@paintwriteplay.bsky.social
So send the card. Buy the chocolates and flowers. Go out for dinner. Get that special present if you want to. Or don't. But do the loving. The most important thing is to do the loving. Do it today, tomorrow and all the days after that. Let your people know that they are loved. Every single day.5/5
February 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM
So send the card. Buy the chocolates and flowers. Go out for dinner. Get that special present if you want to. Or don't. But do the loving. The most important thing is to do the loving. Do it today, tomorrow and all the days after that. Let your people know that they are loved. Every single day.5/5
Love is recommitment every day to affirm that there are people in your life for whom you would lay down your own. Hard to put that into a card without feeling that cards are beside the point. However, it's also important to remember that no one has a problem with being told that they are loved.4/5
February 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Love is recommitment every day to affirm that there are people in your life for whom you would lay down your own. Hard to put that into a card without feeling that cards are beside the point. However, it's also important to remember that no one has a problem with being told that they are loved.4/5
Love is bigger than Valentine's Day. Its permutations go far beyond hearts, chocolates and flowers, dinners out, and expensive presents (all of which are fine in their own right but don't matter much in the face of life's challenges and the world we find ourselves in today). Love is every day.3/5
February 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Love is bigger than Valentine's Day. Its permutations go far beyond hearts, chocolates and flowers, dinners out, and expensive presents (all of which are fine in their own right but don't matter much in the face of life's challenges and the world we find ourselves in today). Love is every day.3/5
Later on in life, Valentines Day became the anniversary of the loss of a second child (the first I lost on Labour Day). Now, married to the best man I have ever known, this holiday has become largely irrelevant. It's not that the love isn't there; it is. It just doesn't depend on outward symbols.2/5
February 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Later on in life, Valentines Day became the anniversary of the loss of a second child (the first I lost on Labour Day). Now, married to the best man I have ever known, this holiday has become largely irrelevant. It's not that the love isn't there; it is. It just doesn't depend on outward symbols.2/5
Valentine's Day is a complicated day. In my teens, it was a time to pretend that I didn't care about never receiving a Valentine. As a young woman, it became the reason I wrote in to a radio station about how I met my husband so that I could win a prize: an opal ring that I still wear today.1/5
February 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Valentine's Day is a complicated day. In my teens, it was a time to pretend that I didn't care about never receiving a Valentine. As a young woman, it became the reason I wrote in to a radio station about how I met my husband so that I could win a prize: an opal ring that I still wear today.1/5
No better reason to write...
I had the thought this morning that I can write books for myself. I don't have to try to get them published or anything. I can write them because I have an idea in my head that I need to get out and that's more than a valid reason.
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
No better reason to write...
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Intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt today #Undressed, so it will be fascinating to see what the #PoetryCommunity makes of it. Here's my response, a sideways take on the oldest story of all. Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt today #Undressed, so it will be fascinating to see what the #PoetryCommunity makes of it. Here's my response, a sideways take on the oldest story of all. Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
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Leaving this here!
February 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Leaving this here!
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Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
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30 second horse sketches
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
30 second horse sketches
Happy Rabbie Burns Day!
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Happy Rabbie Burns Day!
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W I N T E R L U D E 🇨🇦 2 0 2 6
Nobody does Winter
like we do
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#travelcanada #shopcanada
#canada #buycanadian
Nobody does Winter
like we do
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#travelcanada #shopcanada
#canada #buycanadian
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
W I N T E R L U D E 🇨🇦 2 0 2 6
Nobody does Winter
like we do
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www.byward-market.com/winterlude2026
www.carnifest.com/winterlude-o...
ottawatourism.ca/en/see-and-d...
#travelcanada #shopcanada
#canada #buycanadian
Nobody does Winter
like we do
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
www.byward-market.com/winterlude2026
www.carnifest.com/winterlude-o...
ottawatourism.ca/en/see-and-d...
#travelcanada #shopcanada
#canada #buycanadian
January 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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The finished piece: oil on panel, 100 x 70cm. Portrait of my late father, from an old photo. I wanted to created a sense of transience, but simultaneously make him part of that place, rooted into the landscape. #portrait #grief #Mawddachestuary #Wales
January 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The finished piece: oil on panel, 100 x 70cm. Portrait of my late father, from an old photo. I wanted to created a sense of transience, but simultaneously make him part of that place, rooted into the landscape. #portrait #grief #Mawddachestuary #Wales
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Happy new year!
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Happy new year!
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
I love sharing this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social.
I’m reminded this year of Audre Lorde: “These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness.”
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That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).
January 3, 2026 at 8:12 AM
That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).
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I’ve learned not to assume that other guitarists already know what has taken me a lifetime of strumming to learn. My first and simplest piece of advice is to always tune your guitar before playing anything, as soon as you pick it up, tune up. It’s like a pre-flight check for an airplane. Tune first.
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I’ve learned not to assume that other guitarists already know what has taken me a lifetime of strumming to learn. My first and simplest piece of advice is to always tune your guitar before playing anything, as soon as you pick it up, tune up. It’s like a pre-flight check for an airplane. Tune first.
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'a Fisherman's Life' (2025) -- 3 Wooden Boats Await Use in a Brackish Lagoon Used to Farm Award Winning Oysters, Clams & Shrimp, Lăng Cô, Central Vietnam
#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
'a Fisherman's Life' (2025) -- 3 Wooden Boats Await Use in a Brackish Lagoon Used to Farm Award Winning Oysters, Clams & Shrimp, Lăng Cô, Central Vietnam
#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
#BlueSkyArtShow #NewYear ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨
#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
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Reading Manchan Magan's ’99 words for rain’, this poem came to mind, considering the elegy not as a single act of mourning but cyclical process.
What matters is not which season is “worst,” but each refracts grief differently, changing its texture rather than its presence
#poetry
#poemoftheday
What matters is not which season is “worst,” but each refracts grief differently, changing its texture rather than its presence
#poetry
#poemoftheday
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Reading Manchan Magan's ’99 words for rain’, this poem came to mind, considering the elegy not as a single act of mourning but cyclical process.
What matters is not which season is “worst,” but each refracts grief differently, changing its texture rather than its presence
#poetry
#poemoftheday
What matters is not which season is “worst,” but each refracts grief differently, changing its texture rather than its presence
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion, the alternative theme is #BirdsofPrey
So I present some of my favourite #RedTailedHawk pics ☺️
#UrbanNature #EastCoastKin
#Toronto
So I present some of my favourite #RedTailedHawk pics ☺️
#UrbanNature #EastCoastKin
#Toronto
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #caughtinmotion, the alternative theme is #BirdsofPrey
So I present some of my favourite #RedTailedHawk pics ☺️
#UrbanNature #EastCoastKin
#Toronto
So I present some of my favourite #RedTailedHawk pics ☺️
#UrbanNature #EastCoastKin
#Toronto
Tell Me There’s a Heaven...
#ThanksChrisRea
#ThanksChrisRea
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Tell Me There’s a Heaven...
#ThanksChrisRea
#ThanksChrisRea
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Out of Ange Mlinko’s finely-printed new chapbook _Darkroom_ (Foolscap Poetry, 2025). Intricately sounded (some sidelong end-rhymes: slab / squab, Myrmid- / pyramid, unhoused / composed) and moving by means of a sort of hopscotch continuum of metaphors (the archer god’s maillot jaune seeming
December 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Out of Ange Mlinko’s finely-printed new chapbook _Darkroom_ (Foolscap Poetry, 2025). Intricately sounded (some sidelong end-rhymes: slab / squab, Myrmid- / pyramid, unhoused / composed) and moving by means of a sort of hopscotch continuum of metaphors (the archer god’s maillot jaune seeming
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"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."
- Luc van Donkersgoed
- Luc van Donkersgoed
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“There is always Music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.” – Minnie Aumonier
This tree stump is music and light. There is a community living inside this stump, they left the light on while they sing and dance
Enjoy the music today 💜✨✨
#stumpday
This tree stump is music and light. There is a community living inside this stump, they left the light on while they sing and dance
Enjoy the music today 💜✨✨
#stumpday
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“There is always Music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.” – Minnie Aumonier
This tree stump is music and light. There is a community living inside this stump, they left the light on while they sing and dance
Enjoy the music today 💜✨✨
#stumpday
This tree stump is music and light. There is a community living inside this stump, they left the light on while they sing and dance
Enjoy the music today 💜✨✨
#stumpday