tree rings

all those little moments that make up the whole.
inanity, ponderism, and questionings.
{a blog by A. E. Montana}

So Strange I Remember You
Thrice
The Illusion of Safety
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

So strange I remember you in protest of a prayer,
and falling back from seas we fear to sail.

I swear I saw the shooter, gold teeth and a double dare,
Postmodern warnings seem inclined to fail.

Feigning an apology.
Those words they never left your lips.
Those 5 years in Bermuda slide by like the lights of passing ships,
So strange that I remember you,
kneeling deep in Nietzsche’s lies
my throat was an open grave i drank your stained glass eyes

and they taste like dead cathedrals
that are crumbling beneath a weight, ten thousand jaded tourists
who’ve traded in their hearts and hands for
disposable cameras, set to document to decay,
set to capture just enough of life to catalogue the things we throw away.

(…breathing the fumes of our machines…)
We’ve lost our way.
(…breathing through television dreams…)

If we could only see us now.
If we could only see us now.

The words of the dead ring in our ears,
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but you don’t know why.
The words of the dead ring in our ears,
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but its only a lie,
yes, its only a lie,
…isn’t it?

There was never a bad album. Haha. My objective opinion of course.

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All my life, I’ve been treading paper in the space between the words.
And there implied is that I’m but another body for the birds,
carrion, absurd and accidental atoms - beating air,
carrying on; unwitting orphan of an unyielding despair.

But linger on, just for a moment, until we can ascertain if something’s wrong with me -
Or the assumptions of these self-indicted brains.
Because I contend that all of this is more than just a meaningless charade,
That each and every moment is a bottle with a message hid away.

If anything means anything,
There must be something meant for us to be,
a song that we were made to sing.
There must be so much more than we can see.

But all our lives, we’ve been treading paper in the space between the words.
And there implied’s the thought that we are barely more than bodies for the birds, carrion.
They say that we’re just accidental atoms beating air, carrying on and on,
Unwitting orphans of an unyielding despair.

But our hearts tell a different story;
our hands feel a different pulse.

Something fathomless, deeper than our pride can dive;
numinous, higher than - our hearts can rise,
transcendent, further than our thoughts can reach;
immanent, closer than the air we breathe.

SOOOO LONG UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHTTTTTTTTTTTT AAAAAAAAAGHGGHGHHHHH

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monkeyfrog:

paintedgoat:

its-a-wonderland-tea-party:

Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored Water
Ingredients

fruit — 2 cups berries, citrus, melons, pineapple…most fruits will work (see recommended amounts in directions)
herbs — a sprig of mint, basil, sage, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or lavender
water (tap or filtered)
ice

Directions
Supplies needed: 2 quart pitcher or jar with lid; muddler or wooden spoonGeneral formula for whatever fruit/herb combo you desire.1. If using herbs, add a sprig of fresh herbs to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon to bruise leaves and release flavor; don’t pulverize the herbs into bits.2. Add approx. 2 cups of fruit to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon, just enough to release some of the juices3. Fill jar/pitcher with ice cubes.4. Add water to top of jar/pitcher.5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.Suggested flavor combinations:ALL CITRUS (no herbs) — Slice 1 orange, 1 lime, 1 lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds in half. Add to jar and proceed with muddling, add ice & water.RASPBERRY LIME (no herbs) — Quarter 2 limes; with your hands, squeeze the juice into the jar, then throw in the squeezed lime quarters. Add 2 cups raspberries. Muddle, add ice & water.PINEAPPLE MINT — Add a sprig of mint to the jar (you can throw in the whole sprig; or, remove the leaves from the sprig, if you prefer to have the mint swimming around and distributing in the jar). Muddle the mint. Add 2 cups pineapple pieces, muddle, add ice & water.BLACKBERRY SAGE — Add sage sprig to jar and muddle. Add 2 cups blackberries; muddle, add ice & water.WATERMELON ROSEMARY — Add rosemary sprig to jar & muddle. Add 2 cups watermelon cubes; muddle, add ice and water.

Summer tiiiiiiime, and the living’s easy!!

I need to save this. I spend far too much on flavory water.




