your friend lara

I see deer next to me while driving every night & every day I drive through a flock of geese

there is a new subdivision of 4000sqft houses that was forest pre-2019 (with a new cut-thru road)

there is a ton of forest buffer between everything waiting for the same fate

#raleighsprawlobservations

🙃🙃🙃

the straw that broke lara’s back today: I almost passed out at my brother’s derm appointment and then he almost passed out and then I almost passed out again and now I just want to cry forever

how do people who are very much atypical navigate a system that only knows how to serve typical

😭🤍

wow I seriously need help navigating healthcare and services for my dad and brother I can’t fucking do this by myself I am having a meltdown

re-upping this for anyone that wants to help out. looking for comments/thoughts on what amendments to focus efforts on - which ones to advocate against, and which ones could we improve, bigly.

Katie ready for the rest of the race.

Katie with the crowd.

Tonight, we got results that were even better than we hoped, and it’s likely to only get better.

Seattle, you showed up!

It’s clear that voters want change.

This is your city.

Join the campaign, and let’s get this done!

blue dragonfly on my finger in front of a boardwalk surrounded by green trees and brush

black salamander with yellow to blue stripes on a log

green frog (name, not color) and bunny in a swampy area

lightning bug on my hand in front of sidewalk

lake friends

I have been meaning to visit the Connections Museum!!

if only I could muster enough consistent executive function to actually follow through on the sparks of ideas like this I have haha we’ll see.

I could write an essay about Raleigh’s sprawl and what it does to your brain

I kinda want to

Election day is here! Primary turnout is low, so get your ballot to a drop box by 8 PM tonight to make sure your vote is counted!

how do I get the businesses near me to understand this

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and I fucking love the cacophony of summer night bugs and frogs and birds
I wish I could bring this home

I can’t remember the last time I saw lightning bugs!!!!! 🥰

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maybe different for edibles vs smoking? idk I get the effect I’m looking for with stuff I can easily buy here

no, at a random “cannabinoid” store lol

I guess this is the store I always go to so I’m not sure how common stores like this are, but I’m sure these products are sold at plenty of other stores

also it’s been 80 degrees and 90% humidity at midnight here

so many places I drive around Seattle are signed 25 or 35 but are designed for 55 and I fucking hate it

one thing I like about driving in NC is that (where I drive anyway) the road design speed usually matches the signed speed limit

I keep finding myself feeling uncomfortable even reaching the speed limit on some roads (the speed limit is usually 45)

Seward Park and nearby from an airplane

Mercer Island from an airplane

this is the only part of flying that I like

dinner is such a problem for me every damn day. the only thing that had solved this for me is Hello Fresh - no thinking required!! I’m trying to ween off of it now by cooking the recipes without the kit but that introduces so many decisions, measurements, errands, extra tasks, etc 😵‍💫😫

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after riding it a couple of times, Beach Drive is at the top of my list of places I won’t bike again. such scary driver behavior.

it’s frustrating because I want to be able to bike between Alki and Lincoln Park!!!

long shadows ahead of three people walking along the shoreline at golden hour in Lincoln Park with a ferry at the dock in the distance

thin crescent moon in the sky that has a little bit of light left in it with dark silhouettes of trees, powerlines, and houses

I fucking love living here

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a huge precision ground granite slab with stickers on it that say: “THIS WEIGHS 400LB” “WARNING: HEAVIER THAN GOD” “WARNING: HEAVIER THAN THE M87 BLACK HOLE”

I love the vibes at Second Use