rereading underland by robert macfarlane - he’s a naturalist and explorer and his prose is bonkers in yonkers. i’m in the chapter about fishing off the coast of norway and discussing the continental shelf drop-off/battle over oil drilling. also reading a radiant curve by luci tapahonso, a mix of poems and prose! when i finish up underland i will be fully ushering in summer w tove jansson’s the summer book :)
Jun 15, 2025
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Feb 10, 2024
i have recently started reading this poetry book by mary oliver and it is sososo beautiful <3 it makes me appreciate life and nature more. the loveliest thing about poetry books is that you don't need to worry about forgetting where you left off!! you can read a few entries and call it a day, and then just pick it back up again when you feel like it!!
one of the poems i love rn:
On Meditating, Sort Of – Mary Oliver
Meditation, so I’ve heard, is best accomplished
if you entertain a certain strict posture.
Frankly, I prefer just to lounge under a tree.
So why should I think I could ever be successful?
Some days I fall asleep, or land in that
even better place — half-asleep — where the world,
spring, summer, autumn, winter —
flies through my mind in its
hardy ascent and its uncompromising descent.
So I just lie like that, while distance and time
reveal their true attitudes: they never
heard of me, and never will, or ever need to.
Of course I wake up finally
thinking, how wonderful to be who I am,
made out of earth and water,
my own thoughts, my own fingerprints —
all that glorious, temporary stuff.
Feb 24, 2025
Everyday I randomly flip to a page and use it as my guide for the day. Today was one of my favourites, ‘The Summer Day’.
If you’re a nature mysticism truther like myself, Mary Oliver is right up your alley <3
Apr 15, 2025
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i struggle sometimes to make myself clean when tired, sad, etc - enter one clorox wipe. no matter how low you feel or how big the mess it will always be an improvement to just take ten measly seconds and run one clorox wipe over the counter, or the sink, or your nightstand. one clorox wipe sometimes gives me the get-up-and-go for more tasks, but even if it doesn’t it always at least leaves things a little better than before
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