WARNING: This is long, and I would really, REALLY appreciate comments. So if you make it 'til the end, even just letting me know you've read would be wonderful. An any advice is obviously welcome.

The weather is ominously autumnal as the rain mists my face and leaves my skin sticky. The impending darkness weighs in the air and I can already imagine ( Read more... )

-Saw a seaturtle just hangin' out eatin' some coral while snorkling in Hanauma Bay. (google it! it's so fucking gorgeous ( Read more... )

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This will be boring to anyone but me, but I have a million and a half things to do today before our trip tomorrow, so I'm gonna post my list here:

-charge US cellphone
-order vegan meals
-charge finnish buscards, so there'll be money on them when we get back
-CLEAN!
-internet check-in
-locate passports-write instructions for house/kitty-sitter ( Read more... )

Finland is grey and cold, and the trees are slowly balding; I've missed the most glorious part of autumn. But in my home there are beautiful curtains coloring the walls deep orange and red, and through the part where they don't quite meet, through the window, the last dried rowan berries still hang on. It is warm and bright and colorful inside, and ( Read more... )

The goddesses of this world are smiling upon me ( Read more... )