To Each His Dulcinea

To each a secret hiding place / Where he can find the haunting face. Shannon. 

[ceruleanheaven]

[looking at people younger than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at people older than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at myself] its over

[fitzandfooltrash]

Happy Pride month to Fitz "what do you mean you're in love with me, those kisses were platonic" Farseer, and to Beloved, who has to put up with him

[amandla]

[paintingispoetry]

Albert Aublet, "Selene", 1880

[woman-becomer]

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

[interpolationz]

this is one of my favorite bits about tumblr

the users seem to actually prefer text posts to anything else, and treat it as a chore to play a video especially with sound

[lazzarella]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Mary Oliver

[frailnbedazzled-deactivated2025]

1999 The Sun The Moon and Stars

Greg Mort

[mothermara]

remember to bury the dead with a phone, everyone. these days the ferry terminal at the river styx wants you to download a fucking app

[inkatesbush]

they're saying spending 2 hours in the word doc changing words slightly to be more specific and evocative and moving endless commas around is one of the most noble and respected things that you can do

[juno-infernal]

sometimes the tragedy of distance is very simple. i want to get groceries with you

[elvisomar]

[spinus-pinus]

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

12/23/2022 Bolsa Chica, California

[cyrus-thenotsogreat]

people without any whimsy scare me. why are you like that. where are your trinkets.

[ghostclvb]

I post for the bitches that used to get in trouble for reading under the desk during class in elementary school

[weaveadream]

2025 Reading Survey

How many books did you read: 22

How many pages did you read: 9,472

What was the oldest book you read?: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (1908) and Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953)

Longest book you read: The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty (766 pages)

Shortest book you read: The Inconvenient Gospel: A Southern Prophet Tackles War, Wealth, Race, and Religion by Clarence Jordan (152 pages)

Favorite book published in 2025: I didn't read any books published in 2025!

Favorite book not published in 2025: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2003)

A book that lived up to the hype: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

A book that did NOT live up to the hype: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Book that felt like the biggest accomplishment: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, or Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice by Andrea Freeman

Favorite character: Ali in the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty. I adore him!

Least favorite character: Probably Feyre or Xishi in A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang.

Favorite couple/OTP: Nahri and Ali in the Daevabad Trilogy. I also really liked Emily Henry's Beach Read couple, January and Augustus.

Book that you pushed the most people to read: Probably The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Favorite book cover: A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang. It's why I read the book, which was just okay.

What book made you cry the most: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

What book made you laugh the most: Anne of Green Gables had me laughing out loud and then crying in the same reading session.

Favorite book you re-read this year: Anne of Green Gables. Was so fun to re-read as an adult.

Note: Lower number of books this year because of job searching and interviewing twice in one year while parenting two kiddos. I hope I have more time for reading in 2026.

[paperbacksunday]

I had been for an hour’s walk and seen the loveliest feathery cloud patterns pencilled against the sky. That was very delightful. So was the reading of old books. So was the lying in the warm bath.

— Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

[brbarou]

here are the mock sheets i made for some of my beloved designs in case anyone ever wants to reference them...