Mama said there’d be days like this . . .

no words. . .

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved - Kurt Vonnegut Pic of the day #photography

Truth. . .

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Yes! Thank you Minneapolis for showing us how Solidarity is done! We love and support you!

The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.

Aloka the dog who walked with the Buddhist monks, being honored when he arrived in Raleigh, NC. And he’s damn proud of it. 👌

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Don’t think apartness breaks what hearts have made. The sun will span all space to warm the stone, So too does love traverse each distant shade, For I am with you when you are alone. #vss365 1/5

Here in Virginia, this feels like a breath of fresh air . . . albeit in the midst of the raging dumpster fire that is our federal government. But, hey, I'll take all the air I can get.

Written not to shame, but to speak; carrying anger that is measured, thoughtful, & deliberately restrained It addresses directly this indefensible act of ego fuelled vandalism, but also carries judgement on our own selfish, fleeting acts that have ecological consequences #poetry #poemoftheday

About the only things uplifting in this cruel world now are the venerable monks and their beloved canine, Aloka. 😭 #WalkForPeace 💙

Honoring the Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, who are undertaking a 2,300 mile pilgrimage of Walk for Peace. The monks and their loyal dog Aloka are traveling through 10 states en route to Washington, D.C. #walkforpeace Artist: Carol Carter

A magnolia bloom from May 2024 — better times. . .

Folk music has always been about resistance.

W.S. Merwin with a beautiful poem for the day that it is.

Here's a shot I got in May of a Cliff Swallow colony on the central coast. There were so many nests I lost count and I can't wait to get back there in 2026! #Birds #Photography #Nature

I was reminded I saved this a while ago:

Today's poem is for everyone who finished work for the holidays That holiday feeling after a few days off and too much to eat & drink and you can't remember what day or what time it is. You have lost the ability to count how many chocolates you have eaten #poetry #poemoftheday #Christmas

#SmallPoemSunday #poetry @tomsnarsky.bsky.social I love this small poem by Jim Moore.

Yearning, a thing with claws— it cuts the soul to shreds in pursuit of what it wants I hide it well beneath a veil of nonchalance yet it haunts me still, relentlessly & so I beg him— please, come to me remove the veil, reveal my naked yearning soul & let desire take over. #BlueSkyRelay #Emoetry

Dinner with my daughter . . . Who says the one thing that reveals me more deeply to myself. Astonishment dances with delight.

"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines The main difference between people who want to ban books and me: They would feel threatened by that quote. I feel *energized* by it.

one hand opens in grief the other in gratitude pressing them together to pray — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, “One on Thanksgiving”

Greetings and love on #SmallPoemSunday 💙

Really @kaine.senate.gov You sold us out . . .and for what? My husband and I have voted for you since you were governor. Our daughter worked on your first Senate campaign. And you cave NOW!

Period.

This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

Sharing . . .because her words are always a balm open.substack.com/pub/annelamo...

My sweet Tesla- still going to be killed - BUT WE HAVE A RESCUE FOR HIM! I just need a foster #home -NY NJ CT ME RI VT PA DE DC MD NH NE VA- SOME1 foster this baby! Transport/vet/food provided! Why would u not foster? REPOST& #fuckTrump

I stand with Matthew Dowd.

They want you numb. Overworked. Distracted. Apologizing for how much you feel in a world that profits off your disconnection. But staying soft in a world broken like this is not a weakness. It’s proof that you haven’t given up on being human.

Haven’t made a sourdough boule lately, but cooler weather has inspired me to bake bread.

🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

His future is in our hands #WeAreAmerica

The ability to recognize the suffering of others and offer assistance is not only honorable, but it will serve you well in many situations, some unexpected. Compassion is a transferable skill.

My letters to you lope of pen on paper each word . . .a kiss

The grace in letting go How a leaf loves the air as it falls

We plant our flag here, there, everywhere as if it is possible to lay claim to something outside this Self

still water~ the sunlight does all the dancing #haiku

Open hearts may let the light in, but it is seen through tears.

Who knew there existed a creature called a curly tailed lizard? Certainly not a mature woman who hails from Pennsylvania.

When you are enamored with an iguana. . .

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.