Cinse Bonino
@cinse.bsky.social
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writer, nosey noticer of human behavior, joyful human,
#smalltownlife
#friends
#life
#walking
#lists
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A Partial Thursday List…
-friend 1 called and asked if I wanted to get fancy coffee and go for a walk
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13 days ago
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forgotten wishes what did you wish for before someone or something taught you to wish for things that don’t matter really? Cinse Bonino 2026
#wishes
#authenticity
#expectations
#poetry
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#certainty
#islands
#roots
#thinkforyourself
#life
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Certainly Not
John Donne told us that no man is an island.
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17 days ago
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@bsky.app
#expectations
#growingupfemale
#gifts
#patriarchy
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#expectations
#growingupfemale
#gifts
#patriarchy
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no grazie
recently an older
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22 days ago
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apartment life a man yelled upstairs as if someone was trying to murder him or maybe he was watching some sports game anyway I went upstairs to check I listened in at apartment doors but all was silent good thing I forgot to bring my crowbar Cinse Bonino 2026
#lifeanddeath
#apartmentl
#community
about 1 month ago
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Telling you I live in Vermont without telling you I live in Vermont...
about 1 month ago
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#ashes
#death
#honorthymother
#scatteringashes
#memorials
#dreaming
#life
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Scattered Not Separated
My mother’s ashes sit along the wall in my studio apartment in a perfumed box inside a clear plastic bag tied with a red bow.
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about 1 month ago
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It’s Got Legs I discovered a spider swimming in my water
 filtering pitcher. Not
 floating. Swimming. 
 What wisdom should
 I weave from its visit? Cinse Bonino
 2026
#life
#wisdom
#spiders
#awareness
#signs
about 1 month ago
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#life
#currentevents
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current events
half a world currently
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about 2 months ago
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#aging
#life
#poetry
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Leaving a Mark
I turn 70 in two weeks.
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about 2 months ago
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living in this now the air carries missiles aimed at nuclear sites as a plane carries Easter candy toward my son Cinse Bonino 2026
#war
#life
#ChathamCandyManor
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living in this now
(candy from Chatham Candy Manor)
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2 months ago
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seriously silly the opposite of terror is peace or safety but the antidote is delight Cinse Bonino 2026
#delight
#joy
#fightfascism
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seriously silly
the opposite of terror
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3 months ago
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#awareness
#grateful
#cooking
#reuse
#creativity
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Something from Nothing May Actually be Something Else
I’ve always prided myself on being able to make a magnificent meal for friends even if there is next to nothing, or what many would consider to be nothing, in my fridge and cupboards.
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3 months ago
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VT Peeps: This looks SO good! Middlebury College Theatre Department Presents: The Maids by Jean Genet translated by Martin Crimp April 9 - 11, 2026 (Free parking is available.) Tickets: Call (802) 443-6433 or go to
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#vaccum
#toaster
#kitchen
#wisdom
#life
#procrastination
#awareness
#selfawareness
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Sage and Time
I have a tiny vacuum that I use once in a while on the carpet in my small studio apartment.
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3 months ago
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#life
#death
#joy
#family
#friends
#war
#hope
#grief
#pillows
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marching forward
February is done
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3 months ago
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I think the pile of evil has reached critical mass. Which way will we go?
3 months ago
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#apocalypse
#musing
#newworld
#life
#change
#evolution
#poetry
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late stage musings
sometimes I find myself wishing
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3 months ago
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#selflove
#awareness
#selfacceptance
#life
#narcissism
#philautia
#aging
#joy
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The Inner Eye
I learned a new word yesterday.
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3 months ago
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family recipes my mother grew up on an emotional diet of crumbs from the table and bone slivers on the floor the crumbs were never enough the bones cut her throat even as they strengthened her spine Cinse Bonino 2026
#familyrecipes
#generationaltrauma
#awareness
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family recipes
my mother grew up
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3 months ago
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my inheritance my mother had a hunger it was huge and demanded to be fed to prove she mattered to stop anyone from discounting her I feel it sometimes flowing in my blood when I stare at a piece of chocolate cake Cinse Bonino 2026
#inheritance
#hunger
#selfworth
#selfawareness
#poetry
#cake
3 months ago
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revelations I forget as I watch the sky shifting to remember the Earth continues to turn its face to a different place is about more than what is there it matters where we have placed ourselves Cinse Bonino 2026
#place
#choices
#poetry
#selfawareness
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revelations
I forget as I watch
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3 months ago
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silly comparison #1 sweaters are like tofu you can’t twist them when they’re wet only squeeze them Cinse Bonino
2026 silly comparison #2 dust bunnies hide out of reach like cats under the bed refusing capture Cinse Bonino 2026
#comparisons
#poetry
4 months ago
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a new decoration for my apartment door for fun, entertainment, insanity prevention, and to help friends find my place more easily when they come to visit...
