Steve Edwards
@the-big-quiet.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, friend. Words in: The Sun, Orion, The Yale Review, Literary Hub, & more. Author of BREAKING INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY, a memoir. https://www.steveedwardswriter.com
Park your muffins elsewhere!
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Park your muffins elsewhere!
Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
One detail from my day—the narrowest of footholds.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One detail from my day—the narrowest of footholds.
I took this picture of a pear in 2016. If nothing else, I did that. Sometimes it helps to hold onto one good thing.
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I took this picture of a pear in 2016. If nothing else, I did that. Sometimes it helps to hold onto one good thing.
I think it was Gaston Bachelard who said these kinds of buildings were the most affecting. They say: humanity has carved a shelter out of nature, but nature will reclaim it all (& us) eventually…& that’s the deeper comfort.
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think it was Gaston Bachelard who said these kinds of buildings were the most affecting. They say: humanity has carved a shelter out of nature, but nature will reclaim it all (& us) eventually…& that’s the deeper comfort.
Like an actual heart this one is all torn up but still beautiful.
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Like an actual heart this one is all torn up but still beautiful.
We still have this.
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We still have this.
New England, one leaf at a time.
September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New England, one leaf at a time.
Found the good light.
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Found the good light.
In our happy place
August 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In our happy place
A little friend in the milkweed
August 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A little friend in the milkweed
Always a good mail day when a copy of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social arrives. Even better when something of your own is inside. Grateful to be a part of all this!
July 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Always a good mail day when a copy of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social arrives. Even better when something of your own is inside. Grateful to be a part of all this!
Tag yourself: Are you the pink cloud, the headlights, the curve in the road, or evening coming on nice & slow?
July 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Tag yourself: Are you the pink cloud, the headlights, the curve in the road, or evening coming on nice & slow?
A message from the past that speaks to the present.
July 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A message from the past that speaks to the present.
A crowd at a carnival, a lifetime ago, in 2015, when I carried a real camera everywhere as an antidote to massive anxiety. Writing, music, art, photography—give your demons something to do. It helps.
July 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A crowd at a carnival, a lifetime ago, in 2015, when I carried a real camera everywhere as an antidote to massive anxiety. Writing, music, art, photography—give your demons something to do. It helps.
Art imitating nature
July 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Art imitating nature
Hold what’s beautiful close.
July 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hold what’s beautiful close.
If anyone needs a book or album cover image, you can have this one on me.
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If anyone needs a book or album cover image, you can have this one on me.
Kept getting a sponsored ad on FB for boxer shorts that said "Your balls deserve better." Decided to hide it. Knows too much seemed the right response.
June 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Kept getting a sponsored ad on FB for boxer shorts that said "Your balls deserve better." Decided to hide it. Knows too much seemed the right response.