I'm also here for the idea of being more authentic and unhinged in this space. Let's all throw off the expectations of us to be our "polite" selves, and show the world the really crazy shit that really goes on in our minds! (Not that this isn't already happening on Bluesky! 😂 )

I believe we use social media to fulfill a human need to be seen. Yet, most of us are not seen, which creates a feeling of rejection that makes us try harder. We end up creating more for billionaires while we scream into the void. I want Bluesky to be different - more connection than content.

Please hire me to be your town sorcerer. I can stand on the roof and toss glitter at the moon. I can place acorn caps on the heads of tiny frogs. I can sit in the rafters of an old barn and whistle an uncanny tune. I can organize tea parties in the woods for local cryptids.

There are those for whom autumn is a season of sadness. They cling desperately to the green and the flowering. And then there are those of us who are autumn’s children. Those for whom the ever crisper weather portends a turning inward toward story, toward poetry, toward reflection and candlelight.

{ Glass Shards } When time hangs like glass shards after the break is there enough time for a poem to form or for a dream to die? Bled from cut hands by word or surrender, pieces of ourselves sacrificed to the chasm of old grief. #poetry#poem

Sometimes there is truly nothing we can do but sit in our own backyard writing poetry that was never meant to change the world. #micropoetry#poetry#tinypoem

I'm in!

I am also a very not tall poet!

In Rome, during the 1600s, an apothecary owner named Giulia Tofana concocted a colorless and tasteless poison that claimed the lives of ~600 men. Women in unhappy and abusive marriages would purchase it in a vial that looked like perfume. She was eventually caught and executed for her crimes.

Harris/Walz will be so much better for so many people than the other guy. Yes, there are problems to solve on certain issues, but for vulnerable groups, Harris is the only choice. www.erininthemorning.com/p/tim-walz-d...

Tim Walz Defends Queer And Trans Youth At Length In Interview With Glennon Doyle

The interview comes a day after a strong Harris response to a transgender question during a Fox News interview, signaling that the ticket will not abandon transgender rights in response to ads.