Spicy Isopod Zone

What's this? The red-lined bubble snail (Bullina lineata), a marine gastropod. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

Meow

Jellyfish mosaic tile piece, Havana, Cuba. From Great Houses of Havana.

photograph by Hamad Azam

This february has been dreary, please have some rainbows

so majestic

photograph by Mike Day

This is the stages of change model, with each circle being a part of the process of growth. You'll notice how relapse is not a failing of the model, or a set back, but an active step in continuing to grow and change. Everytime you relapse, you learn something; maybe a certain time of year is difficult for you. Maybe certain people push you back into the habit. Maybe your other coping skills/replacement habits didn't work how you wanted and you need to strengthen them, or develop new ones. Maybe it's not quite as clear cut and you need to spend the time figuring out what exactly went wrong so you can catch it next time. It doesn't matter the exact lesson, but it's part of the process.

Meteor Shower, oil on panel by Mia Bergeron

Silver Charm Moth Necklace by AlisonStorryJewelry

Tao Siqi (Chinese, 1994) - White Tail (2021)

For reference: colors produced using dyes available in the Middle Ages. [source]

And this is also stigmatized because it's believed you need to find someone attractive to have any drive to have sex with them! Like! No! Some of us are just more interested in their ability to perform what arouses us!

Erdem, Resort 2024