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helping yourself
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Listen to me carefully, Robin! No one is born into this world to be alone...!! The sea is vast! So someday, definitely... You'll come across friends who will protect you!!
Miss Orsinov wants to see you. ⚒️
or, jonathan sims has a very bad awful terrible day part 5/? ↳ breekon and hope
Tiffany couldn't quite work out how Miss Level got paid. Certainly the basket she carried filled up more than it emptied. They'd walk past a cottage and a woman would come scurrying out with a fresh-baked loaf or a jar of pickles, even though Miss Level hadn't stopped there. But they'd spend an hour somewhere else, stitching up the leg of a farmer who'd been careless with an axe, and get a cup of tea and a stale biscuit.
It didn't seem fair.
“Oh, it evens out,” said Miss Level, as they walked on through the woods.
“You do what you can. People give what they can, when they can. Old Slapwick there, with the leg, he's as mean as a cat, but there'll be a big cut of beef on my doorstep before the week's end, you can bet on it. His wife will see to it. And pretty soon people will be killing their pigs for the winter, and I'll get more brawn, ham, bacon and sausages turning up than a family could eat in a year.”
“You do? What do you do with all that food?”
“Store it,” said Miss Level.
“But you-”
“I store it in other people. It's amazing what you can store in other people.” Miss Level laughed at Tiffany's expression. “I mean, I take what I don't need round to those who don't have a pig, or who're going through a bad patch, or who don't have anyone to remember them.”
“But that means they'll owe you a favour!”
“Right! And so it just keeps on going round. It all works out.”
“I bet some people are too mean to pay-”
“Not pay,” said Miss Level, severely. “A witch never expects payment and never asks for it and just hopes she never needs to. But, sadly, you are right.”
“And then what happens?"
“What do you mean?”
“You stop helping them, do you?”
“Oh, no,” said Miss Level, genuinely shocked. “You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant. Everyone's poor round here. If I don't help them, who will?”
"A Hat full of Sky" - Terry Pratchett
Dive right in! 🤿
From the Kelp Forest to the Sea Otters exhibits, volunteer diver Anne has seen—and dove—it all over the past 40 years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
With more than 5,300 dives (and counting!), there’s a good chance you’ve spotted her in our exhibits.
But it’s not just the animals that keep her coming back—it’s the friendships she’s built and the chance to connect guests with the ocean that makes it all worthwhile.
In our eyes, Anne is the living embodiment of loving what you do.
Hundreds of Aquarium volunteers share this sentiment, whether they’re assisting in the rescue and release of stranded sea otters or inspiring guests to be ocean advocates. They give their time and expertise out of a shared passion for the ocean, which makes their impact so powerful. They don't just support our mission—they embody it.
Thank you, volunteers, for all that you do!
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I like it when he is ✨held✨
Honestly, one of the cutest things in the first half of Sandman Season 2 is seeing Dream be to Delirium what Death is to him. He’s so soft and patient with her—it’s just really sweet and so nice to see that side of him.
Her eyes meet his. He reaches out his arm and takes an enormous breath. With terror clear in her eyes, her hand reaches for his, and he locks his grip on her wrist, and her fingers dig into his arm.
“I got you! Hold on!”
Vermillion Seas, Cardinal Skies Chapter 22: A Second Chance
The Fall took my breath away when I first read it. The intensity, the terror, the beauty... I loved each and every second of it, and I know you will too.
Go read Vermillion Seas, Cardinal Skies by @geothewriter if you want to find a perfect balance of love and adventure!