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@azliz.bsky.social

Current job: Chief belly rub officer. Retired so that I can read more, write more, and play TTRPGs.

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Day 3 How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 3 Rhetorical Devices

How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 3 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/day-3-how-...

01.03.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

clear blue sky
motionless anemometer
March comes in like a lamb

#DailyHaikuPrompt blue sky #Micropoetry

01.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was an American government official and businesswoman who served as the first United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1955. #WomanToday

01.03.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

27.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4044    πŸ” 718    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 70

graceful curves of palm trees
topped by spiky wigs
human beauty can't compare

#DailyHaikuPrompt #micropoetry

28.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Hannah Glasse (1708–1770) was an English cookery writer of the 18th century. Her first cookery book, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, published in 1747, became the best-selling recipe book that century. #WomanToday

28.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

surrounded by lilies
the frog escaped
lunch

27.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

a broken willow
gold buds curling openβ€”
root strength

#DailyHaikuPrompt (willow)
#haiku

08.09.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

#dailyhaikuprompt #yellow

wandering the lanes
searching for sun..
yellow crocus

25.02.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

empty pond
all the frogs
I never kissed

#DailyHaikuPrompt (frog) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

26.02.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scarf draped down shoulder
Birdwatching and kid-watching
Warm hug like coffee

#DailyHaikuaPrompt - Yellow #micropoetry

25.02.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
My photo of coffea arabica fruit. They appear as green and red berries on the arabica tree. In this capture, some are in focus and some are blurred in the background. Green foliage adds a tropical vibe.

My photo of coffea arabica fruit. They appear as green and red berries on the arabica tree. In this capture, some are in focus and some are blurred in the background. Green foliage adds a tropical vibe.

arabica plants
vibrant red berries cluster,
ripen to be picked

#haikufeels / cluster
#poetry #WritingCommunity
#.β‹†β˜Ύβ‹‡: Μ—Μ€κ¨„οΈŽπ–‘Όΰ£ͺ Φ΄ΦΆ

26.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 - How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 2 Grammar and structure

How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 2 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/day-2-how-...

27.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lavish tumble of
magenta bougainvillea
aggressive vivacity

#DailyHaikuPrompt buds #Micropoetry
written 2/10/26

27.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer (nΓ©e Cogswell; June 16, 1902 – December 10, 1983) was an American socialite, journalist, and author. In 1929 she visited the Soviet Union and explored the Caucasus. She returned the following year.

27.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

felt birds bedazzled
gleam in bushes
beauty is everywhere

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Micropoetry
written 2/9

26.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Adrianne Wadewitz (January 6, 1977 – April 8, 2014) was an American feminist scholar of 18th-century British literature, Wikipedian, and commenter upon Wikipedia, particularly focusing on gender issues. #WomanToday

26.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 1 How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 1

How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 1 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/day-1?r=6i...

25.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tree covered in yellow fuzzballs
pollen party
spring in Arizona

#DailyHaikuPrompt yellow #micropoetry
written 2/6

25.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. #WomanToday

25.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

corvids peck for bugs
bees buzz around lantana
spring is all around

#DailyHaikuPrompt Black bird / buzz #Micropoetry

24.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Herrad of Landsberg (Latin: Herrada Landsbergensis; c. 1130 – July 25, 1195) was a 12th-century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in the Vosges mountains. She was known as the author of the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus deliciarum (The Garden of Delights). #WomanToday

24.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Literacy and a Just World Pt. 3 Day 348

Literacy and a Just Wold Pt 3 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/literacy-a...

23.02.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

prickly pear limned in purple
elegant threat
boundaries protect me

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Micropoetry
written 2/7/26

23.02.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos. #WomanToday

23.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tip #21 Literacy and a Just World Pt. 2 Day 347

Literacy and a Just World Pt. 2 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/tip-21-lit...

22.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the world is drenched
the air smells fresh
I feel vibrantly alive

#DailyHaikuPrompt clear air #micropoetry

22.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ Sarah Emma Edmonds (December 1841 – September 5, 1898) was a British North America-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War. #WomanToday

22.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Literacy and a Just World Pt. 1 Day 346

Literacy and a Just World areadingjourney.substack.com/p/literacy-a...

21.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

frost on softball fields
players warming up
winter-spring collision

#DailyHaikuPrompt late (in winter) #micropoetry

21.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0