History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve

you can’t tell me bitty doesn’t grow a row of potted herbs near the kitchen window. 

at first he gets them bc they remind him of his mama’s kitchen

then he remembers how much he likes fresh herbs for cooking

then he starts getting v/ attached

he almost cries when he knocks over the basil

a few weeks after he gets the first few some start wilting and die

he replaces them. same thing.

bitty tries watering them more

bitty tries watering them less

bitty tries moving them to the shade

bitty tries moving them outside

nursey sits on them. they go back into the kitchen

it’s not until holster and ransom are in the kitchen with him, waiting like pie vultures

bitty grabs a mint leaf to chew on

h&r look like he’s just kicked a puppy

“bitty,,,, just ate mario lemint”

apparently, the whole haus has gotten attached and taken it upon themselves to overwater bitty’s herbs behind his back

other names include:

alexander ovechives

sidney parsley

“no shitty i won’t grow weed, even if i could”

the opposite of a green thumb: shitty has it

“why can lardo water them and i can’t??”

lardo & bitty are the only ones who know how much to water them

everyone else overwaters or underwaters, and in shitty’s case-

“last time you touched the poor basil i swear it wilted on the spot”

jack gets weirdly into it as well

in true jack fashion:

jack: bitty likes these plants

jack: these plants make bitty happy

jack: i must buy More Plants

the herb collection mysteriously starts expanding. no one knows who buys the new ones. 

bitty, staring at the twenty-three potted herbs overflowing the kitchen window, including fives different types of mint: ???!?

i think it’s sort of unanimous that bitty helped jack with kitting out his kitchen in providence

jack, handing bitty the rosemary: this one smells nice

bitty: (●♡∀♡)

eventually bitty gets a little less rigorous about watering the haus herbs

until dex, who sets up a watering/repotting/general maintenance manual for bitty’s herbs. 

there’s also a color-coded schedule

chowder follows it rigorously

dex and chowder end up inheriting the herbs when bitty leaves

bitty has made many improvements to the haus. most things, like the curtains, don’t survive

- what time it is

- how long you’ve been reading

- how many chapters you’ve covered in the last 24 hours

- what you were late for because you were reading

- the woeful few hours you have left to sleep

- the emotional outbreaks you’re experiencing

- the inappropriate place you’re having said outbreak

- the general public’s reaction to your outbreak

“It sure would!”

Gosh, imaginary reader, I agree! And you know what?

MISS MAJOR IS *ALSO* A TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR WHO WAS AT STONEWALL, AND SHE’S STILL ALIVE AND AMAZING AND I ALMOST NEVER SEE ANYBODY MENTION HER

And yes, that’s her Instagram, @missmajor1. And yes, you can look her up on Facebook under Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and she even follows back 😮

Looks like she’s even on Twitter, @immissmajor.

From missmajor.net:

“Miss Major is a veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion and a survivor of Attica State Prison, a former sex worker, an elder, and a community leader and human rights activist.

Miss Major’s personal story and activism for transgender civil rights intersects LGBT struggles for justice and equality from the 1960s to today. At the center of her activism is her fierce advocacy for her girls, trans women of color who have survived police brutality and incarceration in men’s jails and prisons.

Miss Major is formerly the long-time executive director of the San Francisco-based Transgender Gender-Variant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), which advocates for trans women of color in and outside of prison. She is also the subject of a new documentary feature film currently showing around the country, MAJOR!”

She even has a GoFundMe, where people make one-time or recurring monthly donations to support this activist legend through her retirement:

https://www.gofundme.com/MsMajorRetirement

You do not have to apologize for the books you choose to read.

At all.  To anyone.  You owe nobody any explanations; you need no excuse or “good reason” to be reading the book.

You do not have to be ashamed for wanting to read “bad” books.  You wanna read Twilight?  We got Twilight.  Need a banal, cookie-cutter-plot mystery or thriller?  Those are always fun.  Our regulars check them out by the towering stack.  Ask Betty for recommendations; she’s read them all.  50 Shades of Oh Fucking No?  We’ve got it, we even got it in large print.  Have fun.  Check out the rest of our porn too.  Oh, and the sex manuals are a MUST if you want to “experiment” yourself.  Don’t be afraid to ask; they’re here for a reason.

Want to read a book written by a huge asshole everyone hates and agree was a monster?  Yeah, we have those.  No, we don’t think you’re an asshole for wanting to know what was actually written in there, or judging things for yourself.

You are not too old for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Babysitter’s Club, or Captain Underpants.  You are not too young for Sherlock Holmes.  There’s nothing wrong with a boy reading The Princess Academy or Sweet Valley High.  There’s nothing wrong with a girl being into The Hardy Boys or Artemis Fowl instead.

some but not all cool things nobody ever thinks of:

put hand sanitizer or a sink in the accessible bathroom stall, or alcohol wipes outside of it. people who cannot use their legs have to use unwashed hands to roll to the sink, and people who can use their legs are afraid to walk out of stalls because they get harassed and even assaulted.

enough space for wheelchair in doorway…AND ARMS. HOW DO YOU THINK THE WHEELCHAIR MOVES! if I cannot roll through it without scraping my arms it is not accessible

brick paths suck the end

gravel paths suck. make it smooth

a ramp is not accessible if it is too steep. not every wheelchair user is ripped enough or capable of using muscles enough to propel themselves up a steep angle safely. some wheelchair users have heart issues. you want heart attacks? this is how you get them

perfect 90 degree turns suck and are often impossible to turn through

some wheelchairs have foot rests. account for them

wheelchair accessible means wheelchair accessible while alone. if you expect someone to have to be helped out to use your facility, that is not acceptable or accessible