I thought mockingbirds were fictional but it turns out this one is real and it’s been taking a little rest in front of my apartment every morning for the last week or so.
Oct 21, 2024
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Aimlessly scrolling when I saw a blur out the window in the corner of my eye and it happens to be a little American robin landed on a branch outside. it's still hanging around out there, just looking around and shaking itself off every so often. I have an exam in 10 minutes and my little robin friend is bringing me hope !
Mar 28, 2025
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one must have nested in a tree by my childhood home bc on the rare occasion i hear one sing, it takes me back :)
Oct 24, 2024
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There's a big tangle of blackberry vines behind the fence at my work. Normally, I reverse-park because people drive at like 35 mph in this parking lot and it's safer when you pull out. But lately, I've been late to work and haven't had the time.
Because of this, I've discovered a gorgeous view of a menagerie of lovely birds of seemingly endless variety.
A bird smiles righteously
Because through the chain link
It flew, that puffball,
Despite the attempts by Man
To the contrary
Feb 28, 2025
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No screen Sundays. If I want to listen to music its CDs or radio. If I want to watch a movie, no I don’t. If I want to see a friend, I will make plans with them on Friday or Saturday to meet up. As a result, I read more, write more, and sit with questions like “did Citizen Kane‘s 50 year winning streak in the Sight and Sound critics choice survey end in 2012 or 2022? When did Stephen Merritt come out? Whats the etymology of Whitsun?“
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but I’ve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
Jan 22, 2025
Mar 3, 2025
My calendar this year has 52 of these week at a glance pages but I don’t think that way. So, I've been inspired by Ross Gay’s Book of Delighs to start recording the little moments and sensations that bring me joy throughout the day. An analog pi.fyi, if you will.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighbor‘s footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles —the mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlie’s little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk
- lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
Jan 13, 2025