[notjusthespongenextdoor]

For a city to be walkable. It must also be sittable.

[free-my-mindd]

[catalisst]

Self - listen up!!

[shebutta]

a love you don’t have to heal from.

[postoctobrist]

Why did English keep the German ‘stark’ as an intensifier but only for ‘naked’ and ‘raving mad’

[jethroq]

two most German modes of being

[inkskinned]

the little things before the story starts; between the plot points of your life. in movies the camera only pans over laughter and shock. in the real life: your best friend passes the salt. you wait in line with your brother. the doodle on your notebook is just normal - goes forgotten, not undiscovered.

you find it romantic, still. the light in your apartment scraping up the wall in a slow yellow ripple. her fingerprints on the mirror. the spider in the bathtub you google the name of. a quesadilla you manage to perfectly cut.

the unwitnessed and private beauty of the mundane. she stands over the stove and makes you a perfect salsa with peppers from her garden; only the two of you will get to share it. you have finally managed to organize one of your closets. the art supply you need is not only in stock - it's buy-one get-one.

you are delighted to find the cord you need in the first place you start looking - you thank your past self for a moment; and then that moment opens up. when you were a kid, you almost didn't get here. you were terrified of the possibility of an endless and terrible numb; a life made grey and vapid, a spirit made dull. how close you came to that precipice. how often it still calls to you; violent and unresting.

and yet here you are, and old now; older than you ever anticipated - just a normal adult. you are managing to stay somewhat on top of the dishes. today it smells like fall. your dog made friends with another dog. you had a nice conversation with a stranger; you got your grocery shopping done. the tiny liminal moments of your life; apple cider donuts and jazz music and humming along. and here you are, thanking your past self.

because you stayed. and how funny - you never pictured being safe like this, calm and centered. your most normal moments now feel like what used to be your best ones. somewhere in there, the warmth crept in. somewhere in there, when you weren't watching: you got the life you would have only ever dreamed of.

[omgsen]

Hand kissing is sacred, high romance and I think we need to revive it.

[backlandsofbutter]

[zinesbycee]

himbo this, bimbo that. in my day there was mambo, and there were five of them.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Jessica Wong

[ojibwa]

[victusinveritas]

[victusinveritas]

There's more:

[rickyriddle]

[good-4-her]

[good-4-her]

simply dont monday

[hollowboobtheory]

how many times will we be forced to watch this man fall down the stairs and not die

[mousenemy]

i'm glad they keep trying though. nature will take its course

[xcaptainofthisshipx]

I saw someone say that it’s Hell slowly trying to drag him down to where he belongs and it’s about damn time

[crashtocult]

baby trap 🫦

[rickyriddle]

[bloodbending]

can’t believe tiktok is actually getting banned, twitter is infested with bots and brainworm-infested musk bots, facebook is king of QAnon, instagram caught the plague from facebook and is dying a slow death in real time… and as the dust settles… only Miss Tumblr is left standing… failing upwards once again

[lesbianlenas]

Kara giving up her boyfriends (and William) vs. being unwilling to lose Lena