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"My son, my son, where did you go? Did the Lord take thy spirit up to heaven for his eternal glory, Or does thy soul linger in the vast emptiness of purgatory? A place lost to time, where His light does not show. Father, I pray thee, where is he? I am no Abraham, and he no Isaac, But flesh of my flesh, and bone of my bone, Not fathers of faith, just followers of stone Paths laid before us in reality known. Where did you take him, oh Lord? Do tell, so I may sail the Stix and find his spirit myself  And return him to this realm. How I wish to embrace him, and never let him go as if he were a babe  At my breast once again. Why did you take my son from me, oh Lord? Did you not feel the pain of yours when he was on that cross? When thorns burrowed,  And his brow furrowed,  Begging for mercy as he faced the sin of the world. You, oh God, held the comfort that his return was near, But what have I? No son, no hope, no reassurance. Why must I be scorned for my condition, And why must he settle the debt, of which you set After you completed creation? What of those like me, like Mary? Blessed with a gift, Greater than our minds understand for it to be ripped From us brutally by your will. Though the actions were carried by flesh, It was you who let them possess such dark intentions to rift  Through the sacred bond of parent and child. So now, in my funeral clothing, I shall commit my last sin, In hopes to see my son again.  So below I will go, and there up above, In search of my love, To make my heart whole once more."

Forsaken - S.R., 2023

"Nihilist Heron" 12"x16" acrylic, conté crayon, wax pastel on reclaimed support

Herons have captured my attention lately. I love their feathers and shapes.

12/26/2023

Merry Late Christmas my dear readers!

The too-short holiday weekend was great for me, and I hope it was great for you as well! I'm back in the office writing this, but I'm thinking of starting something new, just in time for the new year. I would like to build up my audience more first, but maybe starting up a study/reading/writing livestream or video uploads onto YouTube would be nice? Ideally I would go to a library and record, as I have two noisy pups and thin walls at my apartment. A coffee shop wouldn't be bad either, I'd just hate having to ask the workers and dealing with other customers. I would also have to buy the recording equipment and make time for video editing. What do you guys think?

To go into more detail about my holiday, I met my partner's paternal side of the family for the first time. They're definitely a high energy group, but I was able to keep up! Unfortunately I've had a cold (not COVID) since Friday, so I've had the sniffles, a raspy voice, and a bad cough the whole time. I was gifted a bottle of Crown from father in-law, which was definitely unexpected, but my best friend said that its best with Sprite or 7Up, so we'll see! Since this celebration was out of town from us (3hrs of driving plus 1.5hrs of EV charging), we ended up arriving home at midnight, so I'm exhausted!

How was your holiday? Be sure to let me know!

Bear Selfies Captured By Camera Traps

I don't know who needs to hear this but your brain is lying to you and you don't need to wait until there's a round number on the clock to go the fuck to bed or start that project or eat a meal.

Get up and do it now.

The chickatree is all atwitter 🎵🐦🎄

Goddesses of Victory, 19th century

Ludwig Schwanthaler (1802 - 1848)

Holding her books like her first and only lover

Don't hmu unless you're tryna be like this

Painted Lockets // Eloise Rosanna

I don't interact with a lot of people now, I have a small circle of good friends, my family and my books. Less people in your life means less drama; drama that disturbs you and give you unnecessary anxiety and worries. Invest yourself emotionally where you are loved. No need to fit in as it will ruin your life. Focus on improving yourself, and you will meet your kind of people. Life settles down and eventually becomes better when we start to connect with ourselves.

@scribblersobia

Victorian Christmas at Tyntesfield 🎄

if i don't romanticize it, it will kill me

Romance brewing over a cup of tea (raining season + old songs + us) that's the love which we believe where everything is good, everything is blue, everything is melody...

Love is not about everything good like a cherry on a cake which we read and listen, its all about the flaws and disagreements and still choose to stay in love woh kehtae hai na acceptance and respect is the key. It's all about falling, growing and holding each other into a relationship, how love changes with time and still you choose to stay and be a back of each other and uplift them..

Under roofs of Paris, four windows (2012), by photographer, PHILIPPE ALES

12/21/23

Writing this one in the morning so not a lot of todays activities will be recorded. Last night I completed my cookie boxes! I love baking, but unfortunately I'm not that social, so I just made four for my coworkers and two for my partner to take to work. I made some homemade peanut butter cookies (intended to be peanut butter blossoms but I didn't have enough Hershey kisses), cranberry/apricot/walnut biscotti dipped in dark chocolate, yules logs filled with biscoff cookies, cranberry, and walnuts, and some ginger snaps! I also made some chocolate popcorn (something my mom always made around the holidays) but it wouldn't fit in the boxes so I bagged them and taped them to the lids. I was able to hand them to two of my coworkers; one will be coming in later and the other will not be in today, but I can hand it over tomorrow.

This weekend/Christmas holiday I will be meeting my partner's paternal side of the family for the first time! I'm very excited to meet them. I've met the maternal side a couple times and they're so much fun! On the other hand, this will be my first Christmas away from my own family. Thankfully my dad has a partner he can spend the holiday with, but we will both be sad to be apart from one another. I will have to visit him next month when I can.

Since I've got a long trip ahead from Christmas Day, it'll give me a chance to put a big dent through the book I'm currently reading, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. I'm just over half way through and after flipping through the rest of the book, it looks like it'll be an easy read to completion.

Lots of things to do! I might not be active the next few days (as stated in my blog announcements), so take care of yourselves!

Instagram credit: abookandadream

12/19/23

Writing this during my last thirty minutes of work!

The past couple of days I've been battling a cough and a runny nose so I've been poudning down some dayquil every few hours. On top of that my migraines are coming back after about a month of freedom.

All these ailments will of course hit right when I want to make cookie boxes for work! I plan on making some biscotti, brownies, ginger snaps and more. I think I have to start tonight to be able to make them all in time for Thursday, so I think I will start with the biscotti tonight. While I'm baking I could also watch the rest of the Crown that released recently!

I also need to finish the laundry I started yesterday. Sadly, I'm probably going to need to rewash them.

Chores, work and other daily things don't really give me much time to express my thoughts so I thought to give it a shot through here. I'm toying with the idea of a public diary and visual expressions blog that I hope other might be able to relate to. I'd be happy to talk with anyone who might see this or anything going forward!