Melanie Jackson
@mjjaxn.bsky.social
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.
There is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a tree. For dry logs have in them all the circumstance necessary to a conversation of 4or5hours, with chestnuts on the plate&a jug of wine. Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. ~Pietro Aretino
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a tree. For dry logs have in them all the circumstance necessary to a conversation of 4or5hours, with chestnuts on the plate&a jug of wine. Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. ~Pietro Aretino
"All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them." ~ Erma Bombeck
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them." ~ Erma Bombeck
"The one thing that matters is the effort." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The one thing that matters is the effort." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart." ~ Oscar Wilde
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart." ~ Oscar Wilde
Fate loves the fearless.
-James Russell Lowell
-James Russell Lowell
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fate loves the fearless.
-James Russell Lowell
-James Russell Lowell
"Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low." ~ Robert Herrick
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low." ~ Robert Herrick
You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
-Frederick Buechner
-Frederick Buechner
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
-Frederick Buechner
-Frederick Buechner
Recent post office Christmas statistics show that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes billions of mailpieces and packages during the holidays, with significantly increasing package volumes driven by online shopping.
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Recent post office Christmas statistics show that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes billions of mailpieces and packages during the holidays, with significantly increasing package volumes driven by online shopping.
“Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts”
― Jim Morrison
― Jim Morrison
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts”
― Jim Morrison
― Jim Morrison
“I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.”
― Joan Crawford
― Joan Crawford
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.”
― Joan Crawford
― Joan Crawford
It was still quite light, and the streets were thronged with old and young, engaged either in buying little Christmas gifts at this last moment, or in looking into the brilliantly lighted windows and enjoying the fun and happiness that Christmas Eve always seems to bring. ~Archibald Campbell Knowles
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It was still quite light, and the streets were thronged with old and young, engaged either in buying little Christmas gifts at this last moment, or in looking into the brilliantly lighted windows and enjoying the fun and happiness that Christmas Eve always seems to bring. ~Archibald Campbell Knowles
Call up the butler of this house,
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing...
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing...
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Call up the butler of this house,
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing...
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing...
Beautiful&rich is an oldfriendship
Grateful tothetouch as ancient ivory
Smoothas agedwine or sheen oftapestry
Where light has lingered intimate&long.
Fullof tears&warm is anoldfriendship
That asks nolonger deedsofgallantry
-save that the friend shallbe
Alive&breathing somewhere like asong.~ETietjens
Grateful tothetouch as ancient ivory
Smoothas agedwine or sheen oftapestry
Where light has lingered intimate&long.
Fullof tears&warm is anoldfriendship
That asks nolonger deedsofgallantry
-save that the friend shallbe
Alive&breathing somewhere like asong.~ETietjens
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Beautiful&rich is an oldfriendship
Grateful tothetouch as ancient ivory
Smoothas agedwine or sheen oftapestry
Where light has lingered intimate&long.
Fullof tears&warm is anoldfriendship
That asks nolonger deedsofgallantry
-save that the friend shallbe
Alive&breathing somewhere like asong.~ETietjens
Grateful tothetouch as ancient ivory
Smoothas agedwine or sheen oftapestry
Where light has lingered intimate&long.
Fullof tears&warm is anoldfriendship
That asks nolonger deedsofgallantry
-save that the friend shallbe
Alive&breathing somewhere like asong.~ETietjens
"Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart." ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart." ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf.
-Margaret Atwood
-Margaret Atwood
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf.
-Margaret Atwood
-Margaret Atwood
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
― Charles M. Schulz
― Charles M. Schulz
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
― Charles M. Schulz
― Charles M. Schulz
Dear Santy Claus, I'm Billy Brown.
Here's a list I've jotted down.
I want a giraffe and a duck and a whale,
A cow and a pig with a seven-foot tail,
A tiger that roars and a leopard with spots,
A barrel of monkeys, a pony who trots,
"Ha! I'll give him Noah's Ark."
-Santa's Workshop 1932
Here's a list I've jotted down.
I want a giraffe and a duck and a whale,
A cow and a pig with a seven-foot tail,
A tiger that roars and a leopard with spots,
A barrel of monkeys, a pony who trots,
"Ha! I'll give him Noah's Ark."
-Santa's Workshop 1932
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Dear Santy Claus, I'm Billy Brown.
Here's a list I've jotted down.
I want a giraffe and a duck and a whale,
A cow and a pig with a seven-foot tail,
A tiger that roars and a leopard with spots,
A barrel of monkeys, a pony who trots,
"Ha! I'll give him Noah's Ark."
-Santa's Workshop 1932
Here's a list I've jotted down.
I want a giraffe and a duck and a whale,
A cow and a pig with a seven-foot tail,
A tiger that roars and a leopard with spots,
A barrel of monkeys, a pony who trots,
"Ha! I'll give him Noah's Ark."
-Santa's Workshop 1932
Happy b-day, Fred Rogers!
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Happy b-day, Fred Rogers!
Happy birthday, Madeleine L’Engle!
'The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.'
'The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.'
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy birthday, Madeleine L’Engle!
'The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.'
'The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.'
A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier
“A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.” — Louis L’Amour
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.” — Louis L’Amour
“A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”
― Seneca
― Seneca
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”
― Seneca
― Seneca
"If you want to go fast, go alone,
If you want to go far, go together"
-African Proverb
If you want to go far, go together"
-African Proverb
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"If you want to go fast, go alone,
If you want to go far, go together"
-African Proverb
If you want to go far, go together"
-African Proverb
I heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men and it all sounded no different to me.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men and it all sounded no different to me.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
WASSAIL the trees, that they may bear
You many a plum and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.
You many a plum and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
WASSAIL the trees, that they may bear
You many a plum and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.
You many a plum and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.