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Eddie Vedder - Society

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TWO WEEKS LEFT to grab #abrilliantmadness signed. the signed edition will be available till April 1st. it is only available through me (link in bio) love you all…xoxox #rmdrake

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It’s hard to not be revived by this view of Ama Dablam in the setting sun, even after a 13h+ day climbing Lobuche East. 

Solukhumbu, Nepal - April 2016

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You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only know your favorite color or flower, but when to offer words in your rage, or the strongest embrace when no words will do.

You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only work with you but for you. Work for your happiness when you’ve forgotten how to create it.. work for your smile when your lips won’t curve.

You, my dear, deserve a conscious lover that couldn’t imagine being anything else.

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Start now because in the end, your life should have been about living, not just existing.

Carine McCandless (via fuckyeah-into-the-wild)

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#BeautifulandDamned is out everywhere - ONLY through my site do they come signed for a limited time. (link is on my bio) #rmdrake

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{ the little joys of hiking }

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Here we are again...

It’s been about two years since I was on my account on a regular basis. Much has changed! I don’t remember the last things I posted so I’ll just recap things quickly: I spent a summer in Wyoming working for the Forest Service, then I spent 10 months in Western Massachusetts doing an AmeriCorps program, then I went to school for a semester, and now I’m a seasonal Wildland Firefighter on a prescribed fire crew in Georgia. So much excitement for sure! I still have a year of school left before I graduate and pursue my dream of living out west. We’ll see how things go, but everything is always an adventure. I have grown so much during this time as a person. My faith, passions, and relationships have shifted to a positive focus. I didn’t think life could get better but it did! Best wishes to everyone. And thank you to those that still follow this blog and will read this, ya’ll are champs!

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Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), from our Ornithology collections. Believed to have been collected in 1860s, Guatemala.

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Please be gentle with your body. It loves you more than anyone or anything in this world. It fixes every cut, every wound, every broken bone, and fights off so many illnesses, sometimes without you even knowing about it. Even when you punish it, it is still there for you, struggling to keep you alive, keep you breathing. Your body is an ocean full of love. So please, be kind to it. It’s doing the very best it can.

Your Body is an Ocean | Nikita Gill  (via northernmade)

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Día 2- 

Campamento Serrano-Paine Grande.

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#732 by Robert M. Drake #rmdrake @rmdrk

New book “A Brilliant Madness” coming soon - November 2015. - Other books are now available through my etsy. The link can be found in my bio.

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I started wishing on the stars in the sky instead. I said to the sun, tell me about the Big Bang. The sun said, ‘It hurts to become.‘

Andrea Gibson, “I Sing the Body Electric, Especially When My Power’s Out” (via wordsnquotes)