Brianna

@goodchat.bsky.social

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Impassioned music lover, avid reader, fierce feminist, homebody, fraghead, ESFJ, 2w3, marketing & comms freelancer, and happy wife & mama. COVID informed & cautious. 😷✨

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A bottle of J'Adore D'eau perfume. The main accords are white floral, floral, green, citrus, and fruity.
A field of bluebells among trees that are just starting to turn green.
A bottle of Aerin - Lilac Path. The main accords are white floral, floral, fresh, green, musky, and amber.
A post in the Panda Express Reddit shows communication from corporate that says: Mask policy didn't last long oops!!! TO: PIC/SM/M/ACO/RDO/VPOs ACTIONS REQUESTED: Effective Immediately. • BE AWARE that the mask policy communicated on 4/15/25 will no longer apply • The health and wellbeing of our associates will always come first • If associates prefer to wear a mask, whether it's for health, family-related, or religious reasons, they may still do SO • As always, if an associate is sick, they should follow our Illness Policy provided in our Associate Handbook (SEE attached for reference) • REMOVE the policy that was communicated on 4/15/25 immediately (titled" New Mask Policy - Not Applicable in California) if posted in the store
A bottle of Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Forte Bosca Vanilla. The main accords are vanilla, woody, powdery, sweet, citrus, musky, aldehydic, marine, herbal, aromatic.
A cinnamon roll on a dessert plate.
A bottle of Athalia from Parfums de Marly. The main accords are powdery, iris, musky, white floral, amber, violet, earthy, animalic, citrus, and sweet.
A bottle of Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Verde. The main accords are green, aquatic, ozonic, rose, citrus, fresh spicy, aromatic, powdery, floral, and violet.
A hand showing a manicure. It is a rainbow of pastel colors: pink, green, blue, purple, and yellow.
A bottle of Primera Perfumes Iris Raspberry perfume
A bottle of Room 1015 Jasmine Freak perfume.
A bottle of Annabel’s Birthday Cake perfume by Marissa Zappas.
A hand holding a bottle of Heretic Nosferatu perfume.
A bottle of Love at First Sight by Une Nuit Nomade. The main accords are floral, fresh, tropical, sweet, fruity, amber, green.
A bottle of Lilac Brulee by Fzotic. The main accords are listed as sweet, floral, vanilla, green, fresh, nutty, aromatic, and lactonic.
A bottle of Universal Flowering Lilac No. 4. The main accords are floral, fresh, and green.
So, putting work aside, one could reasonably feel a sense of moral injury just as a result of living in the world right now. We can change our work situation, or at least try, but changing the bigger problems is beyond our scope. Any advice for how to get through that feeling? A nice softball question! There are three ideas that come to mind. One is a quote from the amazing Mariame Kaba, who says, "Hope is a discipline." She argues that hope is not this nebulous, airy thing. It is a practice that you cultivate through active effort. I think of a line by the great and late global-health advocate Paul Farmer, who said that he "fought the long defeat." By which he meant that he was often swimming against forces that were extremely powerful, and he knew that he was going to suffer defeats and setbacks, and that he was going to fight nonetheless. Then the third one is an idea called the Stockdale paradox, which was named after Vice Adm. James Stockdale, who was a prisoner of war. When he was finally released, after a long time in captivity, he was asked how he managed to survive what he endured, and he talked about how he made it because he was able to hold two seemingly contradictory ideas in his head at the same time. One was the full and brutal realization of his situation, combined with the indomitable hope that things could get better. These three ideas anchor me in these moments when it feels like the gulf between what we hope the world should be and what it actually is seems vast and growing. That gulf is agonizingly difficult to bear, but we bear it nonetheless.
A bottle of Zoologist Bee. The main accords are vanilla, beeswax, honey, powdery, amber, yellow floral, sweet, warm spicy, animalic, woody.
A hand holding a bottle of Ginger Lotus perfume by Matchabelli
A bottle of Milky Dragon perfume. The main accords are aromatic, woody, warm spicy, citrus, fresh spicy, powdery, lactonic, camphor, musky, and mossy.
A bottle of Blanche Bete by Liquides Imaginaires. The main accords are vanilla, lactonic, musky, white floral, sweet, powdery, tuberose, floral, amber, warm spicy.
A bottle of London Fog by House of Brandt. The main accords are listed as smoky, citrus, lavender, green, fresh spicy, aromatic, vanilla, powdery, woody, and sweet.
The front of a white Zimi kn95 respirator.
A bottle of 4160 Tuesdays Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits. The main accords are listed as citrus, sweet, vanilla, green, fresh, aromatic, nutty, powdery, and warm spicy.
A perfume review says: I've had Covid so many times now im beginning to think my sense of smell has been permenantly affected. So if you're interested in this scent, definitely test it for yourself as there are many popular "strong" scents that I can barely smell. This smells nice but unfortunately for me this is another scent I can barely smell, so for me l won't purchase a full bottle. I'll need to revisit this in a few months to see if this is still the case.
10 bottles of Zoya nail polish ranging from green to pink to purple shades.
