"Stand brave, life-liver" #collage #papercollage #timeasasymptom #JoannaNewsom

"But stand brave, life-liver Bleeding out your days In the river of time Stand brave Time moves both ways" youtu.be/PYefVGPHAE8

🎵 Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank Like a shroud it covers Beaker Street Fills the alleys where men meep...🎵

Sometimes you need to listen to the MacArthur Park Suite eleventy-thousand times to try shake off and give the big middle finger to your seasonal summer depression. 🖕🧠 🪩 🎶 youtu.be/Z0hkQAWscjU?...

Rumi, 13th century Translation by Coleman Barks #poetry #poem #Rumi

My bird-bath friends especially like to come around when I am _not_ staring at the bird bath. Sometimes sitting there and pretending to read a book helps. 🐦‍⬛📖 👀 Actually reading a book helps even more! 😅

Mary Oliver, Evidence, 2009 #poetry #poem #MaryOliver

Bloomsday is, of course, also Before Sunrise Day.

Happy Bloomsday! #Bloomsday #JamesJoyce #Ulysses 🌷🏔️ youtu.be/BW3RQiXLhKE?...

Mary Oliver, Red Bird, 2008 #poetry #poem #MaryOliver #BookWormSat 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A few more birds I spotted around Denver... 🎨🐦‍⬛

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Kept my eyes peeled for bluebirds this whole trip...I say this counts! 😅

An American Dipper! Finally IDed this little guy. Even more hardcore of a bird than I thought... flies through waterfalls!

Cliff Swallow mud nests 👀

Alluvial Fan, Rocky Mountain National Park

Lily Lake, Rocky Mountains 🌬️

Now that I don't drink, I'm especially appreciative of tea and coffee. Enjoyed a really nice smokey black Lapsang Souchong tea at Dushanbe Tea House to celebrate 1000 days. Was psyched that the only seat left was the fun corner one where I was able to take my shoes off. 😅

Boulder, Colorado

Very grateful 🪶🙏

"You, Beloved, who are all the gardens I have ever gazed at, longing...Who knows? perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, separate, in the evening…" #poetry #poem #Rilke poems.com/poem/you-who...

Black-crowned night heron

Red-winged blackbird morning chorus

Joined a fun guided hike tonight, and was EXTREMELY EXCITED to see this Western Tanager. I first saw this beautiful bird over a week ago outside of my work building -- but the poor little thing was dead on the ground. 💔Ever since, I've been on the look out for a living one. Hello sweet friend! 🧡💛

Well, I wasn't expecting my first bird sighting on this trip to be in the airport! 😅 Good morning, little sparrow -- I hope you find a way back outside. ❤️

Birding has brought me a lot of joy and peace this year, and I’m excited to have finally created a more official Life List. It's far from perfect and mostly based on sightings I took the time to log on the Merlin app, but it's a fun start with a lot more there than I realized! 📃🪶

Backwards day 😂

Rumi, 13th century Translation by Haleh Liza Gafori #poetry #poem #Rumi

Rumi, 13th century Translation by Haleh Liza Gafori #poetry #poem #Rumi

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. Rumi - A Great Wagon #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly 🎨 Persian bird print

Hello cliff swallows! (first sighting, for me)