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Mall walking with a ghost
A quiet day out with the Goths at the Water Park
Here to 💜 stuff and share pictures sometimes
He/Him, real human bean in a small bean town
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Black and White print of a guillotine. Text reads, "A better world is possible!" Print by Amy Mendelsohn @Coopsy.art
February 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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For January I decided to read a book a day to keep the anxiety away, thanks to all of the authors who helped keep me distracted
Books tiled out on the floor, cat sitting in upper right silently judging Natasha Pulley - The Half Life of Valery K Alex Espinoza - The Sons of El Ray Jennette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died Chloe Gong - Vilest Things Parini Shroff - The Bandit Queens Jing Gao - The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp Melissa M Martin - Bayou Januar Rianto - The Southeast Asian Types No.1 Sigrid Nunez - The Friend Samantha Irby - Quietly Hostile Laura Zigman - Separation Anxiety Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than You Min Jin Lee - Pachinko Mary Roach - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun Saeed Jones - How We Fight for our Lives Aurielle Marie - Gumbo Ya-Ya Martha Wells - All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect Phuc Tran - Sigh, Gone Talia Lakshmi Kolluri - What We Fed to the Manticore Julia Alvarez - How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent Claire-Louis Bennett - Checkout 19 Claire Oshetsky - Poor Deer Rebecca Roanhorse - Black Sun, Fevered Star, Mirrored Heavens Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Chain-gang All-Stars Celeste Ng - Our Missing Hearts Kathleen Alcott - Emergency Anne Garreta - Sphinx Ariana Brown - Sana Sana Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Before the Coffee Gets Cold Terry Mudge/Tyler Thrasher - The Universe in 100 Colors Elizabeth Strout - Lucy by the Seas Gregory Murphy - Categories we live by Betty Gilpin - All the women in my brain Gwen E. Kirby - Shit Cassandra Saw Andrea Cohen - The Sorrow Apartments Danez Smith - Homie Anne Carson - Autobiography of Red Abby Neale - Gay Ghost Zine Books are from Papercuts Bookshop, Rozzie Bound Co-op, Just Book-ish, Lovestruck Books, Grolier Poetry, Katherine Small Gallery, Brookline Booksmith, Porter Square Books, Frugal Bookstore, Parkside Bookshop.
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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This is Mila, I'm off to stare at some art and try to forget this week occurred for a bit
Mila, a calico cat sits on a blue rug next to a garbage can covered in stickers.
November 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Better distractions
Mila, a calico cat, sits on a subwoofer and stares out the window. Spring in Boston is lovely, everything pops with green. The birds have been especially vocal, which Mila enjoys. A brick archway with the Harvard arboretum visible in the distance. The overpass carries the Needham commuter rail line. It was a very long day of bleh and I needed some fresh air. Grabbed a Cubano from Tostado and walked up Peter's Hill to eat and stare at the longwood/back bay buildings in the distance. Stopped by Fornax on the way home so now I have English muffins for breakfast.
May 15, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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I went and touched grass, then fed some to my cat, Friday accomplished
Mila, a calico cat, sits on a window ledge, green trees visible in the background wearing their finest spring garments. In front of Mila is a hello kitty pet grass container. She truly loves eating grass. She does not excel at shoveling it into her toothy maw Shop window display with Calico Critters figures, cottage, and tree house playsets. I haven't seen or thought of these in ages. Was walking home through West Roxbury and saw this time capsule Alexander the Great park in Roslindale. This place is all bark and no park. It looks like roughly 1000sq ft. Statue in the middle is a gift from the city of Athens to Boston. Red Jeep Commanche, maybe 1989 or later. What looks like a Puerto Rican flag hanging from the antenna. I love this truck (not mine). My first vehicle was a heavily used 86 Dodge Ram 50 that essentially was a rebadged Mitsubishi.
May 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Take my money, wreck my sundays
Cafe au lait from Pavement coffeehouse near symphony. The bag to the left contains a cinnamon raisin bagel. I like the layout inside. There was a constant stream of folks stopping in with fun musical instrument cases. Cute little nugget, purple Suzuki tiny truck used by the Noca spiked water company. There's another one like this by the arboretum with cool wheels I've been meaning to get a picture of. Tandoori momo Nepalese dumplings from Momo Masala. These are delicious and combine several of my most favorite things. Toasted in Himalayan spices and masala, delightful.
April 28, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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So much for a home run with some blue bloods
John Galliano - evening dress, 1999. As worn by Cate Blanchett at the Oscar's. A bare backed dress with delicate embroidery of birds and flowers.
