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It makes me smile!

Iconic behavior

Yeah, there's something ominous about these charming cottage weekend getaways--with your own private patio!

(This is also a self call-out)

this changed me today

One thing I appreciate about sports is that seeing people talk about it makes me feel better about all the other time I waste

Under every leaf, a new discovery!

That's pretty dang good!

Cool! Is it more similar to spinach in flavor or texture?

An untamed garden with pink hollyhocks growing in the background

From a few angles, my garden looks majestic and untamed. 🌱

Authors often tell me "the facts should speak for themselves" when I suggest adding context or commentary. In truth, the author has formed an opinion on those facts and is hoping the reader will come to a similar conclusion.

#writingtips

Yes! The difference between a report and a story is the perspective the author provides.

it makes sense that I love both CA and NJ because NJ looks like a little backward cut out of NJ (by transitive property, CA looks like a large backward cut out of NJ). two complicated messy ass states that have my heart.

I realize I've probably never had a good lima bean and now I must try one

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

use your library! we buy shit so you don't have to! 🥳

I hear that varietal takes 400+ days.

Hope you see your sprouts soon!

She's alive 🌱Roma tomato after 10 days

When I dream in Spanish, I often pause (in dream) to consider if I used the right grammar.

When I used to dream in French or Mandarin, I'd often pause (in dream) to be amazed that I could put together a sentence. I'd struggle to remember the exact words when I woke up.

Hey #booksky #poetry folks who've published chapbooks: would you be open to sharing what the process was like? Had you published individual pieces before publishing/submitting for a chapbook?

Signed, poetry-curious

#booksky

Everything is crap, but I did remember to buy some music from Bandcamp on this Bandcamp Friday (cheers to The Tisburys and Bill Fox!).

Nothing has replenished my love for music like #Bandcamp has. I've been introduced to so many sounds, albums, ideas in the past several months and have incorporated albums into my budget again. Spotify flattened music into something to be consumed; Bandcamp celebrates process and creativity. 💛

Ooooh this is awesome!

She is one of my most recommended authors, to be sure.

I recommend the Parable series by Octavia Butler.

yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

I feel similarly. I've stopped trying to eradicate it (it will NEVER HAPPEN) and am now just trying to make sure it stops eating the rest of my plants.

Pink oxalis is so lovely! There are a few houses around here with the pink variety, but the yellow is stubbornly persistent.

Orange california poppies, yellow oxalis, and bright pink ice plants and green foliage.

Some of my favorite colors in my chaos garden this morning. Oxalis usually drives me mad, but when it's not competing with the rest of the plants, I don't mind it. 🌱