Robert Hasselblad
@rafhassy.bsky.social
Language, Image, Joy. Poetry in the driver's seat. Art my own unless otherwise noted. Higher ground whenever possible.
#PacificLutheranUniversity Resisting Christian Nationalism Dr. Seth Dowland
Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:00pm PDT
Dr. Seth Dowland, scholar of American religions, will discuss the dangers of growing Christian nationalism, strategies for resistance.
Register at calendar.plu.edu/event/resist...
Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:00pm PDT
Dr. Seth Dowland, scholar of American religions, will discuss the dangers of growing Christian nationalism, strategies for resistance.
Register at calendar.plu.edu/event/resist...
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#PacificLutheranUniversity Resisting Christian Nationalism Dr. Seth Dowland
Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:00pm PDT
Dr. Seth Dowland, scholar of American religions, will discuss the dangers of growing Christian nationalism, strategies for resistance.
Register at calendar.plu.edu/event/resist...
Thursday, September 25, 2025 4:00pm PDT
Dr. Seth Dowland, scholar of American religions, will discuss the dangers of growing Christian nationalism, strategies for resistance.
Register at calendar.plu.edu/event/resist...
A. Krieder's PATIENT FERMENT OF THE EARLY CHURCH provides insight into the Church before Constantine.
which grew not by evangelism but creating communities of committed to radical patience, even during persecution, and yet grew in ways that may seem odd to us centuries away and often too impatient.
which grew not by evangelism but creating communities of committed to radical patience, even during persecution, and yet grew in ways that may seem odd to us centuries away and often too impatient.
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A. Krieder's PATIENT FERMENT OF THE EARLY CHURCH provides insight into the Church before Constantine.
which grew not by evangelism but creating communities of committed to radical patience, even during persecution, and yet grew in ways that may seem odd to us centuries away and often too impatient.
which grew not by evangelism but creating communities of committed to radical patience, even during persecution, and yet grew in ways that may seem odd to us centuries away and often too impatient.
This morning, I read the necessary poem for these days: From #TessGallagher poem I WANT TO BE LOVED LIKE SOMEONE'S BELOVED DOG IN AMERICA
Oh America, allow me one day
of your righteous disdain
of poverty; I have a longing, a passion
to belong to something heedless and full
of mock conscience.
Oh America, allow me one day
of your righteous disdain
of poverty; I have a longing, a passion
to belong to something heedless and full
of mock conscience.
June 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This morning, I read the necessary poem for these days: From #TessGallagher poem I WANT TO BE LOVED LIKE SOMEONE'S BELOVED DOG IN AMERICA
Oh America, allow me one day
of your righteous disdain
of poverty; I have a longing, a passion
to belong to something heedless and full
of mock conscience.
Oh America, allow me one day
of your righteous disdain
of poverty; I have a longing, a passion
to belong to something heedless and full
of mock conscience.
A haven for creative joy. Very glad to have found this little bright flame of collective positive awareness!
June 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A haven for creative joy. Very glad to have found this little bright flame of collective positive awareness!
So True Sir! And then this from April issue of #PoetryMagazine
A wonderful tribute to Mary Oliver from neurodivergent poet #RoseZinnia
Read the whole poem here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rose-z...
A wonderful tribute to Mary Oliver from neurodivergent poet #RoseZinnia
Read the whole poem here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rose-z...
April 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So True Sir! And then this from April issue of #PoetryMagazine
A wonderful tribute to Mary Oliver from neurodivergent poet #RoseZinnia
Read the whole poem here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rose-z...
A wonderful tribute to Mary Oliver from neurodivergent poet #RoseZinnia
Read the whole poem here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rose-z...
The rest of the poem, including Secret Service Agent Clint Hill's interview statement. Thank you #RobertWrigley for this unique work collaging the event, our youth, the country as it grappled with the tragedy over 60 years ago.
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The rest of the poem, including Secret Service Agent Clint Hill's interview statement. Thank you #RobertWrigley for this unique work collaging the event, our youth, the country as it grappled with the tragedy over 60 years ago.
In the midst of the hurly-burly of the release of the JFK files, which is mostly a re-release of information already shared by Biden admin, I find this Robert Wrigley poem "She Said" a unique memorial to Nov. 22, 1963. I remember the school day, as does Wrigley, interrupted.
March 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In the midst of the hurly-burly of the release of the JFK files, which is mostly a re-release of information already shared by Biden admin, I find this Robert Wrigley poem "She Said" a unique memorial to Nov. 22, 1963. I remember the school day, as does Wrigley, interrupted.
No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public. - H.L. Menken (though the quote is often misattributed to P.T. Barnham)
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
March 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public. - H.L. Menken (though the quote is often misattributed to P.T. Barnham)
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
"A Ritual to Read to Each Other" is a poem I've come back to in many dark times, and in today's divisive snare of egos and blame-scheming, I'm most drawn to the last stanza, that awake people be awake. Thank you #WilliamStafford for your insight over half a century ago in another dark time.
March 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"A Ritual to Read to Each Other" is a poem I've come back to in many dark times, and in today's divisive snare of egos and blame-scheming, I'm most drawn to the last stanza, that awake people be awake. Thank you #WilliamStafford for your insight over half a century ago in another dark time.
This morning a poem came to me from my daily reading, and in it one feisty little ant. Maybe I'll find my own sonic range today as well... #yeehaw?
"Rodeo" by #RobertWrigley from his book The True Account of Myself as a Bird.
"Rodeo" by #RobertWrigley from his book The True Account of Myself as a Bird.
March 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This morning a poem came to me from my daily reading, and in it one feisty little ant. Maybe I'll find my own sonic range today as well... #yeehaw?
"Rodeo" by #RobertWrigley from his book The True Account of Myself as a Bird.
"Rodeo" by #RobertWrigley from his book The True Account of Myself as a Bird.
Because sometimes this is what too much social media feels like...
February 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Because sometimes this is what too much social media feels like...
How can we be a healing presence? Glenna Cook's poem assures me that we all can find a way. If an octogenarian with Parkinson's Disease can show us the way, we all might follow. Even in times like these. Especially in times like these.
From #LikeJoy #MoonpathPress
From #LikeJoy #MoonpathPress
February 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How can we be a healing presence? Glenna Cook's poem assures me that we all can find a way. If an octogenarian with Parkinson's Disease can show us the way, we all might follow. Even in times like these. Especially in times like these.
From #LikeJoy #MoonpathPress
From #LikeJoy #MoonpathPress
Turns out we can do a lot more than just rename it. Had fun with this!
February 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Turns out we can do a lot more than just rename it. Had fun with this!
In dark times past, William Stafford offered this "ritual"--the opportunity to learn from one another. Seems fitting this morning, as I find the "pattern that others made" stifling.
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In dark times past, William Stafford offered this "ritual"--the opportunity to learn from one another. Seems fitting this morning, as I find the "pattern that others made" stifling.
As of today, I've shut down my TwitterX account. Feels good to take one more blade of grass away from the Musk Ox rampaging through right field.
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As of today, I've shut down my TwitterX account. Feels good to take one more blade of grass away from the Musk Ox rampaging through right field.