I needed an artistic outlet this Valentine’s Day, so I baked and decorated us some special cookies. Enjoy! #valentines #HappyValentinesDay

Ready to gyrate Warming up those cranky hips Blasting Prince’s “Kiss” #vss365 #haiku #senryu #HappyValentine’sDay #kiss #valentines #over50

A sudden quiver shook this body Someone walked over my grave And I can’t help but wonder Is it the news, the future, Or this arctic air. #vss365 #quiver #poem

As a chronic “non-finisher of things”, it feels so good to COMPLETE something! The second reiteration of the slipper-socks is now on my feet! Now I’ll challenge myself and write down the pattern as I work on the 3rd pair, so I can duplicate these lovelies exactly! #ADHD #crochet 🧶

In a world where grief bleeds through the seams of our hyperconnected lives, where minds fracture under invisible weight, where democracy withers in the shadow of rising authoritarians—joy is no longer luxury. It's insurrection.

Crocheting a second pair of slipper socks, because fuck it’s cold! These look a little funny, but feel PERFECT on the foot. I continue to tweak my improvised pattern. I will end up with the most comfortable footwear mutants! #crochet #craft

Bonus points for these guns!

Craving coziness in my life, I crocheted myself some slipper-socks. The pattern is called “Wings”, because I winged it. I never learned how to #crochet a proper heel, so it’s my rendition of it. Now to find a darning needle…

#Slapdash poetry Haikus against dementia Fighting fear in verse #vss365 #poem #haiku #senryu #writingcommunity

Heartbreak and redemption, #sourdough edition #bread

I’m not posing, you’re posing! Now take more pictures of me! #DogsOfBluesky #SeniorDog #ChihuahuasOfBluesky

He adorns spaces With symphonies of gold kitsch Bankrupt legacy #vss365 #haiku #senryu #adorn #symphony #micropoetry #poem

My latest #watercolour fiasco did not deter me, just no time (back to the grind). Spent a day learning clouds. Couldn’t resist turning the last one into “something”. Baba Yaga on vacation! #watercolor #painting #witch

I was gonna do stuff, but the dog had other plans. Can’t say I’m unhappy about it. #DogsOfBluesky #dog #chihuahua

The cat, pats the blanket cautiously with its paw. I jerk my foot under it, and the #spooked animal jumps up, almost vertically. I laugh at this cartoony feat. I think I’m a bad person when I do. And yet, I spook the cat again when opportunity presents itself. I am a bad person. #vss365

Yesterday I tried to #paint this Guatemalan landscape from a friend’s photo. I was way under qualified for this! 🤣🤣🤣 Today I’ll break it down to get a handle on some elements. Clouds! #watercolour #beginner #waterclor

Pundits’ putrid hype Critical thought near extinct Balderdash tzars thrive #vss365 #balderdash #haiku #senryu

I managed another #watercolour #painting with Santa’s paints! Same view, different time of the day, and blowing snow. It’s been snowing here almost every day 😭. I’m learning so much! #art #watercolor #beginnerpainting

His face turned grey. “What.. is this?” “Abstraction: Nude study #5, professor.” “Mr. Creech, you… degenerate,” he boomed. “This is your Advanced Cadaver Embalming Technology practicum, not some art class for freaks!” McMasters shook: Whe… where are your other “studies”? #vss365 #abstraction

Santa brought me some nice watercolours so I “arted” last night. I used to paint in my teens (never watercolours tho), so this is starting from zero again. Frustrating, with some glimmers of hope. #art #watercolour #watercolor #painting

I pledge my allegiance to this simple life & to its many pure #delights. I vow to pour love into ME first, not only when I’m dying of thirst. I swear to stop judging my giddy whims, & to finally accept my WHOLE being. With sweet joy, eat life by full gobs! I declare it now: it is so! #vss365

Delight waits where nothing happened yet. Time leans, listening. Delighted speaks from the future. Already felt, it says. Meet in the middle, they do. The moment survives. #vss365 #delight #prompt #emoetry #delighted #poetry #writing #readpoetry #poem #poet

Let this focaccia represent my attitude for 2026. This is the year of very few fucks given, and ONLY about the meaningful things. Bring it on! #sourdough #2026 #happyNewYear

Right when it comes to new year's resolutions I'm not doing them, I'm doing plans instead. Using up that scrap yarn, doing another Mabel jumper but better this time, not counting the books I read so I do not feel oppressed by the tyranny of more numbers, etc

