We toss out that rhetoric because we’re taught to. I have a therapist. But in the last month I have watched runaway capitalism and corporate greed all but kill my little sister and ruin my family forever. So yea, maybe actually life as we exist in this godawful oligarch run country isnt worth living.

I agree with you OP. I find nothing pleasant about fall. It’s just a harbinger of winter.

It’s doesn’t need to be mental health related. Some of us just hate winter. ‘Milder temps’ meaning it’s in the 30s does not make it pleasant or agreeable to people who hate winter. It’s still grey and dark and depressing for months on end. It grinds your soul down and so every spring your worse off than the last.

I totally get what OP is saying. If I could I afford to move I wouldn’t just leave CT I’d leave this thrice damned country. As it is, I’ll probably just leave this plane of existence instead. It’s the only way out.

Had to look up belltown. I thought they were using weird slang for East Hampton 😂

I gotta say I think it depends. I worked with this bastard for a couple years and he 100% seemed like the type. The arrest went down after id left that company but when I saw the news I wasn’t shocked at all. He was aggressive, handsy, demeaning towards the women in the office, tried to encourage similar behavior from the other men in the office, and tried to turn everything into a sexual joke. Yuck

And the parents have already raised over $40,000 on gofundme… given their lack of parenting up to this point you gotta wonder if the donations will actually be used for funeral expenses.

Oh that’s so neat! Thanks for sharing!

Oh hahaha thank you! Sometimes I lose track 😅. I’ll tag you when I finish this one!

Oh my goodness this is stunnnnning!! Would you mind if I painted it please?

Wholly agree. The criminalizing of only certain drugs is intentionally done to feed the prison labor system and withhold care and support from those with mental health disorders. It’s a maddeningly archaic way to run a country, but I suppose as long as it makes the ultra rich even richer it’s unlikely to change.

I am not. But if anyone takes pretty snow landscape photos please post them. Id love some fresh painting inspiration :-)

Thanks! I’ve never been and went from what my friend labeled his picture as he’s generally a very reliable source.

Get yourself some very good dehumidifiers because the summer humidity will fuck you up. We live at the top of a hill and have no issues with leaks or flooding and still have to rub humidifiers in our basement and garage to keep the mold at bay.

Just a touch, and I’m a bit tickled anyone noticed!! That location reminds me so much of Rivendell. I was sliiiiiiightly channeling the stylized illustrative watercolor landscapes that Tolkien painted of Middle Earth. :-)

Good thing I love buying green paint!!

Hahaha thanks! I loved how you captured the light streaming in there in your photo!

Hiya! Just fair warning you may now get a direct message from a scammer offering to ‘sell’ you a bootleg of this. I’m not currently offering prints and that scammer will steal your cc info

I’m jealous. The fuck even does our motto for CT even mean??!

A fellow redditor, u/daeedorian shared a wonderful photo of theirs in the comments of my previous Sol Duc Falls painting. Their photo is of the falls from the opposite direction and I figured I def should paint it as well! This is a 10x8” gouache on paper!

Thanks!

Just sending you a hug. I hope the sobbing helps release some of what has you down.

Have fun with Pratchett! His books are miraculous!