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A poem by someone who understands with snow or lost love…or both! #poetry

Just got back from my Tiger Mountain hike! Although perfect for exercise and enjoyment, because it is a real state forest 🐺,🐻, 🦝…, and you need some level of vigilance, it’s not the best for a creative “think-walk.” 😔 Still, it’s great for the soul! 😉 #walking #thinkwalking

The only thing better than a cat? Two cats!

“He is rich who owns the day…” For me, this poem by Emerson is about wealth and presence. Real wealth. I think it has a Buddhist ring to it—something very practical. I also think it’s something that can help me be more present in my deep writing. Thank you for the share! #poetry #writing

Can someone explain why cats 🐈‍⬛ love to sit on journals? I mean, I think it’s that he knows this will get my attention. I think it’s his way of reminding me of my priorities, which are to love (and serve?) him! Anyway, he wins (as he should). #CatsOfBlueSky ##WritingCommunity

An early morning musing from my journal today. Thoughts lead to feelings. And feelings lead to action. Action brings clarity. Clarity is power! 😇 However, if the feeling is fear, then this can lead to inaction and a subsequent lack of clarity. 😔 The key? Take action in the face of fear?

This morning’s New Year’s Day walk. This is just east of #Seattle in North Bend, WA; the mountain is called Mt. Si. 🏔️ I like walking loops if I am writing via digital dictation; not a lot of distraction. 🎤 3 loops ➰ here is about 8000 steps. #ThinkWalking #Walking #writing

This post is “pawsome!” 🐾 #CatsofBlueSky

New Year’s Eve morning at the Seattle Waterfront, looking east and south. There is a city in here somewhere! 😉 #Seattle #Walking #ThinkWalking

Ponies! I think that’s good luck to see them in New Year’s Eve!

‘Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.’ — William Wordsworth writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

Is travel the antidote for unravel? 😉

Love the poem, and love this hashtag…even though I haven’t quite figured it out?! 😉 #poetry

I often build my writing time around my walking time. Key to this is having a great place to drink with my writing assistant—aka coffee! 😉. Hartwood Cafe, in #NorthBend, WA just east of Seattle, is that place! #walking #writing #coffee ##WritersOfBlueSky

Branching. There has to be some “life’s journey” metaphor in here somewhere.

Seattle’s Pike Place Market this morning, seen on my early walk. It’s relatively quiet today and just cold enough to especially enjoy my coffee! #Seattle #walking #thinkwalking

Embrace the flop. 🤓

Boxing Day!

A super haiku 3-5-3; Perfectly captures the image (or maybe the image captures the words?) #poetry

Mixing classic movies: “Do or do not write the blurb. There is no try.” 😉

A little extra water on my Christmas Morning walk in #WestSeattle. 😉 #walking #Seattle

It’s looking a lot like Christmas 🎄! I’m upgrading myself to a Mac Studio and Monitor! I decided to be my own Santa 🎅🏻 , and switched myself from naughty to nice! 😊 #writing #WritersOfBlueSky #amwriting

“O, beware, my lord kitty of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the Christmas tree 🎄 it feeds on.” (Iago to Stella, First Folio edition for @edsguild.bsky.social, #Othello ) #CatsOfBlueSky #amwriting #WritersOfBlueSky #cats Those are some amazing eyes! 👀 🤓

My cat ❤️ nesting in laundry! #CatsOfBlueSky

In the Pacific Northwest, “winter is coming” ❄️until 7:03 am tomorrow morning, Dec 21st…..then summer is coming! 🏝️ #GOT #WinterSolstice

"Slop" has been named @merriam-webster.com's Word of the Year. Learn about this and other prominent words from 2025 and let us know if you have any other words you'd like to add to the list!

My writing assistant Roo, making the “Naughty List” this Christmas! 🎄 ❌📝 🎅🏻! #CatsOfBluSky #Cats #writing

It’s 2 am and I couldn’t stop watching this documentary. So good! FYI I remember when I first heard Sarah McLachlan… Wow…. "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story" on Disney .

I just sent my manuscript into an editor I met at Red Pencil! 🤓 #Writers in the #Seattle and Pacific Northwest who want connect with and understand the local editors market: Put this high in your list! #WritersOfBlueSky

Citra the cat 🐈 has the look that every writer or editor sees when they just used an interrobang ⁉️ 😉 #CatsOfBlueSky #WritersOfBlueSky #Writing

A cloudy day just east of Seattle in North Bend, Washington. This is the view of one of my favorite walks. #walking

A nice winter morning haiku to read!

Here’s a cat that looks like a comma! 🐈 = , ? Also, why do cats love to lay down directly on top of one’s work? 🥰 #CatsOfBlueSky #StetPet #writingcommunity #editing

This old stadium seating area is a great place on my morning walk around Greenlake in Seattle to do some writing (via digital dictation). (It’s also about 7,000 steps around Tre lake; I like to get 10,000 steps in before noon.) #walking #writing #Seattle

Where I write on Sunday afternoons: the quietest corner of the University of Washington Bothell Library (juxtaposed next to my coffee ☕️)! I mostly write at home, but I think it’s good to mix things up a bit so I do t become to “precious” about where I write. 😉 #writing #writingcommunity

Dogs have one advantage over cats as an editorial assistant and as a #StetPet: they can go outside for walkies! 😉 #writingcommunity #DogsOfBlueSky.

Here’s where I sometimes end up after a morning walk: Lake Washington, Medina. It’s a typical Northwest fall morning—a lovely time for coffee and reflection. #walking #ThinkWalking

Life rewards action.

Seattle this morning on my morning walk! Have a nice Sunday everyone. #walking #ThinkWalking #Seattle

I love this image.

I like to think my 3:40 am cat is waking me up to tell me he loves me, but I know it’s really about a treat! 🥰 #CatsOfBlueSky

Literary citizenship in action.

The moment #amwriting becomes #amediting. 😉

Walking—and walking in Nature—expands divergent creativity….and isn’t creativity—bringing forth something from nothing—magic? 🪄 #walking #creativity

How does your trusty animal editorial assistant "help" you edit? Share a pic and description with us and your friend could earn all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community as an official #StetPet! Find submission details and learn StetPet history at edsguild.org/stetpet.

My cat Roo is honored to be this week’s #StetPet 🙏🏻! The hashtag “StetPet” is a great hashtag for #writingcommunity building created by @edsguild.bsky.social. “Stet” in Latin “Let it stand.” ie keep it as written.

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I don’t know if there’s a word in the dictionary to describe the level of excitement I have for my interview with @petersokolowski.bsky.social!! He’s such a delightful person and I loved getting to know him! Y’all are in for a treat! Yes, “y’all” is in the dictionary and so is “fangirl.”

Vince Gilligan hates AI. To get the point across, he included the following note in the #Pluribus show credits: “This show was made by humans.” “I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul