Calling all writers! I have a brand new essay collection in this terrific StoryBundle. It's a discounted, limited time, ebook bundle that also benefits World Central Kitchen! Head to storybundle.com/writing to check it out. #booksky #writingcommunity

“I’ll toss my coins in the fountain, Look for clovers in grassy lawns Search for shooting stars in the night Cross my fingers and dream on.” Tracy Chapman, from Dreaming On a World #photography

Some days, the tea tag gets personal… “One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” — James Russell Lowell

Gleaner, holding our box of aluminum cans in one hand and rooting through our recycle bin with the other… Me, shouting out the door: “All the cans were in the box on top!” Gleaner: “What?” Me: “Cans were all on top! That’s it for the cans!” Gleaner: “Okay! I love you!” My heart is warmed.

Pause a moment… Pink dogwood reaches Toward a rain filled sky. #photography

I know many of you will be interested in this book and deck by an awesomely creative person:

Sigil Magic: Share the Spark (We need your creative fire)

I’ve heard this talk in person and it’s well worth your time if you have interest in the occult and/or fascism.

I left over two years ago when @marisakabas.bsky.social organized Substackers Against Nazis. It’s great that Lex is problem solving paid sub migration, which is something I had trouble with. I def lost income when I quit. If you’re on Substack, I hope you check this out:

Hello, friend. #photography

“Building networks takes time, but mostly, it requires paying attention...” More thoughts in my latest newsletter: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/buildi...

Life in the US: I’m down with a cold, watching a Canadian design show on YouTube. Who keeps advertising? Home Depot, aka Home Despot. Stay with me…

I present: Squirrel on rooftop, with fallen cherry blossoms and clouds. #photography

I wish the Fall of Empire felt more fun.

Five hours left to defenestrate me. You know you want to. mwl.io/ks

I’ve loved Unwoman’s music for close to 2 decades. If you’ve not heard her yet, you’re in for an anarchist goth cello poetic treat.

“I believe in real witches.” One witch. One bookshop. One opinionated cat… #booksky

“Our apologies, dear friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the anger of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise.” — Daniel Berrigan of the Catonsville 9.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? #photography

I would like to uplift and remind all of us that people across the country are organizing against detention and are fighting the warehouse concentration camps. You can get connected to the work by joining a mass call on 4/14 - www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Oh no! I loved the Bast Mysteries. Condolences to her wife and those who knew her well.

And… you’ve lived to greet another day. What will you do?

The Ferguson activists whose faces became known were killed by the police

The You Are the Spell Oracle Card of the week reminds us to be fierce!

“As I walk these cold, grey streets, I see jewels, scattered at my feet Pomegranate seeds glint ruby red. Did someone leave you an offering?” A song for Persephone, which I wrote 25 years ago: thorncoyle.bandcamp.com/track/persep...

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.

The only way to end the sexual abuse of children who are detained and incarcerated is to stop detaining and incarcerating children. There are no "reforms" that end sexual abuse inside.

If you were a fan of Arthurian Fantasy like The Once and Future King, Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy, or the (now unreadable because she was such a terrible human) Mists of Avalon, you may enjoy @tracycp.bsky.social Once and Future Hearts series.

“At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest.” — Emma Goldman #photography

“When was the last time you paused because something was so beautiful, you needed a moment?” From my latest newsletter, a musing on being present with life: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/when-b...

Even your shadow is beautiful. #caturday

Fantasy Friday: The Witches of Portland, By Wind. #booksky #lgbtq

Hello, friend. #photography

True story: James Madison’s final public act was to warn the 1829 Virginia convention that if they allowed white men who didn’t own property to vote, that they’d all vote to tax rich slaveholders until they were forced to free the people they enslaved. Just in case you thought any of this was new.

Word on the street is, it’s another good day to help our neighbors by organizing locally. If you have an extra $5-50, please also consider donations to RAICES Texas, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI).

I think about Gil Scott-Heron’s song often. This was a good read.

Happy Fool’s Day! . . Fool card by Pamela Coleman Smith

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Gov. Tony Evers vetoed five anti-LGBTQ bills targeting transgender and gender nonconforming youth on International Transgender Day of Visibility Signed the vetoes in a private ceremony Tuesday at the Wisconsin State Capitol, surrounded by LGBTQ kids, families, advocates and community members

Since it's Trans Day of Visibility, I'll remind you that I'm a non-binary author who writes several series that feature trans, nonbinary, and queer characters! My books are available on all retailers, upon request at the library, or directly from me: thorncoylebooks.com/collections/... #booksky

Step into the east… what is your wish? #booksky #witchsky

Writer folks, there's apparently another wave of incorrect KDP bans going around. CD Reiss wrote up a checklist a few years ago if this happens to you, so make sure to save this *just in case* because while Amazon sends the "THIS IS FINAL" it's often not final. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Stay nerdy, Portland. Stay nerdy. #photography

“Gathering some honey on a teaspoon, I drizzle the golden amber substance into the bottom of my breakfast bowl. Mostly, I do this in sun-wise swirls of invocation…” My latest newsletter offers us a spell of sweetness. I figure we all could use some right now: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/spells...

Gibbous moon seen through cherry branches with white blossoms. #photography

Use your voice. #caturday

“It’s Friday, I’m in love…” #photography

I think we can, I think we can… #photography

In praise of all you pansies, everywhere. Stay beautiful. #photography

Oracle Card of the Week: the One of Dandelions No one is coming to save us. Stay tenacious.

We are better together!