Well, one day after a big event where Orioles fans living in shacks in Glen Burnie were again trying to prompt the crowd into doing something, I'm happy to say their toothless heckling went ignored and we had a great turnout! Love you, Baltimore.

tree: jacaranda mimosifolia flower: see above :) (close second would be ranunculus.) season: mid-spring tea: hojicha coffee: black as the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy time of day: gloaming genre: horror-comedy dessert: pomo sorbets from fancy restaurants

with one gust of wind cherry blossom petals fall in pinkish flurries #haiku #wildwalkprompt

Kicking the can down the road to you, dear reader.

Sharing this gofundme from the NNOC's webpage to get medical supplies and solar power past the current embargo of Cuba. www.gofundme.com/f/people-to-...

Just some post-apocalyptic cat names: Crudo Master Catster Methuselah Apocatlyps One (of us is going to eat the other one.) God Emperor Mittens

One thing that gets me about the emergence of ai-centric data centers (outside of the ethical issues) is the continued reliance on/ramping up of fossil fuels to generate power. Resources that will be entirely used up before the end of the century. It's Captain Planet levels of villainy.

RIP Kathy Johnson. You were a living inspiration to so many science girlies. If you weren't familiar with NASA's human computers or somehow didn't see the movie Hidden Figures, here's her foundation with the 411: www.katherinejohnsonfoundation.org/biography/

#freeverse #wildwalkprompt Someone give me a natural history museum, stat.

Antlers or coral stalks not velvet, not bleached and rough they line the tables of a dim room as if curios just out of prying hands Are they ivory, these twisted pastel pieces? Or driftwood from a memorable, loved and visited place now out of reach? elusive old libraries of hushed treasure beckon

Ann Miller Titus : How Can We Be, Together?, 2022 Art quilt The Alliance Art Gallery, Hannibal, MO

For the record, today is extremely lovely outdoors but the amount of pollen chased me back inside. Considered going back out with a paint respirator but I'm not tall enough or charismatic enough to go around breaking Batmen.

On that note, lovelies, with Earth Day being a month out and darn near all of you being writers of some ilk, this is an article to bear in mind: impakter.com/how-to-spot-... #writesky #environmentalism

Kind of wanted to append to the previous posted petition a few things about global palm oil prices in conflicts and why the current palm oil plantation models are ecologically disastrous and rife with human rights abuse. www.foodunfolded.com/article/prob... www.reuters.com/world/africa...

💔 Love chocolate? Hate deforestation? Mondelēz—the maker of OREO and Cadbury is buying palm oil from companies destroying rainforests and harming Indigenous communities. YOU can help stop them by calling out their planet-destroying actions! 🌍💚 Sign the petition today! 👉 act.ran.org/page/79018/p...

a handful of dust and a memorial pine this is all that's left #haiku #wildwalkprompt

a small pine cone is rat's spine or spondylus shell at least in daydreams #pine #wildwalkprompt

An immigration judge has ordered the removal of Liam Consejo Ramos, a Minnesota toddler who was detained by ICE. The politics of citizenship might seem like the detail that distinguishes Liam’s story from the stories of our kids. But his innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable.

Robert De Niro is asking you to join us in the streets on March 28 for the biggest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Depends. One is "Glastonbury in Poland with vampires." one is "Sliders for Umberto Eco fans" one is "Mexican politics: the murder mystery thriller." one is "Spaaaace Operaaaa." and the other two are "Sounder for Gen Alpha" and "Slow burn supernatural horror documentaries are hilarious: the series."

In an ancient forest, shallow pools reflect not the trees above, but a luminous city of elsewhere. My shortlisted entry for the Cheltenham Illustration awards. Inspired by the changing landscape, childhood (and adulthood) fantasy, reflections, exploration of strange places... #art #illustration

Last day of #SunshineWeek 🌞 The work doesn't stop today. Baltimore Beat will be in your neighborhoods next week and every week after. If this week moved you — act on it 🤎 Give today:

piquant little fruit birds-eye, scorpion pepper crunching--oh, the bite! #haiku #wildwalkprompt

This is not the first time this country does this to Latinos. They did it to my grandfather during the Bracero Program. This is torture. Abolish ICE.

Like a morning glory knows just when to open @marcialynnpaul.bsky.social drops some awesome spoken word.