Green hope sustains us The ether is thick with #dreams Crushed by “what if”, wilts. #vss365 #haiku #senryu #poetry #overthinking #anxiety

To #jump and to trust Leap, and the net will appear Untethered heart soars. #vss365 #haiku #senryu #poem

I just saw #AvatarFireAndAsh and I don’t think I could EVER get enough of those big whales smashing the boats! 🐳🍆🛥️👏👏👏

One #regret I have Is killing time. #Gratitude #recalls something lost. #vss365 #haiku #senryu #WritingCommunity #poem

#sourdough adventures continue! “Croissant bread”: grate frozen #butter into the dough during stretch and folds. I wanted to hate it (OBSCENE amount of butter, but then again, is there such a thing?) The result is… transcendent. Playing with fancy scoring too! 😆

Warm toes, cool water Memory collides with ice Sliding towards spring #vss365 #memory #haiku #senryu #ReadyForSpring

On Saturday I got struck by inspiration, and a little outdoor decorating was done. Behold, my gnomes! Next year, it will be an ARMY of gnomes! My fingertips still hurt from twisting all these wires that hold everything together! 🤣💪 #crafting #christmas #ChristmasDecorations

The #successor of my current dream Seems so #illicit : I yearn to live in a dark forest In a small hut with a mossy roof, Eating tubers and rabbits, Far away from all this bullshit. _________ Can you relate? 👋👋👋 #vss365 #poem #poetry #burnout

You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.

Silent snowflakes spill White world in wet tranquil rug Bewitched by chaos #vss365 #haiku #bewitched

The prize for a life lived well is You get to die with peace and content in your heart. A consolation prize if you just… lived? You get to die. Your heart just stops. You get to die. #vss365 #consolation #poem #life #death RIP, Linda ❤️!

He gives me a whole soliloquy Where a gist would suffice! (We are composing our weekly shopping list. THIS makes up the drama of our lives). #vss365 #poem #poetry #sliceOfLife #blessed

She’s gorgeous, even when veiled in clouds! #moon #fullMoon #superMoon

Young #vespertine life It’s fabric faded by time Pass the blanket, love! #vss365 #haiku #senryu #poem #writingCommunity

I made donuts. Out of yarn. Don’t know why or what they are. Christmas tree ornaments? 2 are finished, 2 more are WIP. #WipWednesday #crochet #crafts

Barren, #aphotic drones Selling assault packaged as #chivalry The ones you counted on have no souls You shot yourself in the foot you dumb martyr #vss365 #poem #poemCommunity #maga

#sourdough journey takes a more adventurous turn! For this loaf (and another 2), I replaced 1/3 of water with ricotta whey, and added lemon zest, fresh basil and dried dill. Tastes like summer! Thanks @sourdough2021.bsky.social for inspiration!

Her #health was important to her. I mean, even in her screwdriver era she hand-pressed the organic oranges to mix with the vodka. Potato vodka, because you know, gluten-free. #vss365

Life, a cruel teacher Pride blocks our minds form learning Still, our hearts crave love #vss365 #haiku #senryu (provided that cruel is one syllable, not 2) #writingcommunity #poem

I ❤️ #wipWednesday, because I’m so good at starting projects! These HAVE a “must be finished by” date, fortunately. I love a good deadline! 1. Birthday beanie for hubby 2. Scarf for my son 3. Fingerless gloves for my dad. #crochet #adhd

My dog barfed on the floor, and before I got to clean it up, he did! Shoe is a VERY GOOD BOI! #dogsOfBluesky

How can your devotion Be #measurable When your actions don’t match Your words? Throw your I love yous Into the wind Let them drown in the puddles Let them rot with the leaves. I’ll wait till you get it. #vss365 #poem #poetry

The Guardian of Time says: Enjoy the now! No #action required until December. #vss365 #dogsOfBluesky #poem

Today I LIVED my poem from earlier today! #sourdough #crochet #wip #wipwednesday #poetry

Frost-bitten garden Warm options: crochet and bread I dream of spring smells #vss365 #options #haiku #senryu

What #reality? Reality is just a consensus that something IS. Is the smell in this kitchen real? It is to you, not to me! She stabbed the thermometer into the quivering loaf as it retracted, brown sludge sputtered. She blew her nose into the dishrag. Fucking sinuses! #vss365 #horror