Tumbling the Tree (the trash of the thing)

arithanas: gaylileofigaro: This is worse. Looking at these you...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:52:31 -0400

gaylileofigaro:

This is worse. Looking at these you can tell they have no significant monetary value. They were confiscated as a fear tactic. Nothing more.

This picture breaks my heart everytime it appears in my dash. It’s a fear tactic, alright but—

The first one in the left corner: It’s a first communion rosary, and it’s not cheap.

The black one in the first line: That’s a widow rosary and it’s old.

The white one in the second line: is a commemoration rosary. It has a miniature picture in the round part. I haven’t seen that since the 70′s.

In the third line, multicolor one: It’s an Anima mundi, I have only seen those in the hands of Rosary ministery’s old ladies. The oldest ones are from the 80′s after Juan Pablo II came to Mexico for the first time. It’s one of the old ones, I know because the crucifixes are different.

The third one on the fourth line: Red and gold. The style is old, the metal is dark, that’s a 50′s rosary, probably a quinceañera one (or it’s maybe older, from the 40′s when the brides carried red roses with their offerings).

The fifth one on the fourth line: It’s a quinceañera rosary with Ignatius’s tear. The style is old and in my part of Mexico is orphan girls who used it. At least it was when I was young.

The third one of the fifth line: the blue one with the anchor. That one I have only seen in Veracruz and it doesn’t look new.

The fifth one on the fifth line: That’s a 90′s wedding rosary. Black and white patterns were popular on that date.

The fourth one on the last line: That’s a first communion rosary from the 30′s. It’s delicate and most probably silver.

The rest wrench my heart too, the humble everyday rosaries with wooden beads and knots. Those are cheap and bear the wear and tear of their user handling. But those I described are much more.

Those are mother’s rosaries.

Those are not just rosaries. Those are mementos, that’s the proof of their families stories. They are taking from them the only portable things they can carry to feel the connection to their families.

It’s not a fear tactic. Call it like by its name.

It’s dehumanization.

I literally didn't know that keeping a "go bag" was an intergenerational trauma thing. I was always scared we might have had to leave, so at age four, I stuffed some clothes into a little bag and hid it behind my dresser. I always thought about where to hide or where to escape.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:35:11 -0400

This is super common and I’ve heard the same or similar from Jewish kids growing up now to people of my parents generation (70s and 80s). It’s the Jewish experience.

patgavin: Thomas Viaduct, world’s oldest multiple arched stone...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:38:14 -0400

patgavin:

Thomas Viaduct, world’s oldest multiple arched stone railroad bridge.

Opened 1835, still active.

Elkridge, Maryland

I took my Naproxen wrong somehow last night. I woke up once an hour all night and my shoulder has...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:19:23 -0400

I took my Naproxen wrong somehow last night. I woke up once an hour all night and my shoulder has been aching the entire time. I can take more this morning, but first I have to put food in my stomach, and just the idea of that is making me nauseated. Yay.

tilthat: TIL That Nazi Hermann Goering said: “The people can always be brought to the bidding of the...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:16:46 -0400

tilthat:

TIL That Nazi Hermann Goering said: “The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”

via reddit.com

No thank you, 1:11 AM.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 01:11:43 -0400

No thank you, 1:11 AM.

Photo

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:43:50 -0400

rrareearthh: fisnikjasharii: Naturally Erupted Elephant Rock in...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:13:34 -0400

rrareearthh:

fisnikjasharii:

Naturally Erupted Elephant Rock in Heimaey in Iceland

I’ve often seen pictures of the elephant’s head, and have been amazed by it every time. But I’d never seen the picture from above, showing the whole body/tail and trunk. It’s incredible from this angle, and am convinced it is a real ancient mega elephant turned to stone by a dark or benevolent force long forgotten.

AKA this fucks me up

Photo

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:20:36 -0400

TFW you find out your cats have the same names (Jack and Lily) as Johnny Depp’s kids

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:37:57 -0400

(His Lily is Lily-Rose; mine is Lily Belle)

gahdamnpunk: ☕️☕️☕️

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:21:27 -0400

gahdamnpunk:

☕️☕️☕️

all i do is try to help u cat! let me help u! It's for ur own wellbeing

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:51:09 -0400

if this about trim the claws then NO

wandering-there-and-back-again: @arting-words

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:33:32 -0400

wandering-there-and-back-again:

@arting-words

I’ve been at the flea market five minutes and bam! Hat.

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 10:52:45 -0400

I’ve been at the flea market five minutes and bam! Hat.

kabloomboom: glorianas: You have the trick of making everyone...

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:24:45 -0400

kabloomboom:

glorianas:

You have the trick of making everyone look your way

@talix18

😍

hagofhags: talix18: stuft: The King of the Netherlands, my...

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:23:45 -0400

hagofhags:

talix18:

stuft:

The King of the Netherlands, my dudes

Damn, Wax. 🎤 dropped!

Yeah no that’s a fake Twitter

Too bad. (Thanks for your on-the-ground reporting!)

stuft: The King of the Netherlands, my dudes Damn, Wax. 🎤...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:07:18 -0400

stuft:

The King of the Netherlands, my dudes

Damn, Wax. 🎤 dropped!

I’m watching the first season of The Affair and have watched the first season of The Walking Dead...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:59:37 -0400

I’m watching the first season of The Affair and have watched the first season of The Walking Dead and, speaking strictly from what’s visible, cannot understand how Diane Kruger left Joshua Jackson for Norman “What Is In My Hair” Reedus.

Which Harry Potter character is this?

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:15:55 -0400

Which Harry Potter character is this?

adelphicoracle: thatpettyblackgirl: I’ll just leave this right...

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:03:53 -0400

adelphicoracle:

thatpettyblackgirl:

I’ll just leave this right here

Yowsa. No words needed.