateson, who coined the word genetics, observed, ‘We commonly think of animals and plants as matter, but they are really systems through which matter is continually passing.’”

— Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life (via austinkleon)

[dionyrtal]

FINAL NOTE: This is a really basic post to share my ideas about self-publishing. I want to strongly stress that self-publishing is as valid as traditional publishing. You are not “less” of an author if you choose to self-publish. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!

[ig: dionwrites]

[buy me a coffee]

[philosophybits]

‘If you seek tranquility, do less.’ Or (more accurately) do what’s essential… in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (4.24)

[kallisto-no-planetarium-deactiv]

hello i made this blog and haven't used it yet so might as well share my handy-dandy introduction to the grammar in よつばと, which hopefully should help N5-N3 learners hoping to read it!! i was so happy when @onigiriforears and @litheah set up a yotsuba reading club in the Discord Server - it was the first manga i read in japanese and is an ever-popular introduction to native reading materials, and, besides, yotsuba has got to be the cutest kid EVER

however because she in particular uses a lot of casual speech that might be challenging for a beginner, i wanted to give a little intro. i am still a learner myself so if u see this and have any corrections don't hesitate to let me know ~

[dionyrtal]

hi!! you may remember my post about self-publishing[x] so i wanted to write a blog post specifically about poetry. i have 2 poetry collections out currently and i thought it would be helpful for those who want to publish their work!!

please remember that my post is not a set-in-stone fact but a personal experience.

read the post | my instagram account | buy me a coffee

[balkanradfem]

Homesteading survival knowledge

Growing Food:

The basics of Growing Food

Seed Starting Plan

Grow transplants for free

How to get Seeds for Free

How to find good soil for Free

Amending the Soil

How to Collect Seeds

Growing dry beans

Growing Garlic

Plants going to Seed Explained

Climate change and Food Security

Plant Lemon Trees from Seed

Stashing Food

Storing the Food from your Garden

Living in nature and food conservation

Making a Meal from foraged and Garden Food in Winter

Sun-drying Strawberries

Sun-drying Cherry Tomatoes

Citrus Tips

Canning

Blackberry Jam

Strawberry Jam

Salsa (tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic)

Đuveđ (mixed vegetables preserve)

Ajvar (preserved peppers)

Preserved sugar Cherries

Foraging: 

Edible Mushrooms that grow on trees

Edible Wild Plants to Forage for in Spring

Make Honey out of Dandelions

How to cook with Nettle

Incredible value of Pine Needles

Herbalism

Rose Water

On herbal infusions and poison tea

Herbs to Collect for Tea

How to safely make Elderberry Syrup

Yarrow and Lemon Balm

Tree Care:

How to grow trees

Where are the Tree Roots?

What is Root Flare

Tree Pruning Mistakes

Types of Pruning cuts

How to Prune Correctly

Other:

Building a Cob House

How to make Earthen Floors

Cooking with minimal use of heat

Processing Forest Clay

How to hand-work clay

How to make laundry detergent out of conkers

Creating baskets out of Newspapers

How to keep your space cool during heat waves

How trees create a living atmosphere

How to get rid of ants

Survival Recipes

What garden plants can be used as poison

[philosophybits]

Suppose someone said: ‘What do you believe, Wittgenstein? Are you a sceptic? Do you know whether you will survive death?’ I would really, this is a fact, say ‘I can’t say. I don’t know’, because I haven’t any clear idea what I’m saying when I’m saying ‘I don’t cease to exist’, etc.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology & Religious Belief (via philosophybits)

[wastelesscrafts]

INDEX: projects and patterns

Patterns and project ideas:

DIY cotton rounds

Easy knitted gloves

Free customisable sewing patterns

Easy rectangle skirt

DIY tote bag

DIY delicates laundry bag

DIY hot pads

Easy fleece hat

Fingerless fleece gloves

Apron pattern

Knitted weighted blanket (by Knitboyknit)

How to make a custom dress form

DIY scrunchies

DIY menstrual pads

Upcycled fabric baskets

DIY scrap fabric basket

DIY garter belt

DIY drawstring bag

Free 1920s sewing patterns

DIY dog bed

Pronouns cross-stitch patterns

Upcycling sweaters

DIY cutlery pouch

Little frog toy (by Boigameista)

