Terracotta bust of the moon-goddess Selene, crowned with the crescent moon Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam #Witchsky

April 5th, 2025, Washington D.C. Photographer Alishia Abodunde / Getty Images #wearenotok

Hathor ❤ Blue Cow, 2015 Photo by David Cale

What she believed ultimately was that the very stones of the earth had been wronged. ~ Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger, pg 422 #Booksky

“It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it’s true; I was raised in a freight car.” BOTD country music singer Merle Haggard 1937

Fyi : Peter Thiel is an anagram for *the reptile*

Easter rain, 1951 The joy on San Antonio farmer Sam Smith's face as he celebrates rain on Easter Sunday after a prolonged drought in 1951. Taken by Harvey Belgin and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize

Classroom Remains by artist and art teacher Benedetto Demaio. At the end of every art lesson, Benedetto Demaio collects the pencils found under the desks or on the floor between the chairs. Each day, they are deposited into the drawer of the teacher's desk.

“A prophet is the one who, when everyone else despairs, hopes. And when everyone else hopes, he despairs. You’ll ask me why. It’s because he has mastered the Great Secret: that the Wheel turns.” ~ Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ Image by Bowie Book Club #Booksky

“Comedy and horror are opposite sides of the same coin. I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.” BOTD Robert Bloch 1917, the novelist and screenwriter who created the psychopathic killer Norman Bates in his novel Psycho, 1959 #Booksky

“I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.” ~ Esther Rolle

Born today in 1867 illustrator and author Helen Stratton. Stratton illustration from "Rudy and Babette" by Hans Christian Andersen.

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." Kurt Cobain Died: April 5, 1994, Seattle, WA (27)

"When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself." "I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go." Layne Staley Died: April 5, 2002, Seattle, WA (35)

“There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion & can never be w/o desire, nor w/o fear, no more than w/o sense.” ~ Leviathan, 1651 BOTD Thomas Hobbes, 1588, considered to be the father of modern political philosophy #Booksky

“My eye is fixed not on the ending of the book but on the feeling of that ending.” ~ Peter Matthiessen Died: April 5, 2014, Sagaponack, NY Matthiessen by Damon Winter, New York Times Redux #Booksky

#Caturday #Booksky

"He is risen" Osiris Late Period Field Museum of Natural History Photo by Anne Petersen

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.” “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” BOTD poet Maya Angelou 1928 #Booksky

"Of all our sunny world I wish only for a garden sofa where a cat is sunning itself." "I have a luck cat in my arms, it spins threads of luck. Luck cat, luck cat...." ~ Luck Cat Born today in 1892 poet Edith Södergran #Caturday #Booksky

An Afghan girl tries to peer through the holes of her burqa as she plays w/ other children in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2013 Photo by AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed on this day in 2014, shot by an Afghan policeman while covering the upcoming national election

"You are Magick." Yes. Yes you are. Images by Anna Akana #youaremagic #Witchsky

BREAKING: Newly Appointed Trump Attorney General Todd Blanche Says the Epstein Files Should Not Be a Part of Anything Going Forward Because Todd Blanche is Also in the Epstein Files

EPSTEIN FILES NOW

“Without empathy, nothing works.” ~ Chef José Andrés Photo by Martin Schoeller

Jane Goodall as a baby with her stuffed toy chimpanzee 'Jubilee' The toy was a gift from her father to mark the birth of the first chimpanzee at the London Zoo.

"My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any money, because Africa was the 'dark continent', and because I was a girl." BOTD British primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall 1934 #Booksky

A stray cat on the movie studio lot found it's way on to Brando's lap & into Coppola's film "The Godfather". The cat purred so loudly they had to rerecord all of Brando's lines during the cats scenes. #Caturday

"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner." “Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.” “I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.” BOTD Marlon Brando 1924

"I've never met an animal that I didn't like, and I can't say the same about people." BOTD actress, singer & animal welfare activist Doris Day 1922

"Be a pineapple: Stand tall Wear a crown & Be sweet on the inside....." ~ Katherine Gaskin Image by Andrea Pippins

Rabbit is a totem of swiftness, fertility, and camouflage. It is a spirit of joy and freedom. The rabbit knows when to be so still as to be invisible, crypsis, and when to move so quickly nobody knows where he went. Link to shop in bio ~ #Witchsky

"The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice." "You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been on the circuit." BOTD actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian & singer Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy 1961

WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT: "Pam Bondi regrets that she must leave her position as US Attorney General for her new, very urgent duties as a fill-in receptionist at The Shield of the Americas, where she will help very important Kristi Noem complete many complex, urgent jigsaw puzzles."

"For only love can conquer hate...." Photo by Susan DuBose Street art, Austin, Texas

"Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today - yeah..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Tm...

"Mercy, mercy me Things ain't what they used to be What about this overcrowded land How much more abuse from man can she stand? ...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffz...

"Great artists suffer for the people." "I think I've got a real love thing going. I love people, I love life, and I love nature, and I can't see why other people can't be like that." BOTD Marvin Gaye 1939

"Where words fail, music speaks." “Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” “Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." BOTD Danish author & poet Hans Christian Andersen 1805 Andersen, The Hanfstaengl portrait, July 1860 #Booksky

"Besides being rather mad, artists are apt to be revolutionaries." ~ Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell’s book cover designs for her sister's (Virginia Woolf) texts 1920-1930 #Booksky

"old, sociopathic, demented man, blowing air into the wind." Almost sounds like a Haiku.... 🤣

"When should we schedule this pointless primetime presidential speech that offers no new developments and no news? The calendar is wide open." "Uh, how about April Fool's Day?" "Perfection." (finger guns)

Another reason to love Minneapolis

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida A cat a day keeps the doctor away… The award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats. #Booksky #Caturday

"Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for & then protect.” “When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace & hope, securing the future for our children.” BOTD environmentalist & author Wangari Muta Maathai 1940 #Booksky

"This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four." ~ Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, (April Fool's) Image is The Fool #0 from the Samhain Deck of the Bastard by Seven Stars, Limited, 2nd edition

“It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak." BOTD Harlem native, sci-fi novelist & short story writer Samuel R. Delany 1942 #Booksky

Releases April 7, 2026 The Witch: A Novel by Marie NDiaye (Author), Jordan Stump (Translator) A mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass on her gifts to her twin daughters, who, it becomes immediately apparent, have skills far beyond her own. #Witchsky #Booksky

April's full moon, known as the pink moon, will reach its peak on Wed, April 1, at 9:12 p.m. CDT Full Moon oil is prepared of essential oils of Moon flowers & herbs blended on the night of the Full Moon Focus herbs: Jasmine flower w/ Mugwort Link to shop in bio #Witchsky