You have not lived until you've heard Anthony Hopkins reading The Love Song of Alfred J Prufrock #poem #bookSky #poetry #writingCommunity #amreading #read #reader m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNs...

Finally hung the batik tapestry I bought as a Peace Corps volunteer Reminds of the places I've been, the beautiful people that I've met

"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” - Virginia Woolf #bookSky #writingCommunity #poet #poetry #literature #read #amWriting

How deeply screwed up is it that most Americans don't get to choose the company that provides their health insurance You know - only one of the most important services in any person's life...

Gosh Being productive is tiring No wonder it's easier to just be lazy. Sheesh

Genuinely puzzled by the name of this product Is it Play-Doh that's scented like butter? Or butter scented l Iike Play-Doh Bad either way, I suppose...

Me waiting for Stranger Things 5 be like

Ballet [1/4]

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

Trying to start my morning/week asking myself at every step: does this have to be done now? If not now, when should I return to this? My brain apparently operates on a now/not now principle. When I try to do everything now... I end up either overwhelmed or not focusing on the right things 🤷‍♂️

snesbians

These American Goldfinches spent the whole day in the tops of my back yard Birch trees. There's only a few million seeds to feed from so maybe they'll spend a lot of the winter here. #birds #parkdale #americangoldfinch

A Phunky Photo: B&B (Bergamot and Bee) #art #photography #PhunkyPhoto 📷

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” - Lao Tzu.🌱

"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years." - Solzhenitsyn #booksky #literature #book

"Now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good" - East of Eden, Steinbeck #lit #literature #booksky #fiction #inspiration #philosophy

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

I love that a "moonmoon" is a thing that exists 🥰 When it feels like the world is a drab and dark place, just remember there are moonmoons out there #science #astronomy #scifi

Between this and the downright offensive "journalism" they've been posting about Mamdani, it's like they're *trying* to alienate their most loyal readers Hey @nytimes.com - your FIRST readers are New Yorkers! Enrage us at your own peril #journalism #amreading

Want to be a "first reader" for a small but mighty scifi/fantasy mag? Or know someone who might be interested? See this page for details: thecoloredlens.com?p=137374 And if you wouldn't mind reposting this for wider circulation, I'd truly be grateful... #writingCommunity #writer #scifi #booksky

"A house becomes a home because of who inhabits it" - Benjamin McEvoy, Hardcore Literature Book Club

Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer #art #booksky

Bulbasaur 🐸🌱 #art #pokemon

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Am I reading 4 books at once? Yes. Life is short 🤷‍♂️ #bookSky #writingCommunity

Nice to see a neighborhood I lived and worked in shown with such joy and energy Brox strong 💪 #nyc #mamdani

Being a poll watcher is a great way to get involved in helping your community and participating in democracy

Youth is wasted on the young ...and we will never again be as young as we are just now #booksky

"They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded, one falls to the first barbed word" - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

The giant inflatable turkey now rules my front lawn And I'm not the least bit apologetic about it

"Happiness is not a possession to be prized - it is a quality of thought, a state of mind" - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier #booksky

Out of curiosity, I looked into whether Threads was worth checking out (and having in addition to BlueSky) In short: no Threads is where brands and celebrities go to preen and sell sh!t and where "regular people" mindlessly scroll with minimal engagement Count me out

"Fiction is a lie that tells the truth" Let's all lie a bit today #writingCommunity #booksky #fiction

It looks funny, slow, and cumbersome right now But have you SEEN how inconvenient cars were in the early 1900s? m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd8...

It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.

A society that demands 110% in everything makes it seem that anything less is useless The secret is: that's not true Consider the humble acorn: great trees come from incredibly humble beginnings -- and sometimes it takes hundreds or thousands of these acorns to produce just 1 tree

Slush reader observations: Stories under 1200 words often feel a bit incomplete 2k - 6k seems to be a short story sweet spot Over about 7k and the story is either really good... or in need of focus/streamlining Take those observations how you will #writingCommunity #bookSky

Where were all the trick-or-treaters this year?

The generosity of some people leaves me speechless I owe the people of this world far more than I can ever hope to give back

singing October

Autumn nights

“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” - Ursula K. Le Guin #booksky #literature #art #writingCommunity #story #poetry #inspirational #philosophy

Uninteresting people constantly need travel and events to fill the void - and to make themselves seem interesting Truly interesting people are fascinating even if they haven't left their house in years

What is something you’re grateful for today? 💛

Amen

Encounters you at a truck stop and turns out to be much nicer than you expected

And there's a raven flying around the neighborhood crowing loudly I almost wouldn't be surprised to run into a gentleman like this on a day like today

An incredibly October day out, today Dog went 50 feet, turned around and led me right back home again

I don't even mind gloomy, overcast days in October. Tis the season!

In the not-so-distant future, we will see the rise of the first "cyber-narcotics" - able to stimulate and addict using technology alone Regulation will lag behind woefully