and you are still young but you'll understand / that the stars of the sea are the same for the land

[loneraven]

I am on holiday. On Wednesday afternoon, at 4pm, I had an email from my supervisor detailing, with usual lack of clarity, a task they had for me, finishing with urgent. I did it till five and then did it till I was late for my dinner plans, and then it was getting on for seven and I left the building, and since then I have been on holiday. On

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[tempestsarekind]

This is a lovely post. Also, it has a subject line from a Dar song, so double win.

(I once got a CD lyric insert signed by Dar and couldn't come up with anything better to say than "Thank you; you say important things," but I meant it. I'm fairly sure she got me through college.)

[parrot_knight]

You pack an astonishing amount into your life. Keep going.

[macadamanaity]

This sounds eminently reasonable.

[mirabile_dictu]

As someone who got her red boots just this year, at the age of 58, let me say how much I envy you getting them so young, and how much I wish someone had urged me to wear red boots and to be a fangirl when I was your age. EXCELLENT decision. Be happy!

[wishfulaces]

*applause*

There are few people I admire more than those who have figured out how to live their lives so that they are happy.