Water snake snakin’ on the canal.

Old Erie Canal Log, Day 2 Most of the critters are too quick for me to photograph. It’s honestly amazing how quickly chubby raccoons, in their their natural environments, can disappear as if invisible. So instead here’s a big fish!

Old Erie Canal Log, Day 1 (as far as Bluesky is concerned, at least). I walk here a lot in summer. It helps me stay sane. Today, being a good citizen of nature meant giving my neighbors a little extra space by choosing not to pass them.

Here’s Rebecca Pelky’s book Through a Red Place at Columbia, Missouri’s independent bookstore, Skylark, in good company & in support of the Unbound Book Fest, and the great crowd at Serendipity for her panel on Indigenous Justice with Tacey Atsitty & m. s. RedCherries. @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social

On Saturday, April 19, Rebecca Pelky will be on the panel “Indigenous Justice” from 11:45-1:00 with Tacey M. Atsitty and m. s. RedCherries at Serendipity Saloon in Downtown Columbia, Missouri as part of the Unbound Book Festival. ♥️📚♥️ @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social

Thanks to Lisa Stice for this Poetry Month post for Rebecca Pelky’s Through a Red Place, beautifully framed by spring. This title is available at our bookshop and Asterism Books - links in our Linktree. 🌱📖🍃 @lisasticepoet.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social

Great pic from Rebecca Pelky’s AWP panel on starting over in academia, with her co-panelists Amy Butcher, Molly McCully Brown, and Brooke Champagne. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 @mmccullybrown.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @ #awp25

Rebecca Pelky’s author signing yesterday at AWP! 🖊️📖🌟 @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social #perugiapress

As seen in downtown L.A.

Last night! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ @chotchandani.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @perugiapress.bsky.social

Last night! 🔥 AWP Off Site. On Purpose. @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @chotchandani.bsky.social @jenjblackburn.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social

Today! 🌟 @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social

Today! 🌟 @chotchandani.bsky.social

Today! 🌟 @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social

Hope you’ll stop by Table #510 at the AWP Bookfair and visit with Perugia Press and our poets. Rebecca Pelky will be there on Friday, March 28 from 2:00-3:00. Don’t miss the chance to talk with our brilliant poets about their work! 🌟📚🌟 @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social #througharedplace #awp25

Two weeks from tonight! We’re thrilled to be part of a collaborative offsite at #AWP25 in L.A. on 3/27. Join us! Free admission / Cash bar. @swwim.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @chotchandani.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @jenjblackburn.bsky.social

It’s much more insidious when we actually say the words: Trump Administration Launches Portal for Reporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Schools.

The Trump administration is setting up witch hunts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Post-poetry dark chocolate mousse tower with visiting poet Phil Terman and the Le Moyne CW faculty.

While we’re arguing colonial names, let’s not forget that the Maya called it Chactemal before if was anyone’s Gulf.

Reading the comments it’s funny/not funny how pissed everyone is but also don’t seem to notice the irony/hypocrisy of having the words “End Racism” overshadowed by the giant racist team name whose fans are best known for doing “the tomahawk chop.” Maybe it’s like, “End Racism (here’s an example!)”

Prepping my Native Lit class and getting homesick for Lake Superior while reading Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.

Banana for scale?

I think we’re going to learn a lot about the importance of the judicial branch real quick.

As a fan from way, way back, I’m cautiously excited to see what this all female leadership can create out of the Buffyverse in a new era, and without the black hole of Whedon hanging over it. deadline.com/2025/02/buff...

This snow downpour came out of nowhere, but it is pretty.

Today www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...

How many Indigenous poetry books have you read? Here are some to check out. #indigenousbooks #bookrecommendations #poetry #booksky

'Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of the Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of the 1975 murder of two FBI agents in South Dakota, moments before handing over power to Donald Trump on Monday.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What it feels like posting with no followers. 😆 I may be in my element. youtu.be/FG1NrQYXjLU?...

Mood

Well, here I am. 🤷🏻‍♀️