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Bodhi

Memorial pet portrait for my neighbors, who lost their precious pupper last month. Been dog-sitting him for seven years...his absence is definitely felt.

LAMY black ink on Canson smooth bristol

#this is so beautiful

specialagentartemis

“whatever the fuck these two characters had going on” is a vastly underrated character dynamic

sdwolfpup

“Weird about each other” is how I’ve always put it. It’s my favorite thing.

luluxa

personal space is at a premium

thefriendlypigeon

❤️💙💛GRACEFUL💛💙❤️

⭐[my social media links]

luluxa

The Hanged Man/Saint Peter

ilovemywife103947

mutuals do this!!!!

paradoxolotl

Reblog to pass around warm bread and soup

starlitbeetle

Hey all, while we're busy normalizing women with hairy legs, hairy armpits and bushy pubes, let's also normalize women with hairy upper lips, hairy chins, hairy side burns, hairy chests, and all the other places where women are supposedly magically hair-free.

sandumilfshous

^ winner of the best comment award

palmtree30084772

All the talk about crop tops reminds me of this

dollypartonswig

gaycism

gays ruined the word hole for eternity

archgayge

i wish someone would ruin my hole for eternity

gaycism

kaylmao

shh don’t worry catholics aren’t real

thank god. i mean thank something else

mattysones

you know what

yeah

the wattpad kids literally don't understand there's words for what they're reading and it's not the TROPE: AO3 tags address what the trope INVOLVES and being faced with that makes them uncomfortable

all I gotta say is: learn

[edit] oops you guys are right, cognitive dissonance isn't exclusive to children: I'm calling out the adults too!! Learn to understand what you're reading! You're 25!

no-longer-another-bondi-blonde

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.