Complicated Relationships With Your Parents Are Like. You Cut Up Fruit And Bring It To My Room Without

complicated relationships with your parents are like. you cut up fruit and bring it to my room without me asking. i can't remember the last time you told me that you were proud of me. you told me i wasn't good enough for you but i'm not even good enough for myself. your hugs feel like coming home. i can't tell you anything that happens in my life. i doubt myself every day because of something you said to me when i was eight. would you like to hear about my day? please don't ask me about my day. i miss you even though you're in the next room. i wish we didn't live together. i've never loved or resented anyone as much as i've loved and resented you. are you okay? are we okay? are we ever going to be okay?

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mcborow

1 year ago

Apparently a part of the reason why farmed bees stay in the beehives that humans build for them is because the farm hives are safer and sturdier. I don't know how a busy Discord server's worth of bugs that only have one brain cell each would logically conclude that the humans protect them from outside threats, illness and parasites, but if I understood right, the bees would be free to move away and build a new nest somewhere else any time they'd want, and they simply choose not to.

You know how in almost every culture, people have some concept of "if I sacrifice something that I made/grew/produced to the Gods, they will ward me and my harvest from evil"?

So, in a way, don't the bees willingly sacrifice a part of their harvest to an entity not only far greater than them, but nearly beyond their comprehension, in exchange for protection against natural forces wildly outside of their own control?

So tell me, beekeepers, what are you to your bees, if not a mildly eldritch God?

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mcborow

2 years ago

Text: "A DESIRE PATH (desire line, cow path, bootleg trail) is a track created over time by human traffic in a place where there is no designated or constructed path." Image: a sidewalk blocked by a fence with a dirt path circumventing the obstacle.

Text: "They may represent shortcuts" Image: The intersection of two paved trails with a detour sign between. Grass is flattened from where pedestrians cut the corner.

Text: "or, conversely, detours" Image: A flattened grass path with a bend to avoid a small stand of flowers.

Text: "A desire path is, in a way, a consensus: physical evidence of thousands of footsteps before, called by the same urge to stray from established routes" Image: A chain link fence with yellow tape across a fallen segment. A dirt path leads straight through the broken section and off screen.

Text: "to follow the path of least resistance between an origin" Image: The dirt path cuts straight through a field with trees in the distance.

Text: "and a destination." Image: A close-up of the end of the dirt path, which terminates in a circle of mushrooms.

thinking about desire paths

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mcborow

4 years ago

Dark cottagecore decor ideas

weekly going out to make a fresh bouquet of leaves, twigs and local flowers for your space

botanical prints of poisonous mushrooms and plants

embroidered pillowcases with leaves and flowers

Black bedding with a quilt overtop

dark wood furniture that you’ve scavenged from a second hand shop

anything wicker

lots of baskets

delicate fairy lights

candles, lots of candles with interesting holders

books on folklore, magic, herbs, fairytales and crafts

a collection of unique unmatching cups and mugs for guests to enjoy when they come into your space {bonus if they are dark in color, ceramic or have a pretty vintage floral\leaves pattern}

A cute gingham tablecloth of your chosen color, can easily be handmade.

Delicate jewelry or trinket boxes for holding precious items

Black lace doilies {thrifted ones can be dyed black or another color}

while on your journeys keep an eye out for any toad shaped decor

hand make your own little incense burners out of clay; you could put little crystals in them or sculpt them into ferocious mouths or dainty fairyhouses

a lunar calendar

vintage cookie, tea and cake tins

These are all just some ideas to inspire you, I hope you enjoy

feel free to add more below

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mcborow

1 year ago

a small yellow house with walls made from logs, a central tower, and elaborate trim

a blue house with an asymmetrical roofline and bright red trim, dusted in snow

a wide view of many snow-covered cottages, taken from above

a brown wooden cottage with dramatic, almost churchlike rooflines

a brown wooden cottage with detailed trim. with its wide main level, tiny second level, and metal chimney, it looks a little like a boat or submarine

a brown log cottage overgrown with vines

a cottage with a steep roof and many little dormers tucked behind trees

photos of dachas by Fyodor Savintev, published in Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage (2023)

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mcborow

4 years ago

Honestly, people generally don't want much... They want to eat their favorite food. They want to go to the seaside and smell the fresh air. They want to nap on the grass and listen to music. They want to hold their loved ones in their arms, and be held in return. They want warm clothes, be occupied with a profession/a hobby that does not smother them. They want to feel safe and unafraid. Mostly, they want to live without being ridiculed, manipulated or being forced. And this is why capitalism/modern life overall is so upsetting, depressing and even destructive. Because thinking about how small and simple things you yearn for & how hard it is to even be able to have them really wears you off

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mcborow

5 years ago