Inspired by Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes. Thank you to @karisa and @cbee for reminding me of this. My heart hurts this week.
#haikuhive #haikuaday

I am grateful to these folks, and many more not pictured, for fighting the good fight. Working with them has restored my hope and my faith in humanity. I am so proud to stand with them.

#thoughtsforthursday

#julyjazz #loyalty
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

I was looking on Libby for 1984 for #withthebanned, and the waitlist was a mile long. But the Animal Farm/1984 combo was available. Lucky for me, but did no one else realize they could just borrow this instead of waiting? 😂

I'm excited for this month's #bookspin and #doublespin selections!
@TheAromaofBooks

#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

More to come. I find this hilarious and therapeutic. 😂😍
#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

#julyjazz #madeinus
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I forgot to grab a picture this morning, but a chipmunk almost dug up my poor frostbitten flower! It's still hanging on, though!
#haikuaday #haikuhive

Some folks at work have picked the wrong person to play dumb with. I loathe weaponized incompetence. It's on, now.
#haikuaday #haikuhive

I love how Yang approached each novella in this series with a different style and format, and how each was told from a different character's perspective. The theme of resistance was powerful and timely. Yang incorporated themes of gender, class, and sexuality, as well. Overall, these were intriguing reads. I'd love to read more by Neon Yang.
#queerbc @puddlejumper

I liked the premise, but I wanted a bit more from this book. The writing could have been a little more polished. There are places where the narrative jumps around between the present and the recent past awkwardly. The family dynamic is fascinating, but the plot line with Jess' girlfriend feels like an afterthought. It just needed to be pulled together a little more.
@queerbc @puddlejumper

Poetry. Dickinson. Enough said. 😍🤩😍
#poetrymatters

Chimwemwe (Chim) Undi is a Canadian poet and lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the current Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and was poet laureate of Winnipeg for 2023 and 2024.

#julyjazz #canada
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#junespecials #sportscar
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I'm not sure what exactly happened the other night, but the birds were sounding alarms! Nature is fascinating.
#haikuaday #haikuhive

#junespecials #camera
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Did my bestie and I wander away from the group today to collect water from Mama Superior, rocks, and driftwood for magical purposes? Yes. Yes we did. No one should be surprised. #sorrynotsorry #haikuhive #haikuaday

#junespecials #foodie
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Food for thought.
#poetrymatters

🩵 Last weekend, I spent a restorative weekend in the woods to celebrate midsummer with family - both given and chosen.
🩵 This weekend my bestie is visiting! 🤩
🩵 We Do Not Care Wednesday made my day. I laughed so hard!
🩵 Some co-workers & I have been playing pranks at work with a picture of a creepy doll, and it's been nice to laugh in between the craziness.
🩵 MisterinBlue and the Familiars. Always and forever.
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

My husband likes movies. 😉

🩵 When Harry Met Sally is one of my top 5 comfort movies.
🩵 MisterinBlue and I watch Die Hard on Christmas morning every year.
🩵 My calculus teacher in high school was obsessed with Harrison Ford. She could never find a sub that was capable of teaching us, so we watched The Fugitive every time we had one.
#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

#junespecials #sunglasses
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A rough week deserves a rough haiku. I don't know about y'all, but there is so much drama in nearly every area of my life right now. Is something happening with the planets? Thank the goddesses for MisterinBlue - he's been my port in the storms!
#haikuhive #haikuaday

#junespecials #chocolatepudding
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

One more before bed. I'm hooked. 🤣🤣🤣
#wedonotcarewednesday #wdncw
@dabbe

Here is my first #wedonotcarewednesday offering. @dabbe - You have no idea how much I need this in my life. 🤣🤣🤣 #wdncw

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords #pabulum
@cbee

https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc?si=FMBELIkKYqjKD0d6
#junespecials #beatles
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#haikuaday #haikuhive

"When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'"

https://youtu.be/_38SWIIKITE?si=eajN1bhyenHcHXLK

#tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude

I listened to this one on my way to and from Minnesota this weekend. I am such a sucker for found family books! This was just delightful. I loved the character development - especially Vera. I'm going to listen to the next one on my next long drive. 💓

#junespecials #canada

https://youtu.be/qAZp5JfDmz4?si=p0njO3WdvNuNbwMH

@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I spent a long weekend in the woods and never touched my phone. It was just what I needed to recharge. 💚💚💚 #haikuhive #haikuaday

I have so many feelings, but they all boil down to: What. The. Fork!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯 I am very much looking forward to the discussion.
#shardlakeseriesbr @dabbe

My husband always makes me giggle. 🤣🤣🤣 This has inspired further writing, though.
#haikuhive #haikuaday

🤣😭 My best score remains in the 1700s. But this is the best I've scored in a bit.

🩵 The Summer Book is an all-time fave. I'm starting a re-read at a Midsummer Festival this weekend.
🩵 In Watermelon Sugar is probably the most obscure book I've read from these lists so far.
🩵 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is the only book that I was supposed to read for school, but didn't. 🤭🤫
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

#juneteenth

💙 Indoors - We had elaborate Barbie play. Big family trees, backstories, lots of drama, VERY soap-operatic. Outdoors - CAPTURE THE FLAG! So many great memories of playing this in our neighborhood.
💙Book - Someone got me a copy of Outside Over There when my sister was born. It had quite an impact, but also creeped me out! Movie - The Wizard of Oz. I loved when it was on TV once a year - we always made it a big event.
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

Just one of those days. Can't get out of my own head.
#haikuhive
#haikuaday

#poetrymatters #wholesome
@thespineview

#junespecials #picnic
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#haikuhive #haikuaday

The chase is not pictured due to the chaos. 😹 This is later in the day after they wore themselves out.
#haikuaday #haikuhive

#poetrymatters #whoa
@thespineview

My dad (pictured) has played the accordion since he was 7. I love this quote. 🥰
#junespecials #fathers
@Eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#poetrymatters #whiz
@thespineview

I shed happy tears this morning. 5,000 protesters in Marquette. 7% of the county's population. Up from 3,500 at the last big protest. I have hope today.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #nokings #resist

#poetrymatters #whittle
@thespineview