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Siege of the Spirit
@siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
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Wrestling bipolar disorder through music and writing. And horses.
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charliejane.bsky.social
Hey Hey we're the Beatles
People say we have shiny carapaces
But we're too busy scuttling
To worry about the looks on their faces

We're just trying to get some dung
Come and watch us climb on a tree
We're the arthropod generation
And we've got someplace to be!
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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racthoh.bsky.social
#WIPSnips Progress. The Paladin ever hopeful.

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#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“If we could vanquish evil, truly, and forever, we would not be necessary. By Kyi, we try, and with his gifts, we do see progress. Through attrition if we must, and if the good people of Soval fall to darkness every winter, then we will return in the spring to set it right. You understand that, no?” Ethgar snapped.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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arachnereid.bsky.social
#WIPsnips : #progress
#creature #meditation
“It’s Pickle,” his jocular voice dragged morosely. “She slowed down real bad.” Niwa inspected the beloved creature’s swollen foreleg. With all their pushing to make progress, they had overlooked the health of this important companion. Come to think of it, she had been checking out of her own self care as well. How long had it been since she had meditated?
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
Lily climbs on the waterfall in our sunroom to get a drink! #caturday
Calico cat stretches across upper left corner of picture. Balancing on a steep arrangement of moss- covered rocks and dangling houseplants she reaches to get a drink of one of the threads of trickling water.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
What Exactly Is Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder? www.bphope.com/what-is-trea...
Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder — Symptoms and Next Steps| bpHope.com
If standard treatments haven’t worked, don’t lose hope. Discover what treatment-resistant bipolar disorder means and new paths to try.
www.bphope.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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maryviolin.art
Frodo & Sam ⭐️ by me
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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sherwood.bsky.social
It’s raining! The sound makes me so happy. I hope there will be enough to lessen the chance of wildfires for a few weeks at least
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
The gloaming sets a piñon-juniper forest aflame. #ForestFriday #forest #GoldenHour
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
Dixie, that’s quite a bone you found!
#WednesdayWags #traildog #dog
Dixie, a black dog with brown face and legs and white paws walks below the viewer, head turned away, clearly displaying the very large white leg bone she is carrying. She is on the trail with us. We’re on horseback, though we and the horses aren’t in the picture.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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acturek.bsky.social
Looking north from my house!
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Colorado #sky
Red night sky with green lit trees. Northern lights
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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ellem111.bsky.social
Forgoing each #burger
I choose to be well,
My insides are happier,
No cow lived a hell
For me. Needs saying.

#WIPSnips #Poetry #Micropoetry #PlantBased #Vegan
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
8 Ways to Manage Noise Sensitivity With Bipolar www.bphope.com/bipolar-buzz...
8 Ways to Ease Sound Sensitivity Linked to Bipolar Disorder | bpHope.com
Noise sensitivity can be part of living with bipolar disorder. Here are practical ways to reduce stress and feel more in control.
www.bphope.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
Very cool juniper #snag on a cliff! Seen on a recent #trailride. I love how it sits among the rocks. #tree #nature #trail #SundaySnag
Bare juniper tree snag sitting on and among lichen covered crags and boulders with a few bare-branched bushes and one green tree overhead- piñon or another juniper I can’t tell.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
Sneaking #caturday under the wire. This is absolutely me!
Four panels of drawings 1. Cat looks out window “I am so lonely…” 2. Cat looks out window “Why must I live alone in this solitude?” 3. Arm reaching to pet cat, cat turns back angrily “Don’t fucking touch me!! 4. Cat looks out window “Will this loneliness ever end?”
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
A thing about what God allows

