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COYOTE VALLEY SPRING

By Gary Snyder and pinned on my kitchen wall

@chickfrommarz

Apr 1, 2025

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A Boat - Richard brautigan

I've posted it on here a million times, and I'll post it a million more. For me, it embodies a lonely tenderness unlocked by being shown beauty by others, and which ultimately, redeems you to the world and most importantly *yourself*. I'm trying to leave my evil forest.

@_kzr_

Feb 11, 2025

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“POEM BEGINNING WITH A RETWEET” BY MAGGIE SMITH

If you drive past horses and don’t say horses you’re a psychopath. If you see an airplane but don’t point it out. A rainbow, a cardinal, a butterfly. If you don’t whisper-shout albino squirrel! Deer! Red fox! If you hear a woodpecker and don’t shush everyone around you into silence. If you find an unbroken sand dollar in a tide pool. If you see a dorsal fin breaking the water. If you see the moon and don’t say oh my god look at the moon. If you smell smoke and don’t search for fire. If you feel yourself receding, receding, and don’t tell anyone until you’re gone.

@marxinista

May 27, 2025

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BEING KIND TO KIDS

I’m not a parent and do not plan to be. Kids can wear me out fast with their high energy and noise level; it leaves me very over-stimulated. But it’s pretty extreme when people say they ”hate kids” and I often feel it’s a reflection of their childhood and beliefs around how kids “should be.” That they were expected to be quiet, obedient, and out of the way by their parents when they were little. It’s fucking hard to be a kid. You’re dealing with a rapidly-changing body and underdeveloped brain, managed by flawed adults who are enforcing boundaries that you do not understand. It’s confusing and hard to manage your feelings and honestly just a lot. People are impatient with kids when they‘re brand new to the world and figuring it all out, and this is a time kids need a friend the most. Children can also be teachers to adults with how they are less habituated to the world. They teach us how to be free and open-hearted and silly and imaginative. A good practice is to be kinder and gentler with kids. If that feels difficult, start with gentleness toward your inner child. Maybe that’s the child in your life that needs your attention and kindness most.

@MidwestZen

Apr 16, 2025

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MORNING RITUALS

They keep you grounded and sometimes they keep you caffeinated, too.

@MidwestZen

May 6, 2025

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Flower report 03.22.25

I meant to post this yesterday. Absolutely beautiful morning for walk. This morning is also beautiful but in a spring rain kind of way.

@MidwestZen

Mar 23, 2025