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@davidcjkeating.bsky.social

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Drat the file, and drat the bone! That is hard which should be soft, and that is soft which should be hard.

15.01.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
Views over the sea, blue sky, blowing grass in the dunes at Cocklawburn beach near Berwick Upon Tweed.

Views over the sea, blue sky, blowing grass in the dunes at Cocklawburn beach near Berwick Upon Tweed.

Morning winter sunshine at Cocklawburn beach near Berwick upon Tweed. Warmer today and no one to be seen, perfect.

#landscapephotography
#UK
##seascape

12.01.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3174    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 7
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I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...

"I wasn’t sold on reading, but I did like feeling smart, and 'Don Quixote' is like the Louis Vuitton bag of people with depth."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...

28.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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#Crowned #Kinglet 🌺

28.06.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chief Miles Edward O'Brien, who could strangle you with a cordless phone if he wanted to, is pictured. Chief O'Brien, who can kill 2 stones with 1 bird, is facing the camera and winking. O'Brien, who can dribble a bowling ball, is on DS9 station and wearing his classic gold uniform, and has the energy of a man who is walking away from an explosion without looking backwards at it. Closed caption reads, "He was more than a hero. He was a union man."

Chief Miles Edward O'Brien, who could strangle you with a cordless phone if he wanted to, is pictured. Chief O'Brien, who can kill 2 stones with 1 bird, is facing the camera and winking. O'Brien, who can dribble a bowling ball, is on DS9 station and wearing his classic gold uniform, and has the energy of a man who is walking away from an explosion without looking backwards at it. Closed caption reads, "He was more than a hero. He was a union man."

01.05.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5138    πŸ” 1380    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 63

32% tariff on the Upside Down, ugh.

03.04.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Those Wilson's storm petrels are gonna pay.

02.04.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.

28.03.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2656    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 2
Let us who live

try

Let us who live try

Charles Olson

29.01.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mark Rothko, "Untitled", (1954).

02.03.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW POEM #195: "Live Inside the Burn [American sonnet in American sentences]" by Edie Meade (@ediemeade.bsky.social)

"For now, the sea goes on tossing in her sleep, remembering, forgetting, / hot flashes cooking silver fish in the only world they’ve ever known."

stonecirclereview.com/live-inside/

04.01.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
Cover image of the book Martin John by Anakana Schofield

Cover image of the book Martin John by Anakana Schofield

Couldn’t put it down. The most engrossing book I’ve read this year. @anakanaschofield.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #amreading #booksky

29.12.2024 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
A postcard with a quote by artist Ai Weiwei: β€œTo express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.”

A postcard with a quote by artist Ai Weiwei: β€œTo express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.”

28.12.2024 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Needles by Brian Bilston

26.12.2024 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Want to submit to the Driftwood Annual Anthology? Use the link in our bio to submit your best short story or poem for a chance to be published and get paid!

#callforsubmissions

23.12.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

22.12.2024 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Have you ever heard of Mummers?

Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary

21.12.2024 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Comical drawing of a giant Christmas pudding surprising a man in bed!

Comical drawing of a giant Christmas pudding surprising a man in bed!

Beware the terrifying Christmas pudding! Giving you nightmares since 1895.

An illustration from an 1895 annual published by the British satirical magazine β€˜Judy.’

From the collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL 1895.9.91) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social

20.12.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Christmas Eve night, elves on strike.

18.12.2024 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A life-sized horse statue tiled in mirror bits like a disco ball you can ride. I’m standing next to it, wearing a mask & clutching its chest like the heroine of a romance novel clutches Fabio. Pillars of light are reflecting off the disco horse.

A life-sized horse statue tiled in mirror bits like a disco ball you can ride. I’m standing next to it, wearing a mask & clutching its chest like the heroine of a romance novel clutches Fabio. Pillars of light are reflecting off the disco horse.

Went to HomeGoods & really REALLY wanted to buy this. No discourse only Disco Horse.

19.12.2024 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1187    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 43
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Will You Fall in Love With This Poem? I Did. (Gift Article) β€œRomantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.

Well, cool.

18.12.2024 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

Christmas Eve night, elves on strike.

18.12.2024 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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So delighted to have a poem in the always great Poetry Northwest! Another hint to all to buy/ subscribe / support our literary magazine! They bring our work to the world! www.poetrynw.org

17.12.2024 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The elf strike continued until January.

17.12.2024 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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