you're gonna rattle the stars, you are

reassuring ghosts and haunted houses

fish recorded singing dawn chorus on reefs just like birds

what people around the world dream about

poet and philosopher david whyte on anger, forgiveness, and what maturity really means

oranges are orange, salmon are salmon

how memories persist where bodies and even brains do not

the avant-garde musical legacy of the moomins

the weight of our living: on hope, fire escapes, and visible desperation

disturbed minds and disruptive bodies

what is better ー a happy life or a meaningful one?

after my dad died, i started sending him emails. months later, someone wrote me back

on the igbo art of storytelling

what the caves are trying to tell us

promethean beasts — how animal uses of fire help illuminate human pyrocognition

the art of loving and losing female friends

on memorizing poetry

the ecological imagination of hayao miyazaki

reading in the age of constant distraction

holly warburton illustrates tender moments of love and light

romancing the fig: what one fruit can tell us about love, life and human civilization

mystery and birds: 5 ways to practice poetry

can a plant remember? this one seems to — here's the evidence

why female cannibals frighten and fascinate

when you give a tree an email adress

No Pain Killers Available

Gotta Stay Quiet To Avoid Discovery

Feverish Delirium And Mumbling

Cowboy Medicine: Whiskey Internally & Externally Applied

Huddling For Warmth

Desperate Hand-Holding

“Breathe, Just Breathe”

Protectively Cradling A Broken Arm

The Word ‘Winced’

Whimpering

“Easy, Easy There”

Being Carried; Bridal, Fireman’s, Two-Person, Doesn’t Matter- Being Carried

Coughing, or, God-Forbid, Sneezing, With Broken Ribs

Fainting

Waking Up Not Knowing Where They Are

Animal Attack

DIY Bullet-Removal

Field-Medicine in General

Blankets/Shirt Collar Shifting Just Enough To Have Bandages Peeking Out

Gentle Shushing

Needing Help To Drink From A Glass

Brushing Hair From Brow

Collapsing Off Of Horse

Dramatic Irony Injury Reveal (Audience Knows About It But Other Characters Do Not)

Frantically Feeling For Breath Or Pulse

-The comforting one watching the hurt one sleep and feeling incredibly ~fond~

Stubbornly Standing Only To Have Their Legs Give Out And Being Hastily Caught/Supported

“We Still Haven’t Settled Who’s The Superior Rival–So…S-so Don’t You Dare Die On Me!”

The Worst-Injured Character Half-Conscious And Begging To Know If The Others Are Okay

Lips/Cheek-To-Forehead Temperature-Checking

Taking Off Shirts To Change Bandages

Smoldering Sexy Gentleness

Platonic Tender Gentleness

Waking Up Bandaged In Somebody Else’s House/Bed

Soft, Funny, Dumbass Comfort After Painful Hurt

The Rough Character Holding The Injured Soft Character Gently And Breaking Down Over Them

The Soft Character Holding The Injured Rough Character Protectively Close With The Spark Of Protective Rage In Their Eyes.

Holding Hands And Eye Contact To Endure Through Pain

Insisting You’re Healed Enough, Time To Make This UST Into RST

Insisting That No, They’re Still Too Hurt And The Audience Needs To Stew More

Amnesia Of Basically Any Variety–Funny, Tragic, Sexy, Infuriatingly Ill-timed

Loopy/Forgetful/Over-Affectionate On Pain Meds

CHASE: House says you were lying. I believe him. FOREMAN: What’s that? You got a little wet smudge at the end of your nose.