Alex

Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."

11.01.2025 16:18 — 👍 19403    🔁 3072    💬 230    📌 172

Photo of an upright piano and bench tucked into the corner of a room.

After decades without, I have one of these in my life again.

I am ridiculously happy about it.

16.01.2025 21:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’ve seen various posts showing charred pages of text. That this was music made it somehow both more beautiful and sad.

14.01.2025 09:06 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A close-up of a charred fragment of sheet music held in the palm of a woman’s hand.

On Saturday, this floated into my yard. I keep thinking about who it might have belonged to and hoping they are OK.

A friend said to frame it, but it was much too fragile. It crumbled to pieces not long after I took the photo.

It stopped long enough to be seen and remembered. And now it’s gone.

14.01.2025 08:57 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal

01.12.2024 18:58 — 👍 3065    🔁 939    💬 55    📌 104

Oh, that face!

16.11.2024 19:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Black Mary Jane shoes with cat faces on the front

These are my favorite shoes. They walk me into the most splendid adventures!

12.06.2024 03:19 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Awww, I have such a soft spot for the sweet brindle babies!

26.05.2024 23:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Octavia's Bookshelf Pasadena's first independent bookstore highlighting BIPOC authors. Located at 1361 North Hill Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104.

www.octaviasbookshelf.com

26.05.2024 13:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I should have added this is the sign outside Octavia’s Bookshelf in Pasadena. It’s so lovely!

Go. You’l be happy you did.

26.05.2024 13:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A freestanding sign on the sidewalk. White text on a black background reads, “You just passed a bookstore. Are you OK?”

This was one of yesterday’s delights

26.05.2024 12:23 — 👍 135    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 0