Thirsty.

monkeyfrog:

paintedgoat:

its-a-wonderland-tea-party:

Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored Water

Ingredients

  • fruit — 2 cups berries, citrus, melons, pineapple…most fruits will work (see recommended amounts in directions)
  • herbs — a sprig of mint, basil, sage, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or lavender
  • water (tap or filtered)
  • ice
Directions
Supplies needed: 2 quart pitcher or jar with lid; muddler or wooden spoon

General formula for whatever fruit/herb combo you desire.
1. If using herbs, add a sprig of fresh herbs to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon to bruise leaves and release flavor; don’t pulverize the herbs into bits.
2. Add approx. 2 cups of fruit to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon, just enough to release some of the juices
3. Fill jar/pitcher with ice cubes.
4. Add water to top of jar/pitcher.
5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Suggested flavor combinations:
ALL CITRUS (no herbs) — Slice 1 orange, 1 lime, 1 lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds in half. Add to jar and proceed with muddling, add ice & water.
RASPBERRY LIME (no herbs) — Quarter 2 limes; with your hands, squeeze the juice into the jar, then throw in the squeezed lime quarters. Add 2 cups raspberries. Muddle, add ice & water.
PINEAPPLE MINT — Add a sprig of mint to the jar (you can throw in the whole sprig; or, remove the leaves from the sprig, if you prefer to have the mint swimming around and distributing in the jar). Muddle the mint. Add 2 cups pineapple pieces, muddle, add ice & water.
BLACKBERRY SAGE — Add sage sprig to jar and muddle. Add 2 cups blackberries; muddle, add ice & water.
WATERMELON ROSEMARY — Add rosemary sprig to jar & muddle. Add 2 cups watermelon cubes; muddle, add ice and water.

Summer tiiiiiiime, and the living’s easy!!

I need to save this. I spend far too much on flavory water.

Thirsty.

(via hobbitology)

sooo not sleeping tonight. Too excited. Bahaha.

sooo not sleeping tonight. Too excited. Bahaha.

(via the-whaler)

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NOSTALGIE [a poem, 2012]

they’ve been looking
so long
they’ve wanted someone to love
as much as they love each other
years have passed
finally matching
the picture they had, open-minded, in their heads
ready to bring that beautiful little girl home
and yet
the timing’s not right
things like this take time
so they prepare
and paint walls and iron sheets
and hang curtains and straighten toys
still, left hanging
so they daydream about her
and how they will bring her home
and walk her into this room
she will be able to call her own
the walks to the park
running around, games in the yard
first day of school
meeting grandparents, opening presents
laughter and little feet
filling the house with life
not yet
the ache grows stronger
it’s hard to keep believing
that something so good
something so incredibly right
will finally come to pass someday
as they pray every morning
that the call will come
they’ve got their bags packed
ready to leave at the last second
every morning when he leaves
another day she waits alone
for him to come home
and she sits
in the bedroom
bright, cheery colors that make her eyes water
with the dolls watching
she folds over in tears
holding a little bowl in her hands
full of tiny ponytails
and hairclips

(Based on a true story.)

A. E. Montana

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Tell me are you free
Tell me are you free
In word or thought or deed
Tell me are you free
While the gallows stand

And bullets lance the bravest lungs
We fold our hands and hold our tongues

Tell me are you free
When the fear falls on you
Tell me are you free
When the fear falls on you

Tell me are you free
Tell me are you free
In word or thought or deed
Tell me are you free
While the gallows stand

And bullets lance the bravest lungs
Will I fold my hands or hold my tongue

Or let the flames lick at my feet
Or breathe in fire and know I’m free
Flames will rise and devour me
Oh, to breathe in fire and know I’m free

Know I’m free
—-
“Firebreather” as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge, James Riley Breckenridge, Dustin Michael Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi


I have been listening solely to Thrice for the last 3 days in anticipation of tomorrow night’s concert at the Rave in Milwaukee. This one was magical today with the windows down on the way home from work…actually, they’re all pretty much magical…haha.

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earthinbalance:

beforewesink:

my vegetable spiralizer is my new favorite thing.

I WANT THIS



^ DITTO. This looks like an essential for a raw-foods detox!

earthinbalance:

beforewesink:

my vegetable spiralizer is my new favorite thing.

I WANT THIS

^ DITTO. This looks like an essential for a raw-foods detox!
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