Midwest Manhattan

"Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:27:20 -0400

“Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of churches.”

- (via grizzlytales)

"He calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely that he’s forgotten yours."

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:25:51 -0400

“He calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely that he’s forgotten yours.”

- Louie Giglio (via eternalunfolding)

"Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance."

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:00 -0400

“Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

- Eckhart Tolle (via thatkindofwoman)

AHHHHHH

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:34:22 -0400

AHHHHHH

themodernexchange: Fontina and Blackberry Basil Smash Grilled...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:34:06 -0400

themodernexchange:

Fontina and Blackberry Basil Smash Grilled Cheese | How Sweet It Is

Julia forever.

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:32:01 -0400

Julia forever.

"Am I not among the early risers and the long-distance walkers? Have I not stood, amazed, as I..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:25:49 -0400

“

Am I not among the early risers
and the long-distance walkers?

Have I not stood, amazed, as I consider
the perfection of the morning star
above the peaks of the houses, and the crowns of the trees
blue in the first light?
Do I not see how the trees tremble, as though
sheets of water flowed over them
though it is only wind, that common thing,
free to everyone, and everything?

Have I not thought, for years, what it would be
worthy to do, and then gone off, barefoot and with a silver pail,
to gather blueberries,
thus coming, as I think, upon a right answer?

What will ambition do for me that the fox, appearing suddenly
at the top of the field,
her eyes sharp and confident as she stared into mine,
has not already done?

What countries, what visitations,
what pomp
would satisfy me as thoroughly as Blackwater Woods
on a sun-filled morning, or, equally, in the rain?

Here is an amazement–––once I was twenty years old and in
every motion of my body there was a delicious ease,
and in every motion of the green earth there was
a hint of paradise,
and now I am sixty years old, and it is the same.

Above the modest house and the palace–––the same darkness.
Above the evil man and the just, the same stars.
Above the child who will recover and the child who will
not recover, the same energies roll forward,
from one tragedy to the next and from one foolishness to the next.

I bow down.

Have I not loved as though the beloved could vanish at any moment,
or become preoccupied, or whisper a name other that mine
in the stretched curvatures of lust, or over the dinner table?
Have I ever taken good fortune for granted?

Have I not, every spring, befriended the swarm that pours forth?
Have I not summoned the honey-man to come, to hurry,
to bring with him the white and comfortable hive?

And while I waited, have I not leaned close, to see everything?
Have I not been stung as I watched their milling and gleaming,
and stung hard?

Have I not been ready always at the iron door,
not knowing to what country it opens–––to death or to more life?

Have I ever said that the day was too hot or too cold
or the night too long and as black as oil anyway,
or the morning, washed blue and emptied entirely
of the second-rate, less than happiness

as I stepped down from the porch and set out along
the green paths of the world?

”

- “Am I Not Among the Early Risers”

Mary Oliver

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:52:29 -0400

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:46:07 -0400

principlesofaesthetics: sheseespretty: Aurora Sansone Great...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:45:02 -0400

principlesofaesthetics:

sheseespretty:

Aurora Sansone

Great style

noesjazzmeandering: Lester Young & the Oscar Peterson Trio...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:43:15 -0400

noesjazzmeandering:

Lester Young & the Oscar Peterson Trio - On The Sunny Side Of The Street

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:43:07 -0400

dailyfrenchie: Theo: What ya eatin’? by Romek

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:43:18 -0400

dailyfrenchie:

Theo: What ya eatin’?

by Romek

vineetkaur: summer

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:40:47 -0400

vineetkaur:

summer

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:40:36 -0400

"…And love is something awful which one dares not touch so early o’ mornings."

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:42:52 -0400

“…And love is something awful which one dares not touch so early o’ mornings.”

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

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Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:09:16 -0400

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:09:11 -0400

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via whisperry)

ami-cienfuegos: Billie Holiday - I’ll Be Seeing You

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:09:07 -0400

ami-cienfuegos:

Billie Holiday - I’ll Be Seeing You

" Be great in little things. "

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:09:03 -0400

““ Be great in little things. ””

- Francis Xavier (via wendesgray)