Always stop and smell the roses or watch the #slugs #photography #nature

"True humility is rare. It requires meekness, to have a lowly opinion of oneself, and the ability to recognize one's own failings. Taken together, these characteristics make humility almost nonexistent in academe." Summer reading for therapy? #Humour #academicChatter www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/...

Poser #pigeon or maybe a poster pigeon? #pigeons deserve admiration too! #photography #nature

I know, I know, largest market etc... but still, why feed the machine? There are other publishing options for those #antiamazon . For example #kobo (you don't need a kobo ereader - the app is free) or #books2read or #smashwords or... other suggestions? #booksky #alternatives #indieauthors

Tide pool denizens #photography #marine #snails

#nature #photography Nature is the best artist

Any other indie authors out there who refuse to publish their ebook on A****N? Sales be damned? lots of alternatives out there (e.g., bookshop, kobo). #booksky #indiebooks

Good morning #flower

Unaltered photo taken from my Dad’s front steps in the Canadian Rockies. While exciting to see, it’s worrisome that the bears are looking for garbage instead of foraging in the nearby forest. Dangerous for the bears 😢 #nature #bears

Early morning #ocean #view #peaceful

When a librarian is on a group chat #librarians #academics

Post dinner anemone? #nature #photography #marine

#nature #photography #marine

I guess this explains water off a duck’s back. Mallard feather

Hello happy #booksky folk. I just chatted with a friend who is an admittedly slow reader but is just about finished Demon Copperhead. He recommended Atonement by Ian McEwan a while ago. I loved it and suggested Ann Patchett back. Anything else in this line people might recommend?

#writerslift! Be shameless and drop #books #blogs #poetry #art and #links! #like #follow and #retweet to help your fellow artistses go #viral! #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky

Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman whose (ovarian) cancer cells were used wo her/her family’s consent. Her cells are what would become the HeLa cell, the first immortalized human cell line & one of the most important in medical research. #BackHistoryMonth

wondering what a 15 year old girl in 1999 would have read other than the Harry Potter series. Thought maybe a Jodi Picoult but the one I started as a possibility for my character (picture perfect) is not very good at all. 🖋️📚

apologies if you can’t access this excellent opinion article about the perils of relying on AI. still posting because I thought all the amazing #booksky readers and writers would find the ideas affirming www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Beta reading a friend’s high fantasy novel. 188000 words 😬🙂 Good thing it’s got me hooked! 🖋️📚💙

I don't often read things as they first come out and love revisiting old favourites which made me think of the first novels I read when I was 10 or 11. Nancy Drew and LOTR stand out, which reflect favourite genres to this day. What do others remembe? 🖋️📚💙 ⚡️📚

I’m not always up on the latest books out but thought Version Control by @dexterpalmer.bsky.social was one of the greatest. Smart writing! 🖋️📚💙

Just finished The Last Word by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social such fun characters 🖋️📚💙love gentle humour