From Le Petit Prince.

It’s not a hat, it’s a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.”

from tattoolit.com

I remember reading 'The Little Prince' while taking my brother Clay to college, which means I was around 8 years old. I remember sitting in a hammock with my mom at Covenant College while she translated the French version aloud and I read the English version and would correct her. For all the times that I've read the book I don't think I've ever finished it.

What's up with US territories (that aren't states)?

Unincorporated organized territories

• Guam (since 1898): also the home of a U.S. Naval Base and a U.S. Air Force Base.
• Northern Mariana Islands: formerly a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of the United States, it established itself as a U.S. Commonwealth in 1978.
• Puerto Rico (since 1898): established as a U.S. Commonwealth in 1952.
• United States Virgin Islands (since 1927): these were purchased by the U.S. from Denmark, initially in order to add to the defenses of the Panama Canal.^{[citation needed]}

Harvest

Harvest time blows my mind. After a long time of working with my plants - planting, watering, fretting - they've finally produced fruit. I completely forgot about them giving something back! What an unexpected gift!

This is from the Mission Garden at my church. I got two plots and am growing watermelon (they're tiny!), squash, cucumber (I think?), tomatoes, and peppers! This is one of the first fruits!

I received this orchid plant about a year ago and it looked like this. And then the blooms died and it hasn't looked like this again until now. It was fascinating watching it grow. Slowly a small vine started to sprout from the base and grew longer and I attached it to this bamboo rod and propped up the blooms. Amazing! Orchids remind me of the movie Adaptation. Anyone?

This last guy was actually a mistake. I realized really late that I need to stake my tomatoes. So while I was wrangling the plants, one of the branches broke off with this green tomato on it. I looked up a recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes and am considering giving it a shot.

from Hedi Slimane diary

from popcultureafternoon

i am counted among the delighted!

This is new from Sufjan Stevens. I heard about this from Claire. Listen to it here.

I recommend the song "From the Mouth of Gabriel" - it is so choice.

me, age 14.

"I have begun to understand what deeply spiritual people teenagers are. (Silly of me to have forgotten, when I was one myself.) Even the scruffiest middle-schooler is on a seriously beautiful, completely unique journey, as we all are, and have been, even when we were little kids."

- Melissa Range, Poet, Youth Ministry volunteer, Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia

from Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli