"Chaos is a friend of mine." "Money doesn't talk, it swears." "A Hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." BOTD Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman 1941 He's been called one of the greatest songwriters & poets of all time & won a Nobel Prize in literature 2016

Charles Perrault, 1900 #Caturday

“Man makes plans . . . and God laughs.” “There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.” “Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.” BOTD novelist Michael Chabon 1963 #Booksky

BOTD Jamaican singer-songwriter & producer Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD, AKAS professionally as Prince Buster 1938, Kingston, Jamaica

'Exene is not the girl next door' by Patricia Freeman California Living magazine cover feature on X frontwoman and punk poetess Exene Cervenka, 18 September 1983

"Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" BOTD meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz 1917 Chaos theory akas "the butterfly effect," a term coined by Lorenz to explain how small actions in a dynamic system like the atmosphere could trigger vast and unexpected changes.

Cat’s eye chrysoberyl is the most valuable cat’s eye gem. In fact, when people say 'cat’s eye' (without a gem name attached), they are referring to cat’s eye chrysoberyl. This gem tends to be greenish yellow or yellowish green. Photo: Robert Weldon/ GIA #Caturday

“Nothing is more foreign than the world of one's childhood when one has truly left it.” ~ Pär Lagerkvist, The Sibyl Born on this day Nobel Laureate Pär Lagerkvist 1891 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951 #Booksky

“The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.” “What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.” “About endings....unless we do them well, we have to keep repeating them.” BOTD novelist Ursula Hegi 1946 #Booksky

Sleeping Cat, Netsuki Kiagyokusai Masatsugo (1813-1893) #Caturday

"Humanism" is to be human, to think, to analyze, and to probe. To respond and to be stimulated by all living things - beasts, fowl and fishes." ~ Jacob Lawrence 'Flower Woman' Jacob Lawrence, 1948 Tempera on board

Releases Tues, May 26 Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe by Gail Crowther In 2026, for her centenary, this book showcases Monroe the reader. Because, at the end of her life, it was not her jewels, her furs, shoes, or dresses that she cared about. It was her books. #Booksky

Catherine Hyde trained in Fine Art Painting at Central School of Art in London in the early 80's and has shown her work consistently and successfully in galleries for nearly 30 years. She is well known for her intellectual and symbolic paintings, charged with atmospheric and iconic images.

'Taming the Tiger' Album self portrait cover art by Joni Mitchell (1991-97)

“We have outsmarted ourselves, like greedy monkeys, and now we are full of dread.” “I’ve never been bored one day in my life. I could fill 500 years with no problem.” BOTD writer Peter Matthiessen 1927 Matthiessen by Damon Winter New York Times Redux #Booksky

"You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion." "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." BOTD writer Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 Doyle by Herbert Rose Barraud 1893 #Booksky

We just made a fresh batch! StarDust oil has dust of meteorite in a blend of Mercury-ruled plant essential oils. Use for astral projection, understanding Universal principles, self confidence Focus herb: Star Dust (meteoric sand) Link to shop in bio~ #Witchsky #davidbowie

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics by David G. Dodd “This book is great. Now I’ll never have to explain myself ever again.” ~ Bob Weir Keepsake edition of the Dead’s official annotated lyrics, an absolute must-have for the 50th anniversary. #Booksky

He raped a woman in a department store and, if the complete Epstein files are ever released, may have done the same to minors. Now he's raping the American taxpayer.

It was on this day in 1951 that the Ninth Street Show opened in New York, the first art exhibition of the Abstract Expressionists. 9th Street Art Exhibition Poster, 1951 by Franz Kline

Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist #Booksky

“There are things we can do with our bodies that, when you refine them, to a certain extent, it results in very exquisite, magical outcomes." Happy birthday Wouter "Wally" De Backer, AKAS GOTYE Born: May 21, 1980, Bruges, Belgium

"You're a fraud, and you know it But it's too good to throw it all away Anyone would do the same You've got 'em going And you're careful not to show it Sometimes you even fool yourself a bit It's like magic But it's always been a smoke and mirrors game.." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlS...

