#smalltownlife #friends #life #walking #lists open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

#certainty #islands #roots #thinkforyourself #life open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

@bsky.app #expectations #growingupfemale #gifts #patriarchy open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/... #expectations #growingupfemale #gifts #patriarchy

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

Telling you I live in Vermont without telling you I live in Vermont...

#ashes #death #honorthymother #scatteringashes #memorials #dreaming #life open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

#life #currentevents open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#aging #life #poetry

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 open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

seriously silly the opposite of terror is peace or safety but the antidote is delight Cinse Bonino 2026 #delight #joy #fightfascism open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#awareness #grateful #cooking #reuse #creativity open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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 www.middlebury.edu/college/box-...

#vaccum #toaster #kitchen #wisdom #life #procrastination #awareness #selfawareness open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#life #death #joy #family #friends #war #hope #grief #pillows open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

I think the pile of evil has reached critical mass. Which way will we go?

#apocalypse #musing #newworld #life #change #evolution #poetry open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#selflove #awareness #selfacceptance #life #narcissism #philautia #aging #joy open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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 open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

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 open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

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

#death #grief #growth #dementia #aging #learning #selfawareness #roots #wisdom open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

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

#2026 #survive #resist #persevere #hope open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

silly comparison #1 sweaters are like tofu you can’t twist them when they’re wet only squeeze them Cinse Bonino
 2026

sharing because I love this...

noted two birds in my lungs both singing neither wrong but the song matters Cinse Bonino 2026 #listening

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.

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

How about you? #language

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

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

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

#loss #memories #beingalive #joy #connections open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#bunions #memories #aging #gratitude open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/... #balance #grief #conflictingemotions #duality #authenticity #poetry

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

#peace #justice #unrest #politics #equality #humanity #understanding #Nike #justgetit #justdoit #change open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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 open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

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

#grandmothers #lifesecrets #hope #wisdom #advice open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#death #transformation #motherhood #generationaltrauma #breakingthecycle open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...

#religion #connections #friendship #death #rosary #spirituality #mysteries open.substack.com/pub/cinse/p/...