This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Because, apparently, not enough people have read this book. youtu.be/6moGLmmaQCc?...

The post following this one posted Larkin. Love when posts unknowingly speak to each other. "Slowly light strengthens, and the room takes shape. It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know, Have always known, know that we can’t escape, Yet can’t accept. One side will have to go."

Who'd want to miss out on the fun? My NIP, I threw it all in, tons of silly stuff, even a character based on a creepy man that sat rightnexttome, and my husband in the NYPL. So annoying, in the story he went. Boom, he's now the evil zillionaire and unexpected to me, even a lynchpin for the ending.

the grief the grief the grief the grief

The little hole, woodpeckers made on the house next door 3 years ago, next to reflective hanging strings, to scare away birds, now houses gray birds. Red tinged birds try to enter. I await the drama as birds come and go. At first I thought gray juncos nesting, but apparently they nest lower.

They all keep saying they want to "serve" people, (cooked on a plate) but they never do. All I want is to see the people I follow, but that happens on near zero sm now.

Patti Smith was breathtaking.

On the cusp of NaPoWriMo. @maureenthorson.bsky.social has built nearly a quarter century of poetry and poets!! I've done it every year but one since 2005. Worth the effort, absolutely. 😍

My latest comic is about the rise of ChatGPT Dads and why it’s bad news for moms.

Ha, I knew it was Iowa the minute I read this poem.

Wow this takes me back. In high school ~70s, we typed patterns in typing class to make an image, initially old school typewriters. Never poetry at all. Sometimes if you lost count of spaces, or whatever key you used, it'd become a slant like this. Very cool.

Just out of the oven, my first ever sourdough loaf, yeast captured from the wind.

Moon and the stars to the left.

Between gardening hits, I'm reading this, and so much makes sense. @lukekemp.bsky.social builds his case carefully. and broadly.

Ooh, recesses running late can be the very best. When I was a elem. para, with the last line to go in, a helicopter flew over so I told all the kids to wave. They did, and even stayed in line. The pilot tipped back and forth and did a 360 over head. Reader, we were late to go in. So worth it.

My first spam IG request to be a fitness representative for some fake company. Fitness!? I fear I'm the wrong demographic these days! So funny!

This quote, the entirety of my 20+ LiveJournal years. Instead of marriage though, my son's death restarted my writing. I still regularly read through the kids' memories/tagged posts. So glad I chronicled them growing up.

Well, the muted word feature doesn't work here, or else it takes time to get into the system.

Just tried to find a link that used to exist for Hume Cronyn in the Merchant of Venice I saw in 1976 for the said linked grad trip. Some were jealous of me seeing a famous actor. Lost on me until the pound of flesh scene. Naive me truly thought Shylock would cut Antonio. Clearly an anxious kid. 🤣

Love this idea. The surprise layer of the movie that hit hard for me personally, was the twin interaction. I knew they'd be twins but not what happens. 💔 How it was written, and acted.

Our home Nest tried to cook us once. It decided that 22C wasn't what we wanted and cranked it to like 29C. Maybe their heating got hacked.

ryan coogler accepting his first oscar is the most wholesome thing i’ve ever seen

Thank god!

Check out Frances McDormand 7 or 8 years ago. Very similar. I just happened to run across it a day or two ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gU6...

Best moment at the Oscars is the cinematographer, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, for Sinners' win, asking all the women in the audience to stand. I don't think anyone has ever done that before!! I teared up!

Fun fact, got an email yesterday that our electric bill is going up 103.45% on the next bill. That's telling given the world.

Story time. My dad stopped going to church because of windowsill pies. New priest started at our church that dad grew up with. Dad mentioned them stealing a pie. Priest refused to admit he stole a pie. Dad tried to remind him. Refusal. So disgusted Dad never went back except for weddings/funerals.🤣

Read this. Also, this is the first thing I've ever read that makes me feel like I could attempt to write about my home town. Which is shocking me a little bit, gotta say.

Happy birthday, Jack Kerouac! Related by my 10x ggrandmother, Marie Paradis. www.perche-quebec.com/jack-kerouac...

3 good things: 1. The four deer that hung out on my lawn at 5 am this morning. Made a bad night of sleep better. 2. The poetry conversation/reading/bookclub I just attended with @alinaetc.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social! ❤️ 3. A tumbler of Laphroaig 10 sitting about 2 ft from me.

TIL I used to think recreational hearses were just in NE, but 20 minutes ago learned that they are in IA too. Who knew? It was a brand new one. At the grocery stocking up on who knows what. Presumably the back was empty, not just the scary masks in the windows.

And just because those rights were legal, didn't mean locally or familially, they were allowed. Intrenched ideas don't disappear because the thing is now legal.

I love this, gotta say. I remember using teletype lines to get into the computer systems for the ILL job I had after college, remember the first Macintosh computer. Gopher anyone? LOL I guess my first email address would have been in 1992.

I've seen hummingbirds blow bubbles in the feeders, so now I'm imaging that from @spookyalice.bsky.social's #HorrorWritersChat. We get deer too, spring is set.

PhysicsGirl on Youtube is back with a new vid after 3 years fighting long covid. So happy for her. And the vid's a banger!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m3...

I have no interest in seeing Wuthering Heights, but I am so invested in the reviews lol theconversation.com/wuthering-he...

NEW Hand sewn hardcover blank journal 5x8 inch 96 page gray parchment interior Batik Black Squares hand made lotka paper cover. Ships with TWO bonus pocket sized journals www.moranpress.com/product/hard...

I bought this today. Maybe perfect.

Crystal Pepsi tasted the same as Pepsi. I stopped drinking it when I'd find bits of things in the bottle at work. Someone was stealing chugs, leaving visible tobacco bits. Between that and when you drank it with chocolate of any kind, the tastes merged into an awful thing. Tongue curdling ick.

TIL if you use your ph # for 2 factor on Amazon, but use your email to sign in, the person who had your phone number before you, their acct pops up to sign in. So messed up. Still can't see my library on my phone, but can on my browser. This is now a tomorrow problem. I'm exhausted.

Not the worst, not sure there is that, but I've only had one mango that was palatable. All the rest not worth the cutting. Blueberries are best when frozen.

Wordle 1,708 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

All things Issey Miyake! I have one of his blouses, circa 1995, found at a Filene's Basement for $50 in W. Hartford, Ct. I wear it, not often, to this day. I saw the pleats, thought, no, that couldn't be, and it was! My fav designer along with Iris van Herpen. (He even survived Hiroshima.)

TIL the word covid isn't a word in the Wordle list. Huh.

That's what punk rock is for!

"All of us are better when we're loved.” – Alistair MacLeod

TIL that if you mute a word on one platform, all the other platforms will immediately offer you exactly what you don't want to see. Sigh.

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The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1