rachel

“And the beauty of the song goes on.” -Rilke • Antiques collector • Poetry & art • Bob Dylan fan • Small business owner:

[rachel @Rachelschmid]

Just grateful to be alive at the same time as Bob Dylan, really.

[rachel @Rachelschmid]

Gwendolyn Brooks, from “To Be In Love”

(via @poetryisnotaluxury on ig)

[rachel @Rachelschmid]

@michaelcymru Thanks! However, if you are referring to my profile picture, he’s not mine—he’s my nephew. 😊

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@michaelcymru Cool. Thanks!

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@michaelcymru I’m well, thanks for asking. Had a bit of a hurdle, but over that now.

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@inacawl @_baaghi__ Love it! 😍

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@gracemoorehead Ugh, yes. I need a good sunset tonight.

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@michaelcymru Thank you. I appreciate that.

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@michaelcymru A good reminder.

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Anne Sexton

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@inacawl I’d like to see that!

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Because longing is an aviary. Because longing is / a greenhouse and there are more / greenhouses in the body than all the names of god

–Ross Gay, “Because”

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@RobGMacfarlane A bed of ferns.

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This ♥️

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My office collection 🪶

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From the garden

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Because the story of our life
becomes our life

Because each of us tells
the same story
but tells it differently

and none of us tells it
the same way twice

–Lisel Mueller, from “Why We Tell Stories”

[rachel @Rachelschmid]

Just a goat taking a nap, making cute goat noises.

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Beauty in ruins.

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@ashik_kerib Just a lemon martini. Vodka, triple sec, & lemon juice.

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Look at my cute little lemontini 🍋