Joy K.
@joyousk.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Nature nerd. Wildlife rehab volunteer. Atheist. Wikipedia editor for over 20 years. Rainy-day enthusiast, living my best life on Washington's Pacific Coast.
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A nice one to read out loud.
So go ahead, pray to whichever god
Makes you the most happy
Me? I'll take that chevron of geese
Just now, over your left shoulder
Crossing in front of the moon.
#SundaySentence from "We All Have Our Gods" by Charles Finn
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Makes you the most happy
Me? I'll take that chevron of geese
Just now, over your left shoulder
Crossing in front of the moon.
#SundaySentence from "We All Have Our Gods" by Charles Finn
#todayspoem
What was YOUR favorite sentence of the week? Share with us!
October 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
A nice one to read out loud.
"His heart didn’t break, obviously, but he hoped the next person he punched wasn’t her."
Mick Herron
"Clown Town"
#SundaySentence
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Mick Herron
"Clown Town"
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October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"His heart didn’t break, obviously, but he hoped the next person he punched wasn’t her."
Mick Herron
"Clown Town"
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Mick Herron
"Clown Town"
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"So the plan wasn’t a clusterfuck, it was just circling the clusterfuck target zone, getting ready to come in for a landing."
“Exit Strategy”
Martha Wells @marthawells.com
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“Exit Strategy”
Martha Wells @marthawells.com
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October 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"So the plan wasn’t a clusterfuck, it was just circling the clusterfuck target zone, getting ready to come in for a landing."
“Exit Strategy”
Martha Wells @marthawells.com
#SundaySentence
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“Exit Strategy”
Martha Wells @marthawells.com
#SundaySentence
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August 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Once you see the ants, for example, once the life underground and nests in the trees are visible to you, you are all the more devastated when an acre is scraped for development, or the dry hills go up in flames."
"Heartwood" by Amity Gaige
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"Heartwood" by Amity Gaige
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August 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Once you see the ants, for example, once the life underground and nests in the trees are visible to you, you are all the more devastated when an acre is scraped for development, or the dry hills go up in flames."
"Heartwood" by Amity Gaige
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"Heartwood" by Amity Gaige
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"I would love to know more about what it takes to arrive at that moment — how tired you must be, how high, how deep in your own creative process, to realize that the final touch your song needs is a nonverbal loop of you imitating a very determined squirrel."
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"The Number Ones"
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"The Number Ones"
tombreihan.bsky.social
tombreihan.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"I would love to know more about what it takes to arrive at that moment — how tired you must be, how high, how deep in your own creative process, to realize that the final touch your song needs is a nonverbal loop of you imitating a very determined squirrel."
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"The Number Ones"
#SundaySentence
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"The Number Ones"
Well damn. Just finished Alan Sepinwall's excellent book, and now I suppose I must re-watch the entire "Better Call Saul" series.
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@sepinwall.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Well damn. Just finished Alan Sepinwall's excellent book, and now I suppose I must re-watch the entire "Better Call Saul" series.
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#SundaySentence
“It is possible that if we spent more time alone in Nature our intuitive abilities - another way of gathering information about the world - would strengthen.”
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, 1994/2004
“It is possible that if we spent more time alone in Nature our intuitive abilities - another way of gathering information about the world - would strengthen.”
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, 1994/2004
June 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#SundaySentence
“It is possible that if we spent more time alone in Nature our intuitive abilities - another way of gathering information about the world - would strengthen.”
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, 1994/2004
“It is possible that if we spent more time alone in Nature our intuitive abilities - another way of gathering information about the world - would strengthen.”
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, 1994/2004
"You don’t get ghosts from a past you don’t care about."
Brandy Shillace,
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
“The Framed Women of Ardemore House”
#SundaySentence
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Brandy Shillace,
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
“The Framed Women of Ardemore House”
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June 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"You don’t get ghosts from a past you don’t care about."
Brandy Shillace,
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
“The Framed Women of Ardemore House”
#SundaySentence
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Brandy Shillace,
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
“The Framed Women of Ardemore House”
#SundaySentence
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"But even the most lax of garages would not certify a vehicle as roadworthy if it had a human skeleton and a pile of maggot cases in the cabin."
"Still Life"
Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
"Still Life"
Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
June 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"But even the most lax of garages would not certify a vehicle as roadworthy if it had a human skeleton and a pile of maggot cases in the cabin."
"Still Life"
Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
"Still Life"
Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
#SundaySentence
First red huckleberry of the season
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
First red huckleberry of the season
"Instead of saying ‘I don’t think children should read this book,’ just add a single word: ‘I don’t think MY children should read this book."
