Lisa Bell Bacon
@lisabellbacon.bsky.social
Jesus follower. Retired teacher. Pastimes include reading, birding, wandering in nature, playing racquetball, and getting in good trouble.
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery." #booksky 💙📚
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery." #booksky 💙📚
"Things!
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful
fire! More room in your heart for love,
for the trees! For the birds who own
nothing--the reason they can fly."
"Storage," by Mary Oliver
#booksky 💙 📚
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful
fire! More room in your heart for love,
for the trees! For the birds who own
nothing--the reason they can fly."
"Storage," by Mary Oliver
#booksky 💙 📚
October 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Things!
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful
fire! More room in your heart for love,
for the trees! For the birds who own
nothing--the reason they can fly."
"Storage," by Mary Oliver
#booksky 💙 📚
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful
fire! More room in your heart for love,
for the trees! For the birds who own
nothing--the reason they can fly."
"Storage," by Mary Oliver
#booksky 💙 📚
"If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody, and you're stuck with it."
The Arm of the Starfish.
#MadeleineLengle
💙 📚 #booksky
The Arm of the Starfish.
#MadeleineLengle
💙 📚 #booksky
September 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"If you're going to care about the fall of the sparrow you can't pick and choose who's going to be the sparrow. It's everybody, and you're stuck with it."
The Arm of the Starfish.
#MadeleineLengle
💙 📚 #booksky
The Arm of the Starfish.
#MadeleineLengle
💙 📚 #booksky
"They're a strange thing consciences. Trouble is, what feels best isn't necessarily what works best."
September 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"They're a strange thing consciences. Trouble is, what feels best isn't necessarily what works best."
"Being a white man doesn't mean I can't recognize good work when I see it," Jasper argued.
"No, but it does mean that if you don't like something, you might not realize it wasn't meant for you to like."
💙 📚 #booksky #jodipicoult
"No, but it does mean that if you don't like something, you might not realize it wasn't meant for you to like."
💙 📚 #booksky #jodipicoult
July 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Being a white man doesn't mean I can't recognize good work when I see it," Jasper argued.
"No, but it does mean that if you don't like something, you might not realize it wasn't meant for you to like."
💙 📚 #booksky #jodipicoult
"No, but it does mean that if you don't like something, you might not realize it wasn't meant for you to like."
💙 📚 #booksky #jodipicoult
"They were, Emilia thought, a sorry pair--always reaching for the fruit on a branch too high, instead of finding satisfaction in the things within their grasp that could sustain them."
💙📚 #booksky #jodipicoult #byanyothername
💙📚 #booksky #jodipicoult #byanyothername
July 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"They were, Emilia thought, a sorry pair--always reaching for the fruit on a branch too high, instead of finding satisfaction in the things within their grasp that could sustain them."
💙📚 #booksky #jodipicoult #byanyothername
💙📚 #booksky #jodipicoult #byanyothername
Native rosebay rhododendron looking lovely at "th' house in th' holler" (so named by the original owner 😉).
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Native rosebay rhododendron looking lovely at "th' house in th' holler" (so named by the original owner 😉).
Mama fox and kit in the yard.
June 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mama fox and kit in the yard.
June 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Well, if we could afford a getaway car we wouldn’t have had to rob a bank, now would we?” 😂
📚💙 #theanswerisno #FredrickBackman
📚💙 #theanswerisno #FredrickBackman
June 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“Well, if we could afford a getaway car we wouldn’t have had to rob a bank, now would we?” 😂
📚💙 #theanswerisno #FredrickBackman
📚💙 #theanswerisno #FredrickBackman
"Generous to a fault... America wielded her huge power in the world with a brash confidence that reminded him of a toddler who has got hold of a hammer." 📚💙
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"Generous to a fault... America wielded her huge power in the world with a brash confidence that reminded him of a toddler who has got hold of a hammer." 📚💙
The silver lining of the recent cold snap.
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The silver lining of the recent cold snap.
"Coffee...was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it."
#sarahaddisonallen 📚💙
#sarahaddisonallen 📚💙
January 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Coffee...was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it."
#sarahaddisonallen 📚💙
#sarahaddisonallen 📚💙
Egret and ibis, Pea Island NWR, Outer Banks.
January 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Egret and ibis, Pea Island NWR, Outer Banks.
"Emotions are for the present; don't squander them on past hurts that are a waste of time." 💙📚
January 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Emotions are for the present; don't squander them on past hurts that are a waste of time." 💙📚
"[Toilet paper]has been imprinted on us as an everyday item, as normality, so when we get scared we drag great bundles of the stuff home with us, not because we need it but because it feels like we're taking control of the situation." 💙📚 #booksky
December 11, 2024 at 9:43 PM
"[Toilet paper]has been imprinted on us as an everyday item, as normality, so when we get scared we drag great bundles of the stuff home with us, not because we need it but because it feels like we're taking control of the situation." 💙📚 #booksky
"To be heard, you must speak the language of the one you want to listen."
#RobinWallKimmerer
#MoniqueGraySmith
#RobinWallKimmerer
#MoniqueGraySmith
December 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM
"To be heard, you must speak the language of the one you want to listen."
#RobinWallKimmerer
#MoniqueGraySmith
#RobinWallKimmerer
#MoniqueGraySmith
"I ordered a pint of Guiness because it was what my dad drank. It tasted like angry Marmite." 🤣 #KalianeBradley
December 3, 2024 at 1:01 AM
"I ordered a pint of Guiness because it was what my dad drank. It tasted like angry Marmite." 🤣 #KalianeBradley