This was a really lovely treat to happen upon while sitting here at home knitting. Knitting and singing along to Neil Young! Have loved him and his music from the beginning. Happy Birthday Neil ❤️ youtu.be/USp4W2M1X-0?...

A celebration of autumn from The Princess of Wales. Love this so very, very much. Soothing & comforting. #Autumn #Fall #Beauty #Nature #PrincessofWales www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IW7...

@teresarobeson.com Enjoyed and learned a lot from your @12x12challenge.bsky.social webinar on Leaning in, Pivoting and Adapting for a sustainable #kidlit Career. Thank you, Teresa and @juliefhedlund.bsky.social & @kellipanique.bsky.social for continuing to open doors. 🙏🏻

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: brown brittle remains of a large sycamore leaf-- golden memories short form: bare sycamore tree-- golden ghosts linger Please add a version if you feel like it.

Happy #HaikuSaturday! Wild and free-ranging, riderless Saddleback holds its own destiny. 💪🏼

against all science, I've never intended to grow up #vss365 #science #InkMine #intend #Haiku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry

🐕 #poetry #micropoetry #autumn #robertfrost #fall #gingko #virginia

shouts on the subway one man's distress rides the train darkness falls early #haikusaturday #haiku 5/7/5

Huge thank you to #WashingtonCounty, PA for using my book #LilyandthePaperMan during your Hunger and Homelessness week to raise awareness about the increase in food and housing insecurity. @secondstory.bsky.social Video on Instagram (where I'm not) and Facebook for more info. #kidlit #cankidlit

Get ready, #kidlit writers!

even the city cannot hide its glow this month: the blaze of moonlight #haikusaturday #haiku 5/7/5

Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...

Wonderful blog post by @torreybalsara.bsky.social via Lindsey Carmichael on why we need unconventional characters as both readers and writers. www.lecarmichael.ca/2025/11/a-t-...

When we’re stuck in fear, everything scrambles—our thoughts, our nervous system, our energy ⚡🧠 In this video, I’ll walk you through a simple energy medicine technique to help fear move through you—so it can finally release. 👋😮‍💨 #energyrelease #emotionalclearing #ptsdtools #nervoussystemsupport

Update? Had to refill the bench twice. 250 books gone in just a few hours. A perfect night. ❤️

the last hurrah she puts on her favorite red dress #haiku #nature #haiga #coloraday #senryu

My whole heart goes out to anyone who is putting *their whole heart* into making things that matter to them and trying with all their might to share those things with other people. Expressing the truth is worthy fight. The true value gain is knowledge of self. This too is an act of resistance.

⚡Electrified to see my microfiction, "Panic Button" appear in 50-Word Stories. 😱✨ #Anxiety #Fear #HumanCondition fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/23/l...

Happy Saturday! blooming bright yellow defiant, not cowardly, against coming cold #haiku #haikusaturday

I am sad today Just sad, nothing in between I miss Halloween #Haikusaturday #Haiku

Just turned November and now they all want to heal. Well maybe you don't. #poetry #haiku #HaikuSaturday

The wind blows the crows, Tumbling with the falling leaves As the seasons shift. #haikuSaturday

gnawed cranium the day after halloween scavenders lurk #HaikuHorrorPrompt #cranium #whistpr #scavender #horrorku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry

summer sunset— the house they left in wildflowers #haiku #haikupoem #prompt #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels (quit) #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #haikusaturday #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: pink pepper tree pods pop and crunch-crunch underfoot-- spicy scent of fall short form: popping crunching underfoot-- spice-scented pepper tree pods Please add a version if you feel like it.

drought swept away in tumults of autumn rain river swells to life (same river, same hour, very different moods) #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #rivers #autumn #NewEngland

after scavenging dry harrowed land the crow pulls a worm. #HaikuSaturday #inkmine #whistpr

Trick or treat T-Rex did somebody mention treats? Happy Halloween 🎃🦖 #Halloween #photography #haikuSaturday #Dogs

glimpsing the buck a muddy barnyard carried on the wind #haiku #haikusaturday

rain window leaf #haikuSaturday #haiku

(Inspo - "Ripple" by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia) #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #poetry #writingcommunity

I’m cerebrating #haikuSaturday with an ode to the last watermelon of the season from my parents’ garden (and, of course, we’re saving the seeds, as instructed): season winding down summer’s sweetness stored in red saving seeds for spring #haiku #poetry #writingcommunity

a fungus face only Halloween could love bloody boo to you (nah, I love it, too 🙃) #HaikuSaturday inspired by @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social's fun #facesinnature haiku. Spotted this #FungiFriday on an Appalachian Trail hike. 🥾🍃🍂 🍄

October sweeps out while wind, rain, cold, dark seep in --haunted thoughts prevail #haikusaturday #haiku

In the neighbourhood. #baseball #worldseries #Toronto #Halloween

So glad this book is still available through my public library! THE WATCHER by Jeanette Winter, published in 2011 by Schwartz & Wade, Random House Children’s, is a lovely book to introduce young children to some of Jane Goodall’s discoveries. 📚👍🏻 #kidlit #edusky

everywhere I go... in the corner of my eye, sly watchers on guard 5-7-5 #haikusaturday #haiku #facesinnature

And another oldie, just because I'm a day late for #HaikuSaturday. #Haiku. (Yes--I still scuffle through leaves wherever I can find them, and I always bring a few special leaves home.)

in dappled woodland deadwood tree dances alive with life within #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #deadwood #forest #snag #Audubon #Aracadia

rain silvers the lake drives cold through mittens and shoes-- sudden arc blazes 5-7-5 #haikusaturday #haiku

crescent moon- your smile in the dark before sunrise #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

Good morning!

The 2026 Forest of Reading nominees have been announced! See the nominees: bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/2026-forest-of-reading-nominated-titles-announced

Good morning! Wee froggo. #woodfrog #aftertherain

#haiku #HaikuSaturday a whiff of roses in the pressed wedding corsage after he leaves her

boating down the river fall colours belie the heat summer's last breath #Haikusaturday

#haikuSaturday trembling aspen cloak horizon with golden flickers ringing in autumn --- Week 36 Took two weeks off to travel and visit with friends and family. I managed to write one haiku on the way. I've become obsessed with trembling aspen.

scattered leaves for stars pearl puff mushroom, the moon forest floor - a universe #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #space #poetry #mycology #autumn

single fallen leaf a spark of inspiration Henri's second life #haikuSaturday #haiku #Matisse #nature #art (Matisse drew inspiration from nature and it is thought that some of the shapes in his scissor-paintings are reminiscent of oak leaves.)

Bright honey fungi Conceal bitter truth beneath - death in black laces. #haikuSaturday #fungi