I am an urban nomad/ romantic minimalist with a penchant for purses & pictures & words that fill voids. I teach English abroad, and while I love traveling, I haven’t had a decent soy latte in months. My own photography leads back to my flickr, orange_blossoms. Tumblr (3.0; @orangeblossom24)http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/“<p>“there is a loneliness in this world so great<br/> that you can see it in the slow movement of<br/> the hands of a clock.</p> <p>people so tired<br/> mutilated<br/> either by love or no love.</p> <p>people just are not good to each other<br/> one on one.</p> <p>the rich are not good to the rich<br/> the poor are not good to the poor.</p> <p>we are afraid.</p> <p>our educational system tells us<br/> that we can all be<br/> big-ass winners.</p> <p>it hasn’t told us<br/> about the gutters<br/> or the suicides.</p> <p>or the terror of one person<br/> aching in one place<br/> alone</p> <p>untouched<br/> unspoken to</p> <p>watering a plant.” </p> <p>― Charles Bukowski, Love is a Dog from Hell</p>”http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/36956403650http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/36956403650Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:06:19 -0500charles bukowskilove is a dog from hellloneliness<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdpguibig61qzq21yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/36065852083http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/36065852083Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:57:13 -0500“Gaza is not the most beautiful city.<br/> Its shore is not bluer than the shores of Arab cities.<br/> Its oranges are not the most beautiful in the Mediterranean basin.<br/> Gaza is not the richest city.<br/> It is not the most elegant or the biggest, but it equals the history of an entire homeland, because it is more ugly, impoverished, miserable, and vicious in the eyes of enemies. Because it is the most capable, among us, of disturbing the enemy’s mood and his comfort. Because it is his nightmare. Because it is mined oranges, children without a childhood, old men without old age and women without desires. Because of all this it is the most beautiful, the purest and richest among us and the one most worthy of love.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Mahmoud Darwish</strong> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arabarabarab.tumblr.com/">arabarabarab</a>)</em>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/35765349697http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/35765349697Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:28:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyh7gMPuO1rg915go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hemingwaycool.tumblr.com/post/33875376179/in-rick-we-trust">hemingwaycool</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In Rick We Trust. </p> </blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/35411353393http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/35411353393Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:59:15 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9rgnlyLFO1r46d2lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403887091http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403887091Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:05:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcbe4akuts1qei7a7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403728020http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403728020Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:58:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0dpcybvEV1qgx0gpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403723415http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403723415Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:58:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mciwhuURzt1r71b95o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403680185http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403680185Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:56:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdyhxJuqu1rqfzoko1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403671188http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403671188Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:56:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc5qo7789j1qflhnyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403505848http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403505848Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:48:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m88rex2HMO1qzhokmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teachingliteracy.tumblr.com/post/34390685175/by-invisible-window" class="tumblr_blog">teachingliteracy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/invisible_window/7710759494/">Invisible window</a>)</p></blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403481412http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403481412Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:47:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70uduoiZW1qednp7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403457717http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34403457717Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:46:35 -0400“In this country, ‘American’ means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”<br/><br/> - <em>Toni Morrison  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hangama.tumblr.com/">hangama</a>)</em>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34091014846http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/34091014846Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:29:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m56w0rJuyu1r87i11o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://atavus.tumblr.com/post/24531305188/skeleton-typogram">atavus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://aarline.info/">Skeleton Typogram</a></p> </blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/33577562007http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/33577562007Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:34:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98liehljn1qe31lco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263480503http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263480503Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:43:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9dn4dkKRO1r97wvwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263471134http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263471134Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:43:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_matj6oP4lQ1r7fwl1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://abduramen.tumblr.com/post/32211936432/ya-allah" class="tumblr_blog">abduramen</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>ya allah</p></blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263137672http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263137672Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:33:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maus4jpRqT1qkaoroo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bibliolectors.tumblr.com/post/32208914792/lego-stockholm-public-library-lego-de-la">bibliolectors</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lego Stockholm Public Library / Lego de la Biblioteca Pública de Estocolmo (montaje de <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/minkowsky/sets/72157623131909636/">Linus Minkowsky</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263116371http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32263116371Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:32:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao18ojfmy1qairxgo1_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao18ojfmy1qairxgo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tgifreitag.tumblr.com/post/32249621075/kearawinchester-im-just-sayin-babies-know-whats">tgifreitag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kearawinchester.tumblr.com/post/32155672065/im-just-sayin-babies-know-whats-up">kearawinchester</a>:I’m just sayin, babies know what’s up.</p> </blockquote>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32262261855http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32262261855Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:05:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_makp61HbgM1qmt8elo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32262258048http://orangeblossom24.tumblr.com/post/32262258048Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:05:41 -0400