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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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…slow.. simple..

—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..

©️dww

#goodlife #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mysticwl
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Continuing with my reflection of horses, in Horses Graze by Gwendolyn Brooks there is a fierce contentment, an invitation into a moment of stillness, a longing for simplicity and peace.

‘that creature feet may press only on a few inches of earth at a time’

#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Dom Robert (Guy de Chaunac-Lanzac) (French 1907-1997) and Tabard (weaver). Paddock (1961, Low-warp Aubusson tapestry in wool).
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Beneath the cinemascope feel of this poem there is an acuity of observation, a connection with nature, a sense of love and loneliness.

It has some beautiful metaphors - ‘her long ear that is as delicate as the skin over a girl’s wrist’.

The Blessing by James Wright

#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge

The earth threatens to swallow messages of love and home from men facing oblivion #Canada #France #WWII #LestWeForget

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge | CBC News
A hidden archive of what for many were last thoughts and tributes to Canada is emerging from the soft chalk tunnels beneath the Vimy Ridge battlefield more than a century after they were created.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"To you from failing hands we throw the torch..."
-J. McCrae
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Painted tonight instead of sketching and actually pretty pleased. This went from being “the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen and made in my entire life” to “oh, oh, this turned out pretty good!” 😂 I love art.

#art #painting #oils
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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.. #writing is a solitary event..it's where you face your own questions about how you feel..want to feel about what comes from the quiet parts of you..and spills in honesty onto the #page..
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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'Wheelbarrow Washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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At a conference today, so my annual reminder…

If you’ve booked time to chat with agents or editors, keep your pitch quick. You want to leave a lot of that time for asking questions, getting information, gathering recommendations.

Make sure it’s a conversation. You’ll get way more out of it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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You didn’t have to hear anybody’s opinion about literally anything unless they were within slapping distance
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
Oil on canvas 16 X 16

Beaver at sunset.
#CottageLife
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I nearly missed that this was a QUILT! Amazing!
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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I love the juxtaposition of the ‘big’ things the speaker hasn’t done to the ‘small things they have’. Then in the final stanza, that turning inward, that reflection on ‘what it does to you’.

‘It Ain’t What You Do, It’s What It Does to You’ by Simon Armitage, from Zoom!

#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A Week of Quirky Quilts.

Some days you don’t have a clue what you are doing. You just create and see what you get.

This quilt was an image from a dream. No idea its meaning.
Maybe you all know?

#fiberart #womensart
#artyear #artquilt
#quiltsky #fiberartist #artsky #quirky
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This woman got skillz!
Lotsa carves this year but #PresidentZelenskyy #Zelenskyy was everyone’s favourite by far. Carved for the #lemonbucketorkestra Halloween show! Slava Ukraini!
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Good morning 😘 enjoy your day ☀️☕️🥐🍂🍁🧡
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I went out to shoot the moonrise tonight and unfortunately it was obscured by clouds. But as I walked back over the bridge the color went crazy in the sky and the reflection over our town for about 90 incredible seconds. Tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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From The Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: bookshop.org/a/862/9780679728184

#poem #booksky #writing
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM