ClarissaHart
@explainingitall.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Musician. Mother. The Great Smoky Mountains are my home.
the Smokies are generous with their gifts in every season, but late October/early November is almost too lovely for me to bear
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the Smokies are generous with their gifts in every season, but late October/early November is almost too lovely for me to bear
I got nothing but hope this morning
October 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I got nothing but hope this morning
this was last weekend in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
this was last weekend in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
it was a good day to for a damp stroll into the smokies. didn’t see a single other human for an hour, thank God
September 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it was a good day to for a damp stroll into the smokies. didn’t see a single other human for an hour, thank God
nodding my head every other paragraph in this book
September 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
nodding my head every other paragraph in this book
asked my DrBeat if it believes in hell
July 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
asked my DrBeat if it believes in hell
my Newsmax-brain dad thinks Soros is paying all these protestors so on Saturday I’m going to ask him when he thinks I’ll be getting that check
June 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
my Newsmax-brain dad thinks Soros is paying all these protestors so on Saturday I’m going to ask him when he thinks I’ll be getting that check
The monsters at our helm want to shed blood. They lead a death cult & value nothing but power. Anyone protesting right now knows this! Still they are out in the streets. That’s bravery in the finest American tradition.
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The monsters at our helm want to shed blood. They lead a death cult & value nothing but power. Anyone protesting right now knows this! Still they are out in the streets. That’s bravery in the finest American tradition.
I geek out over frogs, I can’t help it. I think this little guy is a Cope’s Gray, hiding in my rhododendron.
June 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I geek out over frogs, I can’t help it. I think this little guy is a Cope’s Gray, hiding in my rhododendron.
This book by Mark Van Doren is also a wonderful introduction to each of the plays. Nobody seems to write literary criticism with such verve these days.
June 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This book by Mark Van Doren is also a wonderful introduction to each of the plays. Nobody seems to write literary criticism with such verve these days.
just another day in another corner of america
June 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
just another day in another corner of america
how my life feels these days, expressed in texts from my husband
May 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
how my life feels these days, expressed in texts from my husband
reading on the porch, listening to the rain, and almost missed him wandering across the yard
May 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
reading on the porch, listening to the rain, and almost missed him wandering across the yard
Tulip-tree silkmoths on the wing this week, always a bit magical to see
May 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Tulip-tree silkmoths on the wing this week, always a bit magical to see
we always imagined the twenty-first century and America were different from the twentieth century and Mitteleuropa. Mistake.
January 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
we always imagined the twenty-first century and America were different from the twentieth century and Mitteleuropa. Mistake.
we are the audience he was writing for, and this is the time to read him
January 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
we are the audience he was writing for, and this is the time to read him
Lovely little autumn snow in the Smokies today
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Lovely little autumn snow in the Smokies today
morning fog fading
November 20, 2024 at 2:49 PM
morning fog fading
seriously read Klemperer right now
November 13, 2024 at 2:00 AM
seriously read Klemperer right now
homesick for two weeks ago
November 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM
homesick for two weeks ago