30.07.22

30.07.22

“‘I wonder if it will be—can be—any more beautiful than this,’ murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom ‘home’ must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.” —L.M. Montgomery

Jet lag’s a bitch, but I’m back in the prairies. Now I’ve got a month to spend with family and prepare for law school. Unsolicited advice for future solicitors is welcome.

- Mahmoud Darwish from 'Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut c. 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi)

IT IS AUGUST. MY LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE. I CAN FEEL IT.

pj harding & noah cyrus / eileen myles /  listy tamtego lata / gillian flynn / raeganspoetry / poetryatmost / william brewer

13.09.22

“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” —Harper Lee

Spent a satisfying day rolling a boulder up a hill finishing up my readings for Thursday. I’m staying caught up, but my prof’s description of law school as learning through submersion was quite accurate.

Katherine Larson, from Radial Symmetry; “Gardens in Tunisia”

[Text ID: “There are days that walk through me / and I cannot hold them.”]

AUGUST: THE TRUE ENDING OF A YEAR

unknown / @nobodysflower / paul d'amato / mary oliver / @gaycommunist / justine kurland / @sioltach / alida nugent / raymond carver