Kawaii bat plushie pattern

Elastic waistband pants

DIY pumpkin plushies

DIY fabric flowers

Easy tunic tutorial

Easy knitted sweater

DIY ironing board cover

Recycled glove: chipmunk plushie

Repurposed denim wall organiser

DIY: jeans into denim jacket

DIY measuring tape bracelet

DIY pencil pouch

One hour dress and matching slip dress

DIY reusable dish scrubbers

DIY leggings from old sweaters

DIY fabric yo-yo's

DIY flannel sleep mask

Hooded cowl pattern

Cotton reusable snack bag

Binder pattern drafting tutorial (not free) (by Forestine)

T-shirt to shorts refashion

Oddknit.com

Hooded muffler knitting pattern

DIY scrap-pieced belt

Upcycled denim tic tac toe game

Easy knitted fingerless gloves

DIY grocery bag (pattern drafting instructions)

Homemade candles (by Of-shit-and-fans)

DIY bedside pockets organiser

Jeans to bell-bottom jeans (by Enterthetrees)

Easy vintage wrap top

Knitted dickeys

DIY cable organiser

DIY wrist pincushion

Circle skirts 101

Knitted cowl pattern

(If a link has a Tumblr username in brackets behind it, the link leads to a post I reblogged from someone else instead of a post I wrote myself.)

[philosophybits]

“Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Dawn

[philosophybits]

If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. I do this not selfishly, but humbly and truly. It is alike your interest, and mine, and all men’s, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series (via philosophybits)

[grubloved]

anne dillard, pilgrim at tinker creek & robin wall kimmerer, braiding sweetgrass

img sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

[philosophybits]

“Do what nature demands. Get a move on — if you have it in you — and don’t worry whether anyone will give you credit for it. And don’t go expecting Plato’s Republic; be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant.”

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (9.29)

[its-kanji-time]

Lesson 1　・　はじめまして

文法【ぶんぽう】　・　Grammar

I

N1はN2です。

N1はN2ではありません。

N1はN2じゃありません

N1はN2ですか。

II

N1もN2です。

III

N1のN2

表現【ひょうげん】　・　Expressions

はじめまして

どうぞよろしく

どうぞよろしくお願いいたします

こちらこそよろしくお願いします

こちらは

しつれいですが

どちら　・　どこ

語彙【ごい】　・　Vocabulary

I.　国

II.　専門

III.　仕事

IV.　Honorific / politeness

お国

ご専門

お仕事

お名前

お手紙

ご本

お元気

お菓子 (prefix added in almost all conversations)

ご飯 (prefix added in almost all conversations)

お湯 (prefix added in almost all conversations)

お茶 (common, more used by women)

お金 (common, more used by women)

お寺 (common, more used by women)

お米 (common, more used by women)

お風呂 (common, more used by women)

お魚 (rare, used almost exclusively by women)

おビール (rare, used almost exclusively by women)

おねんね (conversation with children)

練習【れんしゅう】　・　Practice

はじめまして。オロルです。フランス人です。学生の時にグルノーブル大学と大阪大学に勉強しました。専門は経済と語学でした。今は学生ではありません。掃除人です。どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

こちらはAです。Aはイギリス人です。リーズ大学の学生です。専門は生物学です。

[island3]

Artwork for recent music releases by Scuba

[adizzyninja]

Space ring: ah cool

Overgrown apocalyptic space ring:

Ah. Cool.

[teaandplantdad]

dark academia guide to study latin

As somone who studyed latin at school for five years, here are my tips for all of you who want to teach themselfes how to speak latin:

Forget everything you know about learning a new language. Latin and Greek are different in structure from any laguage you might know. It doesn´t work like English or French or German. The translating is much more mathematical.

Grab a vocabulary book.

Study every vocab in there (it should be about 2.5k).

Realize that there is no word for yes or no but about ten related to killing and dying

Take a look at the grammar. All of it.

Study it until it´s stuck in your brain. You´ll have to remember every little piece of it. Except for maybe the NcI. I never needed that.

At this point you will probably notice that it is almost impossible to learn how to actually speak Latin. Give up that dream. Not even my Latin teacher was able to do that.

Grab any Text from Ovid or Ceasar.

Never just translate from the start to the end of a sentence. Always look for the predicate first and build your sentence up on that. Expect very, very long sentences.

Now you will realize that even translating is a ton lot more difficult than yout thought and you will probbably fail, even if you know all the vocabs and grammar. Again, learning Latin doesn´t work like lerning French. You have to analyse every letter because one small “e” instead of an “a” could change the whole translation.

Hopefully you have now noticed that teaching Latin to yourself within a few months won´t work and believing so was naive.

You could probably learn it with a proper teacher and lots of time, but then it won´t be fun anymore and you will suffer just like all of us students did learning it at school.

Forget about the idea.

Cry.