April Lindner
@misadventure123.bsky.social
Poetry & prose. Also: travel, live music, rescue dogs, backyard chickens & all things Italy. Grateful citizen of Springsteenistan.
My writing buddy.
March 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My writing buddy.
International Women’s Day in Bethlehem, PA
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
International Women’s Day in Bethlehem, PA
Chickening before the storm. #backyardchickens
March 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Chickening before the storm. #backyardchickens
I'm super grateful for this new review of Contemporary Catholic Poetry: #poetry newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
A Review of Contemporary Catholic Poetry, edited by April Lindner and Ryan Wilson
Review by Carla Galdo
newversereview.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm super grateful for this new review of Contemporary Catholic Poetry: #poetry newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
Nice day for a backyard chickening.
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Nice day for a backyard chickening.
Subscription cancelled.
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Subscription cancelled.
Prayers for Papa Francesco.
DEVELOPING: Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition.
Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition
Francis, who has chronic lung disease, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
www.nbcnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Prayers for Papa Francesco.
We’ve decided to add three chicks to our flock of Easter Eggers and Barred Rocks. We’d like to try a different breed, and want them to be friendly, non-broody, heat and cold resistant and fairly reliably sexed. Bonus points for fun colored eggs. Your thoughts, keepers of #backyardchickens ?
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We’ve decided to add three chicks to our flock of Easter Eggers and Barred Rocks. We’d like to try a different breed, and want them to be friendly, non-broody, heat and cold resistant and fairly reliably sexed. Bonus points for fun colored eggs. Your thoughts, keepers of #backyardchickens ?
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BREAKING: every goddamn thing
February 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
BREAKING: every goddamn thing
Prayers for Papa Francesco.
Pope Francis will remain in a Rome hospital after being admitted late last week following a series of tests that indicated a “complex clinical picture,” the Vatican said on Monday, raising new concerns about the 88-year-old's health.
Pope Francis Will Remain in Hospital for ‘Complex’ Clinical Issue
Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, but raised fresh concerns about the pontiff’s health.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Prayers for Papa Francesco.
I'm not seeing anybody talking about this yet but it's terrifying on several fronts.
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm not seeing anybody talking about this yet but it's terrifying on several fronts.
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Luckily Andre understands we can’t possibly go out for Valentine’s dinner on the penultimate night of Sanremo2025
February 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Luckily Andre understands we can’t possibly go out for Valentine’s dinner on the penultimate night of Sanremo2025
Thanks to ONE ART for featuring my poem on valentine's day. oneartpoetry.com/2025/02/14/a...
A Rose Dipped in Gold by April Lindner
A Rose Dipped in Gold Because he knows cut flowers make me sad— watching the bruised petals swoon gauging when to toss out the bouquet, not so soon its beauty is wasted, not so late it’s a pathetic…
oneartpoetry.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thanks to ONE ART for featuring my poem on valentine's day. oneartpoetry.com/2025/02/14/a...
Action made easy.
PSA: this is a useful tool that organizes urgent calls to action (even w/i your state), providing scripts and phone numbers to contact your representatives. this is the newsletter but you can also download the "5 calls" app on your phone! it makes everything so much easier.
buttondown.com/5calls
buttondown.com/5calls
5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
buttondown.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Action made easy.
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I’n not a football fan but I’m a sitting around with friends eating good food and rooting for Philadelphia fan, so 🦅 go birds! #FlyEaglesFly
February 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’n not a football fan but I’m a sitting around with friends eating good food and rooting for Philadelphia fan, so 🦅 go birds! #FlyEaglesFly
Reposted by April Lindner
Prepping for the game!
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Prepping for the game!
Reposted by April Lindner
So You Bent the Knee and Were Banished Anyway: A Guide for Mainstream Media
The Pentagon is doubling the number of media outlets losing their workspaces.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So You Bent the Knee and Were Banished Anyway: A Guide for Mainstream Media
Reasons to be cheerful…1, 2, 3!
February 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reasons to be cheerful…1, 2, 3!