Beatrix, age 14, first day of High School (9th grade).
So let’s normalize failing, and give each other a little grace when it happens, and remember to congratulate people all the more for the good posts they put up!
This is the time of the year I admit my deep love of the way my hands smell after picking tomatoes. Sometimes, when there are none yet ripe to pick I simply run my hands through the vines and hold them to my face for the perfume.
A little canoe and kayak jaunt out on the lake to watch the sun set.
We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It – Nightmare Magazine
Powerful and haunting tale of a trio of serial female abduction killers but told from the voice of the dead victims. Most powerful because this is the perspective we so rarely hear in such stories.
(Warning Major triggers)
“We’ve always had the word “Productivity.” It originally meant “the power to produce something,” but now it just means “don’t mess around,” or “whatever, just do your best to get more done.” Without that original nuance it’s lost any positive connotation.”
— Shigesato Itoi Interview Techo Preview 2023 – Fun Stuff – Hobonichi Techo
Night at the drive-in.
It doesn’t suck…
Me: That’s a delicious but strong beer.
My wife: Yes it is. Good thing we’re splitting it.
Beatrix, age 14: Rolls eyes Day drinkers…
(FYI: For this and many similar reasons, we’ve begun to call her “Little Nancy Reagan”)
This morning…
