Lucy Almey Bird’s work is exquisite. The detail here is amazing. The cake looks delicious and no one paints FairIsle like she does

We could have had Tim.

It is often said that climate disasters are great equalizers. They rip through neighborhoods, rich and poor, devastating communities and upending lives without discriminating between them.

But it is, of course, not that simple.

THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE by @megelison.bsky.social.

What a wonderful novel. Follows a midwife wandering a post-plague America secretly supplying birth control to outnumbered, enslaved women. Humane & complicated & messy & dire & inspiring. And, wow, TIMELY.

Emmy Hennings, German poet & performing artist who was one of the originators of the Dada movement and a founder of Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, was born on this day in 1885. This photo shows Hennings with one of her Dada puppets

I hear what you guys are saying about the Oscars, and how they're a celebration of life, and the show must go on, blah-blah-blah, so-on-and-so-forth. It all makes a degree of sense, but to me it still feels like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Or in this case, wearing fancy clothes while LA burns.

There’s a lot of confusion over Biden’s #era announcement and what it actually means—including whether action from the National Archivist is needed. One interesting take I just got is that Biden has actually usurped the archivist and given the required notice to the states himself. So it’s done.

It’s another beautiful weekend ☺️❄️✨

Finally today
Pastels artist Teresa Saia. Splendid work. Back tomorrow. Thanks for looking. Helen🐝📚🌷

Sometimes the rough road, is always faster to get to your destination ✨👌

Days off, are the best 😅❣️

It’s another beautiful weekend ✨👌

Hello, I’m new here 👋❤️