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“I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life” — Elsie de Wolfe

I sincerely feel like sometimes we just don't pay enough attention. We get so caught up in the internal struggles, the minutia of issues clogging our minds and daily planners. Take a deep breath, pick your head up, and look around. Find beauty in the mundane. It works for me, anyway. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
I'd like time to move slowly. Often we get caught up in our routines and time flies. I don't want to look back 10, 20, 30 years and not be able to tell you what I did. Us crunchy granola types talk about "living intentionally" and I'm not sure what that means to all the people who say it. But to me it means being thoughtful and present every day in the hopes that I remember more of them. That the days don't blur together into one fuzzy image that is my life. Some say I'm not ambitious, because to them ambition equates to money. I am ambitious, but I aspire to be interesting, to be rich in stories. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Get outside your comfort zone. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Some people from my childhood call me "T." . Like Mr. T. Or T for Taylor. . My dad called me T. Some of his friends picked it up. . So when someone from my childhood, all of whom I see only rarely, calls me T, . I freeze. . Because for a split second I forget that my dad couldn't possibly be there. . And then I'm reminded that he is there. Through the people who knew him long before I did, through those who knew him as a friend and not a father, he returns. Through the stories they tell and experiences they share with me, my dad is back, . Calling me T. . -They Call Me T ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ #mountainman #theange
Live life like a most excellent glass of wine: Full to the brim. 100% an Instagram caption from someone who barely drinks. But it has a nice ring to it, no? ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
A few days ago, my mom's house got broken into. Nothing was taken that we know of, likely because either she or I entered the house while the intruder was standing in my mother's bedroom. We only know they were here because of an open window and the tools we found underneath. It's easy to feel like this is no big deal, because there aren't any lasting effects. But we're finding that the effects exist, they're just not physical. They may have tried to steal valuables, but what they really attempted to take was our peace of mind. They came for treasures, but were sorely disappointed to find our treasures are bound between bindings and consist of paperbacks and memories. I found this to be a good lesson in materialism. The best things in life: joy, love, friendship, these cannot be stolen. Things are just things. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Zookeeper, hostess, English teacher, writer. I've had a lot of jobs so far in this life. But of all the titles I've worn, honorary aunt has been my favorite by far. Now stop getting so big. @katmmeacham @meachammorgan 📸: @sarathompsonwade ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Can you tell I don't get to see mountains much? #mountainspam ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Sunrise, saturated. There's nothing like being up a dirt road on a mountain, as far away from other people as possible. I don't often wake up for sunrise, but as we sat and listened to a pack of coyotes howl, I figured maybe it was worth it every once in a while. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Happy National Public Lands Day! Go love our land. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
Saying goodbye to summer is hard. Unless you live in South Georgia and summer is 10 months out of the year ✌️ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠
That siren Adventure She calls. ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠ ↠