Oranges From My Backyard

Bothersome beast, comforting friend

spoke deeply to me.

lobster or mice for tea?

“Forget everything. Open the windows. Clear the room. The wind blows through it. You see only its emptiness, you search in every corner and don’t find yourself.”

— Franz Kafka, Diaries 1914-1923

Art by ashleysarts

Dogs have had many jobs throughout history, in this case: Revenge.

Joy Sullivan, from "Late Bloomer", Instructions for Traveling West

the student said, "i'm reading a zen buddhist cookbook. with no recipes." and the teacher replied, "ah, dogen's instructions for the cook, written in 1237?" "yeah," said the student, "it's saying not to let rats fall into the rice pot"