Thank you veterans for your service! Also thank you active duty members of the armed forces and federal employees for keeping the country going - for some, with unpaid labor. (Photo is the Jamestown Veteran’s Day ceremony stage setup - so beautiful I had to pull over and snap a photo)

Get cozy & craft a beautiful wall hanging or holiday ornament with me Nov 22 at the Jamestown Arts Center. Space is limited, so register now! www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

It’s always exciting to get proofs in the mail - a tangible object in hand! I can’t wait to share NO BRAIN THE SAME with the world in June! Coming from @charlesbridge.bsky.social with @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social & @keilavdawson.bsky.social & 12 amazing poets! #neurodivergent #kidlit #catapproved

Our middle school just presented us with an IEP with one goal for our kid: learning to raise her hand. This was not a joke. They presented this seriously, as if they believed this was actually meeting her needs.

I’m teaching this fun workshop as part of the Jamestown Arts Center’s handmade holidays series. Come join me and craft something cozy to treasure or gift! www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

Hey #kidlit Bluesky! Need some Hive mind help - looking for PBs or MG novels or GNs about neurodivergence or with explicitly neurodivergent MCs by authors who live in MA, RI, CT, or NYC. Please share titles!

Ouch. A little too real today @theonion.com

This on top of demands that universities sign the “compact” in order to keep current federal research funding…

Tylenol doesn’t cause autism - AND - let’s celebrate the natural neurodiversity of the human population.

Just sending some love out to folks. It’s been a rough week. You matter. Your voice and your stories matter. Keep speaking, writing, dancing, living. Love yourself! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤

Some good news. A palate cleanser, a spot of hope… wapo.st/3Vfn4Nn

Refill your creative well, move past your inner critic, and embrace the process of creation. Join me at the Jamestown Arts Center! Class starts Sept 11 www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” —Mary Oliver Register now for WRITING FROM AND FOR THE HEART the Jamestown Arts Center - class starts Sept 11! www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

Some good news! Anthropic ordered to pay $1.5 billion to creators and cease use of their work! Thank you @authorsguild.org !! authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Rhode Island folks! Take some time this fall for yourself! There is still space open in my class Writing From & For the Heart at the Jamestown Arts Center - starts Sept 8, register now! www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

Needed some nature yesterday. Thank you Thomas Dambo for the troll, who served as introduction to this beautiful place I’ve lived near for years but never visited.

…Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver

JB Pritzker: “As Dr. King once said, the arc of the moral Universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Humbly, I would add, it doesn't bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.”

The young people in my house will be vending at the Ocean State Renaissance Faire Aug 23-24. Stop by our family booth for flameworked glass dragon friends & jewelry by K’s Five Crows and hand-blended herbal teas and bath potions by S’s Herbal Oasis. Get your tickets here: www.osrenfaire.com

Please vote for our SXSW Edu panel on coalition building and the RI #FreedoToRead success story! Follow the link to SXSW and click on the heart to vote! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx... #SXSWEDU #PanelPicker

Spotted FRY BREAD in the Providence Lush Cosmetics with a #FreedomToRead sign #shelfie #corporateactivism

I too have been an eye witness to someone standing on the left. 😱

Rhode Island friends! Please come to Books and Belonging - two locations this Saturday, Aug 16 - North Kingstown 10-12:30 (10-10:45 hate speech workshop, 11-12:30 inclusive storytime) East Providence 1-2:30. BOOK GIVEAWAYS and kid activities and great books!

Inspired by these incredible humans that I’ve had the privilege to get to know this year - each one out there doing the work to make the world a better place for all of us

Give yourself the gift this fall of refilling your creative well with this eight week generative writing workshop at the JAC! www.jamestownartcenter.org/education-st...

Working in a coffee shop and this guy pulls up a chair next to me and starts listing aloud all the people he hates (Starting with Bill Gates, because he gives money to charity, and progressing to… anyone who isn’t a white guy like him, lacks inherited wealth, or has empathy) How did we get here?

