“Trapped between what she feels and what everyone else sees.” Depression is real, loneliness is real, anger, frustration, and emptiness are real. We may not see it, we may not show it. It’s what lies beneath the surface. We shape the world to hide behind a utopia of happiness when in reality our world is a notion of artificiality that only generates the repression of our feelings and confronts us with the messy reality of our humanity. When we accept this, we can heal and confront our fears to become a better and complete version of ourselves. Our happiness is within ourselves. 1/1 digital portrait created by Luci Obregon with AI + photoshop.
The Florida Trip The next trip and set in my series is set in none other than sunny Florida. Me and Sam decided on a trip last February (2014) to see some of the things in Florida that generally get overlooked, including of course...National Parks. February also marked a pretty crappy time for me, I had a massive kidney stone I was battling for nearly two months. I had it in me the entire trip, lets just say drinking about a case of water a day while your stuck in a car all day while taking vicodin isn't exactly a fun way to start off a trip. We ended up driving to Florida, which in my opinion is one of the most boring drives you can go on in the entire country. We made it to Georgia after one day and did the rest of the haul down to St. Pete (near Tampa) the next day. Our first stop was to spend a few days on the beach near Clearwater, we ended up getting a hotel right on the beach. It was definetly a different experience than sleeping in my truck or a tent out west, but hey I wasn't complaining. We spent two or three days relaxing and catching some rays & waves. We even went to a Lightning game, two tix for 40 bucks... you can't beat that if your a hockey fan. After Sam got her part of the trip in, it was my turn. So of course we headed south for a pretty well known National Park, The Everglades! Now this was my first time going to the Everglades, I honestly had no idea what to think it'd be like, would there be tons of gators and swamps everywhere, boa constrictors? Monkeys? The cool thing we got to do since we were in the western part of the state, was we got to head through the Shark Valley area of the park, which from what I hear is pretty much overlooked when going to the Everglades. We saw more wildlife in the Shark Valley area of the park than we did the main area, so keep that in mind when visiting. After Shark Valley we called it a night just outside of Miami and decided to hit the main section of the park the next two days. Once arriving in the main section we stopped at Royal Palm visitor center and got to see some cool displays, we drove the entire park in one day from Royal to Flamingo and picked out some hikes we wanted to do the next day, along with doing a few that day as well. After two entire days in the park I felt like I did almost every hike the park had to offer, one thing you have to understand is the Everglades hiking trails are very short, its almost difficult to find one that is over 5 miles. Canoeing and kayaking might be better for those looking for something a little more long distance. A lot of people ask me what I thought about the park, in all honesty I really wasn't impressed in terms of anything. A lot of the vistor centers are looking run down, the board walks and trails could definetly use an upgrade. As for the wildlife, we only were able to see a handful of gators in the main park, and as for wintering birds there were barely any. Maybe it was just a bad week down there? I'd like to go down in the summer and see how it is one day. After 3 days in the park we headed out to spend a day or two around Miami. Our first stop was another National Park, probably one not a lot of people have heard of, Biscayne. Biscayne normally has sub contractors who rent out kayaks and canoes, upon arriving we found out that sub contractor backed out the day before, bummer. We still were able to go on a few boardwalks and see some of the crystal clear water and mangrove trees. Our last stop was sort of a whim decision, we headed through Miami and out onto an island to see the Cape Florida lighthouse, definetly worth the stop when your in Miami. Then the next day was another long drive back to Pittsburgh.
Pauline Bewick lives in the now. And right now, today, it's her 81st birthday. We know from Bewick's 80: A Memoir, published last year, that her life is an open book, a book in which she remembers, in painterly detail, then - not now. Even though it was past, "I only had to close my eyes and I was back in the moment," vivid moments such as a naked Pauline being painted kelly green by her sister Hazel, going barefoot to school through "squishy mud and cow dung," painting huge plywood cut-outs of lions and unicorns for Queen Elizabeth's coronation or a statue of the Virgin Mary for a Kerry graveyard.
The Lady of the Lake, mysterious arms dragging swimmers to the depths below and other eerie legends submerged in the supernatural — they all trace to...
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Thomas Gaughaby has lived his whole life in the village to the East, on the shore of the Sea, but even he doesn't know what lies beneath the surface. Young and ready to embrace the future, Thomas is devastated when an accident derails his plans, but in its wake churn mysterious forces, both dark and light, that will change everything he thinks he knows, and threaten everyone he holds most dear. Faced against a magical world of giants, monsters, and an impossible woman, Thomas and his friends must race against time to stop a terrible curse before it drags him down into the darkness. And something stirs in the Deep. ***** Inspired by northern European folklore and mythology, To the East is the second book in K.H. Leigh's "The Villages" anthology. | Author: K. H. Leigh | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: Sep 24, 2016 | Number of Pages: 356 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1536875317 | ISBN-13: 9781536875317
Title: Dreams Lie BeneathAuthor: Rebecca RossDate Started: June 26Date Finished: July 2Format: Hardcover from The Book(ish) Box A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—during each new moon, magic flows…
Watercolor is the medium for these alarming self-dissections, as aspiring medical illustrator Danny Quirk paints surreal images of peopl
In 1708, the Spanish galleon San José sank in a deadly battle against English warships, taking with it billions in treasure. Centuries passed until a secretive archaeologist found the wreck, but now nations are again warring over who may claim the gold and glory.
Lies Beneath Series: Lies Beneath #1 by Anne Greenwood Brown Series: Lies Beneath #1 Publisher: Random House Publication date: June 1...
The following photos were taken from 1914-1918 by my great-grandfather Lt. Walter Koessler during his time as a German officer in the first World War. They're part of a collection of over a thousand photos, stereographs and their negatives that my family has been saving for a century. This is an unusually large and complete collection, and I've taken on the task of preserving it and printing it so other people can experience this history too.
Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the wisdom of what lies beneath us by Manchan MaganOu...
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When Amy and I were first married, we purchased a really small home built in 1910. The only two closets in the entire house were shoebox size. We moved in and hung a few shirts and pants in each closet. That was it. No more room. We put a couple of pairs of shoes in each closet, which maxed out the floor space. Uh-oh.
