#writing #RachelCusk

Five planets in Pisces new moon -- talk about emotional overload -- #Astrology #Pisces

Gift Article No subscription needed "…when I asked Tyler, who is 83, what clubs or activities she’s joined at the sprawling facility, her answer was an apologetic “Nothing?” "Tyler doesn’t teach, attend conferences, participate in social media or belong to a writing group or a book club." #writing

…were I a writer, I should allow only my heart to have imagination, and for the rest rely upon memory, that long-drawn sunset shadow of one’s personal truth. -- Vladimir Nabokov Spring in Fialta #Writing #WritingCommunity #Nabokov #memory

The beginning of Hieroglyphic Stairway by Drew Dellinger #poem #poet

Another day, another woman. "A lawsuit filed by Letitia James, who is the attorney general of New York, and other attorneys general cited social media posts they say showed Elon Musk’s intention to stop federal funding."

I have learned we do better when we’re not trying so hard—there is nothing more deadening to creativity than the grim determination to write a story. -- Abigail Thomas #writing #WritingCommunity

"Two people of opposing views can’t even talk calmly about the weather anymore — there’s climate change, you know. Unless it’s a hoax!" #writing

Almost two weeks into squid game, and egg prices aren’t going down—but there is always temu, wait, not anymore. #tariffs #temu #squidgame

爆竹声声辞旧岁, 水仙朵朵迎新春. The crackling firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, Blossoming narcissus welcomes the new spring. Happy Chinese Lunar New Year The Year of the Snake is associated with wisdom, intuition, and transformation. May we all have the wisdom to navigate our path to transformation.

To stand in that liminal moment when we have no solid ground beneath us, no clear firmament above, when the ambiguity of our nature reveals what we are capable of, on both sides. ~Chris Abani [Sunlight by John White Alexander]

"Don't give in to the lies. Don’t let fear take over. Hold on to the truth, and to hope." #Resist

Writing progress: I have 50 shades of beginnings -- #Writing #WritingCommunity

Hanging out #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEvents #MobilePhotography #California #Myn #foto

Really want to read… Really want to write… Got overwhelmed and now I’m scrolling 🤷🏼‍♀️ #booksky #writer

Join us at the Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival We’ll be performing on Sunday 1/26 at 1:00 PM! #TaiChi #OpenTaiChi #SanFrancisco #BayArea #ChineseLunarNewYear

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Will have to repeat what I posted earlier: Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵

#prenup #bluecrew #resistance

Another day, another woman

Not properly broadly educated, these 'geniuses' are inevitably off-center and off-balance, yet convinced they've got it.

By Jamelle Bouie

#BookSky 💙📚 How We Learn to Be #Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith By Mariann Edgar Budde "Budde’s sermon may have been the only critical words Donald Trump heard during his first full day in office. " - Time

Stand up. Or not. Just like Bernie - #Bluecrew #Resistance

Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde #powerful

Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

The colors match, I guess? The flowers and the painting on the wall --

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDanger #BlueMonday #mobilephotography #foto #Athens

"Mrs. Trump’s inaugural hat, by contrast, had a brim so broad that it shaded her eyes. Whatever she was thinking was impossible to see — by design. (It also made it hard for her husband to get anywhere near her cheek for a kiss, and drew some comparisons to Zorro.)" #hat #fashion

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDanger #BlueMonday #mobilephotography #Myn #foto

Or Bernie with his cute mittens -

Some places in #China have actors posing as part of the scenery. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCostume #mobilephotography #foto #photography

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCostume Not #Photography photography, just #foto fun @Dickens Christmas Fair #SanFrancisco

"I wake up in the morning, have coffee and write. After that I go to my easel and paint. It’s a rhythm that keeps me feeling alive. It eliminates any notion of age. You’re not old, you’re not young, you’re in the moment." - Frederic Tuten, writer and painter, 88 #writing

"The Mountain View Cemetery in #Altadena, where Octavia Butler is buried, sustained only minor damage despite fires ravaging the area. Crews cleared debris and reported no significant harm to gravesites."

#thicktrunktuesday and turkeys

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCostume Not #Photography photography, just #foto for fun @Dickens Christmas Fair #SanFrancisco

#California #wildfire #firefighting #climate

Sometimes writing a single line is enough to save your own heart. ~Clarice Lispector

#California #goodwriting www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

Know your #neighbors 🏘️

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #Myn #Photography #MobilePhotography #NewYork

It's so cool to see all the newcomers from the other place, specially those from the #WritingCommunity! If you're looking for writers to follow, I have created 11 Starter Packs, with 150 writers on each of them (in my profile page). Use the #WritingCommunity, #writers, #poetry, etc liberally. ⬇️

The fire burns, scorching trees, engulfing houses, choking the air, and suffocating the clouds -- and the hydrants are drying up -- (LATimes lifted its paywall) #California

Oh Bernie The President for all #HealthCareForAll

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #Myn #foto

Jack Ohman @jackohman.bsky.social Someone told me people on Reddit are arguing about who's the figure in lower right. It's obviously Thomas Jefferson: his nose, chin & red hair.

2025 To Do List.