That Bald Guy You're Not Listening To..

Late this party, but I finished "Legends & Lattes" by @TravisBaldree. A wholesome variation on the normal fantasy fiction stock. Absolutely loved it and would very much like to spend my retirement in this world. A must-read, especially for cold winter days and nights. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In high school AP Lit, I wrote an essay comparing the sorrows of the Creature to the transgender experience. My teacher was a conservative Christian man in his sixties. I got a 95.

The magic is in that last 20%. h/t: Jude Fredman

thinking about the difference between loving yourself and loving yourself back, thanks to this very short Andrea Gibson poem

a selection from Andrea Gibson’s poem The Grief Astronomer

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"I was happy not because of any particular book, but because I was surrounded by books." Marcel Proust Good night

Mary Oliver

If you want to think better, spend more time writing. If you want to write better, spend more time reading. If you want to read better, put down your phone and pick up a book.

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand—and melting like a snowflake." ~ Francis Bacon Rays of Light in the Forest 🎨 Igor Sakharov

“I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain

I fell in love with this quote: No matter your age, you'll always wish you started younger, but today is the youngest you'll ever be. So start today.

I can't stop thinking of all the poets slain by tyranny. Today I hear the voice of Federico García Lorca, slain by fascists in 1936.

From Patrick McDonnell’s book about Jack Kirby.