'A View of a Pet Cat' Born today in 1907 photographer Carl Mydans Date unknown, but possibly from his years working for the Farm Security Administration #Caturday

Freshly made yesterday! Purification Bath is formulated on either Sun or Wed following the New Moon, since both the Sun & planet Mercury offer excellent powers of purification. Each package come w/ a muslin bag & contains enough herbs for two or three baths Link to shop in bio ~ #Witchsky

Remember ~ Bees need water too so please make it safe for them to drink by adding stones & things for them to perch on.....lest they drown.. #bees #beedayparty #beeday #WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2026 #feedthebees #beesareourfriends #madamepurrla #nobeesnofood

International Bee Day is observed annually on May 20th Relief of a honeybee in the Tomb of Seti I (KV17), Valley of the Kings, c. 1290-1279 B.C. #nobeesnofood

Are you ready for the upcoming Blue Moon? A rare "Blue Moon" will rise on Sun., May 31, 2026 @ 3:45am, CDT If you love our Full Moon oil, our Blue Moon oil is the same recipe (since the Blue Moon is a Full Moon) with nine drops of a special magical blue ingredient Link to shop in bio #Witchsky

Fox: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates A hypnotic, galloping tale of crime and complicity, revenge and restitution, victim vs. predator, Oates’s Fox illuminates the darkest corners of the human psyche while asking profound moral questions about justice and the response evil demands. #Booksky

If America was any more decayed, someone would be poking at it with a stick. TnT

The United States has moved into a stupid, corrupt era where reparations go to people who did bad things, not to people to whom bad things were done. 🤷‍♀️

"Drinks flow People forget That big wheel spins, the hair thins People forget Forget they're hiding.." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx6Z...

"There is always something left to love." “Write if you will: but write about the world as it is and as you think it ought to be and must be—if there is to be a world. The Nation needs your gifts." BOTD playwright Lorraine Hansberry 1930

Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963 (Malcolm X) Photo by Gordon Parks

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us.” "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book." "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." BOTD Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little 1925

"We tried not to age, but time had its rage." "I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf." BOTD Pete Townshend 1945

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes "I wait for him to open his eyes, but I have already made up my mind. If he wants my help, he will make an offering for it. That is what mortals do: first they ask, then they beg, finally they barter. So I will give him his words when he gives me that brooch."

Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future ~ Alan Weisman One of Heatmap's 18 Climate Books to Read in 2025 The award-winning environmental journalist’s extraordinary portrait of hope & resilience as we face a fractured & uncertain future #Booksky

'Cool Energy' Wassily Kandinsky, 1926

Yesterday being the Sunday of the New Moon, we made a batch of our Blessing spray. We use the same essential oil blend that goes in our Blessing oil to make this room spray. Use to bless people, places, and objects. Focus herb: Lavender sprig Link to shop in bio ~ #Witchsky

"The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg - eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above." ~ Aldous Huxley, A Brave New World #Booksky

'Nothing Significant Ever Happens Until A Pattern Is Broken' Faig Ahmed, Artist

"Most people would sooner die than think, in fact, they do so." “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” BOTD British philosopher & mathematician Bertrand Russell 1872 #Booksky

"Head like a hole Black as your soul....." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-S...

"I thought I'd reached the bottom a few times, but then I'd realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that." Trent Reznor during Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine era circa 1989 1990 by Tom Sheehan

"In my nothing, you were everything, to me." "I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy." "Today's political climate does not allow the luxury of apathy." BOTD Trent Reznor 1965

"As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of." "My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music." BOTD Henry Saint Clair Fredericks akas Taj Mahal 1942

Nathalie Tierce #Caturday

"Easy Rider was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country." "I don't enjoy being recognized, it's unpleasant." BOTD actor, artist, photographer & filmmaker Dennis Hopper 1936

“Stream of consciousness is a muddle-headed phrase. It is not a stream, it’s a pool, a sea, an ocean.” “It will all go on as long as women are stupid enough to go on bringing men into the world. . .” BOTD modernist author & journalist Dorothy Richardson 1873 Richardson by Man Ray #Booksky