Linda Goin

Linda Goin - Love Letter Shadormas - Live Encounters Love Letter Shadormas, poems by Linda Goin. Live Encounters Poetry & Writing April 2025.

I'm proud to announce that Mark Ulyseas, editor of "Live Encounters", chose three of my poems for his April issue. I'm Happy to be included with my poet friend Michael Minassian and many other fine poets.
liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/l...

Genealogical Digital Assets and Legacies What happens to your research after you die is up to you today.

Veering from topics on general asset management to focus on genealogy, because my daughter wants to know. What happens to all those records and documentation once the family historian no longer exists?
www.hyperdivergent.com/p/genealogic...

Cholla Needles 101 Cholla Needles 101 [Needles, Cholla, Smith, Michael Dwayne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cholla Needles 101

Very happy to report that Cholla Needles101 is now for sale for a remarkably low price! Check out some current and previous poet Laureates, some other great poets (and friends of mine), and--of course--moi. Great job for Michael Dwayne Smith, guest editor!
www.amazon.com/Cholla-Needl...

WTF am I even doing here. This is one of those places, like grade school, where I became my worst autistic self. At least now I know I'm autistic. Bless that child who didn't.

What a photo.

Green must be the start of something, not the end.

I'm unaffiliated in a red state (KY) and I heartily approve.

I just changed my party affiliation online a few minutes ago after reading what several democrats said about Al Green. I'm no longer a Democrat. And, no, I did not go to the Pugs. Are you kidding me?

The Gulf of Zelenskyy's Massive Balls

Cholla Needles: A Literary Journey with some Heavyweight Poets March issue of Cholla Needles Literary Journal is chock full of heavyweight poets.

More about the upcoming Cholla Needles Literary Journal journey!

I am thrilled that Michael Dwayne Smith, guest editor for Cholla Needles Literary Journal, chose seven of my poems for the March issue. I'm honored to be in the company of Alberto Rios, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Donna Hilbert, Tim Suermondt, Pui Ying Wong, Michael Minassian, Ellyn Maybe, and more.

Here’s a little cartoon drawing I did of David Graeber, pen and ink on paper. It’s is a drawing of him speaking in 2014 at he Occupy the London Stock Exchange meeting in London. In the drawing he is speaking and saying: “One of the great points Marx made in Capital, and I think one of the things that stands up about the book is that the motivations of the capitalists don’t actually matter. There’s a certain dynamic in the system as a whole which means you could be the nicest person in the world you could have the best intentions possible, you could love your workers more than yourself. It doesn’t matter. You’re in a competitive marketplace, structured in a certain way, there are constraints. There’s no reason to imagine those constraints go away if everyone means well.” “One of the most compelling documents I’ve ever seen was during the Bush administration a group of CEOs wrote a letter to the president actually…they were mainly people at energy companies, essentially saying ‘we need greater government control on energy production to contain global warming’…and these are the guys who are the heads of energy companies basically saying ‘stop us before we kill again, we don’t want to destroy the world but we are compelled by the structure of our position, we’re answerable only to our stockholders, we have to make the maximum amount of profit possible for them regardless of our personal feelings, um, we don’t like the results, create laws to stop us from doing this’…and I think that brings home very clearly what some of the structural contradictions are. Currently the corporate structure is one created in many ways to stop people from acting ethically even if they want to.” Like I said, pen and ink on paper. I miss you David Graeber.

Here’s a little cartoon drawing I did of David Graeber, pen and ink on paper.

A federal judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order on Monday, blocking members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency team and anyone “working on the DOGE agenda at the Department of Education” from accessing sensitive data until March 10.

Wham! Bam! Flu and Concussion! Keep up with Linda Goin, journalist, artist, poet, gardener, foodie, and neurospicy crone.

Only a slight headache this morning.
www.lindagoin.com/2025/02/wham...

I was diagnosed with my very first concussion this past Friday. Ny bones are more solid than everyone thought, obviously. Still smell/taste metal sometimes, but there's no brain bleed, no damage to the spine. Shoveled the sidewalk yestrday, so there.

This country is a lost.

Treat all of your accounts like they've been hacked. I have. It takes some time, but you're worth it.

🧵

Infuriating.

So much for yoga this past week. The flu is making the rounds along with strep. Obviously, it doesn't matter if you've had the flu shot, as many of the folks I know (myself included) had the shot and we still got the bug. Fighting a 103° fever might be a yogi thing...is it?

Exactly. It works.

REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?

DUFFY: *walks away*


(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)

I started with 15 minutes of yoga this morning, and it felt comfortable, but I'm feeling it in my calves. It was also very amusing as my toddler grandson sat underneath me as I was downward dog, and pummeled my back when I was in child's pose. That actually felt good.

Capri Sun packages were designed to teach kids how to do emergency tracheotomies

YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles Washington DC plane crash caught on camera

It appears a Blackhawk helicopter (unconfirmed) plowed into a passenger plane that was preparing to land at Reagan in DC. Comments are interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxMY...

Thank you! I don't even want to talk about the previous decade. hahaha.

I was studying to be a yoga instructor when my father died in 2020, interrupted my plans. Then, brain surgery in 2022. Then, my knees acted up. If it ain't one thing, it's another...but my knees are feeling solid now, and I'm going to start again with beginner lessons. I'm cautious, but hopeful!

Cold salmon with a yogurt/ Dijon mustard/ lemon/ hot pepper/kimchi sauce combined with broccoli in a bowl.

On the fly. Cold salmon with a yogurt/ Dijon mustard/ lemon/ hot pepper/(home made) kimchi sauce combined with broccoli. Just plain old broccoli. So good. The King Cake baby is in there. Can you find it? 😎

What part of "aid" do most people not understand. THIS.

Know the Worth of Your Social Media Learn about some tools to appraise the worth of your social media.

As platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook have evolved (or devolved), so too has the concept of digital ownership. Accounts with a sizable following, consistent engagement, or valuable content can become lucrative assets. How much are they worth? Find out with the tools listed here.

Move Fast and Break the Government A blizzard of regulations; a power grab over federal funds; and the hollowing out of our nation’s public workforce. It’s just week two.

"We haven’t really touched on the DeepSeek AI news, partially because, like everyone else, we’re still working through exactly what it means. But looking at the state of our country right now, it seems our problem isn’t new strides in artificial intelligence but a dearth of organic intelligence."