A bottle of L'orpheline by Serge Lutens. The main accords are musky, amber, smoky, balsamic, powdery, and warm spicy.
A post offering to swap a box of eggs for a new bottle of Celine Black Tie perfume.
A bottle of Dream Sequence perfume by Marissa Zappas. The main accords are floral, earthy, fresh, musky, green, vanilla, citrus, and aromatic.
Two bottles of perfume are shown: the male and female versions of the Victory Cologne by President Trump.
An image for the 8th Fragrantica Community Awards 2024. The winner of the Worst Fragrance Marketing 2024 award is Fight Fight Fight Cologne for Men by President Trump.
A QT hepa air purifier sits on a wooden table.
A blooming Christmas cactus with bright pink flowers.
Pizza dough sits on a piece of parchment paper. A tub of dough is sitting behind with a pizza peel on top.
A photo with book covers of: Enchantment, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Endurance (5 stars), On Tyranny, and In Order to Live.
A photo with book covers of: The Marvellous Land of Oz, Not that Kind of Girl, One Day, Ordinary Time, Ozma of Oz, The Postcard, Sipsworth, The Viral Underclass (5 stars), and All the Water in the World.
A photo with book covers of: Auggie & Me, The Sense of Wonder, Passenger to Frankfurt, Anne of Ingleside (5 stars), Paper Towns, Just Mercy, Lonesome Dove, Love Begins in Winter, Over the Influence, All In Her Head, She's Come Undone, and All American Boys.
A photo with book covers of: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (5 stars), The Bitch in the House, Somehow, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Sociopath, Tom Lake, On the Other Side of Freedom, The Beauty in Breaking, and Outline.
A photo with book covers of: The Can't Kill Us until They Kill Us, Tell Me Everything, Utopia for Realists, The Boys in the Boat, A Bit Much, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Good Talk, Fear, and Wonder (5 stars).
A photo with book covers of: The Half Moon, brown girl dreaming, The Resilience Myth, Tanqueray, Will and Charlie Mayo, Concrete Rose, And the Band Played On (5 stars), The Ten Thousand Doors of January, and Loud.
A photo with book covers of: Option B, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Tiny Beautiful Things, The Little Friend, The Naked Don't Fear the Water, Last House, The Little Prince, One Way Back, and When the Whole World Tips.
A photo with book covers of: Marrying the Ketchups, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, The Diamond in the Window, The Husbands, Black Like Me, The Unthinkable (5 stars), Boy Without Instructions, Where'd You Go Bernadette, and Disability Visibility.
A bottle of Caron Tabac Exquis. The main accords are warm spicy, amber, sweet, cacao, tobacco, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, and iris.
A color changing shirt that changes color based on heat. This picture shows purple handprints all over a pink shirt.
Not everyone is going to like or understand your choices, your changes, you. This was once impossibly painful; notice the ways the pain of it is lessening. Notice the ways the pain of not being your true self hurts more than being misunderstood. Notice the ways you’ve been practicing letting misunderstanding take the place of performance. Find some celebration in that, even as it is bittersweet. There is medicine in slowly remembering how to be your truest self.
A headline says: I tried wartime recipes to see if rationing was actually good for us.
A tweet from @SJKSalisburt says: [coughing up blood]: that’s weird, I don’t remember eating this much blood.
A highlighted excerpt reads: It is those who were considered exceptional, eccentric, or even insane in their own time—those who did not change when the world around them did-whom we remember and admire today.
A hand holds a bottle of Roasted Green Tea perfume by J-Scent. The main accords are green, vanilla, coconut, nutty, sweet, fresh, fresh spicy, powdery, and aromatic. The top notes are Japanese green tea, peanut and coconut. The middle notes are mint and jasmine. The base notes are vanilla, iris, cedar, and clover.
A Google search result from the Washington post shows an opinion piece by Katherine May titled “During the Pandemic, I lost the ability to read.” Part of the summary is highlighted and it says: Until Covid. Long COVID has derailed my life.
The cover of Enchantment by Katherine May.
Unbaked cinnamon rolls on aluminum trays.
The cover of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The cover of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
A bottle of Mith Thai Tea perfume has main accords of sweet, citrus, warm spicy, powdery, vanilla, soft spicy, aromatic, anis, green, and musky.
. Surprising, considering that cranberries are probably their least favorite fruit lol. Now everyone is asking, are they any good?! We can all agree that they still taste like cranberries LOL but they've been sweetened with orange juice and sugar making them an easy treat with a fun little "pop" with every bite. Ingredients you'll need: 12 oz fresh cranberries 1 cup orange juice 1 cup Prosecco 11/2 - 2 cups powdered sugar Instructions: 1. Soak the cranberries overnight in the oj & Prosecco. 2. Drain the liquid from the cranberries. 3. Toss them in powdered sugar, coating them entirely. 4. Bake at 200 degrees for 5-7 minutes. Comment "candy" and I'll send you the recipe full of my tips & tricks or find it here https:// homemadeheather.com/cranberry-candy- viral-recipe/
Cranberries covered in powdered sugar sitting on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.