The replace function in Word doesn't work now. I wish they'd stop "fixing" it and just make it function. First the dictionary, now this.

You know a book of poems is good when you entirely forget you poured a cup of coffee and then find it cold after you finish reading.

Absolutely. I was even an altar girl back in the day, my parish was progressive ala ~1975, rock guitars at mass. Shaped me, in ways I'm still learning. I think this pope is better than the rest, and I'm thrilled, it's still a huge leap to let go and I can't.

The auroras are blasting here but it's thundery and cloudy. Look up if you have clear skies in the mid to upper US and N. I guess thunder and lightening are fine. They are, but I prefer auroras. 😔

Mary Magdalene would've just asked for directions. (That post is excellent btw go read.)

Emily Beecham was so good. I want to dance up a castle wall with a sword. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6MU...

One thing, if you're writing advanced amphibious fishy aliens, you have to figure out how they evolved, including every pertinent physical feature without anthropomorphizing them, keeping them ~fishy~ enough. Not humans in costumes. Questioning the commonalities of sentience.

Incoming, this morning is glorious.

My first dahlia! (Dahlia is such a great sounding word.)

Happy Canada day!! A freaky little fringed hippie baseball glove. Canada has it all!!

Aaron Taylor-Johnson looks like an entirely different person in every single movie he's in. I never recognize him, and then boom, there he is.

If you're in the NY area, go to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Iris Van Herpen exhibit. It's incredible in every single way. I could've spent days. Literally every era of her career. Each dress flawless. Physics meets fabric and talent. Here are just a few of so many shown. Would live in her world.

Adventures. A baby deer was caught on the highway, everyone stopped, one truck swerved to avoid, all was well so it got back to the grass. OMG. An Amazon Prime truck's driver was falling asleep, swerving all over. But as no one passed him, he noticed, and straightened tf out. Too much drama. Ack.

Kaleidotrope reopens to fiction and poetry submissions July 19-25. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

My friend has one someone she knows taxidermized, still in the family after like 50 years. Boys, Karl and Carl.

I. Can't. Wait!

Take two. With No Experience In Such Matters. 5th anniversary of Stephen Dunn's death today. Saw him read years ago with Ted Kooser, double bill. Excellent evening, one of my fav poems. Alt text in place.

"writing is an act of humanity." 💯 www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

I've never seen this stated so clearly. I totally appreciate it. Thank you! Transparency ftw! "We want to alert all authors sending work to @newworldwriting.bsky.social that our practice is to notify contributors whose work we are not using via a short form note. We hope this doesn’t offend."

Wordle 1,831 2/6 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Apropos of not much, just remembering, the same morning Luigi made the news in NYC, I decided to do an O'Hara half hour lunch walk, to write a poem, walked by street barriers, got lost after I made a wrong turn on 5th Ave., and wound my way back. It was a vibe that day, no poem, but a story.

Ha, turns out I can only deal with 19 minutes of vulnerability. "And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction. -Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory"

Honestly, if House of Dragons put out a season of just dragons flying around, dragoning, doing their glorious thing, I'd watch with a whole heart. Currently, a last few episodes rewatch for the new season tonight.

New story first raw draft done. Boom, in two days. The idea has lingered for a long while, but I never knew how to approach it. Day before yesterday it occurred to me. (File under trust the process.)

Post your favorite ship. Lost the one I was going to reply to. Anyway, this ship without a single doubt. It's perfect. vt.tiktok.com/ZSQEhcMLo/

And I thought my son asking for a manta ray cake when he turned 3 was cool. This is incredible!!

I was so happy when @autumnskypoetrydaily picked this up. I still haven't washed the sweater,, now in the same bag in the closet. Happy Father's day to anyone who fancies themself a dad. autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2023/12/13/t...

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons GIF:

Me too. Reginald Shepherd's take on language use woven in here is excellent. reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-... and reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com/2007/01/defi...

When we lived in CT, the WHFD would "rent" out the station for b-day parties. Kids could climb the trucks, the pole, get a tour. My son loved it. If they had to leave another truck would station itself. Caveat, the party could be cancelled if worst case. They'd fill your pool for a price too.

Hope for Vicky.

For a moment a few years back, Vicky was occasionally used in place of Karen, so that was on the edge of worrisome. TG it never came to fruition and Karen held the crown. Caveat, oc, not all of them. Or, if it's my kids, they'd done something ridiculously absurd or silly. I prefer the latter.

Baby deer 20 ft from my deck o.m.g.

Was reminded I read Dover Beach in college. Arnold wrote this on his honeymoon. "Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night." www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43588/...

Today's TIL fun fact: hummingbirds are 43 million years old, 21 million in the Americas. They are older than ice caps, grasslands, and us. I'm also glad their memories return a few to us again each year. They know exactly which window the one feeder is. Watching an Attenborough doc about them. 😍

I posted the text of my speech on my website. It's slightly different bc I adlibbed a lot and did some hand-edits at the last minute, but it's pretty close to what I actually said. nkjemisin.com/2026/06/text...

An absolute queen. www.raiplay.it/video/2026/0...

This came to mind first. Also an excellent song. "The time is so little, the time belongs to us Why is everybody in such a fucking rush? ""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdocmu6CyFs

The best news!!

This is so good!! (I might have to write something longer on this topic.) Q: How long does it take to bloom? open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

Immediate registration. 😍

RIP Giles. This is so sad.

Sheer nonsense.

They do stuff out of spite too. In captivity, they spit water to short lights above them. They feel/experience dread, (hat tip China Mieville for that nugget) so they prepare for battle because they know it's coming, carrying around shells in which to hide. 🐙😍 youtu.be/paCqiY1jwqc?...

Of "sadness." If that doesn't break your heart, I don't even know what to say. www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...

I feel so sorry for Ötzi/Oetzi. First lost in the Alps, then an arrow in the back kills him, then he's falls into a gully alone, buried under snow, and lays for 5.3 k years. Global warming happens. Then! he's made into sourdough bread. Apparently beer is on tap next. He's the tap. 😞

Just roasted 5 head of garlic, so while I nibble, I wondered what garlic poems are around, and found this! By Jenny Browne. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Oh, so many from which to choose!: the one who asked me out in hs, the uni prof who told the whole next semester class my grade, or in 7th gr, the one who suggested I'd be the high jump pole in the '76 Olympics, or the other 8th gr high jump coach who made the girls use the metal bar to practice.

My constant refrain when writing.