Carol Brisebois

I'll remember these words. Thank-you.

I’ve just started an embroidery project and plan to include this little piece of magic made by an auntie who left us many years ago.

Tbilisi Mural Fest’s Dynamic #Murals Brighten the Sides of Buildings Throughout the City #art #TbilisiGeorgia #Georgia

Tbilisi Mural Fest’s Dynamic #Murals Brighten the Sides of Buildings Throughout the City #art #TbilisiGeorgia #Georgia

Link for #photos of more of these amazing mural: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/tbil...

In my second next life, I'm going to be a carpenter and build homes of wood without using nails.

Wedding portrait, Republic of Georgia, Ancestors whose names I don’t know

#FlowerReport

"Storytelling is a cry in the dark. We just want someone to hear us. We each have jagged edges cut out of us, and we hope that others have complementary cuts taken out of them, so that we'll fit together like puzzle pieces."

-- @chuckwendig.bsky.social
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
#SundaySentence

#SundaySentence
“How to F/Hold on to Your Humanity”
~Rayya Liebich

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Poetry collection Apple Skin to Core by Eric Gansworth (Levin Querido), perched in gnarled vine branches on a wooden fence with a dried leaf clinging to the side of the book cover

Close-up of handwritten excerpt of the poem "Migration" by Eric Gansworth from the poetry collection Apple Skin to Core

"the Robins leave not
because it is too cold for them, but
because their food is running out."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Migration by Eric Gansworth from Apple (Skin to the Core) (2020 Levine Querido) www.levinequerido.com/store/apple

Stay Warm, Keep it Cool (The Bond No. 4)
Tim Okamura
2018

I wonder about the wisdom my ancestors would’ve shared about what’s happening in the world today if they could’ve seen into the future.

Untitled
Joni Mitchell
1967

Thank-you very much. Such a thoughtful answer. I will take your advice.

An early cabinet card of Annie Oakley, holding one of her rifles, at the beginning of her Wild West performing days, taken in New York City.

An early publicity shot of Annie Oakley (1860-1926). The diminutive, 5 foot tall sharpshooter would become the second highest paid performer on The Wild West Show, only Bill Cody made more. During the tours, she became closest of friends with the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull, who, seeing

I'm hoping to learn something by reading poems written about the lines drawn between surrender and defeat. Any suggestions?

She has done so much for us all. I'm not special in the way people like her are, but her words give me permission to feel good about sharing the little gifts I came here with. And make me want to thank all of you for sharing the gifts you bring to the world. So, thanks.

Here's a message she leaves for all of us:
"I would like to say I was somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times, because without hope, we fall into apathy and do nothing."

I'm really enjoying the film, Famous Last Words: Jane Goodall, on Netflix. Much of what she says makes me smile, giggle even, not because she's trying to be funny, but because I'm beyond happy to hear someone say what she says with such honesty and wisdom.

2025 CBC Massey Lectures: Alex Neve on renewing human rights in a fractured world | CBC Radio Universality was supposed to be the promise of human rights. Yet it’s been broken countless times. So how can we still fulfill it? Canadian human rights lawyer Alex Neve explores that question in this...

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View from the picture window: Two little escapee dogs running on the grass. Two men trying to corral them in with treats. The dogs are winning this game.

#BlueSkyWeather
#FirstBirdOfMyDay

Blue Jay methodically collects peanuts laid out in a row on a morning that knows winter will soon sing her song.

A garage band revival? Maybe the kids are all right Tired of their smartphones, looking for connection and spurred on by Gen X parents, youngsters across the country are getting the band back together

"Sal – who at eight years old wrote Angry Birthday, a relatable tune about being ignored at his own party – says the group got together in the fourth grade."

#SundaySentence from School of rock by Ben Kaplan in @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

King Lear’s daughter Cordelia, standing, richly dressed, by a intricately carved wooden chair. By Arthur Rackham

Cordelia:
“No cause, no cause.”

#KingLear_2025

Illustration by Arthur Rackham

Poetry/essay collection From a Studio in Oakland California - 108 Notes on Existence by Enia Oaks sits atop a notebook with an ornate gold cover, with a black pen nearby.

Handwritten transcription of the short poem/essay "Certicate of Normalcy" by Enia Oaks in From a Studio in Oakland California - 108 Notes on Existence

"Shame lied to you when it said that you were the only one."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Certificate of Normalcy by Enia Oaks in From a Studio in Oakland California - 108 Notes on Existence (2025) paigesmith.net/2025/08/08/f...

Good morning from Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱

November 16, 2025 (9:45am)
Temp: +1°C.

#SundaySentence

His brushwork and the vividness of his colors had intrigued me, but I had never imagined his pictures to be of ghosts.

No Longer Human
-Osamu Dazai

This morning's sunrise is a tye-die pink and blue duvet you want to stay under just a little longer.

#BlueSkyWeather
#Winnipeg

People Say I Look Just Like My Mother
Tony Luciani
2016

The stars, northern lights, and mist create a beautiful contrast. Wishing you all a lovely evening from Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱

November 15, 2025 (7:55pm)
Temp: -1°C.

Wheat, a building frame, a chair and father’s cap.

A segment of ‘Through That Which Is Scene,’ an archival family diorama.

Joi T. Arcand’s (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) ‘ayâtaskisow,’ her creative use of family archival photos and videos to document her family’s farming legacy on the reserve, now at The Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.