painted this bumble bee October last year -ideal opportunity to use for this bumble tweet. Here's the original 🎨🖌️

Kurt Vonnegut on why you should leave the house to buy an envelope (and avoid online life in general): “Then I’m going down the steps, and my wife calls up, ‘Where are you going?’ I say, ‘Well, I’m going to go buy an envelope.’ And she says, ‘You’re not a poor man. Why don’t you

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.

The cover of this week’s issue, “Christmas Avenue,” by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet. https://t.co/Abzrmt4LJK

@libriscent You’re not losing yourself. You’re exhausted. Give yourself time.

I wasted my entire life because nobody told me this as a kid

PAY ATTENTION. For real. Check on your person — your girl, your man, the one you claim you care about. When somebody start sleeping all day, pulling back, barely talking, barely eating, losing interest in everything they used to love… that ain’t them being lazy. That’s somebody

My mom moved in with me four months ago. Not because something dramatic happened. Not because she couldn’t manage on her own. She just called one morning and said, “Honey… the house feels too big lately. Can I stay a while?” She’s 82. Still independent, still opinionated, still

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien (art: Jane Newland)

I was so sick yesterday I came home and crawled into bed at 4. My daughter came to get into bed at 9 before bed and asked if she could tell me about her day. My eyes are closed. I say, “yes please do”. She starts with her first period. Gym. They did “President Trump’s mandatory

This is why I pay for internet 😹

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's house. Inside the house was Eeyore. "Hello Eeyore," said Pooh. "Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet" said Eeyore, in a

In old Slavic and Celtic countryside tales, it was said: "Feed a crow, and it remembers. Feed it thrice, and you are kin." To honor this, crumble a bit of bread at the edge of a path or windowsill. Speak aloud: "For the black-feathered witness. For the sky's dever tongue."

One of the best ❤️Madness: Our House - Top of the Pops 1982 Christmas - YouTube

Ai existence made me way less picky to human made art. Now I like almost everything I see when I know that it’s created by a real person who actually tried. It became way more precious and respectful. Please doodle, sketch, paint, sculpt. You all are incredible

https://t.co/nzawHIk0Dx

“May there be kindness in your gaze when you look within.” - John O'Donohue

For the love of all things, read Anna Karenina, and Wuthering Heights, and Ivanhoe, and Old Man and the Sea, and Le Morte D’Arthur, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Count of Monte Cristo, and A Separate Peace, and The Great Divorce, and The Way of the Pilgrim Even if you hate

Life is strange. You arrive with nothing, spend your whole life chasing everything, and still leave with nothing. Make sure your soul gains more than your hands.

On my early eve run just now ✨️💗🏃‍♂️

I said “a bit nippy this morning” to someone I was passing on my morning walk, and he replied, “Meant to be colder by the end of the week.” “Wish I’d worn my gloves,” I replied, having noticed his own gloves. “Yes,” he said and chuckled, “think I could do with two pairs at