Cloud
@hauntingblue.bsky.social
I'm exactly where I am Here, there, everywhere
Once a TV producer then a software developer now a writer — & always a ☁️
And I do what AI can't do 🫖📚🏚️📽️🎨🎭🤖🗽⛵️☯️🍦, nuance, innocence, complexity, serendipity & 逍遥 & #Resist
Once a TV producer then a software developer now a writer — & always a ☁️
And I do what AI can't do 🫖📚🏚️📽️🎨🎭🤖🗽⛵️☯️🍦, nuance, innocence, complexity, serendipity & 逍遥 & #Resist
Five planets in Pisces new moon -- talk about emotional overload -- #Astrology #Pisces
February 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Five planets in Pisces new moon -- talk about emotional overload -- #Astrology #Pisces
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"…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
"…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
At 83, Anne Tyler Has a New Novel. She’d Rather Talk About Anything Else. (Gift Article)
While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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"…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
"…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
-- Vladimir Nabokov Spring in Fialta
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Nabokov #memory
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
…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
-- Vladimir Nabokov Spring in Fialta
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Nabokov #memory
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."
Will have to repeat what I posted earlier:
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
February 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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
#writing #WritingCommunity
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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
#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
#writing
I have an essay in The New York Times Magazine. It's about dueling. Yes, pistols at 20 paces. Online now or in print Sunday. (Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/m... #dueling #essay #letterofrecommendation
It’s Time to Bring Back the Duel (Gift Article)
Quarrels used to be settled with dignity and honor.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"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
#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
#tariffs #temu #squidgame
February 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Almost two weeks into squid game, and egg prices aren’t going down—but there is always temu, wait, not anymore.
#tariffs #temu #squidgame
#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.
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.
January 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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.
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.
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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]
~Chris Abani
[Sunlight by John White Alexander]
January 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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]
~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
#Resist
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Don't give in to the lies. Don’t let fear take over. Hold on to the truth, and to hope."
#Resist
#Resist
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
January 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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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
We’ll be performing on Sunday 1/26 at 1:00 PM!
#TaiChi
#OpenTaiChi
#SanFrancisco #BayArea #ChineseLunarNewYear
January 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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
We’ll be performing on Sunday 1/26 at 1:00 PM!
#TaiChi
#OpenTaiChi
#SanFrancisco #BayArea #ChineseLunarNewYear
1/3
this is the energy we need from celebrities right now. make note of who is in this WITH us
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Will have to repeat what I posted earlier:
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
January 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Will have to repeat what I posted earlier:
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
Ann Telnaes, Michelle Obama, Karen Pence, AOC, and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 🩵
January 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Another day, another woman
January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Another day, another woman
Not properly broadly educated, these 'geniuses' are inevitably off-center and off-balance, yet convinced they've got it.
January 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not properly broadly educated, these 'geniuses' are inevitably off-center and off-balance, yet convinced they've got it.
Bernie Sanders represents everyone of us.
January 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM