~ Alison Peace

Sisu (noun) Extraordinary determination, courage, and resoluteness in the face of extreme adversity. An action mindset that enables individuals to see beyond their present limitations and into what might be. Taking action against the odds and reaching beyond observed capacities is an integral element of Finnish culture and a universal capacity that exists within all individuals.

—sisu
Extraordinary determination, courage, and resoluteness in the face of extreme adversity.

a sonnet from *The Last Song of the World* (BOA Editions)

Camila Cabello - Easy (Acoustic Session) YouTube video by camilasgirl

—Easy

—Always thought I was hard to love
till you made it seem so easy

youtu.be/i7asP72LHr8?...

Surround yourself with people that make you feel easy to love

Be the kind of person that when you leave the room, at least one person says,

"Who the fuck was that?”

Juan Brufal

—I would rather be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.

~ unknown

anja klauss

Loving You Is Easy

I'm made up of
memories
of chasing lightning bugs
on long southern nights
rain storms
love songs
walking by ocean light
forehead kisses

—you saying
loving you is easy

~ Alison P. Birch

Painting of a sitting white woman wearing a warn shawl in an interior with hands together

The Rosary (c.1912) by Irish artist Grace Henry #womensart

It looks like we are fast-forwarding a bit into The Testaments.
—this should be —fun—

Michelle Brunner Coastal Blue & White flowers

—Michelle Brunner

A lack of compassion
can be as vulgar as an excess of tears.

~ Lady Violet - Maggie Smith
Downton Abbey

Raymond Carver

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

For Women Wednesday
Mary Oliver - from Wild Geese
—You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. — You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Lucille Ball (1929)

Our heart always transcends us.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

My mental state today.

I dunno maybe when your country is bombing schoolchildren you should have your national man-boy baseball team sit this one out

Beside the window (1921)
by Henri Matisse

Woke up thinking of the last time I saw someone I loved.
He smiled and was just gone.

—I'll never fully recover from that.

“How do you know if an introvert likes you?”

They'll answer your calls.

Every child deserves to learn and grow without the fear of being singled out for their family's financial circumstances.

We must pass my No Shame at School Act and end school lunch shaming practices nationwide.

Harry Styles - Aperture (Live at The BRIT Awards 2026) YouTube video by HarryStylesVEVO

—Aperture 💫
This new Harry Styles is something else.
Even if you're not a fan- check it out. So much talent.

—It′s best you know what you don′t
Aperture lets the light in

youtu.be/hfHuIjbRk8o?...

Jarrett Moseley I Woke Up Eating Donuts In The Rain Sometimes you don't want to dream. Sometimes you don't want to think about death or loneliness or even sex. You want to wake up eating donuts in the rain, to feel the river rise, and to float a letter to yourself from one world hoping it finds you happily in the next.

~ Jarrett Moseley (this fabulous poem)
Excerpt from
I Woke Up Eating Donuts In The Rain
—Sometimes
you don't want to dream.
Sometimes you don't want to think about death or loneliness or even sex —

Yuko Shimizu, a New York based award-winning Japanese illustrator #WomensArt #Tuesday

Harry Styles - Aperture (Live at The BRIT Awards 2026) YouTube video by HarryStylesVEVO

—Aperture 💫
This new Harry Styles is something else.
Even if you're not a fan- check it out. So much talent.

—It′s best you know what you don′t
Aperture lets the light in

youtu.be/hfHuIjbRk8o?...

—Life —

—Life —