July 2012
33 posts
“I want all these young people to be getting a higher education, and I don’t want...”
– President Obama today, keeping it real (via barackobama)
A Poet Reflects: For an Absence When I cannot be... →
apoetreflects:
For an Absence
When I cannot be with you I will send my love (so much is allowed to human lovers) to watch over you in the dark— a winged small presence who never sleeps, however long the night. Perhaps it cannot protect or help, I do not know, but it watches always, and so you will…
Today is my brother’s birthday, and after I snorted, I returned to the table and became very talkative. I’m wondering if my dad noticed because he seemed to be studying me. I must’ve gone to the bathroom about three times at the restaurant. I couldn’t stop shaking my leg.
Sometimes I don’t want to say too much to my family because I feel I’d reveal too much...
I’ve grown a lot the past two years. I’ve tried to hide my sexuality from my extended family ever since I came out to my parents and brothers, and until recently, I’ve decided that I’m not going to hide it anymore; this is who I am, and they’re my family, and if they can’t accept it, then it’s not my problem. Granted, I don’t parade around with a...
“She finished her speech but did not leave. Instead she turned to the members of...”
– Jodi Kantor, author of The Obamas, describing the scene after Michelle Obama gave a speech at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School in April of 2009 in London
Picture: Michelle revisited the school in 2011 to accompany the students she met in 2009 on a visit to Oxford University. She has...
“No other knowledge is necessary in knowing one’s self, for the self is all...”
– Atmabodha (via zengypsy)
