“When you are wildlife photographer the goal is to blend in with your surroundings so that you don’t scare off the animals”
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something so intimate about handmade stuff, handmade bread, handmade presents, or handwritten letters, in general intimacy and tenderness are stored in hands, in holding hands and playing with each other's fingers, warming each other's hands...
Do you think that there were any ships that went out whaling out of New England and missed the entire american civil war
Like they went out in 1860 had a long voyage for the usual reasons and came back in late 1865 with very little idea of what had happened. like "oh boy I've finally finished getting my whale oil I can't wait to see my favourite president Abraham Lincoln after having been out whaling since early 1860." do you think that that was anyone
Something like this happened to famous Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton. He set out on an expedition in the arctic in 1914 just as the World War I had begun. The expedition was a disaster, he and his crew got lost and stranded. Somehow they survived though, and after much struggling and an incredible and impossible journey, they found help from a whaling station on South Georgia Island near the end of 1916. One of the first questions Shackleton asked from his saviors was something along the lines of "whatever happened with that war in Europe? How long did it last and who won?". The reply he got back was "the war isn't over. Millions are dead. Europe is mad. The world is mad". It's difficult to imagine the shock and terror that those few words must have generated.
only correction is it was the antarctic, not arctic
2023 maxims:
1. read more
2. it’s fine to accept the bad parts of you without guilt bc being flawed is not morally wrong
3. anti-aging is stupid
4. being a bit cringe is good
5. actions towards others should be motivated more by care for them than concern for how it makes you look
6. communicating needs is so painful but we should do it anyway
Not every day has to count. Some days are for repairing, resting, mourning. You don't have to perform every day. Some days are for doing nothing. For sleeping all day or being on your phone. Relaxing is ok, allowed and encouraged. Do what you need to do.
I love the library
i recently went to the library, picked out a giant comfy chair in the middle of the place, sat down and just read for an hour. it was a genuinely pleasurable and cathartic experience. i highly suggest going just to be there. you don't have to check your books out and leave. hell, you don't have to check anything out at all. just browse, pick something up, start it, put it down, pick something different. just exist in a space built specifically for your community.
Libraries are a great way to spend time in public (regardless of reading/not-reading preferences)
Bc Third Spaces (places you can exist that aren't home or work/school) are endangered--and libraries are currently our most thriving species of Third Spaces. Natural characteristics of Libraries include:
- free wifi and outlets!
- quiet! peace and quiet!
- comfy seating
- not crowded!!!
- you get to be left alone in peace! personal space is sorta sacred at a library
- BUT there's also super friendly staff/patrons if you're feeling social.
How To Enjoy A Library (without reading anything if u don't want to):
- pack a laptop + thermos of Beverage + maybe some snacks? and just...go and hang out. sit in a comfy chair. stream a movie on the wifi. jam out (with headphone duh) while browsing socal media (or magazines!). luxuriate in being allowed to exist! in public! without being charged by the minute.
- (p.s. many libraries lend phone/laptop chargers, headphones, and even entire laptops. plus there's always the public desktops. if you're ever stuck with a few hours to kill...the library is comfier than the nearest starbucks)
IN CONCLUSION: libraries are just very comfy and convenient places to exist. you can go there, not glance at a single book, and still have a chill time w/ fun (and free!) public resources.
sexy sexy free public resources
feeling normal about this also
I was trying to see it in the arrangement of stars and galaxies, but it's just. A fucking. It's a fucking. Question mark. Floating in space. Not a constellation, just a floating goddamn question mark. I want to scream.
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