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Rebecca Kirk Connors
@aprilist.bsky.social
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Poet, story-teller, addicted to regency romances & houseplants. Zinester. Author of the chapbook, Split Map. Co-director of the thenotebookscollective.com (@notebookscltv.bsky.social).
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org & warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike
Sparrow making a nest in my wee little birdhouse. The birdhouse is brown and so is the bird. There is straw in its beak and straw spilling out of the hole into the house. The background is a white wood wall.
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Listening to @nicolecallihan.bsky.social & @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social read their collaborative work is so cool. So inspiring! (I know I'm biased but this @notebookscltv.bsky.social event is so dope.)
Nicole and Zoe reading from a shared document. Alternating interwoven Golden Shovel poems.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Oh I do Spotify. And I did.
A note from spotify: Please confirm you want to close your Spotify account.
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Thanks so much for this resource! Putting these together for my neighbors.
A small stack of papers will become a little zine that explains how to protect your neighbors from ice.
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I keep thinking of this little dude from the NE Aquarium. He's got a lot of charm & I miss his smile.
A ray swims by with a goofy grin. He's in a huge tank with other fish.
September 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I felt nourished by seeing the tiniest of frogs on a hike. Plus some turtles.
A tiny tiny brown frog blends into the brown pine needles. He sits at the top of a little clearing. he's a well camouflaged spy.
August 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Indulging in beautiful poems by Monica Lee Weatherly & Valerie Smith via @notebookscltv.bsky.social Home & place. Belonging & longing.
Poets Monica Lee Weatherly & Valerie Smith in zoom windows having a conversation.
August 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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A great place to be on a Tuesday night... @notebookscltv.bsky.social In Conversation with Jennifer Funk & Megan Pinto
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Maynard MA showing up for #NoKings
Memorial Park filled with protestors holding signs. Protestors hold signs & wave to cars at the corner of Nason & Summer streets. Lots of cheering & honking.
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Life lately
A barrel planter filled with dark purple petunias, potato vines, red Mandeville, orange nasturtiums. We're sponsoring this one on Main Street in Maynard. A screen printed cloth of an armadillo that reads protect your tender heart. White strawberry flower with green strawberries on the vine in the background. A cat sleeping on a couch with his head buried underneath a blanket. His paw claw is snagged in the blanket.
June 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Please don't eat my zinnia seedlings
A brown bunny with a white poof tail sits in the grass. The bunny is framed by the railing of the deck & a plant.
May 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Approaching my poetry with the same intensity & focus as my cat approaches a donut...
A tuxedo cat stares fiercely at the remains of a Boston cream donut. She has one paw lifted and ready to swipe at the treat. She's on a chair and the donut's on a table so she's eye level and wanting to pounce.
May 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Lizzy should be on stage
A fluffy tuxedo cat lounges on her back in a dramatic pose, as if she has just fainted & is waiting for someone to bring smelling salts. She is on a blue and white rug & her face is in shadow.
February 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Because the world is shit, here's one of my favorite buttons. She has long since disappeared and I miss her.
A white button featuring an illustrated Meerkat wearing pearls. Next to her head in cursive is the word clit.
February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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We spent nearly an hour in @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social today! What a beautiful, well-curated bookstore that celebrates the many ways to love & be loved. Can't wait to read Earl Crush by @alexandravasti.bsky.social. Belvoir's forever.
A white bookshelf holds many colorful books of historical romance. Sarah MacLean, Erica Ridley, Vanessa Riley, and Alexandra Vasti... An embroidered floral pillow that reads "I can buy myself flowers"
January 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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One day our landlord texted us, "you want a cat?" He couldn't take her in after her owner died. 20 seconds later Lizzy was dumped into our house & 10 years later she's still my best friend.
A fluffy tuxedo cat lying on her side. She is super relaxed and probably purring
January 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Happy Christmas! May you find joy in the pieces of ripped wrapping paper.
A cat is in a piece of discarded Christmas wrapping paper. He's playful and batting at ribbon. A hand comes down to tap the paper and he retreats into his paper playground.
December 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Back in the day when your vacation was newsworthy www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
An old newspaper clipping that reads: Miss Susan Butler has gone to Boston, Mass, to spend a two weeks vacation with relatives
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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You need a photo of a cat eating broccoli don't you
A cat enthusiastically eating a broccoli floret he has previously begged to get.
December 11, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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Organizing my dad's things and found his report card from when he was in 11th grade. Notice the pledge of allegiance.
Putnam county schools report card for Reelsville. There is an image of the American flag and underneath it breeds: flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
December 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Love notes in the margins from my child.
A close-up of a white notebook page and near the black spiral of the binding are two little notes that read "hi ♥️"
November 17, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Hi poets & writers! My pal @backtoallen.bsky.social & I run @notebookscltv.bsky.social & you should follow us! We host creatives in conversation, readings, & classes! #poetry #blueskypoets
A screenshot of a laptop with a zoom conversation in progress. There are three squares: Poet Marcus Myers in a red shirt, host Lisa Allen in a black blouse & poet Rivka Clifton in black. Marcus & Lisa are listening to Rivka as she answers a question.
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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Time to rewatch Andor.
A quote from Karis Nemik's manifesto: "the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the empire's authority and then there will be one too many... One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try." It's written on a photo of his earnest face as he implores his fellows to fight.
November 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Join us to celebrate the work of late poet Saara Myrene Raappana from her prize-winning collection, Chamber After Chamber. Her poems will be read by her partner Eric Doise, as well as by Halley Cotton & Lauren K. Carlson. The event is online & free. RSVP: thenotebookscollective.com/events/
When I Say Heart I mean that mammals grow four rooms with walls that close to push oxygen through by Saara Myrene Raappana, Chamber After Chamber
November 11, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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belly? BELLY
Tuxedo cat laid out like a seal basking in the sun. A huge fluffy belly is exposed.
November 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM