@lbbetter.bsky.social
Nail polished obsessed, pet enthusiast who is in all likelihood drinking too much tea, burying herself in books, and trying not to dissociate as the world burns.
My spouse had oral surgery yesterday, so we're on a liquid and soft foods diet. Tonight I made homemade mashed potatoes and paired it with some cheddar broccoli soup. It may the best thing I ever put in my mouth. #itsalwaysouptimesomewhere
04.04.2025 23:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've been listening to #RachelChinouriri 's last album on repeat for the last three days. No I will not be taking questions. #itsamood
01.04.2025 18:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Went to trim the herbs today, and my borage is flowering. Should I let it flower or cut it? I've heard their flowers are tasty on salad, but never had them before. Hmm. #hydroponics #herbgarden #indoorgarden
27.03.2025 18:43 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
There really is nothing better than fresh sourdough that's been toasted in butter on a skillet.
23.03.2025 21:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations! 🎉
15.03.2025 18:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I just did a heavy trim of my little #hydroponic herb garden. It's growing like crazy. Made a chimichurri with the borage and dill for salmon tonight.
15.03.2025 18:30 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lux is enjoying her #caturday in the sun. #catposting
08.03.2025 18:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"No phone, only pets" #catposting
06.03.2025 15:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quatuor pour la fin du temps - Quartet for the End of Time 5: Louange à l'éternité de Jesus by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) Here's another example of music as a form of spiritual resistance so moving it stops me in my tracks. The French composer Olivier Messiaen was thirty-one and a prisoner of war when he wrote this. When France fell in 1940 he had been rounded up and deported to a German camp located some seventy miles east of Dresden. Among his fellow prisoners in Stalag VIII-A were a clarinettist, Henri Akoka; a violinist, Jean le Boulaire; and a cellist, Étienne Pasquier. Messiaen managed to procure some paper and a small pencil from a sympathetic German guard named Karl-Erich Brüll and in circumstances it's impossible to comprehend, put together the work that many consider to be his masterpiece. It is an unusual combination - clarinet, violin, piano, cello - and not without its challenges when it comes to both textural blend and sound balance. But those were the instruments at Messiaen's disposal in the camp. Playing battered, makeshift and out-of-tune instruments, the musicians premiered the work on the evening of 15 January 1941, outdoors. There was rain falling and snow on the ground. Reports vary on how many fellow prisoners of war were in the audience in Hut 27 that evening but it seems somewhere between 150 and 400: French, German, Polish and Czech men from all strata of society, huddled together in their threadbare uniforms, on which was stitched 'K. G.' or 'Kriegsgefangene', meaning prisoner of war. One audience member later recalled: 'We were all brothers.' Messiaen was a composer whose religious faith never left him, and the work is laced with the language and spirit of redemption. I've chosen this cello and piano movement, 'Praise to the eternity of Jesus', as a place to start.
i have seen people saying "how can you think of music [art, travel, meals, etc.] when our government is evil?"
because that is literally why we fight. even in the darkest hours, people crave connection and beauty. this government is trying to kill that in you. do not let them.
I think I'm going to cultivate a happy place here. I think we all could use it in these trying times. So have an upbeat song from The Cure this morning.
05.03.2025 16:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I don't know what I want to use this space for just yet, but my nails looked pretty today, so we're going with that for now. Featuring Cracked Polish Pushin' Pop and Dam Nail Polish Regret Nothing, Life Is Short.
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