Dav Pilkey
“What it's like to top banned book lists around the world”
The Guardian
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Dav Pilkey
“What it's like to top banned book lists around the world”
The Guardian
#SundaySentence
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June 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Instead of saying ‘I don’t think children should read this book,’ just add a single word: ‘I don’t think MY children should read this book."
Dav Pilkey
“What it's like to top banned book lists around the world”
The Guardian
#SundaySentence
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Dav Pilkey
“What it's like to top banned book lists around the world”
The Guardian
#SundaySentence
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My favorite from yesterday's #SundaySentence
I was lonely for the sky, for the feel of it on my face.
— Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese
Great book
#SundaySentence
— Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese
Great book
#SundaySentence
May 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My favorite from yesterday's #SundaySentence
If you're one who reads a #SundaySentence aloud, take a deep breath.
from "Lucky" by Will Leitch
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
from "Lucky" by Will Leitch
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you're one who reads a #SundaySentence aloud, take a deep breath.
from "Lucky" by Will Leitch
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
from "Lucky" by Will Leitch
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
Ellen Crimi-Trent provided the tutorial for this. I have learned to paint a dragonfly. Be very afraid.
#watercolor
#watercolor
May 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Ellen Crimi-Trent provided the tutorial for this. I have learned to paint a dragonfly. Be very afraid.
#watercolor
#watercolor
I need Jelly Belly to make the MANY red flavors better differentiated. I'm having trouble picking out the nasty cinnamons without unknowingly sacrificing the other red flavors that are good.
April 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I need Jelly Belly to make the MANY red flavors better differentiated. I'm having trouble picking out the nasty cinnamons without unknowingly sacrificing the other red flavors that are good.
Sitting with a cup of tea, watching Doctor Who ("The Pandorica Opens", which, as you will see, is oddly appropriate), and trying to decide how to paint a picture of a badly-painted door so it doesn't look like a badly-painted painting of a badly-painted door.
#watercolor
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April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sitting with a cup of tea, watching Doctor Who ("The Pandorica Opens", which, as you will see, is oddly appropriate), and trying to decide how to paint a picture of a badly-painted door so it doesn't look like a badly-painted painting of a badly-painted door.
#watercolor
#watercolor
April 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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April 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you like this account please do give it a share! We are really struggling to get engagement on this platform. London’s geology is more varied than you think and we are here to spread the word, look after and promote London’s geosites #londongeology
My favorite #SundaySentence from yesterday's offerings.
Regret is the tailwind of grief, extending it sometimes forever. -- My Sunday Sentence this week is from @delistraty.bsky.social's The Grief Cure (non-fiction). #SundaySentence #Booksky #grief
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My favorite #SundaySentence from yesterday's offerings.
Reposted by Joy K.
I'm trying to keep things as normal as they can be in a world where monsters live.
-- Leigh Bardugo in NINTH HOUSE
#sundaysentence
-- Leigh Bardugo in NINTH HOUSE
#sundaysentence
April 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm trying to keep things as normal as they can be in a world where monsters live.
-- Leigh Bardugo in NINTH HOUSE
#sundaysentence
-- Leigh Bardugo in NINTH HOUSE
#sundaysentence
I believe I have found my newest all-purpose insult.
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I believe I have found my newest all-purpose insult.
Cheating a little. I have used this #SundaySentence from Naomi Nomik before, at the Other Place, but I just re-read the book and it struck me again, ringing like a solemn bell.
"Uprooted" by #@naominovik.bsky.social
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"Uprooted" by #@naominovik.bsky.social
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April 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Cheating a little. I have used this #SundaySentence from Naomi Nomik before, at the Other Place, but I just re-read the book and it struck me again, ringing like a solemn bell.
"Uprooted" by #@naominovik.bsky.social
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"Uprooted" by #@naominovik.bsky.social
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I leveled up with an assist from a Mallory Jane video about using sponges to paint tree foliage.
#watercolor
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March 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I leveled up with an assist from a Mallory Jane video about using sponges to paint tree foliage.
#watercolor
#watercolor
My favorite from today's #SundaySentence festival
"Hanoch wrote, 'I really never knew you could miss people you’ve never met.'" #SundaySentence via Jessica Steinberg. www.erikadreifus.com/2025/03/sund...
#SundaySentence - Erika Dreifus
The best sentence I've read during the past week.
www.erikadreifus.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My favorite from today's #SundaySentence festival