Sarah Burke Cahalan
@sarahbc.bsky.social
I'm still embarrassed about that time I accidentally wrote "skull" instead of "scull" twenty years ago
…most of what I post here deletes after a few days ✨
https://sarahburkecahalan.com/poetry
…most of what I post here deletes after a few days ✨
https://sarahburkecahalan.com/poetry
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"He told me I needed wild mushrooms / dried myself in the oven overnight."
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
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"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
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The Chef Told Me
by Jennifer Saunders
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"He told me I needed wild mushrooms / dried myself in the oven overnight."
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
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Mary Cynthia Dickerson was the 1st curator of herpetology at @amnh.org. She authored "The Frog Book" (1906), describing North American toads & frogs. Explore it in #BHLib thanks to the @uoftlibraries.bsky.social Robarts Library: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31830673 #HerNaturalHistory #HERpers 🐸
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mary Cynthia Dickerson was the 1st curator of herpetology at @amnh.org. She authored "The Frog Book" (1906), describing North American toads & frogs. Explore it in #BHLib thanks to the @uoftlibraries.bsky.social Robarts Library: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31830673 #HerNaturalHistory #HERpers 🐸
He didn't make the tree into the Crucifix (cool but precedented). He made it into Jesus. Or maybe into the Paschal candle, but either way I've clearly got to read more things by David Jones... 📚 #poetry 🌲 🌳
Here is a crucified tree that David Jones painted in 1948 😮
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He didn't make the tree into the Crucifix (cool but precedented). He made it into Jesus. Or maybe into the Paschal candle, but either way I've clearly got to read more things by David Jones... 📚 #poetry 🌲 🌳
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What gets me, among other things, is thinking about how few of these Senators have likely ever really worried about healthcare. Gone without insurance just hoping nothing awful happens. Lost access to a medication because of cost. Panicked that a chronic illness would make it impossible to get care.
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What gets me, among other things, is thinking about how few of these Senators have likely ever really worried about healthcare. Gone without insurance just hoping nothing awful happens. Lost access to a medication because of cost. Panicked that a chronic illness would make it impossible to get care.
toad lily e'er blooming 🌸 ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
toad lily e'er blooming 🌸 ❄️
THIS [right-hand painting] IS YOUR BRAIN ON CATHOLICISM
The difference a decade can make! Both of these paintings are by the same artist (David Jones, 1895-1974). On is from 1920 and the other is from 1931.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
THIS [right-hand painting] IS YOUR BRAIN ON CATHOLICISM
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The difference a decade can make! Both of these paintings are by the same artist (David Jones, 1895-1974). On is from 1920 and the other is from 1931.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The difference a decade can make! Both of these paintings are by the same artist (David Jones, 1895-1974). On is from 1920 and the other is from 1931.
I know these signs are always about Jesus but they read like interjections from the trees they're posted on.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I know these signs are always about Jesus but they read like interjections from the trees they're posted on.
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In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
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I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
David Jones (painter) - Wikipedia
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November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
The difference a decade can make! Both of these paintings are by the same artist (David Jones, 1895-1974). On is from 1920 and the other is from 1931.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The difference a decade can make! Both of these paintings are by the same artist (David Jones, 1895-1974). On is from 1920 and the other is from 1931.
My friend Molly is a really talented astrophotographer! 📸 🔭 ✨ 🌚 lenscratch.com/2025/11/astr...
Astrophotography: Molly Wakeling - LENSCRATCH
Molly Wakeling’s astrophotography ranges from peaceful nightscapes to the drama of lunar and solar eclipses, to exquisite images of deep space objects not seen with the naked eye. Her images capture ...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My friend Molly is a really talented astrophotographer! 📸 🔭 ✨ 🌚 lenscratch.com/2025/11/astr...
Getting caught up on some recent discourse and I can't help but wonder if it's the workplace itself that's ruining the workplace
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Getting caught up on some recent discourse and I can't help but wonder if it's the workplace itself that's ruining the workplace
Check out these mixed media pieces inspired by a collection of mammal teeth! By Lucy Stevens. www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/teet... This one is ‘Reindeer Teeth’!
thanks for all the great words and images, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
thanks for all the great words and images, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Check out these mixed media pieces inspired by a collection of mammal teeth! By Lucy Stevens. www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/teet... This one is ‘Reindeer Teeth’!
thanks for all the great words and images, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
thanks for all the great words and images, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
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"What will survive of us is drafts." - Philip Larkin's AN_ARUNDEL_TOMB_FINAL.docx
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"What will survive of us is drafts." - Philip Larkin's AN_ARUNDEL_TOMB_FINAL.docx
one of my favorite early childhood innovations in the years since I was in preschool is the whole "disguise a turkey before Thanksgiving" craft... this is a turkey disguised as a spider
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
one of my favorite early childhood innovations in the years since I was in preschool is the whole "disguise a turkey before Thanksgiving" craft... this is a turkey disguised as a spider
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
I really liked this book and highly recommend it, including to my fellow worrywarts. Station Eleven is a good comparison, with gestures towards Parable of the Sower, but also totally its own thing. Really good on different forms of memory keeping!!
Station Eleven fans will❤️. Set on the NYC American Museum of Natural History rooftop in a flooded future. Inspired by wartime Iraq &Leningrad curators who protected their collections of human knowledge/history. Offers hope that what matters most--love/work, community/knowledge--will survive #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I really liked this book and highly recommend it, including to my fellow worrywarts. Station Eleven is a good comparison, with gestures towards Parable of the Sower, but also totally its own thing. Really good on different forms of memory keeping!!
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
Bald cypress cones look like monster eggs and smell like Christmas! 🌲
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Bald cypress cones look like monster eggs and smell like Christmas! 🌲
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tfw the "first summer of the writer's experiments was lost in vain attempts; and bushels of carefully gathered leaves were wasted for want of a few items of knowledge" 🍃 🍁 🍂 📚 📖 📸
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
tfw the "first summer of the writer's experiments was lost in vain attempts; and bushels of carefully gathered leaves were wasted for want of a few items of knowledge" 🍃 🍁 🍂 📚 📖 📸
This morning my kid finished her prayer by saying "like and subscribe" instead of "amen." It was a joke but also... she might have a future in Catholic grifting 😬 💰 !!
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This morning my kid finished her prayer by saying "like and subscribe" instead of "amen." It was a joke but also... she might have a future in Catholic grifting 😬 💰 !!
tfw the "first summer of the writer's experiments was lost in vain attempts; and bushels of carefully gathered leaves were wasted for want of a few items of knowledge" 🍃 🍁 🍂 📚 📖 📸
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
tfw the "first summer of the writer's experiments was lost in vain attempts; and bushels of carefully gathered leaves were wasted for want of a few items of knowledge" 🍃 🍁 🍂 📚 📖 📸