Poetry Comics Month, Day 7

I bought myself some roses to cheer me up in the November darkness.

“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.” Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6 Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91 Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html #urbanfantasy #booksky

In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.

The next stop in Dokja’s journey is Chungmuro station! While he's preoccupied with the various opposing factions and daily monster attacks, another key player is nowhere to be seen... 👉 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (novel), Vol. 2: buff.ly/7d2ifEb

Possum looked into the mirror and scared itself.

hey if yall get a message or reply like this, this is fake this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts spread the word!!

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 86: You don't have to go far to get ideas. They're everywhere around you. What you need is to train your mind to see the familiar in a new and unfamiliar way. Change angles. Play with perspective. Take tired tropes and wake them up.

Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist, chemist, pioneer in radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate & only winner of two Nobel prizes in different sciences (Physics & Chemistry); born #OTD 1867, buried in the Panthéon, Paris. Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)

LEGO RIKER HAS A FUCKING LEGO TROMBONE

Me too, sort of. 😆 I Really, Really Want the 3,600-Piece Lego U.S.S. Enterprise www.wired.com/story/lego-u...

Legend!! Can't believe she was 85. RIP Pauline ❤️ "BBC News - Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies at aged 85" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rub-a-dub-dub, a little pachyderm in a tub.

Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.

Happy Friday from #Japan! Enryaku-ji is located on Mt. Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking #Kyoto. It takes a bit of effort to get there, but once you arrive during #autumn season, the rewards are great. #scape #photography #naturephotography #streetphotography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Some better photos of the aurora from my Denver to Chicago flight last night! These were taken at 40° latitude during a moderate geomagnetic storm.

The thing I want to stress to people: Authors (and other artists you admire) don't *expect* you to be scintillating when you meet us, so don't worry about being clever. What *is* appreciated is if you're nice. Just be nice! Nice is good!

I went and did this.

ICYM yesterday, my review of Peerless vol. 5 by Meng Xi Shi. Not entirely satisfying ending, but a good series overall. susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/peer... #BookReview #danmei #BookSky

In Chinese #mythology, the humble chicken carries divine prestige as the “bird of five virtues,” symbolizing courage, loyalty, kindness, faith, and trust. Legends tell of a vast peach tree rising from the East Sea, its roots stretching 3,000 miles. At its summit perches 1/3

Splendidly honest opening sentences for this book on Hegel.

the three sisters

Wait, it's not? Are we sure?

Tempted to stop here today...

This lad is 19 today. Hope I look this good (and “I take no crap”) if I make it into my 90s.

Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon

Sex scene with Mr Collins, anyone? It's the perfect time for some Austen-inspired fiction & I hugely enjoyed this heartfelt, romantic & v. funny imagining of the life of Charlotte Lucas from @rachelparris.bsky.social (Honestly, don’t let the sex thing put you off, it’s lovely) Out 6 Nov 📚 🌟

In pictures: Wednesday's Beaver supermoon captured around the world www.bbc.com/news/article...

ICYM yesterday, my review of Peerless vol. 5 by Meng Xi Shi. Not entirely satisfying ending, but a good series overall. susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/peer... #BookReview #danmei #BookSky

Dog Sleep Core. I need this today

Introducing Ozzy! This prehensile-tailed porcupine, Zoo Boise's newest resident, is already becoming a star. 🌠 Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy. 📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S

Ruska: (n.) the process of tree leaves turning various shades of red, orange, yellow, purple, and brown in the autumn; the time of fall foliage #Writers #WednesdayWord

I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.

On my reading blog, I review Peerless vol. 5 by Meng Xi Shi. The final volume wasn't nearly as good as the rest of the series, with a slightly unsatisfying ending, but overall, I liked this enemies to lovers danmei very much. susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/peer... #bookreview #danmei #BookSky

Paperbacks of Season to Be Witched arrived! I’m happy with the quality.

On my reading blog, I review Peerless vol. 5 by Meng Xi Shi. The final volume wasn't nearly as good as the rest of the series, with a slightly unsatisfying ending, but overall, I liked this enemies to lovers danmei very much. susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/peer... #bookreview #danmei #BookSky

I'm waiting for two deliveries, maybe today, maybe later this week. One said they'll deliver between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and the other between 12 and 6. So basically I'll be waiting the whole day, probably for several days. And then they'll send a message saying they couldn't deliver bc of whatever.

Death in the Spires ebook is on cheap at Amazon UK in November! Get your Edwardian academia murder mystery with extra pining right here! (I do not control sales for this book, I don't know if it will price drop anywhere else, sorry.) www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Spires...

If I were the king, I'd watch what I was doing with that sword instead of the camera... 😳

You know like every other sci-fi novel has that “We need to recover the lost artifacts of the First People, because no one knows how to do this shit now”. I think this might be how it happens

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

Jonathan Bailey Is the Sexiest Man Alive 2025! (We Know, We Nailed It.) people.com/jonathan-bai...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 4: There’s nothing wrong with writing fluff. Fluff insulates. It protects. It cocoons us from a world filled with sharp edges and sudden fires. It makes a warm bed to sleep on; builds soft ramparts; saves lives.

🍁FOR THE SALVATION OF WOMEN✨ Until recently women were forbidden from setting foot on holy Mt Hiei, confined to pray from afar. A statue decided to take matters into its own hands so that the women of Kyōto had somewhere to worship. Each November 15th this statue is celebrated. #Hieizan #比叡山 #Kyoto

The passworde for the vydeo surveillance server for the Uffizi ys simplye "Uffizi." [Thys ys a joke! Yf thys ys trewe plese do not blame me and plese chaunge yower passworde]

“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.” Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6 Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91 Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html #urbanfantasy #booksky

UK folks, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is a monthly Kindle deal for November: just 99p! Often this sort of deal leads to price-matching at other online retailers, too. Happy reading!