#you're ready

[makingsenseofwhathappened]

hi. just a reminder there is no deadline for knowing what to say or whether to say it.

this is not a test. or a statute of limitations.

love, a fellow wrestler of risky words (and worlds)

[the-wanderer]

[serenityquest]

[ftvs-cm45]

Preparing For Princess Prom

[montereybayaquarium]

Pictured: Pulsing plankton in a pastel palette—a wild Pacific sea nettle Chrysaora fuscescens in Monterey Bay

[unexpected-profundity]

pearl and satin for the ask meme?

pearl: what is your favourite: scent, flavour, sound, texture?

I’ve always loved the way trees smell; wet crumbly bark, sharp sap, drying evergreen needles, pinecones, moss. The smell of a forest, I suppose. 

Flavor would probably be a good cup of tea - sometimes the balance of strength and sweet and temperature is just perfect and there’s nothing quite like it. Hard to predict, though. Good-tasting water is important. 

Sound would be something musical and I don’t even know where to start beyond that. Or rain, river, waves - moving water.

Textures - Wooden surfaces worn smooth into a new shape. Cross-stitch fabric stretched tight across a hoop. Dipping a hand in the water over the rail of a boat, or simply beneath a faucet. Cozy socks on feet.

satin: what never fails to make you happy?

Singing with others to harmonize. Especially in a large choir, knowing a unique part well enough to listen to and enjoy the whole. Singing in a language other than English, having learned the meaning and pronunciation, trying to capture the meaning in the WAY I sing, so that you can guess something of it even without a translation.

Final choir performances are exciting and and satisfying but always bittersweet because I know we’ll never go back. The song we learned together is left behind as we begin something new. Here’s one I especially miss (not my choir - no one else sounds quite the same after performing it…)

(ask meme)

[katyahzamo]

Um so my boss just told me if she gets a promotion this year I will become the manager of the international recruitment at my company? No biggie. No biggie at all.