April 14, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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And it goes on and on and on when you hear this song
Pathway over rail line with new mural. Pretty orange, yellow, and red. A blue circle highlights the mighty opossum. The goal for the morning, achieved egg and cheese bagel sandwich. Picked up some Asiago and jalapeño cheddar bagels to freeze for later. Every time I see this old Volkswagen van, I think it looks like it's a little stoned and drooling. Perfect location for paint cracks, also the color is great. Commuter rail line, overpass in the distance. Sign reads, " DANGER WILL NOT CLEAR MAN ON SIDE OF CAR"
April 13, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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I had a much more colorful day than the weather would have suggested
Kim Seo Ryong - long floral jacket and velvet trousers ensemble. Autumn/winter collection 2019 is displayed at the MFA Hallyu! Korean wave exhibition. Kim was originally a painter. A version of this jacket was worn by Jin from BTS.
April 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Mass romantic fool, separated by sheets
Firelei Báez - Retablo (españa en las Americas). A severed arm covered in delicately inked tattoos on a wooden background. The detail in her work is incredible Firelei Báez - given the ground (the fact that it amazes me does not mean I relinquish it). An unusually shaped framed canvas centered around the portrait of a woman with kaleidescape skin, piercing eyes, and an ornate head wrap with dangling feather accessories Firelei Báez - A motor with medicinal functions. A regimented man stands on a hill with his sword held out to beckon the army waiting in lines below him. His torso broken out in fire, belching smoke Firelei Báez - Madeleine (rupture rapture maroonage) An arched doorway into another world, a figure in the center with an indigo headdress adorned with elaborate designs indicative of the black liberation movements and practices
April 6, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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Scratchers for Simba
Simba, a majestic and friendly half ginger and white cat, waits patiently on the counter. Plastic bins in the background hold reels of scratch off lottery sheets. He is usually found curled up on a stool behind the register.
March 14, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Makin' bad decisions, based on temporary thoughts
Orange line was down this weekend, took the bus to Andrew, then headed to Alewife. I'm going to have to spend a lot more time in Alewife before it makes sense. There were so many ramps and stairs going off in every direction. Neat bike trails nearby though so I started walking to Belmont. Belmont books, I was surprised to learn they open at 7 some days. Neat shop, picked up Beaver Land: How one weird rodent made America by Leila Philip. The creek behind my parents' house had beavers, so I'm excited to learn more about them. Then headed off to Watertown to visit Sophia's Pantry to check out Greek groceries. Sophia's Greek Pantry, place was packed, acquired ouzo hard candy and Ajvar. Then headed off to Allston to have shawarma at Garlic N' Lemons. My favorite local bookstore, Papercuts. Took a little bit to walk from allston, but the weather was nice, so it was enjoyable.
March 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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I took the train to the great escape
Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant. A view from the back table looking across the tables. A TV up near the ceiling plays footage of scenic Ethiopian landmarks. It's a really charming space. This is called Veggie Revenge, served on a square plate on top of Injera, a fermented crepe like Flatbread. Sides of tikil gomen wat, gomen wat, shir o wat, yekik alicha, misir wat, yatakilt wat, and a side salad on the Injera. The Gomen wat was really delightful, I haven't had collards in 5 years and I really missed it. View of the Pru on a foggy night. I loved the haze around the lights. Mila, a bobtail calico, peeks through the railing. We go through a routine every time I leave. This is stage 1.
March 8, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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The maid needs a maid
Kennedy's coconut, from the JFK Library/Museum. I didn't know about this, but the Museum thinks it is important enough to warrant showing the original, a dupe that you can touch, and a plastic replica you can buy in the gift shop. View from the glass enclosed pavilion at the JFK Museum looking out across the old harbor. I thought the space was really pretty, though it does look a little imposing from the outside. Designed by I.M. Pei and located in Dorchester next to UMass the JFK library and Museum is the fifth presidential library to have been built. So, presidents getting a library is more of a modern thing. Flock of birds hunkering down while the wind was whipping about at Kelly's landing. None of them were moving or worried about humans. They were just doing bird things and trying to stay warm.
March 3, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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Pedestrian at best
The proximal origin of merpeople. 1 part fish + 1 part primate, neat. Cobalt 60 sauce, DO NOT DRINK Tough times for the ninja turtles Pretty view from Longfellow Bridge on a friday.
February 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Mila, my favorite coworker, sleeps through another 2 hour Teams meeting. Neat Touraine Paints sign illuminated by nearby green tone streetlamp. Buildings lit up at night as seen from the nearby Greenway. Wandered for 6 miles before I decided my dinner would be a donut.
January 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM