Natalie

I love when people post what looks like a screenshot of an uploaded picture of a printed out web page. Like, we went on a long journey to get here.

I have more things to do before I can dive into my delightful books 😭

anyone who blocked simply couldn't handle a cutie

also, it's gonna be hot. might as well wear more bikinis and let the belly hang out. the belly and the rolls out seem to be even more needed as they try to sell us starvation as normal.

all my library holds came in and I had a book that I finished that was due. library alignment bliss.

Portrait painting of a woman, head and shoulders, with dark hair and wearing a low cut green top with thin shoulder straps, looking outwards

Anita Malfatti (1889 – 1964) Brazilian modernist painter #WomensArt

Big, destructive tornado headed for Knox, Indiana right now. Get underground or lowest floor possible in Knox, Indiana. If you are in a mobile home, find a sturdy structure now. #INwx #indiana #tornado

like, if global warming wasn't evidence enough, softball-sized hail is evidence that God is telling us the automobile was a mistake

honestly learning about weather has given me a very ancient-feeling awe and terror of clouds

and if there is a tornado outside, dont' film it. go inside your house or shelter. thanks.

Severe weather is here. A wide swath of the country from Texas to Illinois is under risk today. Prepare for tornadoes, wind, and large hail NOW. Storms have already started. Please check your local weather alerts and National Weather Service pages for your area.

i'm convinced this is what my dog is doing when she appears to be asleep

ever since writing began, there were bangers

An UPGRADED tornado risk has occurred in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. If you live between Galesburg, Peoria, Kankakee, Bloomington, Champaign, Rochester or Renssalaer, Indiana, please review your severe weather plan ASAP!

Pode chorar, pode chorar

@hildur.bsky.social, my fluffy friend Grace says hi to her fellow fuzzball Uggi and has graciously posed with The Night Guest. She sat patiently beside me as I read it with great delight and anxiety.

feel better, Rabbi 🤧

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
View from Vincent's Studio 1886

being hangry searching for something to eat at school pickup time near a school was a mistake

Godspeed, and may Uggi keep you warm.

I figured it was us but now they're saying it's "probably" us. Which I'm taking as a yes. And the pain of it all kills me. As we have funded mass murder of innocents in Gaza, Lebanon, West Bank thru Israel, now we directly are pushing the buttons to kill people in their homes, schools, and streets.

Government is saying likely US bomb dropped on that school. We killed those children. It's killing me.

Two gold hoop earrings with sculptural details - each has Eros riding a dove, a bird sacred to Aphrodite. The birds' wings, tail feathers and the down on their heads, as well as the wings of the Erotes are accentuated with beaded wire arranged in circles and long loops. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd century BCE. Met Museum, New York (1995.539.9a, b)

These delicate, highly detailed gold hoop earrings depict winged Erotes riding doves. The dove, of course, was a sacred bird of Aphrodite (mother of Eros), symbolizing love, beauty, and fertility. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/

Greek, 3rd c. BCE. #MetMuseum
📸 me

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

NIGHTGOWN A cold so keen, My speech unfurls tonight As from the chattering teeth Of a sewing machine. Whom words appear to warm, Dear heart, wear mine. Come forth Wound in their flimsy white And give it form.

James Merrill, born 100 years ago today

Grave in the shape of a man staring up at a dismembered head he is holding in his hands.

My dead poems published in journals that no longer exist talking to my dead stories published in journals that no longer exist.

everything is crazy. and not in a fun way.

jesus christ!

a cartoon drawing of a cup of coffee with a face and feet . Alt: a cartoon beige cup of coffee with a face with bags under its eyes and feet vibrates against a pale background

Had a Thai iced tea

I'm sure he was. even people with a much firmer grasp on reality will talk to chatbots all day every day, which is worrying enough even when they're not in mortal danger because of it