Marie A Bailey
@marieannbailey.bsky.social
Writer, iPhone photographer, knitter, weaver, and mama to two cats. Taking life one day at a time.
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I cannot stress this enough: you want to write a book? Write it. Do it now. Don’t wait. There is never a perfect time and you don’t need anyone’s permission. There are always dragons ahead. Not to be dark, but the cliff awaits. Write it in scraps, in voice notes, in a crappy notebook...
February 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I cannot stress this enough: you want to write a book? Write it. Do it now. Don’t wait. There is never a perfect time and you don’t need anyone’s permission. There are always dragons ahead. Not to be dark, but the cliff awaits. Write it in scraps, in voice notes, in a crappy notebook...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've knitting and knitting and knitting and wishing I had a housekeeper like Mrs. Hall.
Five Things About This, That, and the Other(s)
This THIS HAT! Per the folks at Needle and Skein, a full service yarn shop in Minnesota from whom I got the pattern, this hat has a history: In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute.
1writeway.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I've knitting and knitting and knitting and wishing I had a housekeeper like Mrs. Hall.
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For this week's #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils, I'm thinking about systems protecting themselves. Error logs, forthcoming.
Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
and to all of the other writers.
#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
and to all of the other writers.
#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
For this week's #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils, I'm thinking about systems protecting themselves. Error logs, forthcoming.
Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
and to all of the other writers.
#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
and to all of the other writers.
#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Good morning! This one was another difficult one from #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Good morning! This one was another difficult one from #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Maybe DOJ should focus on the law it’s violating, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead of speculating a crime might have been committed (despite multiple ballot recounts) in Fulton County or declining to investigate two homicides in Minneapolis?
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𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
ice ice on the streets
black veiled inside
behind the eyes
where certainty
lies
#poemsAbout #BlackVeils #poem #poetry #5lines #resist
𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
ice ice on the streets
black veiled inside
behind the eyes
where certainty
lies
#poemsAbout #BlackVeils #poem #poetry #5lines #resist
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
ice ice on the streets
black veiled inside
behind the eyes
where certainty
lies
#poemsAbout #BlackVeils #poem #poetry #5lines #resist
𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
ice ice on the streets
black veiled inside
behind the eyes
where certainty
lies
#poemsAbout #BlackVeils #poem #poetry #5lines #resist
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Chinga la migra.
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Chinga la migra.
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ICE Out protest, rally, and march in downtown Albuquerque.
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
ICE Out protest, rally, and march in downtown Albuquerque.
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This post of mine is from EXACTLY 10 years ago. Yeah, we’re sick of winter, but I thought Vivian and Maisie might brighten your day a little. We still miss them so much, it brightens our day as well. 💙
Vivian’s View from Here: Weekend Blizzard - a Reblog
jenniferkellandperry.com/2026/01/29/v...
Vivian’s View from Here: Weekend Blizzard - a Reblog
jenniferkellandperry.com/2026/01/29/v...
January 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This post of mine is from EXACTLY 10 years ago. Yeah, we’re sick of winter, but I thought Vivian and Maisie might brighten your day a little. We still miss them so much, it brightens our day as well. 💙
Vivian’s View from Here: Weekend Blizzard - a Reblog
jenniferkellandperry.com/2026/01/29/v...
Vivian’s View from Here: Weekend Blizzard - a Reblog
jenniferkellandperry.com/2026/01/29/v...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Your posts are never too long, Merril 💙
It's Monday, and I'm musing. This is my weekly post of #poetry
#photos, and commentary about the past week. (Sorry, it's kind of long this week.)
merrildsmith.org/2026/01/26/u...
#photos, and commentary about the past week. (Sorry, it's kind of long this week.)
merrildsmith.org/2026/01/26/u...
Unfrozen Words
Monday Morning Musings Unfrozen Words “When we come to itWe must confess that we are the possible”–Maya Angelou, “A Brave and Startling Truth” “we are the words; we are the music; we are the …
merrildsmith.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Your posts are never too long, Merril 💙
I often have to remind my MOCs to do their job. Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social makes it easy for me. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... I added that if Noem resigns before she can be impeached, then she should still be prosecuted for the deaths that occurred under her watch.
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I often have to remind my MOCs to do their job. Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social makes it easy for me. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... I added that if Noem resigns before she can be impeached, then she should still be prosecuted for the deaths that occurred under her watch.
Good, but the courts can take a very long time. Congress never should have allowed these killings to happen.
Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Good, but the courts can take a very long time. Congress never should have allowed these killings to happen.
Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.socialI provides letters that you can email to your MOCs. My reps are diehard MAGA ... well, at least as long as it's to their financial advantage ... but I write to them anyway. That way they can't ever say they didn't know ... actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Defund ICE
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.socialI provides letters that you can email to your MOCs. My reps are diehard MAGA ... well, at least as long as it's to their financial advantage ... but I write to them anyway. That way they can't ever say they didn't know ... actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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"I was thinking only of the ambition, the non-negotiable determination, the flight, the act of love. I was aware, vaguely, even when writing it, that all of our wax eventually melts; that the sea tosses below us all."
Icarus
When the worst comes and the wax melts.
summerbrennan.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 AM
"I was thinking only of the ambition, the non-negotiable determination, the flight, the act of love. I was aware, vaguely, even when writing it, that all of our wax eventually melts; that the sea tosses below us all."
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January 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Although my so-called representatives are MAGA nuts, I called and emailed today and will do it again and again and again. indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
CALL NOW: Tell Congress We Need ICE Out For Good
indivisible.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Although my so-called representatives are MAGA nuts, I called and emailed today and will do it again and again and again. indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
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This call is about memory and refusal.
What we carry.
What carries us.
If that’s central to your practice, submit.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
What we carry.
What carries us.
If that’s central to your practice, submit.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This call is about memory and refusal.
What we carry.
What carries us.
If that’s central to your practice, submit.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
What we carry.
What carries us.
If that’s central to your practice, submit.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
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Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket: Book Review
When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket: Book Review
Deborah J. Brasket's When Things Go Missing is a novel about family dynamics with a twist. The story will stay with you long after you put the book.
1writeway.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket: Book Review