#home
4 months ago
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#death
#grief
#growth
#dementia
#aging
#learning
#selfawareness
#roots
#wisdom
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Moving On
death gifts
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4 months ago
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fall in love with your own life thank the sun for reaching through your window pane notice how moss looks like its own huge forest congratulate lint for breaking free from its incarceration thank your coffee for dancing on your tongue Cinse Bonino 2026
#love
#gratitude
#life
#notice
#poetry
4 months ago
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mistaken identity the oldest wild bird a Laysan albatross stared flying over oceans three years before I was born she and I have seen much of this world looks at her with reverence the way I look at my own gifted journey to them I am just an old woman Cinse Bonino 2026
#aging
#identity
4 months ago
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#2026
#survive
#resist
#persevere
#hope
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2026
butterflies fill my ribcage
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4 months ago
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silly comparison #1 sweaters are like tofu you can’t twist them when they’re wet only squeeze them Cinse Bonino
 2026
4 months ago
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sharing because I love this...
4 months ago
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noted two birds in my lungs both singing neither wrong but the song matters Cinse Bonino 2026
#listening
4 months ago
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Well-dressed ladies who lunch believe nothing can touch them because it rarely does. Who’s going to tell them head lice like clean hair too? We talk about white privilege as if it is a byproduct of racism. Open your eyes. It is the intended outcome of racism.
4 months ago
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reflections you’re so disciplined she said as she rung up my tiny chocolate covered caramel heart I recently purchased a full length mirror I replied smiling Cinse Bonino 2026
#reflections
#bodyimage
#aging
#humor
#health
4 months ago
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How about you?
#language
5 months ago
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a little bird told me a small bird drinking from the stainless steel bowl the cafe sets out for patrons’ dogs tweets a white paper about shared non-class based resources Cinse Bonino 2022
#justice
#equalrightsforall
#poetry
#peace
5 months ago
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together let our fears be as rain upon our shoulders strong enough to bear the onslaught ready to step forward in hope the world is just a world we make the world just Cinse Bonino 2026
#resolve
#justice
#fear
#hope
#resistance
5 months ago
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now and again the age of innocence is not dead despite what we are now led to believe we can no longer do or think truth is not what we are told but what we are bold enough to know with our hearts no matter how many lies they weave to hold us in an unholy embrace Cinse Bonino 2026
#perception
5 months ago
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#loss
#memories
#beingalive
#joy
#connections
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Loss
When my son was a toddler, I began to prepare myself for losing him.
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5 months ago
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space the final frontier
two people I cared deeply about
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5 months ago
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#bunions
#memories
#aging
#gratitude
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bent memories
now that I’m almost 70
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6 months ago
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I am grateful to grieve deeply to miss what we never had to know we did our best Cinse Bonino 2025
#grief
#love
#loss
#truth
6 months ago
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#balance
#grief
#conflictingemotions
#duality
#authenticity
#poetry
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hold your horses
two horses pull
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6 months ago
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the wait is over my mother’s ashes arrived today I did not see her body I felt her passing in my own way I knew not to wait for her to love me without her fears choking her but her time riddled mind surprisingly was courageous now it is my turn Cinse Bonino 2025
#grief
#dementia
#life
#courage
6 months ago
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#peace
#justice
#unrest
#politics
#equality
#humanity
#understanding
#Nike
#justgetit
#justdoit
#change
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With Apologies and Appreciation to Nike
a new tagline for 2026
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6 months ago
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a backward glance do you remember twirling and twirling when you were young glorying in the feeling of being in this world we don’t have to outgrow that dance that feeling that freedom that chance Cinse Bonino 2025
#joy
#being
#awake
#alive
#poetry
#authenticity
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a backward glance
do you remember
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6 months ago
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dust to dust I am a titan of tenderness not of tidiness though I sometimes tornado neaten everything in my world I prefer to ride the wind and the whims of my heart do judge me if you need to but I’m good with myself Cinse Bonino 2025
#dust
#authenticity
#judgment
#life
#selfesteem
#tidiness
6 months ago
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#grandmothers
#lifesecrets
#hope
#wisdom
#advice
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Vecchia Vibes
My father’s mother didn’t say much but if you listened when she did speak you could learn a lot.
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6 months ago
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#death
#transformation
#motherhood
#generationaltrauma
#breakingthecycle
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My Mother's Obituary
...and my transformation
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6 months ago
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#religion
#connections
#friendship
#death
#rosary
#spirituality
#mysteries
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Mysteries
A good friend of mine died recently.
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6 months ago
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