Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

"Bringing more Presence into your life may be one of the most important acts of kindness you can do for yourself." — Eckhart Tolle ##mindfulness ##wellness ##stressrelief

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

Ursula K. Le Guin .

they’re calling it a PhD

Went back down to the Sister Bridges in #Pittsburgh tonight and the lights were SO much more vibrant than last night. It was amazing to see the new colors as they reflected in the Allegheny River. Highly recommend going down to check them out.

If you’re feeling a bit hopeless/doomed by ‘the world’, here’s some light.

‘The world, with all its evils, is vast & terrible, but there is a corner of it that you can tend, that you can preserve with your heart & your mind.’

All those corners = community. ❤️

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).