Lara Maynard π«
@laralou.bsky.social
Newfoundland, NL, Canada
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February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
It was hard to communicate with my mother or father, until reading a book out loud led to a discovery, says journalist and radio producer Jo Glanville
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Reading was the key to breaking through the fog of my parents' dementia | Jo Glanville
The book is beautifully written. And heartbreaking.
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The book is beautifully written. And heartbreaking.
Hadnβt heard of that game before, just gave it a go.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Hadnβt heard of that game before, just gave it a go.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Right up there with βwhat is that smell?β¦ who stuffed a dirty diaper down back of that shelf?β type of days.
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Right up there with βwhat is that smell?β¦ who stuffed a dirty diaper down back of that shelf?β type of days.
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Dr. Dolittle first took shape in illustrated letters that Lofting, #botd in 1886, wrote to his family and children from the trenches of WWI. Beloved stories, less successful adaptations, but then the books weren't cut out for Hollywood blockbusters.
#booksky #childrensbooksky #filmsky
#booksky #childrensbooksky #filmsky
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Dr. Dolittle first took shape in illustrated letters that Lofting, #botd in 1886, wrote to his family and children from the trenches of WWI. Beloved stories, less successful adaptations, but then the books weren't cut out for Hollywood blockbusters.
#booksky #childrensbooksky #filmsky
#booksky #childrensbooksky #filmsky
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Anne Frank, 1943:
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Anne Frank, 1943:
we are each otherβs
business:
we are each otherβs
magnitude and bond.
- Gwendolyn Brooks, quoted in βAn Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Goodβ by Danez Smith, Harperβs Bazaar: bit.ly/4pylLG4
Poem: poets.org/poem/paul-robe⦠#SundaySentencec#TodaysPoemem
business:
we are each otherβs
magnitude and bond.
- Gwendolyn Brooks, quoted in βAn Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Goodβ by Danez Smith, Harperβs Bazaar: bit.ly/4pylLG4
Poem: poets.org/poem/paul-robe⦠#SundaySentencec#TodaysPoemem
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January 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
we are each otherβs
business:
we are each otherβs
magnitude and bond.
- Gwendolyn Brooks, quoted in βAn Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Goodβ by Danez Smith, Harperβs Bazaar: bit.ly/4pylLG4
Poem: poets.org/poem/paul-robe⦠#SundaySentencec#TodaysPoemem
business:
we are each otherβs
magnitude and bond.
- Gwendolyn Brooks, quoted in βAn Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Goodβ by Danez Smith, Harperβs Bazaar: bit.ly/4pylLG4
Poem: poets.org/poem/paul-robe⦠#SundaySentencec#TodaysPoemem
Weβre gonna need more dragons.
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Weβre gonna need more dragons.
βJanuary has never been a month for reinvention.β
#SundaySentence
The quiet #folklore of #January:
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πΈ @laralou.bsky.social in my yard in January, with more βοΈ just starting and a winter storm forecast - #NLwx
#SundaySentence
The quiet #folklore of #January:
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πΈ @laralou.bsky.social in my yard in January, with more βοΈ just starting and a winter storm forecast - #NLwx
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
βJanuary has never been a month for reinvention.β
#SundaySentence
The quiet #folklore of #January:
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πΈ @laralou.bsky.social in my yard in January, with more βοΈ just starting and a winter storm forecast - #NLwx
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The quiet #folklore of #January:
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January 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Happy New Year
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK 12/25/57
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK 12/25/57
Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart [HQ]
YouTube video by professorenol
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December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy New Year
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK 12/25/57
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." MLK 12/25/57
New Year's Eve, and 125 years old today is 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy.
(And when I myself read this poem, I often find myself becoming aware of that blessΓ¨d Hope from that frail and gaunt thrush β¨οΈ)
(And when I myself read this poem, I often find myself becoming aware of that blessΓ¨d Hope from that frail and gaunt thrush β¨οΈ)
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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Your local librarian here to say that itβs great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but weβre still not stopping you from reading them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Your local librarian here to say that itβs great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but weβre still not stopping you from reading them.
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Anthony Law, Colourful Skaters (Head of Williams Lake, Nova Scotia), oil on canvas, 1991
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anthony Law, Colourful Skaters (Head of Williams Lake, Nova Scotia), oil on canvas, 1991
Just discovered the #SmallPoemSunday hashtag on this last Sunday of 2025 and look forward to sharing and following in 2026!
βEven the air will have to pretend.β
- Prince of Fire/Prince by Jane Mead
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
#TodaysPoem #SundaySentence
- Prince of Fire/Prince by Jane Mead
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... @poetryfoundation.bsky.social
#TodaysPoem #SundaySentence
December 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Just discovered the #SmallPoemSunday hashtag on this last Sunday of 2025 and look forward to sharing and following in 2026!
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Classic Gothic Gloucester Cathedral, South West England
Groundbreaking in 1089, it was completed in 1482, 393 years later!
Groundbreaking in 1089, it was completed in 1482, 393 years later!
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Classic Gothic Gloucester Cathedral, South West England
Groundbreaking in 1089, it was completed in 1482, 393 years later!
Groundbreaking in 1089, it was completed in 1482, 393 years later!
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Eventually loneliness and snow became the same thing in her mind, lighter than air, made of nothing; only upon tackling the stuff did you realize it had piled too heavy to yield.
Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny #sundaysentence
Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny #sundaysentence
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Eventually loneliness and snow became the same thing in her mind, lighter than air, made of nothing; only upon tackling the stuff did you realize it had piled too heavy to yield.
Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny #sundaysentence
Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny #sundaysentence
Brings to mind an illustration lβm sure lβve seen in a childrenβs picture book.
December 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Brings to mind an illustration lβm sure lβve seen in a childrenβs picture book.
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#SundaySentence
"As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes."
- Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory (1956)
"As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes."
- Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory (1956)
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#SundaySentence
"As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes."
- Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory (1956)
"As for me, I could leave the world with today in my eyes."
- Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory (1956)