Twilight Pendant

“If you will grant me one vivid morning, I can chain it to me for fifty years.”

— William Stafford, from Sound of the Ax: Aphorisms and Poems, eds. Vincent Wixon and Paul Merchant (University of Pittsburg Press, 2014)

Happy Juneteenth! Here’s some info about Juneteenth becoming a national holiday & what that means for us.

“I belong to Oceania - or, at least, I am rooted in a fertile portion of it - and it nourishes my spirit, helps to define me, and feeds my imagination.”

— Albert Wendt, Towards a New Oceania (via beautyofoceania)

the next kiss i kiss will leave us feelin richer

How many incarcerated people actually need to be rehabilitated, really? How many people just need a decent income, or better quality of life overall, or steady childcare, or to not be punished for made-up crimes?

Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

I’ll stay in Today by Chukwu Adaeze

Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You

Ya Allah surround us with those who have our best interest at heart

clermont twins shot by erika kamano for office magazine 17 (spring 2022)

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