Mary Mackey, author

BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 9, Episode 3 Excavating a Norman castle, a Neolithic tomb and Scotland’s oldest railway.

8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo

Digging for Britain
s9 Ep 3 of 6, North

@theAliceRoberts on the best #Archaeology from northern Britain, including Scotland’s oldest railway, one of the best-preserved Norman castles and an extraordinary find from a Neolithic tomb

Sabbaticals are a good reset.

Beautiful cover.

The full moon today is the Worm Moon. It is the traditional name for the full moon that occurs in March signaling the end of winter and the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

#FullMoon

Through its verses, ecopoetry confronts the realities of global warming, habitat loss, and ecological decay.

#EcoPoetry #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

“Recovering a lost part of herself in the edgy lyricism of the tropics, haunted by fado, forró, and death. The lines are tense with the vulnerability of lovers, strangers, and travelers with no ticket home.”

-D. S. Nurske

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#poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

It wasn't in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity A 67,800 year old handprint in Indonesia is now the oldest known cave painting, reshaping the story of human creativity.

the stencil must be at least 67,800 years old.

One finger appears deliberately narrowed, giving the outline a claw-like look that so far has only been documented in this region and may hint at a symbolic meaning that researchers cannot yet decode.

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Beautiful.

Congratulations, Michelle.

nesta cidade dos sonhos
in this city of hallucinations
the air is like cola quente / hot glue
and the buildings are stuck waist-deep
in asphalt tão suave / so soft

excerpt Travelers with No Ticket Home

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The grains of sand that solve Stonehenge mystery after 5,000 years: Scientists uncover new evidence the stones were moved by humans – and not glaciers

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#Neolithic #Stonehenge

“I thought this book interesting and one that I most certainly did not put aside. It held my interest with the characters well written and believable.”

-Amazon review

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#fiction #immersion

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Check out your local library’s Libby or Hoopla app to borrow eBooks instantly.

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“In This Burning World offers poems of both “love and apocalypse”, merging the connotation of burning into a sense of fire and destruction, renewal and purpose.”

- review from Letters by Layla

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#poems #poetry #InThisBurningWorld

YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official Stone Age Temple Mystery | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

Watching this and doing the LeoDiCaprioPointing.jpg face at all the names I've seen in academic journals.

Sounds solid! Best wishes.

It's inviting.

Congratulations!

"I’ve decided to be happy because it is good for my health."

- Voltaire

#happiness

What is Women’s Visionary Fiction: Part II – Guest Post by Mary Mackey

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#WomensVisionaryFiction

“I had been interested in history of the Goddess. I have become more involved with studying prehistory societies. What a pleasure it was to find Mary Mackay's series on this subject.”

-Amazon review

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#HistoricalFiction

Best wishes.

You have this!

Fantastic photo.

Athens Acropolis: The Acropolis is the big rock on which all the temples sit. The one on top of the fortifications is of course the Parthenon.

Poetry has a unique way of engaging our minds and provoking deep thought due to its use of language, structure, and emotional resonance.

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

She learned everything she knows about reading and writing the hard way, so she has decided to save herself and everyone else a lot of time by creating People Who Make Books Happen, a series of interviews on the Blog Page of her website.

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“Anyone who really likes thinking and learning about ancient cultures would like this book too. The story is interesting and in the process of reading it, you learn about ancient cultures.”

-Amazon review

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#HistoricalFiction #FantasyFiction

Lean in!

Of course he does!