Simone Snaith

Do not go gentle into that good night.
Put on an inflatable frog suit and rage against the dying of the light.

Don’t forget to take care of yourself.
Don’t forget to rest.
Don’t forget to read 1,000 books.
Don’t forget to dream.
Don’t forget to let the forest sink into your bones, and become one with the mossy darkness.

I teared up immediately when I heard about Jane Goodall. But the news came with a quote of hers that I'll try to keep with me:

"There is still so much in the world worth fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering."

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall

Thanks very much to Voyage LA for this nice Local Stories piece on me! I got to talk a little about my writing and @turningvioletband.bsky.social as well as the puppet show I'm a part of, Other Monsters. 🥰

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#fantasy

Lake Balboa Park today with an overcast sky! So grateful for this big beautiful place. Forgot to bring my camp chair but I got to chat with some squirrels.

The image is of a Zoom session with panelists and attendees shown. from left to right. Top row: Mads Haahr, BE Allatt, Joyce Ch'ng; middle row: David Farnell, Gillian Pollack, Michael Terlouw; bottom row: Luis Filipe Silva.

The IAFA Student Caucus's early morning VICFA4 panel with special guests, invited Creatives, and scholars hosted panelists from five continents! So many perspectives represented from locations across the globe is one of the best things about a virtual conference, as well as an international one.

I am often startled by how messy my hair is whenever I catch sight of myself in windows. I think I've officially stopped being "presentable."

“The MAGA Gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Jimmy Kimmel

YouTube video by Turning Violet "The Torch" - Turning Violet at Supply & Demand

Playing "The Torch" at Supply and Demand in Long Beach.

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I just figured mine out last night, haha!

If you're attending #VICFA, I'll be reading from my new novel THE FALL OF THE FINAL NIGHT on Thurs 9/18 at 11-12:30pm PST in Interstellar Space! Also reading will be @mariness.bsky.social & @thisJulieDay.bsky.social w/ host Nina Barufaldi.

Image by SHininMysticice on Deviant Art.

#writing #fantasy

Kayaking adventure yesterday! Naples Canal in Long Beach. 😍

"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."

Couldn’t have said it better myself…

It depicts a man, likely Addams himself, sitting at a desk in a room filled with ravens perched on various objects. Each raven is uttering a single word or short phrase, creating a whimsical and slightly macabre scene characteristic of Addams' work. The phrases uttered by the ravens, such as "blood and gore?", "carnivore?", and "what a bore?", reflect the dark humor and unusual themes often found in Addams' cartoons. The overall atmosphere is reminiscent of a gothic or haunted setting, a common motif in Addams' illustrations.

What rhymes with nevermore?

This image is a cartoon by Charles Addams, the creator of The Addams Family.

Witches Supporting Other Bitches

Make sure he hears you.

Yesss.

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

Do not fear the night.
You and your tattered slippers, weary bones, blurry vision, and deep desire for cheese snacks belong to the darkness.

If you enjoy…

Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays

… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.

Sally, Linus, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and Peppermint Patty with Woodstock above surrounded by pumpkins and falling leaves. Caption: FIRST CAME SPRING, THEN SUMMER SUN. BUT THE BEST OF ALL HAS JUST BEGUN

By all these lovely tokens, September days are here.
With summer's best of weather
and autumn's best of cheer. ☀️🍂

- Helen Hunt Jackson
(American poet and writer, 1830-1885)

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #HelloSeptember #MondayMotivation #MondayMood

Good night 🌙 and….