Sarah Burke Cahalan
@sarahbc.bsky.social
former/eternal librarian
…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
Today my kids and I saw a whole lot of manatees, including some babies. I didn’t realize how emotional I’d get!
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Today my kids and I saw a whole lot of manatees, including some babies. I didn’t realize how emotional I’d get!
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
🧪⚒️ Not the focus of this excellent article, but I loved this quote:
“Anything that you study, you see much better than the rest of the world,” she said. “Suddenly, the landscapes and the rocks, they were talking to me.”
“Anything that you study, you see much better than the rest of the world,” she said. “Suddenly, the landscapes and the rocks, they were talking to me.”
The discovery that the continents are in continuous motion is fairly recent—dating back only to the late 1960s — and one woman was responsible for decoding what it meant for California and much of the West Coast.
buff.ly/2vAwspH
buff.ly/2vAwspH
Drifters and the introduction of plate tectonics - High Country News
How the San Andreas fault and Tanya Atwater’s theory changed geology.
www.hcn.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
🧪⚒️ Not the focus of this excellent article, but I loved this quote:
“Anything that you study, you see much better than the rest of the world,” she said. “Suddenly, the landscapes and the rocks, they were talking to me.”
“Anything that you study, you see much better than the rest of the world,” she said. “Suddenly, the landscapes and the rocks, they were talking to me.”
There are seven children in this tree (none of which you can see in the photo, because it's the biggest hibiscus I've ever seen 🌸)
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
There are seven children in this tree (none of which you can see in the photo, because it's the biggest hibiscus I've ever seen 🌸)
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
Today we have "Find the Flats: Or, the Cautionary Tale of Saint John West" by @clairecampbell.bsky.social
This is the first post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2026/01/05/f...
#envhist #urbanhistory
This is the first post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2026/01/05/f...
#envhist #urbanhistory
Find the Flats: Or, the Cautionary Tale of Saint John West
Industrial cities built artificial shorelines over tidal flats, creating hidden vulnerabilities now re-exposed as climate change raises seas and storms.
niche-canada.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Today we have "Find the Flats: Or, the Cautionary Tale of Saint John West" by @clairecampbell.bsky.social
This is the first post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2026/01/05/f...
#envhist #urbanhistory
This is the first post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2026/01/05/f...
#envhist #urbanhistory
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
Remembering John O’Donohue, who died on 4 January 2008.
May there be some beautiful surprise
Waiting for you inside death
Something you never knew or felt,
Which with one simple touch
Absolves you of all loneliness and loss,
As you quicken within the embrace
For which your soul was eternally made.
May there be some beautiful surprise
Waiting for you inside death
Something you never knew or felt,
Which with one simple touch
Absolves you of all loneliness and loss,
As you quicken within the embrace
For which your soul was eternally made.
January 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Remembering John O’Donohue, who died on 4 January 2008.
May there be some beautiful surprise
Waiting for you inside death
Something you never knew or felt,
Which with one simple touch
Absolves you of all loneliness and loss,
As you quicken within the embrace
For which your soul was eternally made.
May there be some beautiful surprise
Waiting for you inside death
Something you never knew or felt,
Which with one simple touch
Absolves you of all loneliness and loss,
As you quicken within the embrace
For which your soul was eternally made.
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
Walt Kelly, on reawakening dangers (1954):
"For Lewis Carroll and the Children"
The gentle journey jars to stop.
The drifting dream is done.
The long-gone goblins loom ahead;
The deadly, who we thought were dead,
Stand waiting,
every one.
#smallpoemsunday
"For Lewis Carroll and the Children"
The gentle journey jars to stop.
The drifting dream is done.
The long-gone goblins loom ahead;
The deadly, who we thought were dead,
Stand waiting,
every one.
#smallpoemsunday
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Walt Kelly, on reawakening dangers (1954):
"For Lewis Carroll and the Children"
The gentle journey jars to stop.
The drifting dream is done.
The long-gone goblins loom ahead;
The deadly, who we thought were dead,
Stand waiting,
every one.
#smallpoemsunday
"For Lewis Carroll and the Children"
The gentle journey jars to stop.
The drifting dream is done.
The long-gone goblins loom ahead;
The deadly, who we thought were dead,
Stand waiting,
every one.
#smallpoemsunday
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
I have started to include this disclaimer in everything I submit these days.
"No AI, generative or otherwise, was used in this work and all awkward phrasing, misplaced semi-colons and poorly commented code is solely attributed to the author's discretion and poor taste."
