snaps and snippets

A love letter to the world. Mostly to Sarasota. Mostly in pictures.

[roadkillrabbitt-deactivated2019]

if u ever feel like u have really weird and specific and intense obsessions, i think you’d benefit from learning about this book i found in the library today

seems like it’s prob a normal book and weasels are a metaphor for something ? right ? like ? that’s what you’d think ? but no; no, look:

it’s literally about women and weasels. women and weasels throughout history. it’s a long, scholarly book about women interacting with cute furry rodent slinkies throughout history

i love you, maurizio bettini, whomever you may be. you keep doin you.

[yousaidineededa]

I just needed to log into tumblr for the first time ever to point out that animals in the weasel family are NOT RODENTS but that I am really happy this book exists.

[yousaidineededa]

I'm gonna die alone

‘Cuz basically I need a partner who cries to folk music like I do.

[oldflorida]

Accept a box of Kumquats and the Baby Alligators, with my best wishes and greetings from Florida.

[yousaidineededa]

This is beautiful.

[yousaidineededa]

Trapped.

More and more, I feel like the only way forward is to leave this town. And it breaks my heart.

[yousaidineededa]

The flood

Kat fact 419: The bridge to "Say it Ain't So" will make me a little choked up more often than not

[yousaidineededa]

Sunday

So, considering this is my only day off before a parental visit, I should really mow my grass and work on some habitat unfuckery. But my bed is comfortable. I can, at least, fold the laundry I'm sharing my bed with while staying in it ...

[wordsnquotes]

Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared to merge with another- they have more individuation work to do first. Sometimes they take off because love is not a priority in their lives- they have another path and purpose to walk first. Sometimes they end it because they prefer a relationship that is more practical than conscious, one that does not threaten the ways that they organize reality. Because so many of us carry shame, we have a tendency to personalize love’s leavings, triggered by the rejection and feelings of abandonment. But this is not always true. Sometimes it has nothing to do with us. Sometimes the one who leaves is just not ready to hold it safe. Sometimes they know something we don’t – they know their limits at that moment in time. Real love is no easy path – readiness is everything. May we grieve loss without personalizing it. May we learn to love ourselves in the absence of the lover.

Jeff Brown (via soulsscrawl)

Relevant.

[huffylemon]

Greek Mythology/Roman Empire on tumblr

[yousaidineededa]

Bwaha.

[yousaidineededa]

Hmmmm.

So, in a fit of nervous breakdownish need to withdraw because of tumultuous relationship fallout and work stress and general pear-shapedness of branemeats, I deactivated my Facebook yesterday. So now, I'm waking up, and my usual "scroll through FB and catch up" approach isn't a thing*. So, uh, hi, tumblr. Now my morning internetting is even more full of cats. It's weird, though, especially considering I work for a newspaper, how reliant I've become on Facebook to serve me my non-local news. Now, I'm all "hmmm, should I check NYtimes? NPR?" If I stick with the facebooklessness for a week or so, I wonder how my browsing habits will adapt. I definitely feel like I can write more here, where my audience is more limited. On the other hand, I feel even more socially isolated. But that could lead to me actually reaching out to people individually for human interaction, which could be a good thing and lead to more *genuine* social contact (but is also terrifying). * I also can't play my scrabble games, so this hiatus will probably be pretty brief.

[japanlove]

Japan Creates Google Street View Just for Cats

"A different way to look at our cities"

[yousaidineededa]

I need to play with this when I'm not on mobile.

[yousaidineededa]

A year and a month later, the big fight reaches its conclusion, and I am victorious. There's still a smaller lingering battle to be determined. That last $400 would be a nice epilogue to the saga. #insurancenightmare

[yousaidineededa]

Anyone find a rogue #drone near #Pinecraft in #Sarasota?

[yousaidineededa]

#nofilter #artsybullshit

[yousaidineededa]

It's #tabebuia time again! #yellow #flowers everywhere #spring in #Sarasota #nofilter

[yousaidineededa]

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@teachmeequals!

[yousaidineededa]

@hymnforher at #ellas in Tampa for @srqmusic's birthday! Failed to photograph my delicious catfish, collards and grits because I was super-hungry ... and it hit the spot like whoa.

[yousaidineededa]

The person behind us in traffic is way cooler than me. #srq #vintage #oldcar #surfing