This Sunday, LMNL Arts Fest at Parleaux Beer Lab in New Orleans. I'm scheduled to read at 4:30. Hope to see some of y'all there!

For 142 years, we've been boiling water to make electricity. A steel plant in southwest China ended that tradition in December of 2025. What comes next could be amazing. Scot Noel discussses "The End of Steam" in his Hope Notes. go.dfstory.com/steam

We’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

Even though we’ll soon be overrun by these screeching attackers, it seemed special to see my first red-winged black bird of the year.

#TheBloodyChamber #AngelaCarter ...the armfuls of arum lilies that filled my bedroom in great glass jars…lilies with the heavy pollen that powders your fingers as if you had dipped them in turmeric. The lilies I always associate with him; that are white. And stain you. #TheWriteWomen

Oh wow. There may finally be accountability for the psychopaths who joined the siege of Sarajevo for sport. The so-called 'Sarajevo Safari.' This claim has been around for decades. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

The March issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...

Bee ‘Outside another yellow moon Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’ Dreams favour the brave… #bee #goodnight #dream

Woke up to a robin singing this morning. It’s spring! 🌸🌺🌼🪺

🖼️ Cornelis van Hardenbergh, c.1800.

March Hares, Celia Hart.

Kate Jarvik Birch (American Artist, born 1977) "Saturday Morning Coffee", 2024. Gouache on Paper, 6 × 6 inches. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Wow

Tubular (not Bells)!

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If you Google “Michael B. Jordan”, a little button pops up that gives him virtual flowers when you press it.

"Just because you’re one thing, doesn’t mean all your journeys end, or start again, with your staying that same thing.”

New Jess Dawn banger today! "Airport’s more like a bus station with a bar inside. Big place, high ceilings, big windows looking out over the runway that could be a parking lot. Bar’s bigger than the rest of the airport." https://www.havehashad.com/9vqmp

Do you know of published #KidLit #MGLit or #YALit authors/illus who able to market themselves and their books in creative and authentic ways? Reply with a link to their main social where they are most active but pls keep reading first 🧵👇🏽

So good to wake up to such a sunny morning. 🌞

Huge thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for all the work she puts into this award ❤️ I’m happy to have been Highly Commended, and now the search begins to find a publisher for this Novella… And big hugs anyone on the shortlist feeling disappointed today ❤️❤️❤️

There should be nothing else on KW's flag but the logo for Lula's Roadhouse www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQV...

Strands #723 “Just for reference” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵

Hi @mrmuleman.bsky.social 👋

I was on Twitter for the writers and the book recommendations, the essays, the poetry, the community. I am here now for the same. I’m a nerd. Please reply with a favorite recent essay or poem or story or book recommendation, and thank you.

Richard Claremont (Australian Artist, born 1965) "The Secret Staircase", 2025. Acrylic on Board, 40 × 40 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Richard Claremont (Australian Artist, born 1965) "Kitchen Nocturne", 2025. Acrylic on Linen Board, 30 × 30 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

In November I cancelled my Spotify account and started buying music instead. I listen to it on my mp3 player. My phone screen time is down to an average of 9 minutes a day. I LOVE IT. In this post, @gooutsidetoday.com talks about getting away from algorithms: gooutsidetoday.com/blog/2026/02...

Should I even bother to look at the hockey game?

Yes, we got snow again this morning, but it looks like Christmas. Time to crack open a short story.

The Lemon, 1880 by Edouard Manet / Lemon, 1946-1947 by Lucian Freud

Leah Gardner (American Contemporary Artist) "Getting Ready", 2025. Oil on cradled Wood Panel, 8 × 10 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Hanno Karlhuber ( Austrian, 1946 - 2022 ) The Secret, 1994 Oil on panel 70 x 100 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Never truer than today #Oligarchy #Gatsby #FScottFitzgerald

First perfect score 🤔🍻 Strands #720 “The beer necessities” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵

Reminds me of my current read: George Saunders’s Vigil

Chapter 53, Harrow the Ninth — bloodbroox www.tumblr.com/bloodbroox/8...

Good morning, here’s a little photo collage of details taken from a variety of my embroideries for you today. Hope it’s the pop of colour you may need… 😉🪡🌿🌺 #stitchedart #embroideryartist #thesewingsongbird

Woman in Reykjavik with Umbrella, c. 1980 Louisa Matthíasdóttir (Iceland, 1917-2000) oil on canvas, 30 x 26 inches #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Welcome, friends!

What’s this? Another new art piece? Lonely Vigil - I’ve had this bouncing around my head since I got back from Minnesota in November. Finally got it done. #art

Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), regarded as one of the most influential ceramics artists of the 20th Century #WomensArt

Marino Marini ( Italian, 1901 - 1980 ) Cavallo et Cavalieri, 1952 Watercolour on paper 41,8 x 29.6 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Bob Godfrey (circa 2024) by Australian artist, animator and filmmaker Adam Elliot (born in 1972) Pencil, ink, ink wash, and gouache on paper The style is characteristic of Elliot's work, which often features lonely or unusual characters. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Manuel Bujados, 1930

Mark Edwards (British Artist, born 1951) "Under The Bridge", 2023. Giclee on Board, 62.8 × 76.2 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Joan Gillchrest (British artist) 1918 - 2008 Drinking at the Lobster Pot, Mousehole, oil on card 30 x 25 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt