Germaine Arnaktauyok, “keeper Of All Animals,” N.d., Etching

Merab Abramishvili, Georgian Leopard, 2004

Moon Orchestra

Google photos messes up dates sometimes so now I have a rat from the year 5720 and a toad from the year 601

never underestimate the power of:

• cleaning off your laptop/computer

• changing your sheets

• straightening up your room

• changing out your toothbrush

• drinking water

• changing the lock/homescreens on your phone

• changing your phone case

• changing your pajamas

• putting on chapstick

• washing your face and putting on moisturizer

• putting lotion on your body

small things can be healing.

a warm, sunny day with a light blue sky / stargazing while laying in the cool grass / the look of natural beauty you only get with blooming flowers / a comfort meal you make for yourself / newly cleaned sheets / socks still warm from the dryer / the smell of your favorite person on your clothes / a cool shower after a hot, busy summer day / the immersion into a story when you start a book you can’t put down / contagious laughter that just keeps getting fueled by itself / the first scene of your favorite movie starting

even little details mean so much. they can mend a person bit by bit.

Thanks Sara

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

Also, kinda cool, kinda weird when your family hands you your Nannies ashes that have been in a box for more than 20 years and say you should pick out an urn…meanwhile their dog of 5 years has his ashes in a beautiful box. Like, this woman raised you and made some serious sacrifices for you???