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Kikimora

A faint creak on the floor, a spoon falling off the table, a strange rustling from the corner... Does this sound familiar? You might have a kikimora - a mysterious spirit from old Slavic folklore - lurking in your home.

Legend says kikimoras are lost souls - unbaptized infants, suicides, or those who died under a curse. Sometimes, they were deliberately summoned into a house - a vengeful sorcerer could hide a cursed doll in the walls, and over time... it would come to life.

A kikimora’s form shifts like shadows in candlelight. One moment, she’s a crooked old lady wild, tangled hair, the next - a pale girl with hollow eyes, or even a hairy, clawed creature with glowing eyes, tiny horns, and a flicking tail. Most of the time, she’s invisible, but her presence gives chills - missing objects, sudden cold spots, and whispers in the dark.

By day, she hides behind the stove, under the threshold, or in dark corners - but when night falls, the mischief begins:

Tangling yarn like a spiteful prank

Knocking over pots to startle the household

Pinching and choking sleepers, leaving bruises

Stealing hair from people and fur from livestock

The worst kikimoras could drive families to abandon their homes. And if someone accidentally saw her? Bad luck followed - sickness, death, or a curse upon the whole family.

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um guys, I think we need to stop waiting for ‘the right time’ and just start doing the things we want whenever because the right time’s never gonna come, and if we keep waiting it’s just gonna turn into an endless cycle

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7 WEEKS TILL I GO HOME!

WE CAN DO IT HOES!

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The green haze

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i think the western world has made us so caught up on having a purpose and finding it for our whole entire lives. some indigenous cultures believe we’re alive and here just as trees and animals are: to be here and to beautiful and strange, to simply just be. we don’t need to achieve anything to be valid in our humanness.

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*manifesting in my bedroom* good things will happen for me before august. good things will happen for me before august. good things will happen for me before august. good things will happen for me before august. good things will happen for me before august.

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Personally I hate AI because it uses slave labor, is killing the planet and is making people stupid, but that's just me. The soulless art aspect is just one little piece of my grander disdain.

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grassy path in sea breeze

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june 2025

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aside from being there for yourself and loving yourself, it’s also important to recognize your mistakes and own up to them, apologize to the people you’ve hurt or been toxic to, and be aware of your faults so you can work on them. self love is not ‘knowing that you’re better and succeeding in your quest for perfection’. you have to be able to realize that you’re not always the best you can be and that’s okay, as long as you do learn from it and stay kind and humble to yourself and your surroundings.

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it's rotten work, but without the rot nothing can grow

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also the sunset light was back at it again in my apartment last night

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you know how people say you can always start over? bitter teenage me used to think that was bullshit, then I grew up and I've started over so many times since. they were right

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Day 185 of productivity.

We are back BABY 🫵

made breakfast for myself

tided my bedroom and went through one of my boxes to see what I can start sending home

hoover the whole apartment

did the dishes

done two sets of laundry

made dinner

had a nap 🤭

finished listening to an audiobook (with a vengeance by riley sager)

read 50 pages of another book

published a chapter of my story

watched a movie

I have another day off so I should get some more things done 😁

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the trees told me all sorts of secrets this fall

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propaganda a lot of y’all should fall for:

whispering “thanku” to your tea or coffee before the first sip.

telling your friends you love them when they least expect it. especially then.

googling “what kind of flower blooms twice” at 3 a.m. to feel hopeful again

deleting apps every two weeks and calling it a spiritual reset.

naming your plants like they’re ur friends. apologizing when you forget to water them.

believing ur younger self would still think you’re cool. even on your worst days.

using perfume before bed. for no one. for you.

making eye contact with yourself in the mirror when you cry. giving the pain an audience.

taking selfies when you feel awful. proof you existed even when the light wasn’t flattering :-)