Where do you find peace? 1. quietly reading 2. sleeping & dreaming 3. forests & wandering 4. drinking & pondering

Where do you find peace? 1. quietly reading 2. sleeping & dreaming 3. forests & wandering 4. drinking & pondering

What do you like to shop for, besides books? 1. fancy daggers 2. collectible goblin bones 3. cheese, mostly 4. even more books

A moment of quiet for #ForestFriday

You deserve a break today. So break free of the chrysalis of your human form and crawl out into the world as a beautiful and terrible new creature of your own creation.

All we can do is try our best with what little time we have. Volunteer with a worthy cause. Donate to your favorite charities. Become the most haunted creature in a haunted forest, and spread fear and wonder in equal measure.

Get your art, writing, and music out there, no matter what it takes. If it finds even one person who needs it, then the struggle is worth it.

If you like spending time with us, why not try eternity, in our new River Side Retirement Home and Mausoleum!

What do you like to shop for, besides books? 1. fancy daggers 2. collectible goblin bones 3. cheese, mostly 4. even more books

Sure, the world may be falling apart, but don't let that stop you from being kind. Don't let it stop you from searching for magic. Don't let it stop you from building a wizard tower out of books and gaining untold powers.

What's your vibe? 1. bookish malcontent 2. wandering moss heap 3. misplaced time traveler 4. exhausted shadow

Life is all about perspective. If you think about it, the monster under the bed probably thinks of you as the monster over its head.

Life is what you make it. So make art, make mischief, make mistakes, and make a wild rumpus that everyone will remember.

Your daily affirmation: Like a pearl hiding in a shell in the vast ocean, you are one small beautiful thing waiting to be discovered.

What's your vibe? 1. bookish malcontent 2. wandering moss heap 3. misplaced time traveler 4. exhausted shadow

There are many ways to improve your life. Turning your yard into a wildlife sanctuary for displaced forest horrors is one such way.

If you're looking to be noticed in the world, one way to do that is to wrestle an elderly raccoon at the park. People will definitely notice that.

Your daily affirmation: Don't doubt yourself. This is one job that other folk will be only too happy to help you with.

Life is about finding balance. And the best way to balance out the heaviness of work & responsibility on one side of the scale is with plenty of books, burritos, and boozy milkshakes on the other.

There's no time like the present to tell people you love them, or to follow a ghostly pale fox into the old forest and begin a new life among the wild folk of the wood. Or you could do both. It's up to you.

Your daily fortune: Don't fight the winds. Flow with them, become a bat-winged nightmare, and rule the night skies forevermore.

What kind of games do you like to play? 1. tabletop 2. mind 3. dirty 4. dangerous

What kind of games do you like to play? 1. tabletop 2. mind 3. dirty 4. dangerous

For the last time, the decorative water fountain in the lobby should NOT be used for bathing, body shaving, or reenacting famous naval battles.

It's ok if you haven't accomplished much today. It's ok to take care of yourself. It's ok to learn about old magic and the secret ways of the wood. It's ok to build a den of twigs & wildflowers and rest for at least 1,000 years.

Most economists agree that by the time you're 50, you should be living in a book-filled cottage at the edge of the forest and solving minor mysteries in your village with the aid of a curious talking cat.

Life is about seizing opportunity. If the mossy ancient horror who protects local forests wants you to take over when they retire, you have to be ready to shamble into the gloom.

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” ― Rachel Carson

What could you use more of right now? 1. books & time to read them 2. peace, love, & understanding 3. curly fries & cash 4. all of the above & Muppets

You could go to work today, or you could disappear into a mysterious fog that surrounds a haunted coastal village. Life is about making choices.

It's never too late to start over. It's never too late to choose a new career path. It's never too late to become a legendary creature who lives in a lake and bestows enchanted swords to worthy folk who wander by.

Secret paths to other worlds do exist, and it's up to us to keep searching.

There is nothing wrong with you. You are not broken. The world that should offer free art classes for everyone, a cozy library in every neighborhood, and an enchanted old-growth forest on the edge of each town is broken.

It's ok to wear enchanted wigs. It's ok to grow out your antlers and fangs. It's ok to wander the misty woods looking for bones to snack on. It's also ok to not feel ok all the time. You belong.

Your daily affirmation: Don't give up on your dreams. There's a lonely lighthouse for you to go slowly mad in somewhere out there.

Celebrate the small things in life. Did you manage to tie your shoes successfully, or avoid being eaten by a weird plant monster in the forest? Those are wins.

What could you use more of right now? 1. books & time to read them 2. peace, love, & understanding 3. curly fries & cash 4. all of the above & Muppets

You know what they say: When times are tough, the tough build a pillow fort, stock it with tea & books, and hide inside until things are less tough.

What's your vibe? 1. witch of the wilds 2. bookstore vampire 3. wistful night owl 4. ghost without a haunt

There is magic in the air. There are phantoms in the fog. There are spirits in trees, mountains, and rivers. There are mysteries in mossy forests and misty moors. There are secrets everywhere, waiting to be found.

It's ok to take care of yourself. It's ok to get some rest. It's ok to become a gently mad lighthouse keeper who spends their days cursing the sea and nights knitting an unending scarf that will someday encircle the earth.

Every day is a brand new day, and a new chance to enchant your daggers, find a portal to the faerie realm, or eat a really good bagel.

What's your vibe? 1. witch of the wilds 2. bookstore vampire 3. wistful night owl 4. ghost without a haunt

Should we follow mysterious lights in mossy forests? Should we cast dark spells and release old gods from their forgotten tombs? Should we sharpen our antlers with enchanted daggers? The answer is always yes.

Your daily affirmation: Life is what you make it. So make art, make mischief, and make a joyful mess along the way.

Keep a song in your heart. Keep kindness in your thoughts and actions. Keep calm and carry a cartoonishly large mallet. But most of all, keep making art and keep being weird.

Your daily affirmation: I’m allowed to be happy. I’m allowed to collect curious bones from the forest. I'm allowed to craft fun & flirty masks from these bones to wear to parties, brunches, and luncheons.

Your daily fortune: Today you will fight self-doubt and win. Later, you will wrestle sadness to a stalemate but lose the battle with lethargy.

I don't know about you, but I think we'd all feel a little better if we put down our phones, had some tea, disappeared into a mysterious fog that wraps around the forest, and became a wandering legend of the wildlands that folk whisper about in the dark.

Relaxation tips: - picture a quiet forest - picture yourself wandering in the gloom - picture finding a mossy little cottage in a clearing - picture moving into that cottage and becoming the reason it's considered haunted