Laughing Monkey
@laughingmonkey0.bsky.social
aka Paul Engel -poet, fiction writer, of Ecuadorian descent - his "The Dance of the Emu" eChapbook is available through Bainbridge Island Press https://bainbridgeisland.press/products/the-dance-of-the-emu
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The Dance of the Emu
by Paul Engel In The Dance of the Emu, poet Paul Engel hopes to convey, lest we forget, the rhythm and rhyme of it all. The author invites readers to experience how his images float along a stream of ...
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my poetry chapbook
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
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sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
bainbridgeisland.press/products/the...
sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
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winter fog
I remember
everything
I remember
everything
December 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
winter fog
I remember
everything
I remember
everything
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That Bears game last night messed me up.
It was an excellent game though, but my nervous system is still regulating from those last few seconds.
It was an excellent game though, but my nervous system is still regulating from those last few seconds.
December 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
That Bears game last night messed me up.
It was an excellent game though, but my nervous system is still regulating from those last few seconds.
It was an excellent game though, but my nervous system is still regulating from those last few seconds.
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This is always the best year ahead preview for what is in store in horror.
It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social
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www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
2026 Horror Preview pt 1
featuring Emily Hughes nad Becky Spratford
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December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is always the best year ahead preview for what is in store in horror.
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These farm workers work under a UFW contract in a plant nursery in Tulare Country. They're sorting and trimming rootstock. Their wages start at $17.43/hr, w/a increase to $17.95/hr on January 1. They get a $3.00 bonus when the team completes 800 plants in a day. #WeFeedYou
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
These farm workers work under a UFW contract in a plant nursery in Tulare Country. They're sorting and trimming rootstock. Their wages start at $17.43/hr, w/a increase to $17.95/hr on January 1. They get a $3.00 bonus when the team completes 800 plants in a day. #WeFeedYou
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"Maria" sent us this photo from where she and her coworkers are hard at work in Tulare CA harvesting mandarin oranges. They get paid $60 per 900 lb bin and spend their work day going up and down ladders filling heavy bags of oranges and rushing to dump them in the bin. #WeFeedYou
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Maria" sent us this photo from where she and her coworkers are hard at work in Tulare CA harvesting mandarin oranges. They get paid $60 per 900 lb bin and spend their work day going up and down ladders filling heavy bags of oranges and rushing to dump them in the bin. #WeFeedYou
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“As it happens, books by women dominated most-borrowed library lists in 2025. All of the top 10 books on Libby were by women.”
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
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.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“As it happens, books by women dominated most-borrowed library lists in 2025. All of the top 10 books on Libby were by women.”
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Collage #1500
Dadá V
Dadá V
December 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Collage #1500
Dadá V
Dadá V
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"Olga" picks lemons in Orange Cove, CA. "I earn $48 per 900lb crate and makes 2-3 crates a 6hr day. Lemon picking is dangerous. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Olga" picks lemons in Orange Cove, CA. "I earn $48 per 900lb crate and makes 2-3 crates a 6hr day. Lemon picking is dangerous. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou
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December 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Farm workers are silently in the background of all of our lives working tirelessly to deliver the food we eat.
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Farm workers are silently in the background of all of our lives working tirelessly to deliver the food we eat.
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Celebrate farm workers this holiday season by making a donation to help fund change all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/holidays20... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou
Merry Christmas Eve !
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Merry Christmas Eve !
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'Leaping Deer' 1955
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
Gouache on card
Christmas card illustration
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
Gouache on card
Christmas card illustration
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'Leaping Deer' 1955
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
Gouache on card
Christmas card illustration
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)
Gouache on card
Christmas card illustration
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December 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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*Jou dê Mòr —
going to clean
moman's grave
and leave
fresh roses there...
'mô ti-bijou'
#sedoka
*Jou dê Mòr - All Soul's Day
* mô ti-gato sho - my little jewel
going to clean
moman's grave
and leave
fresh roses there...
'mô ti-bijou'
#sedoka
*Jou dê Mòr - All Soul's Day
* mô ti-gato sho - my little jewel
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
*Jou dê Mòr —
going to clean
moman's grave
and leave
fresh roses there...
'mô ti-bijou'
#sedoka
*Jou dê Mòr - All Soul's Day
* mô ti-gato sho - my little jewel
going to clean
moman's grave
and leave
fresh roses there...
'mô ti-bijou'
#sedoka
*Jou dê Mòr - All Soul's Day
* mô ti-gato sho - my little jewel
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December 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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