swaying trees in a field with mountains in the distance

“If you’ve
Fallen in love with trees
I know your heart”
― Nanette L. Avery

THE GREEN LAKE What work will you leave behind I ask the tailor Who has sewn the button upon my shoe I can walk again Yesterday everything felt so hopeless Now I have the energy to sit in the sun All of the damned seething baths Now I am finally on my own When I go places I call her And unload my fashionable happenstance I used to stop in the street and pick up an acorn There were so many things I used to do In the middle of the fire I went and thought to mention it to the ghost I have already burned, it said Its face was like my father's but was different What work will you leave behind I asked myself while in the rain Oh, this and that, it answered me And handed me the stars, then the moon --Dorothea Lasky

There were so many things I used to do

Dorothea Lasky

Hibernating ladybirds waiting for spring on a wall

Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

from Red Shoes by Susan Griffin

#astronomysky #science

Galileo Galilei #BOTD
invented the telescope in 1609 — a wood-and-paper tube with eyepiece, covered in leather — which he used to discover Jupiter's moons, the phases of Venus, and lunar craters.

WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏

Society for Unusual Books | Online Bookstore | New and Preloved Books The Society is a bookstore specializing in fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, nonfiction, and other genres. We place particular emphasis on small press and independently published titles. We also curat...

My mom sent me a link to this bookshop website that curates interesting and unusual books. Great looking selection, here.

societyforunusualbooks.com

Explanation He was holding in his hand five fingers he could have done anything with them of course I drew my weapon of course I fired Andrea Cohen 25 January 2026

Andrea Cohen

Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) A photographer Fay was visiting a park when a friendly robin came over and nestled right atop her camera near the warmth of her jacket.

Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...

Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner

art is hope

Mascot # 2

Mascot #1

This room is used for Work Do not enter without knocking After you knock wait for an answer If you get no answer, go away and Don't come back This means everybody This means you This means Night and Day By Order of the Hellman-Military-Commission-for-Playwrights. Court Martialling will Take Place in the Barn, and your Trial Will Not be a Fair One.

Speaking of taping things up, here is the text of the note which playwright Lillian Hellman kept on the door of her work room to keep guests from interrupting her writing time.

Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.

Beautiful piece. 👏

Bruce would have to spit out those socks.

Lovely essay!

(How do we explain our fascinations?

Our obsessions?

We’re drawn. Isn’t that enough?)

Love this lyric essay by @jilltalbot.bsky.social in @sonorareview.bsky.social

Switch’s nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026!

"𝐋𝐢𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐧𝐞
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐛𝐲 𝐙𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫-𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞
"𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐭" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐲

www.switchonline.org

Mary Grimm ~ Mother Does Not Go Gentle - New World Writing Quarterly Under the pressure of age and illness she lost her happiness, dragging herself from room to room, the house a prison now, hers and ours. One of us had to be

New work from Mary Grimm in our October 2025 issue!
newworldwriting.net/mary-grimm-m...

Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories

Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for publishing the 6 sentences that is “Subway Was Real When You Worked There” 🥪🌽🚙

Read them and these other fabulous stories in Issue 37 here ⬇️

gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/

a bullet, a lantern, an eyeball, a knife Oh hi! Check out these cool pebbles I found.

fresh bats flying your way from the watery depths! spotlighting stories from @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, @lmanusos.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, & @angelaliu.bsky.social ⚡🦇

don't want to subscribe to my free tiny letter? weird choice! but you should still read these stories, so here's the link:

🚨 Come join us!!! @cbigs.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social @francinewitte.bsky.social

"Did Women Ruin Men Blaming Women For Ruining Things?"

An amazing piece!

“Warm Mahogany is a rich, grounded, coffin red, that will inure you to the inevitable as your health care premiums skyrocket.”

2026 Best of the Net Nominee: “Harrowing,” by
MaxiJane Frazier.

“You arrive in Red Cloud, Nebraska, at noon, like an agent awaiting a secret communiqué. The tour guide tells you about Willa Cather’s real-life friend, Annie Pavelka….”

www.switchonline.org/items/harrow...