we will dive into the earth together.
and if one day a wild flower finds water
and springs up from that piece of earth.
its stems will have two blossoms for sure:
one will be you,
the other me.

nazim hikmet , ’letter from my wife’

I have changed my name to Scout and moved to the forest to draw pictures of magical clouds.

what have you done lately?

Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver

I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
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’each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on our bed;
this incomparably fine,
incomparably tightly woven tissue of pure prediction fits us perfectly.
the happiness of the next twenty-four hours
depends on our ability,
on waking, to pick it up.’

walter benjamin

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You’re feeling: anxious, inspired, thirsty

To your left: sleeping baby & snoring pug

On your mind: a friend's health

Last meal included: grilled cheese, tater tots, fresh baked choco chip cookies (what I refer to as a toddler feast)

You sometimes find it hard to: accept myself as is

The weather: tropical storm fay

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