“After being so social... I don’t feel like myself at all. I’m exhausted all over but particularly the face, which I suppose comes from wearing a horrible fixed grin for so long.”

Elizabeth Bishop

https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/one-of-the-best-things-is-being-alone

feels somehow connected to

https://earthsky.org/space/korean-moon-probe-spectacular-images/

#solitude

Still setting one extra plate. Even when no one’s coming.
It’s not grief. Not absence. It’s what love becomes when presence no longer has a schedule.

A spoon clinks. A candle burns. A chair stays empty, but not forgotten.

This isn’t letting go. It’s holding on differently.

https://www.clickworlddaily.com/2025/06/the-house-that-still-sets-one-extra.html

Image generated using AI for symbolic and commentary purposes.

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Sunshine

#closeup #landscape #forest #trees #green #sunrays #leaves #frame #photography #mood #aesthetic #solitude

Lost

#blackandwhite #abstract #frame #forest #trees #sunlight #photography #mood #aesthetic #solitude

Longing

#blackandwhite #abstract #frame #waves #photography #mood #solitude