#grassleaves

[paintedatoz]

Once there was a tiny island in the sea . On the island was a coconut tree , long grass leaves , a monkey and a bird . I is for island . #onceuponatime #tinyisland #inthesea #grassleaves #monkey #bird #atoz #childrensbook #painted @derecktor #derecktor #donahue #sanford #paintedonfelt (at Tiverton, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFhXOkrxMw/?utm_medium=tumblr

[medievalpoc]

Garb Week!

grassleaves submitted:

Ren Faire garb a few years ago. I got a bullseye while showing the new folks host I shoot ^_^

[leabharlannai]

grassleaves replied to your post:My cousin is helping me ship my stuff to Boston...

I was only able to bargain for a quarter of my books. Luckily for my parents there just wasn’t really any room in the car so I had to leave them behind. But now I have even more books lol

I mean, my stuff is getting put on a pallet and sent to Boston. So I have that going for me. And I’m paying for the shipping so like why does she care? My books are pretty important to me. Not just in the “I love books” but a fairly significant portion of them are signed by my favorite authors, ones I talk to regularly who encourage my writing. I need those books on my sometimes to keep me writing because their words are so kind.

And I’m not taking all my books with me, just one bookcase, which when broken down and stacked appropriately in one large box is just that. One box. Because book boxes are for the weak. :P

[leabharlannai]

Preach. Your mother should not only receive the love she puts forth

Imma assume the “not” is a typo thing. ^_^

But seriously. I was talking at work about how my aunt just paid for a house for my mom until my grandfather’s estate pays. It’s a loan. Cool. All right my mom has a place to live. I don’t like her, but I don’t wish anyone so ill that they can’t have a roof over their head and food in their mouth. I just merely want nothing to do with said person.

And this weekend on the way to buy the house, my aunt and cousin paid for everything. EVERYTHING. My mom didn’t say thank you. At dinners and lunches, she chewed with her mouth open sooo much it grossed my cousin out, and I just find it gross. I would say that to anyone who chewed with their mouth open and talked loudly and boisterously with their mouth full of food. It’s gross.  She keeps sayings with such glee “I’m gonna take care of myself! Finally!” when she can’t take a shower, expects the rest of the family to find her housing (and front the cost), and assumes that the world will kowtow to her every need and whim. SHE SENT MY COUSIN 27 EMAILS IN ONE DAY! every single one angry, bitter, nonsense.

And people at work are like “Don’t talk about your mamma like that”

Apparently I can talk shit as much as I want about my stepmom but my mom’s own vile toxic influence should just be accepted because she gave birth to me.

“But it’s your mother, she gave you life.”

Yeah. She also threatened my future education by refusing to hand over her tax information despite the fact that that is in no way legal. She manipulated me into going to a wedding I can’t afford to go to, then proceeded to yell at me about arrangements she made without my knowledge and she was yelling at me becuase I wasn’t paying attention to something I didn’t know about.

“But your mom had a stroke.”

The only thing the stroke did was make my mom even more vile and toxic. Instead of containing her manipulations to her children she spread that shit to the rest of the family. 

Sorry. That was a lot. but I makes me so angry when I hear this sappy “she’s your mom sentiment.”

I have a reason to avoid talking to her. I have reasons, but apparently they aren’t enough when stacked up to the suffering of motherhood.

[leabharlannai]

Adam!

The first book you ever bought resting on the shelf. A friendly smile on a bad day and a cup of coffee in your favorite shop.

[damnitpippin]

This isn't a blograte request but OMGGGG I love that you're tagging all of your posts with "prev. arathorin" SO HELPFUL AND WHILE I'M HERE: I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!

YeAH I knew a lot of people would be confused AND THANK YOU SO MUCH WOW

[isawken]

grassleaves replied to your post “[[MOR] i can’t remember the last time i was proud of something i had...”

I'm going through those same academic feelings. I'm not sure how to stop it but whatevvs.

it’s so hard, like the only solution i ever come up with is “just do it lol” and of course that never works. i remember in a post a while ago you called it something like “academic disassociation” and i was just like oh, wow, yeah that’s pretty much exactly it haha. 

[damnitpippin]

Oh what!?? Happy Birthday!! I'm sorry if I missed it!

You didn't :3 and thank you!!