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Wanitsuka no Sakura, a 330-year-old cherry tree, blooms beautifully against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji 🌸
I almost stopped writing because no one was engaging.
Then someone told me, “I’ve been reading everything you post.”
That’s when I realized: silent readers exist—and they matter.
So I kept writing, even when it felt like no one was watching.
Your words are reaching more people than you think.
Last Feb I casually posted this neck stretch on Instagram (that I thought everyone knew 🤷♀️) and it blew up in a way I couldn’t imagine. It’s now been viewed over 8 million times 🫣😬🤣 and has brought so many wonderful people into my world.
So give it a go, it’s a pretty lovely stretch. (Though it’s not actually magic, it’s just an up…
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The bravest man in the neighborhood. 😂
If we had these critters in AK we'd just shoot it.
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St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland (1347)
This is something I’ve been stuck on as I attempt to graduate from subservient to my smartphone master to rebellious free thinker with a flip phone (or something). And lately I am asking: Is this not just another health powder, wide leg pant, white vintage sneaker, finance app? We have still purchased the dumb phone like a chic “ethically made” bandana on TikTok shop that arrives in chemically pungent plastic packaging.
Or, perhaps, the novelty is the point. T9 texting was actually so hot because it required the intention to respond. There is a thoughtfulness behind double and triple punching the few possible keys. I wish to text you my thought and it will take me 1 full minute to get it all out there. "cant wait 2 c u.”
I still haven’t purchased the dumb phone because of this unimportant quandary. I have a perfectly usable device but I remain in a tense relationship with it. Is it better to change the boundaries with the tantruming toddler or to replace the toddler with a less needy one?