Omphalos

Dec 23

Dec 22

Some flowers on my legs

Dec 21

Night has fallen

Mute and cold

My horse is crying

Dec 20

First Fig

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—

It gives a lovely light!

Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles (1920)

Dec 17

(via brokenmachine)

California Planet Search

Dec 12

[video]

Dec 11

Their extinction is ours as well.

In forma dunque di candida rosa
mi si mostrava la milizia santa
che nel suo sangue Cristo fece sposa.

Paradiso, XXXI, 1-3

Feb 22

[video]