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Driving back from camping in Joshua Tree & Valley of Fire catching up on @bigthink.com articles. Listened to Why Your Best Ideas Come After Your Worst by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social Loved the clown & editor imagery. Totally identify with how my writing comes to fruition. #creativity #neuroscience

Happy World Vegan Day! Whatever food you enjoy — try some vegan today :) Photos from graduation of #Rouxbe #ForksOverKnives #vegan

Privileged to read early copy of #SilentY by #KatherineBenfante. Swept away in a thought experiment that seems so absurd, yet reveals elements that brush (sometimes too closely) with undercurrents in today’s world. For lovers of Handmaid’s Tale, felt very Gilead. @kbenfante.bsky.social

Thank you Alan … I am humbled by your review. Talk about feeling seen as a poet and writer … @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/05/25/b...

“Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves…”

Love that -no pun intended

"This thought echoes idea. It's really interesting. There is research to show that the beliefs you arrive at a situation with are going to influence not just your own behavior, but how other people are going to react to you.” — Josh Davis, PhD www.bethbonness.com/podcast/josh...

Announcing the 2025 #PDXBookFest author line-up. ☔📚 We will be joined by more than 80 authors to celebrate books! These authors include @staceyabrams.com, Rebecca Yarros, Nicholas Boggs, @emmadonoghue.bsky.social, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, and @susanorlean.bsky.social More on: pdxbookfest.org

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Melanie Green’s A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm At the Edge of a Lake “At the shore / of silence— / what becomes / and unbecomes” The Luster of Silence “in afternoon’s / echo of lights.” #poetey

Listen as Elina Teboul invites us to redefine the traditional notions of leadership. 🎙https://www.bethbonness.com/podcast/elina-teboul-author-feminine-intelligence #thoughtechoes #feminineintelligence #leadership #consciousleadership #ElinaTeboul

“Kintsugi is a metaphor of life. It gives hope because it reminds you that your journey will be imperfect, that you will always find a solution, and you can gain experience from everything that you go through, and you will bounce back.” — Céline Santini #Kintsugi #resilence youtu.be/qAaBKCCt7xM

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for Pockets & Our Timeless Compulsion “…I wrote a poem. I’d like to share it with you, if I may.”

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Marcia Loughran ‘s My Mother Never Died Before Inheritance “…After she died / I erased her voicemails — / I have her voice / inside my head...” #PowerOfPoetry

Especially interested in trying the tofu crumble :)

Looks delicious!

"People who multitask a lot have trouble discerning what's important in their environment. There are huge impacts on our lives from living this constant diet of distraction." — Maggie Jackson open.spotify.com/episode/46iq...

What are you paying attention to? "People who multitask a lot have trouble discerning what's important in their environment. There are huge impacts on our lives from living this constant diet of distraction." — Maggie Jackson 🎙️YouTube: buff.ly/b79EAB7 #Distracted #Attention

"Attention is absolutely, extraordinarily important for how we operate in the world, and it's really useful to know that there are three different kinds.” — Maggie Jackson #attention #Distracted #mentalhealth youtu.be/5IjLh2sEOTw

What are you paying attention to? "Attention is absolutely, extraordinarily important for how we operate in the world, and it's really useful to know that there are three different kinds.” — Maggie Jackson 🎙️YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IjL... #Distracted #Attention

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out #PasqualeTrozzolo & #ThePoetryBox @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for "Before the Distance” About Why “Why should why matter so much/When is so much better.” “Like when we kiss/not why we might” #PowerOfPoetry

Always good to speak to Alan 🙏

“Our family balance has changed. For most of the girls’ lives, they’ve been the center of our universe & we theirs. They have their own universes & we can visit. We’re visiting stars.” What are all the ways we can learn to let go? 👉 www.bethbonness.com/blog/how-can... #WabiSabi #thoughtechoes

Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk changed - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out to @aveningo-sanders.bsky.social for "Your Rescue" in OR Poetry Assoc #Verseweavers "... stepping across / that threshold, you found yourself and learned / the language of letting go." #PowerOfPoetry

“The attachment to control is very common. Many people get hijacked by control, the secret is vulnerability, to allow yourself to recognize that you don't control everything & let it go." --Bob Rosen #mentalhealth #attachments #vulnerability #thoughtechoes open.spotify.com/episode/330V...

