@subtledays.bsky.social
From the mountains but currently frolicking through the prairies 🏔️🌻 KC 🏳️🌈
Writer into books, movies, anime, mindfulness, cats, naturism, and nature 📚
Writer into books, movies, anime, mindfulness, cats, naturism, and nature 📚
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Hello, Bluesky! Here you’ll find five star books, book quotes, some pics, and the occasional random thought. 📚⭐️ Don’t be afraid to say hello!
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I love the chronology & use tense
First the dubious motivations & morality of the boys, then finishing with the calf still alive, with his mother, seeing twice what we can see
The poem is written on the night the calf is born, but the speaker knows what will happen tomorrow
#poetry
#poemoftheday
First the dubious motivations & morality of the boys, then finishing with the calf still alive, with his mother, seeing twice what we can see
The poem is written on the night the calf is born, but the speaker knows what will happen tomorrow
#poetry
#poemoftheday
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
I love the chronology & use tense
First the dubious motivations & morality of the boys, then finishing with the calf still alive, with his mother, seeing twice what we can see
The poem is written on the night the calf is born, but the speaker knows what will happen tomorrow
#poetry
#poemoftheday
First the dubious motivations & morality of the boys, then finishing with the calf still alive, with his mother, seeing twice what we can see
The poem is written on the night the calf is born, but the speaker knows what will happen tomorrow
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
🍃 Beautiful nature imagery
💧 Palpable despair
🌍 Historical fiction that feels personal
✍🏼 Writing that reads like poetry
Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
🍃 Beautiful nature imagery
💧 Palpable despair
🌍 Historical fiction that feels personal
✍🏼 Writing that reads like poetry
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
🍃 Beautiful nature imagery
💧 Palpable despair
🌍 Historical fiction that feels personal
✍🏼 Writing that reads like poetry
Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
🍃 Beautiful nature imagery
💧 Palpable despair
🌍 Historical fiction that feels personal
✍🏼 Writing that reads like poetry
Happy New Year! Cheers to more time in nature in 2026! 🍻
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Happy New Year! Cheers to more time in nature in 2026! 🍻
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Okay, bluesky, let’s see those face cards ⬇️
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Okay, bluesky, let’s see those face cards ⬇️
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QTP with an under-appreciated Pokémon 💔
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
QTP with an under-appreciated Pokémon 💔
“There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.”
The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.”
The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin
Back to my “It’s not a phase. It’s a lifestyle.” roots. 👨🏻🎤🤘🏼
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Back to my “It’s not a phase. It’s a lifestyle.” roots. 👨🏻🎤🤘🏼
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I love the intersection between poetry and science.
Here we have the physics of the heart balancing between knowing and unknowing, love and loss, presence and disappearance.
Every line hums with quiet wonder and the ache of trying to hold what won’t stay still.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Here we have the physics of the heart balancing between knowing and unknowing, love and loss, presence and disappearance.
Every line hums with quiet wonder and the ache of trying to hold what won’t stay still.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I love the intersection between poetry and science.
Here we have the physics of the heart balancing between knowing and unknowing, love and loss, presence and disappearance.
Every line hums with quiet wonder and the ache of trying to hold what won’t stay still.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Here we have the physics of the heart balancing between knowing and unknowing, love and loss, presence and disappearance.
Every line hums with quiet wonder and the ache of trying to hold what won’t stay still.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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Fort Lauderdale Beach ~ 24x24 Oil/Canvas/Palette Knife -SOLD
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Fort Lauderdale Beach ~ 24x24 Oil/Canvas/Palette Knife -SOLD
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Stepping Out ~ 16x18 Oil/Panel/Palette Knife - SOLD
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Stepping Out ~ 16x18 Oil/Panel/Palette Knife - SOLD
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I love moss boi so much
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I love moss boi so much
“Some people, some events, make you lose your head. They’re like guillotines, cutting your life in two, the dead and the alive, the before and the after.”
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Some people, some events, make you lose your head. They’re like guillotines, cutting your life in two, the dead and the alive, the before and the after.”
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
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October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The last of my family are moving out of Colorado this weekend, so I’m drowning in nostalgia and melancholy today.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The last of my family are moving out of Colorado this weekend, so I’m drowning in nostalgia and melancholy today.
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The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
🚶🏼Conveys the shared sense of human aimlessness perfectly
🕵🏼♂️ Demonstrates that life’s greatest mystery is decoding oneself
✍🏼 Flawed characters that feel more real than ourselves
📝 Writing imbued with intrigue and beauty
The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
🚶🏼Conveys the shared sense of human aimlessness perfectly
🕵🏼♂️ Demonstrates that life’s greatest mystery is decoding oneself
✍🏼 Flawed characters that feel more real than ourselves
📝 Writing imbued with intrigue and beauty
October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
🚶🏼Conveys the shared sense of human aimlessness perfectly
🕵🏼♂️ Demonstrates that life’s greatest mystery is decoding oneself
✍🏼 Flawed characters that feel more real than ourselves
📝 Writing imbued with intrigue and beauty
The Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
🚶🏼Conveys the shared sense of human aimlessness perfectly
🕵🏼♂️ Demonstrates that life’s greatest mystery is decoding oneself
✍🏼 Flawed characters that feel more real than ourselves
📝 Writing imbued with intrigue and beauty
“‘This section houses all the stories with happy endings. As you can see, it is not very popular. Even the fireflies avoid this place.’
‘Why?’ Keishen said.
‘People come here to escape, not to envy.’”
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto
‘Why?’ Keishen said.
‘People come here to escape, not to envy.’”
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“‘This section houses all the stories with happy endings. As you can see, it is not very popular. Even the fireflies avoid this place.’
‘Why?’ Keishen said.
‘People come here to escape, not to envy.’”
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto
‘Why?’ Keishen said.
‘People come here to escape, not to envy.’”
Water Moon - Samantha Sotto
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