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Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Mrs. Samuel Bowles, written c. April, 1880 in Letters of Emily Dickinson

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Bird Bones, Bird heart. 💔

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It’s crazy how one moment you’re getting soft rejected by someone and three months later he’s sucking your fingers on his couch! Also I realized I posted a gifset a couple months ago of a character I think is hot sucking on the delusional main character lady’s fingers so I guess I manifested the vibe. Manifestation works! And I’m so happy to be alive :)

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I miss the old Nancy Drew games lol

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Penelope: I'm going to accept Debling's proposal.

Colin: I'm pregnant...it's yours.

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✨ tonight i want all of you tonight give me everything toniiight✨

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Happy First Anniversary to @extinctionstories! When I set up this blog last May, I was mostly hoping for a way to organize my conservation-related work; if people happened to enjoy it, then that would just be a bonus. Instead, I've been blown away by the enthusiasm and interest that you guys have for my art and writing, and the love that we all share for these precious creatures. Thank you so much for listening to their stories; I have plenty more to come

As a birthday treat, here are a couple of quick thylacine studies that I haven't posted before. They are fountain pen and watercolor, on 18x24" paper.

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Now abandoned, La Petite Centure is a 19th century railway that loops over 30km around Paris

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The Regime “All Ye Faithful” (S01.E05)

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It’s official I love young lady Danbury even more after watching Queen Charlotte now I know what she meant when she said “I have loved and lost” AN ICON

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Nancy Drew | Danger on Deception Island (2003)

"Whales rule!"

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“A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skillful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well—this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from The Dispossessed (via firstfullmoon)

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As I get closer to the last year of my twenties I think about what it means to age and how I want to become the woman I want to be in the next chunk of decades. And honestly, I'm stressed af because there are so few female role models who embody the kind of life I want to lead. I guess like, Ava Duvernay? Or Amal Clooney? Except let's be real 90% of the hype around Amal is that she's skinny, has nice clothes, and a famous husband. I just want to do things that are important to me, not have to tap dance for anyone, be the wise caring stable elder woman role model I rarely had growing up, and very importantly NOT center men or consumerism in my life. I'd also love to adopt kids if I have the resources? I'm honestly angry these days because I see a lot of women I admire putting their energy into consumerism and/or ain't shit men. And I'm like, I don't want to be her!!! But I also don't want to be this angry bitter person who judges tf out of 95% of people while I make tea in my home and rot away in my biodegradable wool socks.