"No AI, generative or otherwise, was used in this work and all awkward phrasing, misplaced semi-colons and poorly commented code is solely attributed to the author's discretion and poor taste."
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I have started to include this disclaimer in everything I submit these days.
"No AI, generative or otherwise, was used in this work and all awkward phrasing, misplaced semi-colons and poorly commented code is solely attributed to the author's discretion and poor taste."
"No AI, generative or otherwise, was used in this work and all awkward phrasing, misplaced semi-colons and poorly commented code is solely attributed to the author's discretion and poor taste."
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I was not informed there would be tortoises at the playground in Florida
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I was not informed there would be tortoises at the playground in Florida
One of the little flower girls from my wedding (many) years back just got married herself! 💀 🌱 It is so fun moving into my matriarch era... we gave them a bunch of beeswax candles and a nice Advent wreath for their new home. Family is 👍
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
One of the little flower girls from my wedding (many) years back just got married herself! 💀 🌱 It is so fun moving into my matriarch era... we gave them a bunch of beeswax candles and a nice Advent wreath for their new home. Family is 👍
💯 📚
I learned a lot about the history of Martha’s Vineyard thanks to this book, or Noepe as the Aquinnah Wampanoag people have called it for centuries. I think many people in the United States see Martha’s Vineyard just as an affluent vacation destination, but in reality…
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
💯 📚
I know this is no one's top news item today but this guy had been a fisherman for decades. The ocean is so dangerous. 🌊
Officials said that Martha's Vineyard has "has lost two pillars of their community which will be deeply felt."
on.nbcboston.com/waL6Nya
on.nbcboston.com/waL6Nya
Two dead after boating incident off coast of Martha's Vineyard
A man and a woman died Thursday after their boat overturned off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office has confirmed.
on.nbcboston.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I know this is no one's top news item today but this guy had been a fisherman for decades. The ocean is so dangerous. 🌊
[confession] I've never read Dune, so whenever I see the words "Butlerian jihad" my brain first jumps to the work of Judith Butler
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
[confession] I've never read Dune, so whenever I see the words "Butlerian jihad" my brain first jumps to the work of Judith Butler
not pictured: dysentery
1. That AI-generated field sure looks like it's in Europe, not in the U.S., where we…don't have many castles. Or any history of chainmail-wearing knights.
2. The thing about CN: Christianity is a massive theological spectrum. If Rep. Ogles wants a Christian nation, *which* Christianity?
2. The thing about CN: Christianity is a massive theological spectrum. If Rep. Ogles wants a Christian nation, *which* Christianity?
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
not pictured: dysentery
My brother-in-law is very proud of his coconut trees 🌴
January 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
My brother-in-law is very proud of his coconut trees 🌴
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
MOBY-DICK WEEK. Dang. So good. Today we have @kimkelly.bsky.social in the far North, and also an animation/podcast from @camoot.bsky.social and her friend Raj.
Seeing a classic work fractally reconstructed through these phenomenal minds is the @flaminghydra.com way
flaminghydra.com/issue-473/
Seeing a classic work fractally reconstructed through these phenomenal minds is the @flaminghydra.com way
flaminghydra.com/issue-473/
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
MOBY-DICK WEEK. Dang. So good. Today we have @kimkelly.bsky.social in the far North, and also an animation/podcast from @camoot.bsky.social and her friend Raj.
Seeing a classic work fractally reconstructed through these phenomenal minds is the @flaminghydra.com way
flaminghydra.com/issue-473/
Seeing a classic work fractally reconstructed through these phenomenal minds is the @flaminghydra.com way
flaminghydra.com/issue-473/
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
I'm not even an embroidery person myself but I love following their conversations online because they are on fire with more righteous anger about AI slop than anyone I know (and I know mostly librarians and teachers!)
Niece: I think my cross-stitch kit has AI hallucinations in it.
AI Kit: Proctice Long Armed Palczlrina Stoch
AI Kit: Proctice Long Armed Palczlrina Stoch
January 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I'm not even an embroidery person myself but I love following their conversations online because they are on fire with more righteous anger about AI slop than anyone I know (and I know mostly librarians and teachers!)
Here, have some peacock energy for 2026 🦚
January 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Here, have some peacock energy for 2026 🦚
Reposted by Sarah Burke Cahalan
The Mother Of The World by Nicholas Roerich, 1924.
January 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The Mother Of The World by Nicholas Roerich, 1924.