Resurfacing amid big life swirls. How's the #creative journey? I'm relocating to the #UpperValley of #WesternMass! Landing me in #Greenfield / #TurnerFalls. Here's to #LivingAdventurously and to keeping an #OpenHeart in #TurbulentTimes. Plus sweet sojourns to the #art haven of #MASSMoCA!

#Creativity is a choice! Keep on, fellow #creatives -- #artists, #poets, #performers 💜. www.npr.org/2025/05/06/1...

Amidst all the ugliness & hate & horror….there are people in this world that help all they encounter to realize there is good in the world, they show that people can be much much more….& they inspire us to try to become the better version of ourselves. Open your heart & eyes, they are all around us.

Fyi @reginaholliday.bsky.social

Being #creative is a choice. Yep. #CreateOn. www.npr.org/2025/05/06/1...

Small #strides in #creative life, apace with full-time #caregiving. Current #whimsy piece: graphite (drawing), watercolor pencils (mostly used), & gouache (least used). Steps detailed in ALT text. #BskyArt. #MixedMedia on #Paper.

#Art for everyone 💯❤️

#SoberSky.

Last week's travel for my #LiveIn parent fared well. Only select moments felt #MidwestGothic, as certain family maintains certain cycles. #Grateful for #recovery "away" from #trauma reactions, & for #sobriety with mindful responses to difficult dynamics. Here's to #living & #overcoming. ✨

I N O I S A C O M P L E T E S E N T E N C E I You don't have to explain yourself or say you're sorry that you can't do something. You can simply say “no.” - The Asylum Art - Art and Words by Yves #art #artist #paint #painting #blueskyart #red #no #noisacompletesentence #complexptsd

Contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you are experiencing mental health-related distress or are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support: - Call/text 988 - Chat/visit: 988lifeline.org Connect with a trained crisis counselor. 988 is confidential, free, and available 24/7/365.

Reminds me of #resilience. #BskyArt. #SoberSky.

Mid-April vista feom #LewistonMaine. #LoveLewiston! Upward slope of the #MtDavid #trailhead.

#Sky #Beauty& #Water wonder on #EarthDay, 23 April 2025 at #LunaPier (Southeast #Michigan) on #LakeErie. #Art is life.

Traveling in the #Midwest (#Ohio) of #USA. My mom turns 76 tomorrow, & exceptionally will spend it with her grandkids. She's rocking her #walker & faring well despite late-day challenges. Everyday victories for #PLWD / #PeopleLivingWithDementia & #caregivers = humans #BeingHumans.

I'm thinking about how tonight was probably the first time Kilmar Abrego Garcia learned that millions of people care about him - the first time he learned that the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring him home. I'm thinking what it must mean for him to know, right now, that he isn't alone.

Success & safety to joiners for #April19, continuation of #HandsOff!! 🙌🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽🌟 My way, it's a weekend of #ElderCare with travel. Time for an MRI "round two" with ongoing #assessment. Seemingly, pin the tail & spin the #dementia wheel.

You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure. Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.

A 3rd piece in-progress from a new series of #whimsy featuring #Owls, #donuts, & #trees. #MixedMedia. So far #WatercolorPencil, #gouache, & #graphite. On sourced #BananaTree paper by women artisans of #Peru. #BskyArt.

#Gratitude. #Joy. Inner #Beauty. Goal is 50 quips, in this my year of #Age50. We've got a starter so far. Some inspiration for celebration: #recovery, #sobriety, #art for living, #faith #community, #nature & the #cosmos.

Thank you Senator Van Hollen

Churches Together in England have written to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley calling for a meeting to discuss the police raid on Westminster Quaker Meeting House on 27 March. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

I still am grateful, as of February I made it to #Age50 / #The50. And I'd love for 50 #gratitudes , #joys, & "quips" of #InnerBeauty be shared/ generated here. Fyi #SoberSky, #BskyArt, & #Quaker peeps. 🙌🏽🕯️🌅🌟

Welcome @susiremoldart.bsky.social !! Venture #BskyArt on your posts. More connections that way.

The bees are loving our rosemary bush this spring. #acoloradAyPRIL #Lavender #AZ #Spring #Arizona

Arrgghhh.

Still masking in 2025? Absolutely. Because unlike “good vibes,” N95s actually filter viruses. A quick 🧵 on why I haven’t retired my mask (and neither should you)

"We often believe that we must remain true to ourselves throughout life. But there is a crucial difference between being true, and being intractable.": buff.ly/2mPALSL #PersonalDevelopment #mindset #authenticity #SelfAwareness #SelfLove

More #whimsy work! Watercolor pencil, gouache, & graphite on thin mixed-media paper. 11 April. #BskyArt. An Eastern screech #owl peers from the center of a bright blue & sprinkles #donut. Hear about #Silver in the detail picture below. See ALT text for more. #Art is a way to live. #SoberSky.

Briefly interrupting your Friday doom and gloom with a dose of joy 🙏🏽 (Share joy, un-share negativity and messages that create polarization)

🌈🪽 Save the dates! ✨ BE NOT AFRAID - my solo exhibition at 136 State St, Portsmouth, NH. There will be peacekeepers at the opening, thanks to Seacoast Outright 🫶🏼 🕊️ It's so exciting!!! And scary, but in a good way! I'll see you there!! #queerart #printmaking

Great art is an act of service.

Love the orange & purple!! #Colors are #healing.

#Quakers. #QuakerLiving. #PublshersOfTruth.

#Grateful for in-person #Quaker worship with friends who I periodically Zoom for worship. Plus my #walker savvy mom warmed up to our host by later morning Day 1 of 2. Boston, 'twas great to see your green patches & flowering trees! #Grace is good.

#Dementia #care at 1st cardiologist meeting: No mention of #palliative care as an option. Just talk of a future of #BloodThinner & increasing risk of #stroke. And mention of #OpenHeart #Surgeey in bleak future. #WTF: She is age 76 with dementia (!).

A bunch of folks showed up to the Bothell City Council tonight to speak against a potential resolution affirming Bothell as a welcoming place for LGBTQIA+ people. Here was Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson's response.

Color #Beauty

Abstract #Beauty

For the #Beauty

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is part of the fabric of Illinois. In returning Shabonna State Park to the Nation, we’re righting a shameful wrong. www.wbez.org/communities/...

This week's #ElderCare commute goes Maine to Boston: Day 1, a brain diagnostic; & Day 2, a heart specialist. Day 3 is for moi, the #caregiver: Midweek worship on-site with local #Quakers, before we travel home. The last round is Easter weekend: a different brain test. #Dementia.

Finished my #whimsy piece, ~ 9" x 13"! 1 large tree, leafless branches donning donuts. An owl peers from a trunk hollow, while water flows over rocks at the base. Plus a detail pic here of new #MixedMedia, the center ~ 5" x 6.5". An owl looks out from a blue & sprinkles donut. #BskyArt.

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

#Quakers / #RSOF, how do we show up day-to-day? Let's out-loud engage multiple paths for action. Such as #LowProfile options for #SafeHouses. As a #caregiver for my #LiveIn parent, I cannot be in the streets. I'm focused on #DailyPractice, & support for #VulnerablePersons.

Immense turnout, #HandsOff. What next? I ask sincerely. I'm reflecting on 9/11. I joined the largest pre-war & anti-war actions before the US invaded Iraq a 2nd time. Yet the US occupied Iraq a long time. Like the Women's March arose after No.45's 1st election, but he's POTUS again.

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

Remembering #Quaker family in Greater #Boston 💞🙌🏽