PeSuit and Tie

  what i'm reading... i'm just over halfway with the grapes of wrath , and the joad family finally made it to california: and in the tractor man there grows the contempt that comes only to a stranger who has little understanding and no relation. for nitrates are not the land, nor phosphates and the length of fiber in the cotton is not the land. carbon is not a man, nor salt nor water nor calcium. he is all these, but he is much more, much more; and the land si so much more than its analysis. that man who is more than his chemistry, walking on the earth, turning his plow point for a stone, dropping his handles to slide over an outcropping, kneeling in the earth to eat his lunch; that man who is more than his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis. but the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry; and he is contemptuous of the land and of himself. when the corrugated iron doors are shut, he gets home, and hi...

this week i took a pledge to self-care, thanks to bestie vic  hooking me up with the finch app  for self-care. great timing, as my work has been challenging with sudden new changes making my days long, tedious, and stressful. my evenings felt tiresome and my sleep restless. but as a mental health specialist, i have to practice what i preach. i forced myself to socialize, take daily walks, and try not to miss out on my weekly chores.  cascade falls still, i couldn't wait for the weekend. some family fun with puppies and lambs, and brunch with the girls restored me for the upcoming week.  therapy? this week's looks graphic tees ruled this week, especially those of beloved celebrities. most were primarily styled with jeans; the outliers were styled in denim skirts. each day i stuck with a color theme too, completely subconsciously: monday was red, tuesday blue, on wednesday i wore pink, and thursday was a blue-green combo.  baseball game work monday  at work ...

  what i'm watching... sib and i finished the vampire diaries season 1 , and we already borrowed season 2 from the library. welcome, katherine pierce... what i'm listening to... this week, sib is the blog's  playlist director . sib compiled a variety of songs for us. the number one song was dolly parton's berry pie , which she has been obsessing over probably since dolly died. let's be real though, she loved it when it was trending online too.  the playlist continues on with some classic croatian hits: severina, magazin, and e.n.i. as classic girl bops, jacques houdek  aka croatia's mariah carey, and rajko dujmić , a pillar of croatian pop music. after seve, we slow down with some cool tunes: bonnie and clyde by brigitte bardot and serge gainsbourg , erase/rewind by the cardigans, the good kind by the wreckers (straight from the one tree hill soundtrack), policy of truth - depeche mode , and candy perfume girl by madonna . is that an ode to her birthday gift,...

  this week (and according to sib, all month) we celebrate sib's birthday! i was excited to give sib the platform again. if you know me personally, you know that sib and i are a package deal, close enough to be twins, yet so different we complement each other in every aspect. sib was excited to do a brief interview and share some of her fave looks this year. happy birthday sib! the ID nickname:  julie, dzuky, đulka virgo sun, capricorn moon, libra rising chinese zodiac:  dragon  your vice/virtue: vices - vanity. virtues: so cute, so adorable. funny. nonchalant.  your faves: color - blue and green in all shades season - summer city - dublin 💚🤍🧡 flower - snapdragon animal - baby goats perfume - good girl jasmine absolute designer - thierry mugler & versace car - alfa romeo giulia and white bmw! vacation spot - more lito dalmacija ♥️ what would you want to be if you could relive your life: chef what historic era would you want to live in: 70s when the sun...