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The written word is an act of resistance.
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I bet this guy is pretty mindful of how wet his shoes are right now.
[four posts in and just now posting to social media, pro blogger am i right?]
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[four posts in and just now posting to social media, pro blogger am i right?]
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Mindfulness for Overthinkers (Like Me)
Mindfulness isn’t about perfection. It’s not about having a perfectly still mind, or noticing things for exactly five minutes. Sometimes it’s not even about noticing anything poetic like gravity or th...
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March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I bet this guy is pretty mindful of how wet his shoes are right now.
[four posts in and just now posting to social media, pro blogger am i right?]
www.bravenewwords.ink/being-mindfu...
[four posts in and just now posting to social media, pro blogger am i right?]
www.bravenewwords.ink/being-mindfu...
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i’ve been trying to romanticize things in my everyday life to make me want to do them more/so i stay on track with my goals. one of my goals is to read more again so i made some tea, lit a candle, have some lofi on and made a cozy lil section to sit and read 😌
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
i’ve been trying to romanticize things in my everyday life to make me want to do them more/so i stay on track with my goals. one of my goals is to read more again so i made some tea, lit a candle, have some lofi on and made a cozy lil section to sit and read 😌
A handwritten love letter means never having to say "wrong number sorry"
I once received a long and eloquent text from a young man grieving his harsh fate in being forbidden by his parents to court me. With many emojis he consigned me to the loving care of Allah and prayed that one day he might be permitted to see me again.
Followed immediately by "wrong number sorry"
Followed immediately by "wrong number sorry"
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A handwritten love letter means never having to say "wrong number sorry"
Sloppy opsec goes way back, even to handwritten notes.
In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sloppy opsec goes way back, even to handwritten notes.
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Happy #PostboxSaturday, folks! We went to see the White Horse of Osmington and found a sweet little Victorian postbox in the village of Sutton Poyntz, the inspiration for Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major. What tales these little portals of communication could tell! ☺️📮🎩📚🐴
March 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday, folks! We went to see the White Horse of Osmington and found a sweet little Victorian postbox in the village of Sutton Poyntz, the inspiration for Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet-Major. What tales these little portals of communication could tell! ☺️📮🎩📚🐴
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got a box for index cards and some dividers so i can record and organize my ideas in the most unhinged way possible
March 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
got a box for index cards and some dividers so i can record and organize my ideas in the most unhinged way possible
Proof that writing is rebellion. Thank you for sharing the history here @algreen.house.gov
Elizabeth Chandler, a Quaker from DE, used her penmanship to advocate for abolitionism. Her poem “The Slave Ship,” gained national attention, exposing the horrors suffered by the captured and enslaved during the Slave Trade. 159 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD
March 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Proof that writing is rebellion. Thank you for sharing the history here @algreen.house.gov
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In case you need a break from the awfulness, here's an embroidered jellyfish I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.
March 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In case you need a break from the awfulness, here's an embroidered jellyfish I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.
Coming soon: a space for thoughtful communication, connection, and intentional living. And letters. Lots of handwritten letters.
March 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Coming soon: a space for thoughtful communication, connection, and intentional living. And letters. Lots of handwritten letters.