grey 🌙

rip john calvin you would’ve loved the presbyterian disaster tshirt

well… the time has come 😪 got a new phone which means i had to leave my un-updated twitter app behind. will be on bluesky for good now. blue bird app i will miss you!! we had a good run!!!

left…. the country…??? 😭😭😭 keegan i want to bake you muffins or something :(

Keegan WHAT omg I’m so sorry 😭😭😭 sending you all of the hugs in the whole world 😭💔

enough with all the goodreads slander about how bad the app is!!! it’s simple, no frills, knows what it’s about. an artifact of a long gone 2012 app interface era that we could only dream of having back

color film photo of the cider press, truck of apples, and red coolers shot through a window

color film photo of the apple mash falling into a bucket from the red hammermill

color film photo of my dad’s hands stacking the wooden blocks onto the cider press

color film photo of the apples piled into the back of the truck

frames from last fall’s cider pressing party ♥️

atlanta, 2024

top right is an all-time favorite ❤️❤️❤️

mads in black cap and gown with red masters hood and tassel. a white dress peaks out from under the graduation gown. wearing cowboy boots (bc nashville) and standing in a brick cloister surrounded by greenery

mads in grad regalia with red hood standing in grassy field in front of magnolia trees

polaroid of mads in white floral dress sitting on stone steps, laughing at something off camera. dark brown hair is bob-length and down. there are trees behind that are blurred slightly

mads in floral white dress with head tilted and smiling in front of brick cloister. hair is down and dark brown bob-length

mads, mdiv.

a sign with an M on it that is definitely Mario adjacent

an upside down m, also known as a "wario symbol"

I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario

Cropped screenshot of a text I sent that’s a photo of a TikTok showing a typed and printed page of text with annotations that says “when he writes me a dumbass apology paragraph so i annotate it and give it back cuz stfu” and then my text simply says “biblical exegesis”

one of the biggest things you get out of teacher-school that it seems like you also get at divinity school is: "the people who need you most have not heard at all the things you've heard, loved, internalized 1000 times."

in order to help them you have to make fresh what is no longer fresh for you.

Remember to have love in your heart and listen to at least one CD today

Thanks

fomo 😔

shattered tf out of the back of my iphone (1/2)

shattered tf out of the back of my iphone (2/2)

it is just Very Fitting that this happened to my phone on the final day of january 2025. poetic even

This took my breath away

whew. really sad week in both the hospital and the world. deep breath—we made it. we are here, we are here, we are here

stopppp omg this would be so good 😭

photo of my copy of remarkably bright creatures

first book of 2025!

remarkably bright creatures by shelby van pelt
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

this book captured my heart, i loved every word. just so good. marcellus i Love You So Much

I cannot and will not comply with any law, regulation, or policy which might ever purport to prohibit me from supporting trans people of all ages. I cannot and will not comply with any demand that I should refuse to give to anyone in need who asks of me.

MATINS Not the sun merely but the earth itself shines, white fire leaping from the showy mountains and the flat road shimmering in early morning: is this for us only, to induce response, or are you stirred also, helpless to control yourself in earth's presence—1 am ashamed at what I thought you were, distant from us, regarding us as an experiment: it is a bitter thing to be the disposable animal, a bitter thing. Dear friend, dear trembling partner, what surprises you most in what you feel, earth's radiance or your own delight? For me, always the delight is the surprise.

Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

“I would say I am proud of the way I've let photography change me as a person and not just as an artist. I think photography is unique because the raw material of the medium is life itself - people, scenes, relationships, moments. All unique, all momentary, all messy, all imperfect. And when you have a camera in your hands, you are automatically invited in to this creative place that requires your care and attention— what is beautiful, interesting, meaningful, important, true about this moment? Photography makes you patient and kind (if you let it). I love letting this medium change and challenge me. I hope I never stop doing that.”

an interview i did recently went live! here is an excerpt! <3 (you can read the full thing here: nashvillevoyager.com/interview/co...)

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers never misses

a selfie of stevie (a puppy with brown fur and prick ears) and i (a young woman with fair skin and mid length blonde hair) from the day i adopted her last august!

a photo of stevie outside with her 22 inch bright yellow herding ball - her name is also embroidered on the side of the ball in white!

in my free time i love to cook, read, and spend time with my 9 month old rescue puppy stevie. happy to be here!! :)

a bit about me:

i am a nashville-based documentary portrait & wedding photographer! i am also pursuing an m.div where i am exploring the overlap between photography and chaplaincy. i work part time as a hospital chaplain as part of my degree which i really love. +

hi everybody!! first bluesky post! why does this feel like the first day of school