Fishful Thinking

Kindness is a choice. Let's make it.

The ability to have nice conversations with strangers and especially store employees will save your everyday life from greyness

you really do turn thirty and everything is different and sometimes better. if you're in line for thirty stay in line bro

We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

she drives me nornal

has anyone noticed recently that it's expensive

times like these really make you appreciate pouring river water in your socks

My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

seeing wildflowers and birds and critters and sunsets really can keep you going