- From Siege of the Spirit

#WIPSnips #fantasy #darkfantasy #little #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
White text on a black and purple sky background threaded with lightning reads: “God would never hurt himself. That's absurd!" "How little you know of the torment of God." Siege of the Spirit
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
Last Saturday’s gorgeous #trailride on my beautiful, faithful #trailhorse Zil.
Between the ears view of riding a bay Arabian mare on a trail between a yellow meadow and creepy evergreens Between the ears view of riding a bay Arabian mare on a trail through a yellow meadow toward an evergreen/aspen woods with bright yellow aspen canopy visible through on an opposite mountain slope. Photo is a little blurry. Left side of image: a tall evergreen on a steep mountain slope. Center: three creepy snags. Background: A leafless Aspen forest coating a neighboring mountain slope
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
A week later I’m doing much better. I spent the entirety of last weekend writing an angry letter, brooding, and riding my horse recklessly. Somewhere amid it all I recognized my #bipolar #paranoia. I was in crisis. I took a breath, called the letter therapy, petted my mare, and forgave myself.
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social Siege of the Spirit @siegeofthespirit.bsky.social · 15d
Boss called me at home today for help pulling an activity report and didn’t say why. Of course my brain is in the worst case scenario. I was WRITING, too! & now I can’t. Whole weekend ahead to freak out and worry. 🤯😭😭 #bipolar #anxiety It’s just a monster.😅
My supportive daughter tho.
My daughter: “you've proven yourself enough times to hold your own” Me: OMG I love you Daughter: It's true though.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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m-walshwrites.com
#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
She was about to ask him what his plans were, when she saw land ahead through the mist and fog. “Are we docking already?” she asked. “I thought the voyage would take longer?” “We’re not going north. Not by sea anyway. That’s the west side of the strait ahead.” “Oh,” she said. “I thought that—” “Captain says the northern passage is too dangerous,” he interrupted. “That mess in Seba’s screwed up all the shipping around here, so he’s only taking us across. How do you think I got it so cheap?” She nodded, accepting what he told her with no way of knowing how to question it. Looking at the Tosser’s condition, she supposed a voyage north wasn’t feasible anyway. The ship was a rickety bucket with only two sails and seemed to be held together by its Captain’s willpower and little else. A longer journey in relative comfort was probably preferable to a shorter one on the leaking tub.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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arachnereid.bsky.social
"Sometimes, dramatic shift doesn’t feel dramatic. It’s just a whispered intent and then later, on reflection, you realize you’ve shifted, and are no longer the person you were before."

#WIPsnips #growth #PersonalGrowth
Sometimes, epic growth hits you full force. You feel you’ve transcended, and will never be the same. Then, life settles back in on you. You, with problems and insecurities and worries. But also you, with more tools than you had before. You, a little more aware of All That Could Be. Sometimes, dramatic shift doesn’t feel dramatic. It’s just a whispered intent and then later, on reflection, you realize you’ve shifted, and are no longer the person you were before.
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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acturek.bsky.social
Writing a new transformation ritual into my world's lore. It's awesome being in the zone.

#writing #worldbuilding #fantasy #Forndom #NorseMusic youtu.be/Sj2gVum8C9I
FORNDOM - Disar (Official Single 2024)
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November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
siegeofthespirit.bsky.social
A thing about what God allows

- From Siege of the Spirit

#WIPSnips #fantasy #darkfantasy #little #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
White text on a black and purple sky background threaded with lightning reads: “God would never hurt himself. That's absurd!" "How little you know of the torment of God." Siege of the Spirit
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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grandiloquentwords.bsky.social
Vibe Check - Which one are you today?
A grid with nine squares, each square displaying a different word with a corresponding cat. Square one = Multiloquous Square two = Languorous Square three = Sanguine Square four = Pernicious Square five = Surfeited Square six = Gobsmacked Square seven = Feral Square eight = Jubilant Square nine = Nihilistic
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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acturek.bsky.social
#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #movement

Well, they’re trying to get it together, but Rush is in poor shape for escape.

Note: “waiden” is the plural of “waidin,” a little boat.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
"Where's Cerel?" Drisal asked. Rushak glimpsed him sigh and look around, that simple MOVEMENT betraying his fatigue. "He's gone to seek a way for the horses to get around the cave to the ridge top," Theris said. "Shouldn't you be doing that?" "Ideally, but we have to tend to him. We may not have another chance." Theris knelt beside Rushak and eached for his things as Drisal dithered anxiously, finally settling on his other side, andhanded over the basin. "You have wrecked your waiden if you think you're going to touch me again." Rushak lifted an arrow to his eye, testing it for straightness. Brother's Keeper A.C. Turek
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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acturek.bsky.social
#Novmemeber
There are a lot of songs that vibe various parts. Today’s, I call The Marinell Anthem because it so completely resonates with the dynamics among Drisal, Rushak and Lord Deran their father. Serj even makes himself sound like three voices singing together by the end! youtu.be/CSvFpBOe8eY
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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acturek.bsky.social
#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity Don’t have the word, but I do have it.

The #penultimate feeding. (Supplies low in the hideout.) Drisal probably wasn’t the right person for the job.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
Five days later the clouds swept over the mountains, oozing a frozen mist. Drisal pulled the stiff, crackling tarp from over the hay. Scooping up half, he pictured the morrow. He'd be scraping the last leaves off the icy ground with his hands. The horses were already going hungry. What would they do—Iryla's tears! His stomach spasmed. It hurt. A ball of iron shards... He nearly crumbled. Lurching toward the horses he broke up his armful of hay, tossing little portions into the corral as he stumbled past in his hurry to reach his brother's side. Zephyr did not hesitate. He yanked his half-trimmed hoof out of Virgil's grasp and raced Shalhra to their sparse breakfast, ears pinned. "Fortune fail you, gemworker! Why didn't you wait?" Virgil cried, brandishing his knife. Brother's Keeper A.C. Turek
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM