A warm letter (from me to you)

Manon / miscellany

[morhath]

I hate when king arthur has all these fussy little steps in the instructions and you're like "no way do these fussy little steps matter" but you try it and they do. they matter so much.

[bookaddict7342]

I thought you meant Camelot quests and I was like "that's fair, 'never pick a four leaf clover on the last Wednesday of the month' IS a fussy little step that shouldn't matter" but then I was like "wait isn't that also a flour company"

[morhath]

nooo I am not a beleaguered knight of the round table I am making elaborate focaccia 😭

[michaelnordeman]

Melting ice. Värmland, Sweden (February 23, 2025).

[kuviraissues]

“No, you are not fully capable, and you know it.”

[blubalum]

[serratedpens]

Shannon Pratson, "Still Life with Sky, Coffee, Tulips, Anna Karenina, and God"

[cyborgiscosmic]

[theinternetarchive]

'two women asleep in a punt under the willows,' oil on canvas, 55.9 x 68.6 cm; john singer sargent, american, 1887.

[bowelfly]

brother quail

(commission)

[04k96]

[rosieandthemoon]

By Katrin Vates

[mkultrasexkittenproject]

This guy bourdin picture feels like someone took a photo of God almost

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Me, tears streaming down my face, sobbing, as I stare at the stars: it’s just so beautiful

The medieval peasant I went back in time to give a bag of Doritos to, concerned: what terrible and powerful sorcerers they must have in your age, to be able to veil the vault of heaven itself from view, as you say

Me, sniffling: I didn’t realize, I can’t, it’s so much, I, I… are the chips good, at least?

Medieval peasant, trying to make me feel better: they’re… magical, strange traveler

[wilderbas]

⟢ wishing we would go back to regional postage stamps and fuck off the monarchy altogether. designed these upon last month’s scottish & orcadian travels

[nobrashfestivity]

Agnes Martin 1963 (detail)

oil, crayon, and gold leaf on linen

[jayebat]

'underground shrine' flood channels beneath greater tokyo

[cidham]

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

[cherepashkadrabbles]

This is back on my dash! And listen, I love to see Amir Khusrau getting appreciation, but this translation ignores a lot. The original rhymes! And scans! And does playful things with register! And conveys a tone of affectionate banter between the two speakers, not least because it has them both addressing each other as sakhi (translated above as “girl”) in the last two lines. I think taking some liberties with line order is worth it to preserve more of the rest—and I think there’s a better translation of sakhi. And so:

He only visits once a year, I splurge big on him when he’s here, His kisses make my tastebuds tango. Who, bitch, your man? Nah, bitch, a mango.

[poeticpicturism]