El universo (que otros llaman la Biblioteca)

books and other travels // 28 // Europe // following from @umazane-muesli // my original posts are tagged #myposts, the rest is tagged... haphazardly

[hedgehog-moss]

Soft colours this afternoon

[geopsych]

Pictures from a September morning at the lake.

[geopsych]

Welcome September!

[hedgehog-moss]

In case anyone was having a bad Monday, I have a dozen baby donkey photos to offer, from the yearly donkey contest!

This boy was the friendliest. Or neediest. Much like Ugolin last year, he was just going from human to human begging for scritches.

This girl was more distant; she took her life's mission as a donkey (pondering the tragic injustice of life) very seriously.

But then I whistled and her ears sprang up.

The great thing about babies is, they haven't yet learnt to be suspicious. I tore a tiny scrap of moss off a tree and offered it to her, an item that my adult donkey would ignore with the weary contempt of experience—but she came immediately; too young to tell when something is not worth the energy of interest.

She seemed to appreciate the scritching, but from time to time, she relapsed. Melancholy comes naturally to donkeys, and she'd turn away from me to resume contemplating the futility of joy.

Then she left for her scheduled nursing break and I went looking for more cute baby donkeys to pet—but I realised everyone was doing the same thing and the cute baby donkeys were getting a lot of love. If anything, demand exceeded supply. Meanwhile, many adult donkeys (perfectly decent in character if not in face) were being neglected.

I figured that perfect fairness is impossible at the donkey contest, and principled unfairness is all that remains—so I spent the rest of my time here wandering from one ugly adult donkey to the next.

[tiktaali]

[leahgardner-art]

Living the good life on Lake Lucerne

[emilypaik]

Summer

[anasabdin]

7 suns

[ionomycin]

sunken city hall

[classical-linguist]

pegasus books, wellington nz

(picture my own)

[emilyrosecreatives]

obsessed with this scary space monster

[riibrego]

seafoam 🌊

wallpaper set  //  prints

[hyydraworks]

Something about little guys, packed up for travellin' 🤌

[godzilla-reads]

The folks at Dreamhaven Books are some of the best people I know because they deal with so much shit but still get excited when I come in asking for book recommendations 🙏

[leeromeereads]

national paperback book day 🩷💙💜

[soffftie-deactivated20251005]

more bookshops 📚🤍

[holespoles]

"Book Collector with Six Cats (one hidden)" by Edward Gorey

[prettylittleproverbs]

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others. -VW