Fuck Fossil Fuels!!!

if you’re interested in mutual aid and aren’t sure where to start, i can’t recommend enough joining a local Buy Nothing group. in a nutshell, it’s a totally free gift economy— people give from their own abundance and ask for what they need. it’s indispensable as a recent grad household— we got the majority of our basic furniture, as well as an AC unit through the group— but what i find particularly wonderful are the ways other forms of community aid popup through the group.

i’ve seen people organize meal trains for strangers. people fleeing from domestic violence have gone from a suitcase of possessions to a fully stocked house in 48 hours. home hospices being set up with goods from six different households. cookbook lending. distribution of windfall apples and tomato harvest overabundance. grocery pickup for ill folks. people looking out for listings for others. everything from bread to baby carseats to house paint to pet food.

and much of it is done between strangers, often between people who would not recognize or identify with the term “mutual aid”. it lowers waste, goods go directly to people who need them, and it avoids the sometimes dubious morality of the thrift shop circuit. i’d really recommend it.

I was practicing meditation last night and mentally traveled back to my childhood library. Upon waking up I obviously had to spend all morning googling and trying to find it because of how comforting those memories are for me. Unfortunately it’s a 9 hour drive to get there from where I currently live, but I was able to live vicariously through pictures and memories!

This lovely breakfast (that may or may not have at least a centimeter of cream cheese per bagel) really lifted my spirits after having (unemployed) anxious thoughts🕯💗

Art by Davood Moghaddami

Anyone know why random plans have these bubbles ?

Bulldog party wallpaper 🎉

EMILE GRUPPE Sunlit Forest Interior Oil on Canvas 40″ x 50″

another small fairy

Augustina Wang (@owo_soldier)

Opal Knight Guarding Mother

Oil & conte on canvas

Circe by Entei Ryu

A Goodbye Kiss on the Pavement

quilted wallhanging by Eilidh Weir (All That Is Braw)