I’m really homesick for Virginia tonight. I miss the mountains covered in forests, the old brick buildings, and restaurants that have sweet tea.
And I’m really, really sick of palm trees. Blech.
I wasn’t even depressed when I wrote that last thing, I was just doing some speculative thinking, but that was still a really sweet message I got. Made my morning. C’: I hope more people get it.
youonlyseethisworldonce asked: I know things can feel tough like they will never get better, but I am promising you with all my heart that they will. Don't lose hope in yourself. You are strong enough to get through any battle. Don't lose sight of all the people who do really care. More people than you possibly know do care. I care because I know you are worth this life and have so much potential to give to the world. Believe that God is with you and fighting with you all the way. Look at the beauty in yourself and the world!
Aww!! This is so sweet. C’’: Thank you!!
Untitled (Because You Don’t Have to Know)
I cried in bed last night
Nikki asked me about it today, she saw the pictures online.
Everyone did.
That’s why the Board of Human Equalization posts them,
They think they can save us from our nightmares
And suicides
If the world only saw our pain.
Randomly taken pictures of us while we lay in bed,
On the internet to see.
The Community will keep you safe with their judgment.
Still, my mom made a flawless noose,
(Nikki’s did, too)
Don next door jumped from his roof,
(Emma did, too)
And as the Community tries to save me,
I want to smash that camera above my bed
And proclaim freedom to feel
To have a moment of weakness
And to ask God alone for help.
The eyes that always see,
The mouths that always question,
Are only trying to avoid
What their heads always think
What their hearts always feel
Because this Community
Is dying to help.
if everybody got a free miniature animal at birth that protected you, like a tiny elephant or dragon, the world would be a better place.
There’d be dragons everywhere. Dragons have to eat. We’d all be dead.
we’d arrange sacrifices of humans
starting with you
You’re thinking of the His Dark Materials series.
In which humanity waged war. With God.
Champs.
Rush Guitarist Accepts R&R Hall of Fame In Strange Speech (by Mike Opelka)
(Source: youtube.com)
Can you spot both the fox and the crow in this photo?
Crows are the fox watchers best friend. They regularly alert me to the location of a fox, and as soon as I heard this one (in the tree on the left) calling I knew it had found one, (this time it was Black-Throat.)
So, how do you tell if a crow has found a fox? When crows see foxes they make a furious, constant cawing. They also tend to perch very low to the ground and constantly stare at the spot where the fox is. Next time I’ll see if I can get a video of it.
They never forgave the whole stolen cookie thing.
But maybe if they hadn’t been so vain…
21 Reasons You Think You Don’t Have Time to Write
1. You are letting people tell you that you should be doing other things with your time.
2. You can’t live with the level of clean that your family accepts as normal.
3. You haven’t decided to treat your writing seriously and so no one around you treats it seriously, either.
4. You haven’t made yourself a writing space.
5. You haven’t realized that you need help.
6. You do what is urgent rather than what is necessary.
7. You don’t let your kids and other people solve their own problems.
8. You think that someday you will have more time for writing.
9. You are spending time doing things you actually don’t care about.
10. You are actually using distractions as an excuse not to write.
11. You are terrified of writing, of actually sitting down and putting yourself on the page.
12. You are too busy criticizing the best selling books that you are reading to write something better.
13. You don’t know what to do with a blank page.
14. You don’t know how to turn off your internal editor.
15. You talk a good game, but you don’t play it.
16. You need to do a little planning and research before you start.
17. You don’t actually like writing. You like having written. (Join the club.)
18. You need to write the first line of the next chapter before leaving for the day.
19. You need to spend time remembering what it is you love about writing.
20. You have convinced yourself that you need 2 hours to write and don’t know how to use the 20 minute chunks you actually have.
21. You don’t have notebooks scattered through the house, including in the bathroom, to jot down inspiration.
Ouch.
The only way this list doesn’t sting a little is if it stings a lot.
Too much truth, Mette!
(Although 21 is kind of funny too.)
A word of warning to those who interact with writers:
Anything you say, do, or are can potentially become immortal in their work.
Proceed with caution.