hollie

hollie, 16 hours ago to random

BIKE RIDE! :D Glorious! Easy 7 miles on my electric bike. Hung out at one end of the park for awhile, saw good things: A very fit, very nervous woman (in her 50’s?), waiting for someone - he showed up! A talking-a-mile-a-minute guy, obviously bonkers for her, they set out down a path, nearly holding hands (I bet they are by the end). A little boy learning to ride his bike, awww! Gaggle of teens walking by, speaking rapid Spanish, laughing SO hard. A bee rolling around in a flower. Many dogs! :)

Vertical metal support of a guard rail over the river, someone has spray-painted white strawberries on it, three, stacked.
Yellow flower with a bright orange center, there's a bee rolling around in the middle.
A blue bike on a cement bridge overlooking a river that has the I5 bridge going over it in the distance. Blue skies, whispy clouds.

hollie, 1 day ago to random

Greg and I are at the park, I’m laying in the grass (see selfie) with my hat over my face, legs baking in the hot sun. Two kids just started playing a game involving “zaps” and “took 5 points of damage,” and I’m smiling at their conversation when I hear the dad, still unpacking the car, yell, “Hey! Boys? Can you stand away from the only two people around? Maybe try not to hit them with that stick you’re swinging with impunity?” Laughing so hard I had to sit up.

hollie, 1 day ago to random

I'm putting together a collection of women-and-the sea songs, and there is an Ingrid Michaelson song I love called Far Away I can't find. The album version is rubbish (no offense Ingrid lol), but there's a really beautiful live version on Apple Music and I no longer have access to that. I think maybe it's from an Apple event but I'm not sure? Is there anyway to BUY Apple-owned music? When I do a search on Apple Music it just shows me the album recording.

hollie, 2 days ago to random

A laudable contribution to the bear/man discussion. I loved it.

“There is nothing wrong with men. Men are lovable people with the same capacity for empathy, agency, and growth as any other human on the gender spectrum. But when men are socialized to identify their humanness as masculinity and to associate masculinity with power, we get some real problems. These are the problems of patriarchy.”

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

hollie, 3 days ago to random

One of my favorite movies of all time, and I can’t believe I didn’t know there was a CONSTELLATION IN THE POPCORN!

The bathroom mirror shot is amazing and I’ve always wondered how they filmed that. I also didn’t realize that they mirrored the stairs. How many times have I watched that and not noticed? It’s like the blue rag in The Abyss.

https://youtu.be/HQRu9cz5L9E?si=AMarBtK9wY1XwRAa