whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision
books n bits
Simpkin at the Tailor’s Bedside, c.1902 by Helen Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943)
Carmilla & Laura 🩸
Reading IS sexy I'm sorry
It's NOT cringy and pretentious to bring a book to the train ride while everyone's on their phone it's sexy to those that know it
mondays are just so nice. started today with coffee and star trek tos, checked out the peak of the solar eclipse through my boyfriend's welding hood (would recommend!), and now I need to go get gas, but that's a really dull chore for me so I think I'm going to pop into the thrift store and check out what they've got. I could use some household things and would be stoked to find a few clothing pieces I like, or books, if I can. the sun is out so that makes everything better. I also have a coconut bath bomb to use when I get home.
Anna Akhmatova, from "Deception" written c. 1910; in The Complete Works of Anna Akhmatova, vol. I
vampire bite necklace by rebeca mojica
Ship's medicine chest, early 19th century
This chest belonged to Robert Jillett, pioneer whaler, Kāpiti, New Zealand, 1836-1845. It was supplied by the Apothecary's Hall, London, and replenished at Hobart Town, Tasmania.
i highly recommend for women and girls to be intellectually curious and difficult to shame
There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function
i love you to the moon & by Chen Chen
Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles (1888)