December 24
laurasimonsdaughter:In a piece of Scottish folklore from Selkirk it is described how a woman was…
In a piece of Scottish folklore from Selkirk it is described how a woman was able to protect herself and her baby from some malicious fairies that had snuck into the house by wrapping her husband’s waistcoat around them both
Isn’t that just the softest concept? Isn’t that just a most peculiar, domestic kind of magic? Such a simple, intuitive kind of protection. And we do this all the time!
“Your shirts are nicer to sleep in.”
“It’s cold out, take my coat.”
“I miss you, so I’ve stolen your sweater.”
“Borrow my blazer for your interview!”
“I wore this when I was your age, it is just your size.”
All the clothes we lend, steal and hand down so affectionately! All the fabric we wrap around us that is full of another person’s thoughts of us! It’s all magic. Magic so old that we don’t even remember that it is
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall…”
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!”
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers.
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers.
laura's mathom house 2021-12-25 12:14:39
It’s a lovely Christmas party in Camelot, and you are a horrible Green Knight.
“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a…”
“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.”
- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief.
- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief.
laura's mathom house 2021-12-21 16:16:21
The Shortest Day. Words by Susan Cooper, illustrations by Carson Ellis.
laura's mathom house 2021-12-21 16:14:39
For everyone with social anxiety, this is a reminder that you don’t have to be perfect in your interactions with others; you just have to be kind and that’s literally it. That’s all that’s necessary of you. You don’t need to say the perfect thing or anticipate what they would want you to say or even exude confidence if you can’t.
Social anxiety tells us that we have to be perfect in in our social interactions, but no one is. Social anxiety sets us up for a level of expectation in our social interactions that we have no choice but to fail at, and then fall into a cycle of self-hate for failing and striving even harder for perfection.
“Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about…”
“Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction.
pigcatapult:A kind person whose social justice vocabulary is outdated or inadequate for the concepts…
A kind person whose social justice vocabulary is outdated or inadequate for the concepts they’re trying to communicate is a better person than anyone who’d rip them down as a bigot for not keeping up with the euphemism treadmill. Morality is measured by how you treat people, not how well you’ve memorized a continuously evolving set of shibboleths.
laura's mathom house 2021-12-21 16:07:16
tea isn’t just a drink it’s a handwarmer it’s an experience it’s a love language it’s a friend it’s