Stephen Jackson

Last hurrah.

This looks like the chart for a city that is making little to no effort to reach its Vision Zero goal by 2030.

He says that as if ten is acceptable.

This Henrik Ibsen play, that explores the harsh consequences faced by those who challenge established systems, was written 143 years ago and is so relevant today it had the audience enthralled. Highly recommended! At Seattle’s ACT Theatre through October 5th.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

—Charles Darwin

Pathway through Interlaken with brown leaves starting to take over the path and sun filtering through the leaves, starting to turn

You got outside today, right?

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You are not.

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Funny. Their original catch phrase was: "Only in Canada, you say? Pity..."

Though not scented, I used the dividers in Red Rose tea boxes for decades.

In James Baldwin’s words: “Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have. ... Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, the fact that all safety is an illusion.”

"Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, the fact that all safety is an illusion."

James Baldwin forever.

Autumn woodland scene, painting.

Happy Autumn and Mabon to all.
🖼️ Autumn Morning, Grigoriy Myasoyedov.

YouTube video by The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues - Galway Flash Mob

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Thanks! It’s from a couple of years ago, looking from Freeway Park across Hubble Place.

A black-and-white portrait of Diane Seuss. She has long dark hair with bangs, wears dark eyeliner, and looks directly at the camera with a serious expression. The image is framed by a salmon-pink border.

A white graphic bordered in salmon pink featuring an excerpt from Diane Seuss’s poem "In every religion, a purifying." The excerpt reads: “The rain came in multitudes, / in droves, like supplicants / to a holy place, almost // beautiful, as a shattered / windshield is beautiful, / especially when it rains.” At the bottom, text notes: Poetry / Blackbird v23n4, with a small blackbird silhouette.

Read "In every religion, a purifying" by the legendary Diane Seuss in our latest Flight 23.4. Link in bio and below! 🐦‍⬛

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When I posted this back in June, I had no idea they were going to tour The States and that I’d get tickets to see them. The show last night in Seattle was brilliant!

Welcome, Autumn!

Oak trees growing in the bank ditch of a hillfort

A late red campion flower

Bright orange mushrooms growing on a mossy tree stump. (Can anyone identify them?)

Many acorns, green and brown, on the ground. It has been a good acorn year

I’ve been wandering about on a 4th century BC hillfort (Blackbury Camp, Devon) on this very mellow autumn equinox.

The Waterboys in Seattle tonight. This is the sea.

Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.

Opening the Door to...Diane Seuss In the next in our series of online interviews, Mary Mulholland talks to Diane Seuss about her writing life and inspirations.

I will have a conversation with Mary Mulholland of Red Door Poets in London on Sunday, September 28th at 1 p.m. EST. We'll do a deep dive into Modern Poetry and to the writing life. The link to sign up is below. Hope to see you there. ❤️

There are 2883 food banks in the UK

The Columbia gorge

Some folks have heard of Indian Boarding Schools but many think they were for orphaned children.

They're surprised these children were removed from family homes, sometimes at gunpoint

Eddie Benton-Banai (Ojibwe-Anishinaabe), who died in 2020, was a co-founder of the American Indian Movement

I agree, Marc. And I have most of his books, including "Close to the Knives". He deserves more recognition. I'm sure you've seen the doc "Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker" but to those reading who have not, do yourselves a favor and watch it.

Untitled (One Day This Kid...) | The Art Institute of Chicago David Wojnarowicz, 1990/91

David Wojnarowicz - One Day This Kid
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The first time I read this, I don't think I'd ever been struck so forcefully by a piece of writing.

Looks fascinating. I just asked the Seattle Public Library to acquire it.

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