#NoKings isn't over. Keep marching! optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...

youtu.be/n_zPEMsrNEg Congratulations to my friend, Anita Sanchez on receiving this wonderful award for 2 books this year!!!! @anitasanchezauthor.bsky.social @fuse8.bsky.social

Congrats to all the winners of the 2025 Blueberry Awards! The list of honored titles is full of amazing books. My TBR list just got longer. Extra special congrats to #scbwi members @anitasanchezauthor.bsky.social @katemessner.com and @lynnekelly.bsky.social #kidlit

Get out your magic markers #nokingsday optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...

Coming soon. Where will you be? #nokings optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/no-kings-30

A SKY THAT SINGS has been chosen for the American Library Association's 2026 Notable Children's Books List! Thank you. #americanlibraryassociation #STEM #DEI

Vote with your wallet #iceout #boycott optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/vote-every...

It's a time for love. Ignore the haters. #valentinesday #ActivismWorks optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/love-and-h...

Watching the monks go by. Look for the helpers. #walkforpeace optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/walk-for-p...

Merry Groundhog Day! optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/tired-of-a... #groundhogday

Solace in nature #iceout optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/keep-up-wi...

Hope you have a happy Treason Day #January6thInsurrection optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/remember-j...

We all need a little Fortitude #newyorkpubliclibrary

this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender #peteseeger #activism optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/pete-seeger

May you have an optimistic solstice #wintersolstice optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/winter-sol...

Bird feeder #wildlife

Wildlife feeder #winter

social media: activism for introverts #savedemocracyvoteblue optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/activism-f...

welcome #December

Little ears are listening #thanksgiving optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/why-we-sho...

Anger is a powerful force. #SaveDemocracy optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/im-angry-y...

A good day for democracy #VoteBlue optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/feeling-blue

#November is the month of brown.

Almost pumpkin time #pumpkins #Halloween

Hey NY-Flip over your ballot and vote YES on Prop 1. Protect 2,500 acres of wildland while keeping one of the Adirondack's historic treasures, Mount Van Hoevenberg, open for world-class sports. #prop1 #adirondacks

the scariest lawn decor I ever saw #halloween

Vincent Van Gogh didn't celebrate Halloween, but he captured it in his art. This is the little town of Nuenen in the Netherlands, where he worked at perfecting his drawing before trying paints. #Halloween #VanGogh

Hope to see you there! #NoKings Oct. 18 optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/why-go-to-...

As a much-needed break from endless awfulness, I plan to post a Halloween photo every day. I love Halloween, not for the scary, gory stuff, but because it's a celebration of a whole season--the turning of the year, the glory of the leaves, the rise of the comforting, restful darkness. #Halloween.

Teacher on trial. Crime: Teaching science. #BannedBooksWeek optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/the-monkey...

the leaves, they are a-changin' #fall #trees

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial: a teacher on trial for the crime of teaching evolution. #STEM #nonfiction #bannedbooks #teachers #censorship @clarionbooks.bsky.social

A blind Latina girl goes bird-listening #disability #inclusión #LCW2025 #DEI #birds #latinoconservationweek @leeandlow.bsky.social

A blind Latina girl goes bird-listening #disability #inclusión #LCW2025 #DEI #birds #latinoconservationweek @leeandlow.bsky.social

ironweed, the purplest flower #bloomscrolling

stars at sea #quilts

this is a bird feeder #birds #september

optimisticactivist.substack.com/p/activate-a... Need an idea for activism? #savedemocracy #voteblue

A Latina girl goes bird-listening #disability #inclusión #LCW2025 #latinoconservationweek @leeandlow.bsky.social

Scat is science #mglit #nonfiction #STEM #science #wildlife #nature @holidayhouse.bsky.social

the leaves, they are a changin' #september

naptime #bumblebee #garden

Scratch the itch to learn more #science #STEM #nonfiction #mglit #health @clarionbooks.bsky.social

royalty #bloomscrolling

Decomposition can be fun #mglit #nonfiction #STEM #science

remembering 9/11 #september11

sunflower season #september #bloomscrolling #sunflowers

sunflower season #sunflowers #bloomscrolling #september

chicory blue #bloomscrolling