I tried a tiny experiment— I will use a handwriting-to-text app & dictation 7X. As Anne-Laure says, “There’s no pressure, there’s no right, no wrong, there’s just doing it.” can we use tiny experiments to learn more about ourselves? www.bethbonness.com/podcast/anne... @neuranne.bsky.social

"Western psychology is all about goals & aspirations and problem solving & Eastern psychology is all about understanding the power of impermanence & change & uncertainty, in fact, attachments. So I wrote the book to weave those two concepts together." -- Bob Rosen #Detach youtu.be/oKBCu63BnD8

Hello poets & @brokenspinearts.bsky.social - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out to #RudyFrancisco - ordering own copy My Honest Poem "... Yesterday I tripped/ over my self-esteem, landed on my pride/and it shattered like an iPhone/with a broken face." #poems #poetry #ButtonPoetry

Submissions are open for the next issue! 💙 We can't wait to see your work 😍

What a treat to wake up to this article on PDX as #1 airport in the world :) @washingtonpost.com #surprises wapo.st/4kkmfgs

"Cut tot the Bone" triggered a memory back the Midwest when playing outside in the summer during a thunderstorm. My grandmother would say, "You're soaked to the bone!" My chapbook "transition thunderstorms" is about poems that "soak you to the bone" -- my strokes & death of baby sister. #poetry

Heartbreaking. Like a blow by blow weather report on racism where there’s moisture raining down all the time — in different degrees of wetness. buff.ly/7I7e0JN... #ClaudiaRankine #Juneteeneth

Lunch time & today it's quiche with some beetroot salad 🌱👌🏻😋 No, I didn't make the pastry, if you look carefully in your local supermarket, you'll notice that majority of shortcrust & puff pastries are #vegan! Always make sure to double check the ingredients 🤓 You're welcome 😉 #plantbased #veganfood

“Seeing other people experiment in different areas of their lives can also give you inspiration in terms of areas of your life you would have not necessarily considered changing.” Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuroanne.bsky.social #TinyExperiments #thoughtechoespodcast open.spotify.com/episode/4o4Y...

"Seeing other people experiment in different areas of their lives can also give you inspiration in terms of areas of your life you would have not necessarily considered changing or experience." Anne-Laure Le Cunff buff.ly/OGjLhfh @neuranne.bsky.social #TinyExperiments #PACTS #thoughtechoespodcast

Race, disability, gender, sexuality—none of these should be barriers to opportunity. Our poetry award will be free, fair, and open to all. But first, we need to raise £5,000. Support truly inclusive poetry this Pride Month. 🔗 shorturl.at/G2mMo

"You can use tiny experiments to figure out what you want in life. Instead of having those big goals, climbing ladders, or copy-pasting scripts, you can start from a place of curiosity." -- Anne-Laure Le Cunff youtu.be/MHriaPVDGqc @neuranne.bsky.social #TinyExperiments #PACTS #thoughtechoespodcast

#FridayReads InnSæ by Hrund Gunnsteisdóttir So much wisdom in this gem of a book. Different intuition books reveal different approaches, but InnSæi presents a layered approach new to me. I highly recommend giving it a try! buff.ly/bkPs0A3 @hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social #intuition

Have you ever wondered how to use your intuition to discern what you are thinking? And how our intuition changes over time? buff.ly/9RwjmaE @hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social @harperonebooks.bsky.social #intuition #InnSæi #thrive #attention #thoughtechoes buff.ly/9RwjmaE

Hello poets & @brokenspinearts.bsky.social - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out to #RogerHousden for the anthology: [Risking Everything] 110 Poems of love and Revolution. #poems #poetry

What happens when you're waiting for intuition to present itself & it shows up as a blue exercise ball during meditation ? How do we navigate life with a strong inner compass? buff.ly/9RwjmaE @hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social @harperone.bsky.social #InnSæi #intuition #thoughtechoes

Our extended family of grown daughters, their partners and granddaughters, inhabited a lovely AirBnB by someone who clearly enjoyed sharing their sense of home in a beautiful city. Read how our concept of home shifts over time 👉 lttr.ai/AZBf4 #home @morganbaker.gsky.social

"I think the concept of home shifts with time." --Morgan Baker author of Emptying The Nest: Getting Better at Goodbyes YouTube 👉 buff.ly/g5I03QP @morganbaker.vsky.social #home #thoughtechoes

"When you are fully present in the moment & so best able to tune into your intuition & build on all the knowledge, expertise & experience that you accumulated throughout your life.”@hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social #intuition #InnSæi #thoughtechoespodcast #thoughtechoes open.spotify.com/episode/6Mlx...

Love that! Share how you made the “tofu salmon” part? @marvbaxter.bsky.social

"When we are fully present in the moment and so what I, you are best able to tune into your intuition & build on all the knowledge, expertise & experience that you accumulated throughout your life." @hrundgunnsteins.bsky.social #intuition #InnSæi #thoughtechoes

Hello poets & @brokenspinearts.bsky.social - for this week's #LiftToTheSky I'd like to call out Sue Fagalde Lick @suelick.bsky.social for Gravel Road Ahead. XXX buff.ly/j1TAO9I #poetry

Huge congratulations to @thestevenarcher.bsky.social — his short story "Burrowing Creatures" (AGNI 99) received a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers! "Burrowing Creatures" will be reprinted in Best Debut Short Stories 👏 buff.ly/9yrF1kv

✨Cover Spotlight!✨ Check out the fantastic cover for ✨Archipelago: A Novel (8/19/25) by @nataliebakopoulos.bsky.social — designed by Beth Steidle, Tin House director of design & production. "A gorgeously sly page turner.” —Laura van den Berg More: bit.ly/ArchipelagoN...