Already been seeing the "voting doesn't matter" rhetoric start back before mid-terms (on other platforms)... If voting didn't matter the whole history of the US wouldn't be people being denied voting rights.

Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died yesterday, within 24 hours of being taken into ICE custody after dropping his kids off at school on Friday. He came here seeking asylum after fighting alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Now his wife and their six children are facing a world without him.

Small PSA: if any of you ever have a crisis and it just so happens to coincide with when I'm scuttling about around here, don't hesitate to reach out. We've all been there, and you'd be surprised what resources are available to help.

When Christina Delgado purchased her home in Belair-Edison in 2006, it was her mother who encouraged her to get involved in her new neighborhood’s advocacy. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-is...

Adding a bit of Sky Hopinka here. It's a nice moody piece of multimedia visual art that captures the serpentine nature of human consciousness and our relationship with and our passage through our perceptual boundaries. www.skyhopinka.com/he-who-wears...

For those of you who are feeling isolated or forgotten, remember there are communities of writers out here still meeting on Zoom, still talking on Slack and Discord, still running challenges like StoryADay May…and you are welcome to hang with us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D92... If you're not familiar with Roseland it was this great vaguely Portishead-like, LA-based project from the members of Vas and featured this arrestingly haunting song.

Best not to confuse the garlic cloves and spice cloves except for teas/rice. #haiku #wildwalkprompt

Chipko movement ("to hug" in Hindi) non-violent women-led, forest conservation movement, 1970s, of India (Uttarakhand). Participants hugged trees to prevent loggers from cutting them down, successfully preventing massive deforestation. Where "tree huggers' originated #WomensHistoryMonth

The embroidery produced by Otomi (Hñähñu) women of Mexico is known as Tenango Embroidery. Created with an "Otomi Stitch", the colourful designs of animals, plants & rural life represent the stories & beliefs of the people who produce this specific form of embroidered expression #Womensart

Marylanders: assemble.

We hope this is a way that small businesses can feature themselves in the paper, keeping their services at the front of readers’ minds. support.baltimorebeat.com/page/paywhat...

For the birders out there, they made one for my state. :) (Although in-city you're probably seeing only the common sparrow, the American kestrel, seagulls, and starlings.)

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow... U.S. Park Police have been doing active patrolling in the D.C. area since the Trump lockdown .

Hi again me hearties. Back from the sailor's delight of the Mid-Atlantic with the collection of stuff I found in my back drawer. (I also call it my OneDrive.) Behold: Pocket Lint. Probably should have added a smidge of poetry but it felt like a short story grab bag. books2read.com/u/4795eA

Movements need people who step up. 🦺 Join our Marshal Training on March 12th and learn how to help keep our actions safe, organized, and powerful. Register here: myqrcode.mobi/2fd0b3b7 #sheshed

#Iran: PEN International condemns all breaches of international law amid escalating hostilities across the Middle East and is gravely concerned by mounting civilian casualties in Iran and across the region. Read our full statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/iran-pe...

www.wmar2news.com/news/region/... This ruling is a start. *Of course, legionella is also suspected over there now.) Most of this was made possible by grassroots protesting within and outside of the city but also by the CAIR/AMICA Center team that investigated the allegations. amicacenter.org

Be tired and unhorse your troubles Offload on information superhighways Spout off like a geyser, seeking a soul's expiation with a clatter of keyboard and a twist of citrus #freeverseiguess

Life is a bridge between sets of null; a place of being that can have bearing and weight of spider silk despite the thinness of it. Yet living life? Living life is having brittleness that can crunch apart like spent leaves in the forest. Life is good; living is abominable. #wildwalkprompt

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Told you I wasn't dead. Anyway, if you want to contribute to an organization that will assist in relief in a nation no one's 'technically' at war with: www.msf.org/iran And wait, there's more. Keep your kids out of the military by spreading the word and supporting orgs like these: nnomy.org/en/

Okay, on a final note: dealing with some *stuff* in my personal life right now so if I'm not crawling around on here adding commentary--never fear, I ain'tn't dead. Just very, very preoccupied. If you'd like to help out an organization or have a special charity in mind, feel free to link here.

Hey all, just for immediate future reference: all my titles will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate Read an Ebook Week from March 1 - March 7. If interested, I have a link in my profile to my store: #ebookweek26 #Smashwords