Farewell (sort of)

Well, this is it from me.

I’ve been through several very stressful episodes over the past year. That recent break-up I mentioned last week was only the tip of an iceberg. The reasons I wanted to put my one and only blog on indefinite hiatus, after being active for almost 8 years and existing for almost 9, are multiple and too long to mention each and every one of them here.

First and foremost, there’s an awful lot of emotional baggage attached to it. I’m not keen on maintaining a blog that reminds me of my ex every time I look onto it. Second is reasonably understandable for many older users - this site has changed a great deal compared to what it was when I first found it. Most of my real-life friends are no longer active and I’m barely active as it is. Usually I write a message or two to my long-term mutuals, but aside from those chats I don’t really see the point of staying here anymore.

I’ll keep my Tumblr account for contacts. As for everything else, consider this blog out of commission. If anyone wants to add me on Discord, my account is LunaticVarg#7791.

Thank you for sticking up with me through all these years. To all of my followers and mutuals, I wish you long and pleasant lives.

Signing off.

Tin

West Coast, New Zealand by Delphine Ducaruge

Hut located on top of Salla Ski Resort | Finland || j.vaahtera

A silver, gold filigran and niello Type O viking sword pommel that was recently discovered by a detectorist in Northamptonshire.[1109x640]

By Reimar Gaertner

Tiger Mountain, May 2020

Autumn colours at Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridge.

Mountains and Waterfalls. Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia

I like Dune

They Shall Not Grow Old

One hour til they see the elephant, July 1st, 1916.

Gloria Cretu

I broke up with my girlfriend of almost 4 years. I will not be here for the foreseeable future - days, perhaps a week or two.

I met her on Tumblr 6 years ago, but she hasn’t been active here for a long time. Together with my recent graduation and birthday, it really feels like I’m closing a chapter of my life.

I need time for myself.

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of the whole world—all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls.”

— Carl Jung

Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Josep del Hoyo

Not sure how universal this experience is, but Tolkien’s concept of sea-longing resonated with me because I grew up in a coastal town and every time I have to live for an extended period of time away from the coast, I get this almost claustrophobic feeling that only goes away when I return to the seashore