We are collaborating with other #FreedomToRead coalition members on this event - save the date! Saturday, Aug 16 - 10 AM Stop the hate workshop for adults, 11-12:30 storytime and activities for kids & families

This year, luck was not with me in the split second on Dice when Newport Folk sells out. I reached the top of the waitlist at 2 PM Saturday - for a Saturday-only ticket. Kinda wishing I’d dropped my evening plans and headed to the fort even if it was just the last set. Enjoy today lucky folks!

Providence friends: Kaz is vending at Fringe Fest today at Sims Ave - this is their first festival. Stop by and say hello! They have lamp worked glass, stickers, and oil paintings for sale.

What a beautiful morning to have tea on the deck (or hunt bugs in the grass) Even the birds seem to be singing the joy of low(er) humidity.

This is one of the best articles I’ve read about the human impact of generative AI, written from the perspective of a poet and professor who uses ChatGPT frequently.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

MA creator friends! There is active pending legislation that directly affects your life and ability to write/illustrate/publish/access information in your state. Follow @massaabb.bsky.social (pronounced like Mass Ave has a cold) for updates and info!

Mass Freedom to Read is a new coalition that represents Massachusetts parents and readers, authors and creators, libraries, booksellers, and publishers. We believe that freedom of expression, including the freedom to read, is a fundamental American right, protected by the First Amendment. 🧵

American history is weird

Six months ago, following “focus on what you have control over,” @padmatv.bsky.social and I set off on a quixotic quest for a creator safe harbor in Rhode Island. Neither of us had ever led a legislative advocacy effort & knew *nothing.* Today RI Freedom to Read is law!

What's a book that you loved as a kid that nobody seems to read or even remember now? Post-alien-invasion dystopian sci-fi with mind control middle grade

It’s wonderful to scroll good news this morning. Congrats NY!

I’m a long time Callie Crossley fan & of course a fan of @malindalo.bsky.social & @adibkhorram.bsky.social so this was a wonderful opportunity to chat with all three!

Thanks to @wgbh.org’s Callie Crossley for inviting me, @jbradley.bsky.social and @adibkhorram.bsky.social on her podcast series about banned books and censorship! We highlighted @authorsabb.bsky.social and talked about how we are fighting censorship. Tune in: www.wgbh.org/culture/book...

Thank you @rihouseofreps.bsky.social !!

We will be at the Teach Truth Day of Action this Saturday, June 7, 2-4 PM at Knight Memorial Library in Providence. See you there! #FreedomToRead

Providence area folks: tonight at 7:00! @padmatv.bsky.social at Rochambeau library about the rising tide of censorship and #FreedomToRead in RI - our bill has passed in the Senate & is awaiting a vote in the House. #RhodeIsland @davidmoralesri.bsky.social

AI can only function as an industry if it continues to use intellectual property theft as its source of data? OK. Noted.

Rhode Island friends: stop by the Warwick Central Library Saturday, May 24, from 10-2 and tell us about your favorite banned book! RI #FreedomToRead coalition members will be there to answer your questions and help you find your state reps and write postcards!

Rhode Island voters: the #FreedomToRead needs you! Lawmakers need to hear from citizens that this bill needs to keep its protections for creators! Stop by Warwick Central Library 10-2 Saturday May 24 & write a postcard! (Thank you if you’ve written/called in the past - we need you again!)

This Saturday, May 24, 10-2: stop by the Warwick Central Library and write a postcard in support of RI #FreedomToRead

Thank you everyone! Today was an amazing day of connection and celebration of literature, literacy, and libraries. So important, given today’s news.

@robinstevenson.bsky.social Is reading PRIDE PUPPY at noon ET! Reading at 12:15 is Lesa Cline-Ransome! #kidlit #freedomtoread #authorevent Join us here for our free online reading fest! Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1

An amazing lineup tomorrow! Hope to virtually see you there!