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Calm on the surface, paddling wildy underneath.

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Written by R. M. Drake

Dog People

"You're needed. You're important. You're enough ❤️

A few months after my dog died, one of my best friends asked me, "What was the best thing about loving your dog?" I lit a cigarette I didn't plan to finish and stared at the leash still hanging by the door. "It's how they make you feel alive," I said.

Not in the dramatic, overblown way people like to talk about. No fireworks, no revelations. Just the small things. The sound of their paws trailing behind you, the way they press into your side when the world feels like too much. They don't ask for too much. They don't complain or hurt you in the ways people do. They just show up, every damn day, and remind you that even in the chaos of it all, you're needed. You're important. You're enough.

And when they're gone, that's when you really get it. The house feels too big. The air feels too still. But you wouldn't trade it. Not a second of it. Because for a while, they gave you something you didn't even know you were looking for a reason to stay grounded. To keep going. To keep searching for more.

That's the best thing. They make the world bearable in the little time you share together. They make everything feel... a little less cold. And I'm still grateful for that.

November 24, 2024 at 3:24 AM

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#SteveThoughts

November 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM

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This blooms reliably every year, even though she's at least 40 years old ❤️
#thanksgivingcactus

Large, green thanksgiving cactus with pink blooms on some of its stalks.

Close up of the blooms. They are star shaped, extending out to a yellow pistol capped with a pink tip.

November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM

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@johnroedel.bsky.social is here, and he is a fantastic writer. You're definitely going to want to follow him ❤️

Hope doesn't ask
us for much

except to just keep
the door unlocked.

-john roedel

November 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM

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Written by Caitlin Seida, one of my favorites.

Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat
by Caitlin Seida

Hope is not the thing with feathers
That comes home to roost
When you need it most.

Hope is an ugly thing
With teeth and claws and
Patchy fur that’s seen some shit.

It’s what thrives in the discards
And survives in the ugliest parts of our world,
Able to find a way to go on
When nothing else can even find a way in.

It’s the gritty, nasty little carrier of such
diseases as
optimism, persistence,
Perseverance and joy,
Transmissible as it drags its tail across
your path
and
bites you in the ass.

Hope is not some delicate, beautiful bird,
Emily.
It’s a lowly little sewer rat
That snorts pesticides like they were
Lines of coke and still
Shows up on time to work the next day
Looking no worse for wear.

November 18, 2024 at 5:10 AM

Ange

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Meet Butters. He's turning 13 on Christmas Eve. This guy has been with me since he was 6 weeks old. He sits, high fives, rolls over, and comes when you call his name. What he can't do is butt wiggle or catch mice. Orange #cats are always unusual but lovely ❤️

Large, fluffy, soft orange colored cat with a white chest and chin. He's looking intently just past the camera with his green eyes. He's perched like a gargoyle on the very corner of a table.

November 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM

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Steve has arrived!

November 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM

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Meet Gerty, she just turned 13. Gerty was abandoned in a parking lot a year ago, too fat to move and terrified. She went through extensive rehab, had her teeth fixed, and made her way to my home to have a safe and happy retirement.
Old #cats make the best snuggle buddies.