Author: Laurel L. Russwurm

is a self publishing novelist and photographer.

laura's mathom house 2022-05-02 09:05:03

cryptonature:

Learning to delete/mute/block before a negative comment takes root in your mind is a modern survival skill. If you’re going to wander the overgrown countryside of the internet, you need to develop a quick eye for ticks.

It’s deeply tempting to respond to the “well, actually,” to the cruel assumption, to the unjust accusation, to the odious viewpoint. It’s tempting because you’re defaulting to the etiquette of dinner conversation. This isn’t a dinner conversation. Someone is shouting at you from a moving car. Turn away.

visual laurel 2022-04-27 01:43:31

Once upon a time when I was young, I became a Montreal Canadiens fan, and was dazzled by number 10.

At the peak of my hockey infatuation, I scraped together enough cash to take my friend and I on a bus trip to watch my team at the Montreal Forum. I will always regret getting the departure stop wrong and missing that bus, and my only chance to see that golden team in action. 💔

Sleep well flower.

laura's mathom house 2022-04-23 09:37:39

books-and-cookies:

As a 30+ year old human, who has Gone Through Some Things, I’m telling you: romanticize your life. Live in the moment as much as you can, watch that sunrise, drink that fancy wine with your take out, take silly photos on your commute, do whatever you can to make yourself smile as much as possible, because you’ll grow older and you’ll regret not putting more value on small, silly things. Happiness isn’t something you achieve one day if you do x amount of things; happiness is made up of moments, fleeting and ephemeral, but that build up something lasting. Romanticize your life.

laura's mathom house 2022-04-23 09:29:39

cupofteaandstars:

betweenthemustypages:

So, I’m a bartender at a good ol’ fashioned pub in England - the type that’s predominantly frequented by middle-aged retirees with beer-bellies who come to escape their wives for a few hours and watch the football.

And there’s this one group who’re there almost every few days - all rowdy old lads in their 60s. They spend most of their time sloshing their beers and jokily insulting each other and roaring at the footie.

Except that, whenever any one of them leaves, that person goes around and gives a tender forehead kiss to each of the others before they go? At first I thought they were doing it as a joke but I soon realised that they all do this, every single time. It’s genuinely just a gentle and sincere show of affection and i don’t know what to do with this information

Reblog to give a tender forehead kiss to all your rowdy old mutuals.