Reading about pre-revolutionary Russia and it really does give a warning about putting a fucking idiot in charge of everything. Couldn't happen again.
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But I am old; and good and bad are woven in a crazy plaid.
Much as Medium always has?
And the primacy of cooperation (even across species) over competition.
We have highly evolved organisms like trees and plants and algae ... more effective than anything we can possibly create ourselves.
#unlearn hubris and Descartes idea of organisms as mechanical
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
march winds
the shadow of the rotary line
strokes the grass cat
oyoguhito
#haiku
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Wood anemones,
stars in the forest’s green sky-
comet of fox tail
#haiku #spring #flowers
#naturepoetry #fox
#BlueSkyPoets #vss365
#photography
I saw birds, but what?
Need waterproof ink too!
Stunning for inland, this being NE Switzerland. I can also test my stone paper notebook (waterproof paper!) and my Zento roller.
Still for now I have a double espresso and a LaugerGipfeli.
I must be crazy, just over bronchitis and I am taking my monthly bird walk out in the rain. Let’s see if anyone turns up. But after a week of sunshine we could have migrants! A long time ago now in similar conditions I saw dozens of chiffchaffs, 10 per 100metres.
Thought I’d do a mini series on the crane for a bit, after yesterday’s offering. Bird place-name of the day 136 is CRANBROOK, not the one in Kent where my book #thecuckooslea begins, but in London. Hard to believe now! OE cran + burna. ‘Cranes’ stream’. #PlaceNames #birdsandplace #naturewriting
Declaring that no quarter will be given unequivocally violates international humanitarian law. Indeed, ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited and constitutes a war crime.
Yes it is number two!
I was thinking more of … another pen :-)
Great for doing section headers/ headlines/ emphasis
Alternatively Tom’s Studio makes an Architect grind nib that is a Bock 250 #6 which should fit in lots of pen bodies.
I have to agree the Jetstream Lite is the only writing experience that is close to a fountain pen feel. I like both and carry a JsL multipen to use with my diary. I use a fountain pen for my other writing. I like UNI Zento as well, so black.
Sorry I wasn't meaning to pressure you, just adding the info for anyone else who finds the thread and is interested. Yes, the current situation, is bad, yes but what angers me most is that it is completely unnecessary. <sigh>
"How's it going Nietzsche?"
"Better, I started a home
for carriage horses"
( A Basel conversation… )
#haiku #Nietsche #Suicide #AnimalRights
"When you stare into the abyss long enough it stares back into you'. Puddle or Abyss?
An old man tapping
along the street with his cane-
a puddle stares back
#haiku #age #BlueSkyPoets
#vss365
Norway is at ~100% EVs for new sales, but 7 out of every 10km driven in 2024 was reliant on fossil fuels. Cars stick around for decades - so change is slow.
Protecting ppl from fossil fuel crises means EVs, yes, but *fast deep cuts* means huge $$ in public and active transport. Speed matters!
Good morning! Here's my poem for #PoemsAbout #Consent
Thank you, as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk!
The Names Exxon AL is on sale now for $32 (nearly half price)
www.namisu.com/collections/...
For reference:
My Namisu N2 Al & Steel just arrived and it is a pocket pen and takes Bock #6 nibs. All the three Tom’s Studio I have fit.
It takes short cartridges so using with a Titanium flex doesn’t make much sense. Perhaps a long cart would fit. Lovely looking pen.
Good morning and many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for this week's #PoemsAbout prompt #Consent. I've decided to experiment with a first attempt at a tanka poem for my response: hope the form works. Looking forward to reading to other responses from the #PoetryCommunity
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