Even though there’s been some controversy over how the Magnum photographers have portrayed Rochester in their recent visit here, I still appreciate the photos from an aesthetic standpoint.
Paolo Pellegrin. USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. The children of a Puerto Rican family in North Rochester.
I love my nephew and niece, Tru and Emma. Can’t wait to see them on Friday!
"Menstrual blood is the only source of blood that is not traumatically induced. Yet in modern society, this is the most hidden blood, the one so rarely spoken of and almost never seen, except privately by women, who shut themselves in a little room to quickly and in many cases disgustedly change their pads and tampons, wrapping the bloodied cotton so it won’t be seen by others, wrinkling their faces at the odor, flushing or hiding the evidence away. Blood is everywhere, and yet the one, the only, the single name it has not publicly had, for many centuries, is menstrual blood."
Blood, Bread & Roses, How Menstruation created the world - Judy Grahn (via cuntbarf)
I really like and agree with this piece.
(Source: goforthandagitate, via amyraestudentmidwife)
Martin Parr. Rochester, New York. 2012. (Left) Tim Montondo is Employee of the Month at Wards Natural Science for the month of April. This is his sixth time. (Right) Christopher McGuire. Corner of Mount Hope and Averill. (Bottom) The infamous Garbage Plate from Nick Tahou’s on west Main Street. The photographer survived.
coffee coffee coffee
Coffee Shadows at Joe Bean Coffee Roasters. Rochester, NY
And you’re not obliged,
To swallow anything that you despise
live it out.
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa
one of those days
where I randomly watched a bunch of Beyonce music videos. never done that before. But man, she is badass.
and then I remembered that Florence + the Machine covered Halo.
Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they’re tumbling down
And they didn’t even put up a fight
They didn’t even make up a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
Home schooling with my nephews this morning. They made boats out of popscicle sticks.
