pisces, who knew that we were so aligned

taychappell what a duo you are

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

Make art. Write bad drafts and edit them without fear. Paint pictures even if they don’t come out well. Try again. And again. Remind yourself, every day, that anything worth doing is worth doing badly.

i made a tiktok abt this and it has not found the right audience so lets ask here: if someone asks u ur favorite book(movie, artist, etc) ur job is to give a title u would like to talk abt/recommend. right? NOT to say “omg how could i pick just ONE, this is an unfair question”

ran out of quarters for the laundry so i went to get more and part one of refilling the quarters is me going thru them to see if there are any my quarter collection is missing, and today i added jovita idar, gettysburg, and maria tallchief! rlly excited abt maria as a ballet dancer 🫶🩰

if its meant to be then it will be i forgive it all as it comes back to me

what gif pops up when you type your name? its rough out here

the way ppl keep insisting sabrina and the juno positions are too sexy, too horny, inappropriate, omg what if children saw, we need to be getting away from being seen as sex objects- makes me feel insane, like omg STFU

there was a shooting three blocks from the elementary school where i work and they havent caught one of the shooters so the neighborhood and school is on lockdown but my shift starts in an hour, and i get to go walk to school thru these suddenly scary streets this is america

just reread dragonhaven by @robinmckinley.bsky.social and cried AGAIN i just dont think i can ever make it thru that last section without crying

its soup szn! my husband made caldo verde and i am consuming it with verve! potatoes and kale and onion and sausage and broth and autumn joy simmered together while the radiator clanks away in the corner of the living room. i cleaned the shower which badly needed it and on to laundry and sheets

⭐️ bookish checkpoint ⭐️ 📚 last book you read: if we count fic, Lionheart. book: Unquiet Land by @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social 📚 current read: fic: Harry is a Dragon and That’s Ok. book: Nero Wolfe mystery 📚 last book added to TBR: Radical Fashion Exercises 📚 next anticipated read: Whispering Wood

trying to decide how much of my retreat to sharing only cozy vibes and none of my acfual “opinions” is out of reflexive defensiveness from years of watching twitter, and how much is bc it is actually wiser to keep some of that stuff to yourself

@shnckos.swifties.social omg ur going to see tay in toronto, i am so happy for u!!! we miss u in the c&r discord, i hope u have been well!!

ran into one of my former students at the grocery store today and it is such a nice feeling, genuinely makes me feel soo small town and connected to my community

sable says hi, and shes hoping this place is less toxic to her moms mental health

ok if u came from twitter like me and had literally 1700 ppl u followed there, i found an extension that trawled bluesky to see who from twitter was already here and automatically followed them all again for me 😭😍🫶

need my daphne cat to stop intermittently being sick plz and ty

You are allowed to celebrate good things that are happening today: your birthday, a book coming out, new baby, new puppy, seeing your favorite piece of art in person, etc. Joy is the knife that stabs into the heart of despair & apathy. Feel your joys, big & small, & share them widely & loudly.

love to you all. be safe, take care of yourselves, remember that making art and loving art is always important.

FRAUD ALERT: Local woman makes conflicting statements about her cat, claiming he is both a "big strong man" and a "tiny potato boy".

“I don’t owe anybody anything!” Actually we are perhaps nothing but dizzyingly intricate webs of obligations to other beings and ourselves. The sheer weight of our obligations is all that keeps us from floating away into space. We can never do enough but we must try.

rainy day cozy vibes ft my new posters from Iggy (she’s not here yet but hopefully soon!)

repost with a banger pic of you

Me on this app trying to re-find everyone I've ever known and loved

also are there any other #swiftie s here yet? none of my swiftie moots are here yet and rlly hoping some of y’all are coming! fave album: midnights or speak now top three songs: carolina, seven, ivy age: sr swiftie (26 lol) #taylorswift #swifties feel free to respond so we can find each other!

please picture me in the weeds, before i learned civility i used to scream ferociously anytime i wanted #3yearsoffolklore

one of the perks of having only had like 300 followers over there is far fewer ppl to try and refind here

I shared this on here a few weeks ago so it feels gauche to post it again, but also I have a bunch of difficult feelings about the end of twitter today and I’m not gonna say them any better than this piece I wrote about it last fall https://griefbacon.substack.com/p/an-incomplete-list-of-things-that

I left you a voicemail about about queer love, string theory, multiple dimensions, love as a particle (?!?!) and transformation. Oh, and Taylor Swift. https://open.substack.com/pub/homeculture/p/can-queer-love-help-sanctify-the?r=1dh9yo&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

was arguing with a fediverse/mastodon person yesterday and i just hope these people know that 99% of social media users just wanna post little sentences online for their buddies and followers. i don’t want to do homework before learning how to post in a hyperspecific community

name: kellyanne pronouns: she/her location: chicago, il hobbies: taylor swift, fashion, coffee, ballet, illustration, home decor, cats, choir, brambly hedge, narnia, LOTR, swans, mermaids, needlework and fiber arts, writing, seasonal joy, God (in the queerest sense of the term possible)

hi i’m here, i’m having grape soda in the middle of the afternoon, how is everyone’s monday going