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Sign of a good friend. 😂😊

Some great photo in here, but this is still my favorite.

ALT TEXT for images:
Left image: Trees in winter with orange leaves against a royal blue sky with clouds and winter sun hitting them. Photo credit: Ian Denton.

Right image: Flock of fieldfare birds against a turquoise-hued sky with grey wispy clouds in dying winter light. Photo credit: Ian Denton.

These gorgeous images to start my day here in Canada and the month of December and as I write about bird migration for my book on preservation. With thanks to Ian @iand777.bsky.social for his keen and artistic eye.

I am cracking up not only because of the wide variety of poses, but as a photographer, I love that your friend documented this.

Oxford University Press: "Time to choose our Word of the Year"

2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."

LOL You needn't be a man or fair haired to sit comfortably on a fried egg chair. I support all genders/non-binary we humans embody day to day. Can you tell I'm procrastinating on bsky from focus on MFA assignment due tomorrow (5000+ words) by trying to engage in a thread on leg length n' chair yoga?

I'm five foot two but I don't even have eyes of blue to sing the song. I had to cling to Brown eyed Girl even though my eyes are hazel. No one writes songs about hazel eyes, Finn. The only words that rhyme with hazel are nasal and appraisal. And basil. I'm five feet two but I have no romantic songs.

Also Finn. Don't try to con me about leg length. Your surname is Longman. Jesus god.

Black and white photograph of Danish designer Hans Olsen lounging in a blazer, sweater and striped socks on the chair he designed known as the "Fried Egg" chair. It was given this name because it was initially designed in a cream colour with the seat cushion of the chair in yellow so that from above, the seat resembled a broken egg frying in a pan. Part of the chair has a wide, sloping, curved arm so that those seated can turn their bodies and have their legs supported by this arm. The chair was designed by Olsen in 1956 and is now enjoying a resurgence seventy years later. Photo sourced from this website link: https://www.memorie.ch/en/moebel/wohnmoebel-20/sessel-167/fried-egg-chair-von-hans-olsen-4207.

LOL this happens to me all the time (primarily because the distance from the back of the chairs and the the edge of the seat is so dang long. Half the time my legs stick out straight. I hate when they dangle. Writers must be provided a "fried egg" chair a la Hans Olsen. So we can lounge comfortably.

I can't blame you, Finn. Also because your legs are much longer than mine. I've been trying Chair Yoga for exercise. Maybe you could lead an exercise group?

😅 this is me exactly in any chair offered to me

Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.

Disabled people have worth.

Children have worth.

The elderly have worth.

The homeless have worth.

Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.

I have always loved that many beeches keep their leaves during winter and then are pushed out gently by new buds come spring. #Beeches

Agreed! Miss you, Jules! Heard you got a little snow! (I am envious.)

My #knitting plans for December. Does anyone have this coveted pattern book?

Perfect summation of The Telegraph and all whiny, right-wing, so-called 'media' like it.

Thank you so much for sharing this! What an amazing read.

#AmWriting on preservation. This gem of a read:

"'come out and get your hands dirty, smell fresh air, be around people...The tradition… can inform the way you live your life...'
In preserving a sacred tradition, the UICB [preserves] the arts of the past while producing the art of the future." #kozo

Not one bit.

This is horrifying. Our hearts with everyone being impacted and those who've suffered loss of their loved ones. Devastating.

Ooof, just heard from a bird guide friend (Agus Nurza) that they've been trapped up in the Gayo Highlands for 5 days without access to food or water because of the floods.

Just amazing.

Roommates, 31 years apart in age, free one another from hiding Parkinson's | CBC News Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.

A little education over coffee. Really nice bit of my fav, serendipity. #parkinsons www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy birthday to one of our planet's greatest #photographers (among his many other talents including poet, author, and filmmaker):

Gordon Parks.

What an eye. What a heart. What a soul. What a human.

#Documentary #Photojournalism

don't forget it: Libraries BUY tons of books! And the more they circulate, the more they have to purchase more copies as they wear out (or the e-book checkouts expire). libraries and schools buy a huge portion of the books by new, local, and lesser-known authors. Use the library!

Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social shares a chilly and lovely photograph with a great quote about walking from Gary Snyder:

Solidarity with all rebel nuns.

Cosmos bless David Tennant and all Transgender people everywhere. Remember folks, #TransRightsAreHumanRights

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?

Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst