I thank you for checking in on me! It cheered me just hearing from you in an airport, which in itself sounds intriguing! I hope you are up to your tippy top in wonders, awe, and happiness. 💫
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I thank you for checking in on me! It cheered me just hearing from you in an airport, which in itself sounds intriguing! I hope you are up to your tippy top in wonders, awe, and happiness. 💫
I’m fine, dear friend. Coping with several family health and other issues, and not much time for social media lately. I always think of you reading, darlin’, and will copy down this selection. I’m hopelessly behind on Social Media, and probably will be for a while. +
Not a portrait!
Good article. I also worry about the approach of getting spare parts rather than real help for the pitching staff.
Here’s mine, but I’m sure you probably have them… bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Looking under the hood of our Republic +
I would like steal some Zen. I will check all of the shrubbery to see if any are at work here. Great story, Zep! Also, I think the illustrations were what attracted me more than anything.
Oh no! The little boogies. Good luck!
I love a bookshop, yet there’s something about a library. The collective recipe of scent—old paper, old dust, human humidity; sound—stacking books, musers shifting in aisles, muted voices; sight—glasses being cleaned, dust motes afloat through the light of a window. A world of ….everything.
It’s gotta portend all the good stuff, right? Right?
Done!
This article was so well written and really provided insights into each man. I agree, David, they were wildly “accomplished” for good or ill.
It’s a sign, darlin’!
Same feeling toward you!
I feel sadness reading this. How many nameless persons have befallen us through a similar fate.
How wonderful and I’m totally envious of your experience. 💚
The Greenlanders is my favorite book of all time. I’ve read the covers off it! I’m adding the remainder of these to my list! Thank you, ND.
I did the same progression. I should have taken a break, but didn’t. I’m on book nine now. There are a few books that are of lesser quality in my mind, but many of them are good. Book 8 was thumping good, but 9, so far is ponderous. I’m hoping it perks up.
I’m so glad that you had these days.
Are you there now, Jenny?
I’m too lazy to type this again, so I’m doing a copy/paste. 😂 “I’m 2/3s of the way through Octavia Randolph’s series (Circle of Ceridwen). All else has to wait, and then I’m a free bird and on to exploration.”
No. Just sheer fascination, Barb.
Is Nettle and Bone good? I’ll def check these out! I’m 2/3s of the way through Octavia Randolph’s series (Circle of Ceridwen). All else has to wait, and then I’m a free bird and on to exploration.
Were that I were in County Mayo right this second!
The imagination and representation of an artist all right here. ♥️
I hadn’t known the game started with baby goats, David! 😂
What are you “probably reading” rn, dear?
Apparently, the article points out the man was a slaveholder which, I in my blissful ignorance, never knew. Sigh. History can be such a drag.
What are you reading darlin’?
I’m sending a baby goat via BlueSky Air Mail rn!
💔 We are so unmindful of and disrespectful to those who sustain us. I feel…chagrin.
Isn’t it great? I feel there. I’ve been there with my shovel. Brrr.
Me too! Really, I’m a know-nothing (not in the nativist sense). But I am fascinated to learn these nuggets. I say “learn,” but retaining them is a whole ‘nother matter!
known as the Temple of the Sun and Moon respectively. Young people supposedly made their vows and prayed to Wōden at these "temples" and at the so-called "Odin Stone" that lay between the stone circles until it was destroyed by a farmer in 1814.[15] Others view these fanciful names with skepticism”
“Invaders from Scandinavia reached Orkney by the 9th century, bringing a complex theology that they imposed on the preexisting Orcadian monuments; at least according to local legend. For example, the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness were allegedly +
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Had never seen this Van Gogh before and I relish it.
86 cents per bucket to provide us with food.
Perfection to me.
Imagine stone carving this lifelike figure. The 3D view is great.
@11tulips.bsky.social I’ve been out scouting for tithe Baby Animal Farm.
"The leaf has a song in it. Stone is the face of patience." • Mary Oliver •
Underrated cuties... baby owls 😍
I didn’t know about Ms. Rachel, but bless her to the moon and back.
“…coming into this park. I'll bet we'll have 55,000.' "We'll do 70,000," Paige responded without bothering to look up. For once, Paige was underestimating. In fact, more than 72,000 people elbowed their way into the stadium—-the largest-ever crowd for a night game in Cleveland.”
I think they know…
they’re usually priced in the vicinity of $10 million. Havell used richly textured Whatman paper, manufactured by two different mills, ‘J. Whatman’ and ‘J. Whatman Turkey Mill’, the finest paper available, measuring roughly 39½ inches by 26½ – more than two by three feet.”
which might very well weigh, depending on the binding chosen by a subscriber, 50lbs — was published between 1827 and 1838 in London by Audubon and his engraver and printer Robert Havell Jr. Around 120 copies survive today; if sets come up for sale, and they occasionally do, +
“No one would think of John James Audubon (1785-1851) as a miniaturist. He is known, of course, for having created, if not the largest, then certainly the most widely known printed work ever published. The Birds of America — 435 hand-coloured prints, issued in four volumes, each of +
I want one!
So glad, my friend! ♥️
You have the best rejoinders, Marya. ♥️
@simonwdc.bsky.social I’ve read similar analyses before. This is the type of thing that is fanning fires of discontent across the base. I am a Hopium subscriber.
A value at any price! 🥰
Hope you are getting along swimmingly, dear friend!
I’m hoping so, cause I’m quite high on it! 🤭
Oh, I’m so glad you liked it! I’ve moved on to the series The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph. It’s another in the vein of medieval England, and I’m enjoying it. A few unexpected racy parts right in the middle of all that dry stuff, so it was…surprising! Anyway, recommend! 😂
Oh Jaki! I can just imagine your anxiety. Thinking of you, but wish there was more we could do. ♥️
Adorbs!
Thank you darling gal. Snatching a few moments today to catch up and post a wee bit. Hope you are doing splendidly. 💜
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Sharing a time line distraction. This is a Pennsylvania Mennonite Quilt circa 1850. It’s in remarkably wonderful condition. Sunbursts with heart accents and sawtooth border. 1/
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When you’ve finished ingesting this poetry, scan through more such offerings from the trove at the end of the article. I’m guessing we could all use a bit of poetry rn. + @tepizep.bsky.social @patsybaloney.bsky.social @maryapetry.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @kcarpdiem.bsky.social
These are so exquisitely stitched. This painstaking work is beautiful, and I thank you, KCarp!
I’m taking this sound in with grateful thanks to you for sending it our way, dear Zep. Thank you for thinking of all of us ♥️
“A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?”
And this piece doesn’t even mention my favorite restaurants in Detroit!!!
I like the quietness of things. So, I’m in.
It’s all so gloriously lovely. Thank you, Ellen.
The only thing that matters is that the machine keeps running. The wheel keeps turning, leaving everybody feeling like they’ve won and lost at the same time.”
Social media per se: “What we’re consuming isn’t discourse; it’s algorithmic grist for the mills that power the platforms we’ve uploaded our conversations onto. The grist is made of all of our very real political and cultural anxieties, ground down until they start to feel meaningless.+
I’m so glad for you! ♥️
Same here. It’s a big responsibility, and one that was decisive for me. Those spontaneous trips are also a wellspring of delight. Have the best of days, my dear.
Smart doggie! Someone has to hold down the fort, you know 🐶 🤎
Any de-stressers in your future, my dear? 🐶
Is it a dog and cats problem, per chance? 😂
How’s that sweet Baxter???
Me too!
Highly recommend a good boy or girl! “But one thing is already clear: Dogs aren’t just good company. They might just be one of the most accessible and effective tools for staying healthy in a stressful world.”
"When you know you are of worth — not asking it but knowing it — you walk into a room with a particular power." ~~Maya Angelou .
This is the news I’ve been waiting for! When someone likes or reposts your repost, you will now see an alert in your notifications without having to comment on it! And some other good stuff too…
Bird sounds.
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This is a marvelous write up, Ellen. This sharp-minded man narrating his house, and thus, a piece of his history was beautiful to me. Thank you.
I’m standing back, dear Wayne.
Awake way too early, my friend, and scrolling a wee bit. Sending warm thoughts your way. 💫
Implications everywhere
The ultimate Michigander (yes that’s right) screening kit. 😂 The ultimate Michigan pronunciation guide: 50 names you might be saying wrong
We are often puzzled as to why people vote against their own interests? @polphilpod.bsky.social postulates: “People with others beneath them in a racial caste system almost always prioritize maintaining it over their own economic, social, or cultural interests.” This well reasoned case explains
Thank you, Steve. I especially liked how he began his take with the TV scene.
So very much! Thank you for sending this my way. I love how sweltering it feels.
What a display! Thanks, Lynda.
I loved it so much, and thought you might as well, Quest. I very much like your first read. ♥️
What a happy project.
I’m glad to hear from you and hope you are well dear friend. Tell you what—Let’s take that walk…