I’ve decided that I’ll use this account as a log for when I see “firsts”—as in first of the season. I’m in Southeast Michigan. Today: first bumblebee (actually saw several)! Also saw the first butterfly. #spring

Thank you, muses 🤩

Ashnikko: one of my guilty pleasures. She’s raunchy & ridiculous but I truly admire her artistry 🤡 m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXxp...

My latest is a reflection on the cycle of dread, disaster, and temporary reprieves we’re all navigating, what that cycle is doing to us, and how we can avoid losing ourselves to it. This edition also includes a roundup of must-read pieces that have helped me think about this moment.

Renowned Iranian composer, Ali Ghamsari and tar virtuoso, announced he will stay at the Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant. His plan: Create music there as a symbolic effort to shield Iran's infrastructure from attack. @iranscreenshot

“If our descendants are still around in 100 million years, I predict that they will be flower people. They will have figured out how to work in deep cooperation with flowering plants so that they and the rest of the ecosystem can thrive.”

Lorine Niedecker

By Christine Gosnay, from her book The Wanderer #poem #poetry

Elizabeth Blackadder, Tulips, 1998 #WomensArt #April.

Ich was up above it Ich was up above it Ich was up above it Now Ich have gone a-Mayinge #PrettyeHerrickMachyne

I’m part Yooper (NMU alum) & I approve this message 🤩

if you see this show the energy you bring to bluesky (no one will see this lol)

Gotta go full screen for this one. Just wow ✨🌀✨

William Hawkins (American Artist, born 1962)

🥹 I love them

🖤

Lansing representin’!

I have one sick kid, have to take my other kid to a b-day party, & then have to pick up my spouse at the airport… so I can’t attend a protest today. But bet your ass I’ll be there in spirit

A court just ruled that permits to build in #Florida wetlands should stay in the hands of federal regulators, not the state 🎉🐊🐢 The ruling upholds a 2020 decision that the EPA and Fish and Wildlife violated the #ESA when they approved Florida’s wetlands permitting program in 2020. bit.ly/4tycNer

William Butler Yeats gazing in the direction of Bethlehem:

e.e. cummings, from 100 Selected Poems

My 4-yo this morning: “Is picking your nose illegal?”

Happy B-day Lawrence Ferlinghetti m.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCb...

Trump and Iran were in the closet making negotiations and I saw one of the negotiations and the negotiation looked at me

Just got tix to see them in October at Little Caesars—woohoo!

Imagine how thow would have felt, special occasions obviously, washing in or drinking the sun itself....

Spring means time for my favorite spring poem. From Ross Gay's book Bringing the Shovel Down. #poem #booksky #writing

The Nationwide Book Ban Bill Moves to the House: How to Take Action Now. bookriot.com/hr7661-advan...

Happy Spring! My son saw the first turtles of the year today in the pond that borders our yard. Excited to see some babies again soon 🥹

Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram)

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid

Otters 🥹

By me, today. Excited for tulips. Soon! 🌷#poetry

Happy St. Paddy’s! 🍀 (My Irish blood sings loudest) This song has been on repeat in our house for over a month now because my 4 yo loves it (& knows more of the lyrics than I do) m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Mx...

Those eyes! 🤩

Think I’m going on a Ministry kick (inspiration for the album I’m writing) m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ygs...

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men." Just saying it right out loud now. newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Only the best bombs m.youtube.com/watch?v=oCL1...

See a list of vetted GoFundMe sites set up to support those who were affected by the tornadoes that hit Southwest Michigan.

“No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls.” Read that again. Nowhere. No one is free until all of us are free. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

spring whatever the fuck direction you want idgaf

Please enjoy m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...

OMG is right. The people filming the video featured in this article should have run for cover!

This piece will blow your hair and tie back. Amazing work by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Poem by Victoria Adukwei. Found here: open.substack.com/pub/ordinary...

“See me, Lord. See me gnash Your name to pulp. See me spit it against the wall, lap it back like blood. See me curse and kneel in the same ragged breath.”