June 2013
3 posts
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
—Henry James
May 2013
12 posts
World Naked Bike Ride Portland →
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Coming Saturday, June 8
A little Wednesday morning sunshine
Thanks to the DEQ technician who made me laugh so hard my abs hurt and totally brightened my morning. It’s people like him who make the drudgeries of adulthood a little more enjoyable.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
—Howard Thurman
19 Ways to Love Yourself →
thoughtcatalog.com
From Thought Catalog
I Want A Friday Kind Of Love | Thought Catalog →
thoughtcatalog.com
Right now, I want a Friday kind of love. I want that possibility and recklessness and passion that only comes knowing there’s so much that could happen, and never mind that sometimes it doesn’t live up to your expectations.
“You will work for at least forty years of your life. Think of this carefully, feel the weight of those decades in your mind, the wrinkles that will draw lines across your face and the gray that will tarnish your hair. Life melts off of you in seconds and days and years until it’s gone. Is it so much to ask to take one year amidst those forty to not work? To travel? To try out your business idea? To join a band or sculpt figurines out of clay?”
—Lauren McCabe
April 2013
23 posts
It takes guts →
e2.ma
Cheryl Strayed on feminism and Bitch Media
“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.”
—Elizabeth Andrew
At 24, he hadn’t long to live ... so they got married →
today.com
“They were in their early 20s, that stage of life when adventures beckon, responsibilities feel light and time feels limitless.”
One of the most timeless, beautiful stories I’ve ever read.
Gentle Reminders About Writing →
roxanegay.tumblr.com
1. There is no shame in writing slow. Your writing takes as long to develop as it takes. Writing is not a race. There is something very seductive about slow writing, about the care being given to the words when the writing happens at a more languorous pace. This is not to say fast writers don’t…
