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18.09.2025 04:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@bmcconnellwrites.bsky.social
Bruce McConnell is an experienced shapeshifter. A collection of his poems, Living from Here, was published by Anvil Press (US). His first novel, Crows Calling: An Inspiring Journey into Our Better Natures, is scheduled for publication in September.
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18.09.2025 04:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Author Copies Received!
14.08.2025 03:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Lotta Love in Crows Calling: Love and connection grow among the characters as they get closer with nature.
09.07.2025 00:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What happens in Crows Calling? Now that Crows Calling has GONE TO PRESS (yay!), we're excited to tell you more about it in the weeks ahead! www.crowscalling.org
30.06.2025 20:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's time to try something different! Young people have new ideas. Strong women know how to get things done while caring for others.
22.06.2025 23:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On Fathers Day, we take a moment to honor our ancestors, reminding ourselves of their courage and their failings,and resolving to being the best we can in our short time on this beautiful planet. www.brucemcconnell.com
16.06.2025 18:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Description: Like the community in Crows Calling, we become powerful when we take action together to tackle climate change.
09.06.2025 21:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Last week's observance of Memorial Day had me asking the question, "What does service look like in today's world?"
03.06.2025 18:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Overall quite good. Happy to discuss if you are interested.
27.05.2025 23:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All of us are wondering, βWhat can I do to make a difference?β As the song by Melanie Demore goesββPut one foot in front of the other, and lead with love!β
26.05.2025 16:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What does it mean to βhonor the sanctity of all lifeβ? How is it possible to consider the effects of human action over seven generations in a time of such rapid change? In this excerpt from Crows Calling, the parents of its heroine consider their lifestyle and its effects on our planet.
19.05.2025 00:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On this Mothers' Day, we honor our mothers and grandmothers, the long line of the generations---and in particular, our dear Grandmother Earth.
12.05.2025 00:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What if we humans grew upβreally "came of age" living in this beautiful world? That's the exciting future Crows Calling explores.
05.05.2025 21:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why did you write Crows Calling? An author interview, with Mara Anderson.
28.04.2025 00:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nice to see my poem "OLD GROWTH FOREST" published in the Ashland.news
ashland.news/poetry-corne...
This year, Earth Day, Easter, and Passover are joined in a confluence of remembrance and renewal, reminding us that all of us, all creatures, are bound together in community.
21.04.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Climate change is one of many dangerous challenges young people face growing up. Older people must "grow up" as well, and start acting more responsibly--caring for the Earth, for nature, and for each other. Time grows short for the world we dream, for earth and hearts to mend.
13.04.2025 17:41 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Announcing the cover for my novel ... which is also available for pre-order at major e-tailers--more at crowscalling.org. With gratitude to BrianPhillipsDesign (Austin) for the image, and to @dkerr23.bsky.social and the Greenleaf Book Group team.
06.04.2025 17:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We must become the midwives of a new era, even as we hospice the old.
30.03.2025 16:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do you ever talk with animals?
(Many people do!)
Let's talk about Nature--
18.03.2025 01:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But we do hope they are successful in their efforts to become "more mathematically literate"!!--> "Running the math of what might have been the benefits from these policies yields perhaps only a few *hundreds* of a degree reduction in global temperatures in the year 2100." ;-) 2/2
11.03.2025 21:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Secretary of Energy's saying climate change is a "side effect of building the modern world" reminds me of the old doctors' trope: "The operation was successful but the patient died"--only here we're talking the whole planet! 1/2
11.03.2025 21:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What's this?
Looks like a list of DOGE peeps... but what do I know.
We're going to have to adapt to live with climate change!
10.03.2025 01:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People, working together with nature, are the only hope for solving the climate problem.
02.03.2025 19:18 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Reduce your climate anxiety by taking action!
23.02.2025 19:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here's a 70-second video on my motivation for writing Crows Calling, novel forthcoming in September!
brucemcconnell.com/crowscalling...
Scorched Earth.
15.02.2025 05:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We need new stories.
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