#domesticities

[7fff00]

the thing abt watching a cat sleep is that you start to become deeply envious of their strategies: why can't i keep my nose warm with my own wrist fur, &c

[enoughennui]

[peachpulpeuse]

an under-discussed facet of cohabitation is the soundscape of the domestic space. whichever resident dominates it with the sound of tv, music, silence, speech of guests, speech of residents. tyranny of the soundscape is well. it's insupportable. it is important to agree before moving in that the soundscape will be divided fairly amongst the taste of all residents, or at least that everyone will take turns in dominating

[aeide-thea]

i know i don't have to convince any of you guys that ~cats are capable of love~ or whatever, like obviously What Love Means to an Animal is a little different than What It Means to a Person (Whatever That Is) but also they for sure want to be buddies, but like

if you were on the fence about that, i'd offer you the image of nefret cat following me very pointedly around the house after i got back from the grocery store, very clearly impatient for it to be Poäng Time

[pinehutch]

did you know that if you're making apple crisp on a snowy night, to use up old apples, it is both legal and sexy to take an entire bag of cranberries out of your freezer and throw them in there? and then your apple crisp has a superior and game-changing new feature: sour bits (my beloved)

[treeseat]

this is the best sweater

[7fff00]

anyway on a more positive note i did some more mediocre darning!

backed it with a little patch for reinforcement and like. yes all of this is pretty crude! but at least now at a glance the impression is not Hole—

—and the shirt lives to fight another day. :)