Worden Pond 7”x9” oil

I finally got round to framing this - which I painted between Christmas and New Year. It’s acrylic and ink. 50cm x 70cm I call it ‘Deeper’ #art #abstract #acrylic #irishartist #natureart

Sunday morning vibes Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylCommunity

Happy birthday to a time-honoured actress, singer and good friend, June Cole, for whom this song was written. Lyrics by me, music by the wonderful Steve-Paul Simms of Toronto. Miss you, June. ❤️‍🩹 suno.com/s/fVHs4AzHpA... #songwriting #colloboration #alittlehelpfromSUNO #friendshipbeyondthislife

Maybe you'll like this. Maybe you won't... youtu.be/48b0nhULavY?...

Here is the finished female cardinal. The original and prints will be available on Friday :) #watercolours #birdart 🪶

Poems for Lent (Day 2) • Mary Oliver •

Finished #embroidery available on Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/4457...

Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub

So send the card. Buy the chocolates and flowers. Go out for dinner. Get that special present if you want to. Or don't. But do the loving. The most important thing is to do the loving. Do it today, tomorrow and all the days after that. Let your people know that they are loved. Every single day.5/5

Love is recommitment every day to affirm that there are people in your life for whom you would lay down your own. Hard to put that into a card without feeling that cards are beside the point. However, it's also important to remember that no one has a problem with being told that they are loved.4/5

Love is bigger than Valentine's Day. Its permutations go far beyond hearts, chocolates and flowers, dinners out, and expensive presents (all of which are fine in their own right but don't matter much in the face of life's challenges and the world we find ourselves in today). Love is every day.3/5

Later on in life, Valentines Day became the anniversary of the loss of a second child (the first I lost on Labour Day). Now, married to the best man I have ever known, this holiday has become largely irrelevant. It's not that the love isn't there; it is. It just doesn't depend on outward symbols.2/5

Valentine's Day is a complicated day. In my teens, it was a time to pretend that I didn't care about never receiving a Valentine. As a young woman, it became the reason I wrote in to a radio station about how I met my husband so that I could win a prize: an opal ring that I still wear today.1/5

No better reason to write...

Intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt today #Undressed, so it will be fascinating to see what the #PoetryCommunity makes of it. Here's my response, a sideways take on the oldest story of all. Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Leaving this here!

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

Sundays are for…?

30 second horse sketches

Happy Rabbie Burns Day!

W I N T E R L U D E 🇨🇦 2 0 2 6 Nobody does Winter like we do www.canada.ca/en/canadian-... www.byward-market.com/winterlude2026 www.carnifest.com/winterlude-o... ottawatourism.ca/en/see-and-d... #travelcanada #shopcanada #canada #buycanadian

#musicchallenge Day 5. A song that feels like "you" Bitch share.google/DUSfPz2Fvgk3...

The finished piece: oil on panel, 100 x 70cm. Portrait of my late father, from an old photo. I wanted to created a sense of transience, but simultaneously make him part of that place, rooted into the landscape. #portrait #grief #Mawddachestuary #Wales

Happy new year! I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social. I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”

That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).

I’ve learned not to assume that other guitarists already know what has taken me a lifetime of strumming to learn. My first and simplest piece of advice is to always tune your guitar before playing anything, as soon as you pick it up, tune up. It’s like a pre-flight check for an airplane. Tune first.

'a Fisherman's Life' (2025) -- 3 Wooden Boats Await Use in a Brackish Lagoon Used to Farm Award Winning Oysters, Clams & Shrimp, Lăng Cô, Central Vietnam #BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

Reading Manchan Magan's ’99 words for rain’, this poem came to mind, considering the elegy not as a single act of mourning but cyclical process. What matters is not which season is “worst,” but each refracts grief differently, changing its texture rather than its presence #poetry #poemoftheday

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion, the alternative theme is #BirdsofPrey So I present some of my favourite #RedTailedHawk pics ☺️ #UrbanNature #EastCoastKin #Toronto

Tell Me There’s a Heaven... #ThanksChrisRea

Out of Ange Mlinko’s finely-printed new chapbook _Darkroom_ (Foolscap Poetry, 2025). Intricately sounded (some sidelong end-rhymes: slab / squab, Myrmid- / pyramid, unhoused / composed) and moving by means of a sort of hopscotch continuum of metaphors (the archer god’s maillot jaune seeming

"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood." - Luc van Donkersgoed

“There is always Music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.” – Minnie Aumonier This tree stump is music and light. There is a community living inside this stump, they left the light on while they sing and dance Enjoy the music today 💜✨✨ #stumpday

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Mountain Laurel pointillism. A nod to Seurat. #wackywednesdayart #digitalart #photography #mountainlaurel #bloomscrolling

Happy Thanksgiving to my American family and friends.

#lifewhenyouhavealotofinterests Edit the novel? Start the other three novels? Finish the play? Polish the last song? Write a new song? Finish three paintings? Start a new painting? Or organize the pantry and make a pre-holiday mega shopping list so you can cook some nice meals?

Love that kid.💕

Beauty in decay. #WeekUforUnloved #AlphabetChallenge

I understand that it is what it is, but hear me out…what if it could be what it isn’t?

#Gullsinflight Canatera Beach

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

…slow.. simple.. —for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking.. ©️dww #goodlife #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mysticwl

Continuing with my reflection of horses, in Horses Graze by Gwendolyn Brooks there is a fierce contentment, an invitation into a moment of stillness, a longing for simplicity and peace. ‘that creature feet may press only on a few inches of earth at a time’ #poetry #poemoftheday

It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them: boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...

Dom Robert (Guy de Chaunac-Lanzac) (French 1907-1997) and Tabard (weaver). Paddock (1961, Low-warp Aubusson tapestry in wool).

Beneath the cinemascope feel of this poem there is an acuity of observation, a connection with nature, a sense of love and loneliness. It has some beautiful metaphors - ‘her long ear that is as delicate as the skin over a girl’s wrist’. The Blessing by James Wright #poetry #poemoftheday

Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge The earth threatens to swallow messages of love and home from men facing oblivion #Canada #France #WWII #LestWeForget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

..in a world that needs it.. be kind.. and then be kinder.. ©️dww #indieartist #zen #philosophy #art #booksky #spirituality #writesky #nature #substack #music #poetry #blueskyartshow #bluesky #paint #humansofbluesky #photography #indie #photographer #writer #artist #musician #poet #writingcommunity