August 2012
54 posts
“Thankfulness is the antidote to self pity. Regularly in my walk, and I’m sure...”
– Jed Brewer on episode 26 of the Say That podcast
(via thebridgechicago)
July 2012
61 posts
“I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (via constellatingstars)
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything....”
– (via mols)
what do I do on my day off?
clean. tidy. organize.
time to make sense of my crazy, crazy life.
& fit in some best-friend time, too. :)
happy saturday, folks!
“I think that one of these days you’re going to have to find out where you want...”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via thenocturnals)
“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not...”
– Azar Nafisi (via paradoxicalsentiments)
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when...”
– Margaret Thatcher (via thewinterwind)
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
– Zelda Fitzgerald (via pureblyss)
Watchfairsun:
the future of print.
““You can’t be everything. Just be yourself.” I heard this...”
– Natasha, of Paper Crowns.
“Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day.”
– Psalm 68:19 (via onefootout)
destructivedevices:
tom petty - american girl
“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via organized-clutter)
“she stuck a bookmark
in my heart
and walked away”
– saul williams from “she” (via jamima-puddle-duck)
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
— Claude Monet
via (seabois)
Today marks...
[[MORE]]…the checking off of Day 2 of Jammin’ Jubilee, a fine arts day-camp for individuals coping with autism. I have been blessed to work the past two days of this camp as the dance instructor, and I truly cannot express how deeply this camp has affected my outlook on society. Alongside the other instructors and volunteers, I have been challenged, encouraged, &...
How to...
[[MORE]]
… lessen your sorrow post-breakup [with a tidbit of class]:
Step 1: Acquire your favorite beverage.
Step 2: Acquire materials for painting [watercolor paintbrushes, sketchpad, etc.].
Step 3: Open the following tabs in separate windows:
#1 #2
Step 4: Drink.
Step 5: Cry/laugh at your oh-so-dramatic self as you take a deep breath, drink, and paint your heart out, each...
“Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you’ll remember, mountaintops...”
– Andy Andrews (via emotional-algebra)
“However you live, there’s a part of you always standing by, mapping out...”
– James Lapine // Sunday in the Park with George
Dearest seasons...
…I am craving crisp, Autumn weather. Could you perhaps skip August & September… & simply bring October to our doorstep? :)
Sincerely,
your dear friend and lover-of-tweed, scarves, & earl grey,
Chloe Q.
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.”
– John Steinbeck (via saddest-summer)
