#s.a.s.s.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Thanks to my family for indulging my deep need for the ocean and for their presence, all together for a brief moment in time. Thank you so much for a beautiful weekend.

[photo and portable record player :: Shalin Scupham]

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Sea Longing

A thousand miles beyond this sun-steeped wall Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand, The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land With the old murmur, long and musical; The windy waves mount up and curve and fall, And round the rocks the foam blows up like snow,-- Tho' I am inland far, I hear and know, For I was born the sea's eternal thrall. I would that I were there and over me The cold insistence of the tide would roll, Quenching this burning thing men call the soul,-- Then with the ebbing I should drift and be Less than the smallest shell along the shoal, Less than the seagulls calling to the sea.

-- Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933)

[thosebizzareserpents]

S. A. S. S CREW

“Okay in three, two, one!”

Swati Pevekar, Astoria Greengrass, Sage Kelleen, and Sullivan Fawley.

commission by @saliechelon255

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet ... People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice. ~ Charles Bukowski (Book: Women) Philo Thoughts

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

One year ended and another one began..... the crew snowballed party to party (we hit every party we said we would!) and the evidence went from digital to memory only..... here's some of the evidence! Big thanks to @shalinscupham for driving and collabing, and to POPTART aka @garyallen262 for rigging the @soundboks to magically play from a secret hidden source for like 40 hours straight, while dancing for just as long. We went bonkers and we conquers. Well done fam. Happy New Year, 26 is gonna be a good one!!

Glinda the Good Bus

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“You are a terror to the unlawful foolishness of the world..” ― Hildegard of Bingen

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

BY TOD SEELIE

“For the 17th consecutive year, groups of bizarrely costumed, self-proclaimed “Idiots” assembled on a winter Saturday with elaborately decorated shopping carts in tow. The Idiotarod (named in homage of the famous Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska) started out cold and damp at Fort Greene Park this past weekend, and things only got soggier from there. That didn’t stop 14 teams from racing—well, walking sort of quickly—through various levels of cold rain from one checkpoint to the next, eventually traversing five miles to finish in Ridgewood seven hours later.

At each checkpoint, the teams had to complete a variety of strange challenges, which ranged from arcade games to bizarre quizzes to acting out their own erotica involving President Warren G. Harding or Calvin Coolidge (the two presidents of the previous ’20s). The checkpoints were each housed inside a different bar along the route, as in years past, so a bar crawl aspect has essentially become baked into the event. Since the challenges emerge in barely controlled mayhem, one team managed to set up their own, which the other teams dutifully completed without realizing it was unofficial: having their own “Dick pic” taken with a Polaroid. In this case, the shots were referred to by their formal name, “Richard pictures,” and the options included masks of Dick Cheney, Richard Nixon, and Little Richard, among others.”

[More at Gothamist]

[candidcover]

(via Review: French Kissmas by Catherine Hapka)

As a fan of travel books and Christmas, I knew French Kissmas by Catherine Hapka would be a win when I found out about it. The setting is vibrant, and the characters are realistic. After reading this one, I am excited to check out the rest of the books in the S.A.S.S. series.

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Bill the tortoise!

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Hello Sophie!