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𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅.

Been having a lovely time showing @dogblesstheninetieskids around home, creating new memories + seeing family for the first time in ages 😊

“It’s summer now, and you’re craving a simpler existence. You want to read. You want to write. You want to meet strangers for dinner, and not refuse another drink at another bar. You want to dance. You want to find yourself in a basement, neck loose, bobbing your head as a group of musicians play, not because they should, but because they must. It’s summer now, and you’re looking forward to worrying less. You’re looking forward to longer nights and shorter days. You’re looking forward to gathering in back gardens and watching meat sputter on an open barbecue. You’re looking forward to laughing so hard your chest hurts and you feel light-headed. You’re looking forward to the safety in pleasure. You’re looking forward to forgetting, albeit briefly, the existential dread which plagues you, which tightens your chest, which pains your left side. You’re looking forward to forgetting that, leaving the house, you might not return intact. You’re looking forward to freedom, even if it is short, even if it might not last. You’re looking forward.”

— Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water

𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 / 𝐢 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭.