Today's Haiku Day
–yes, internationally!
I've failed to write one.
😉

‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ except the guy is hideous on the outside, too. You’d think nobody would be interested in that story, yet …

DM me your email* if you’d like updates from my publisher about events & books from @anamcarapress.bsky.social. They select a few authors each year; I’m thrilled to be one! They offer mysteries, kids adventures, adoption stories, graphic books & more.

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"Hoppy" Easter & Happy International Day of Conscience from Maggie Waggy & Niko Sneako! (They would've shared their "eggs" with you, but those are now bits of floof all over the living room.)

I was a better person when my parents were still alive, and the world was a better place. Remembering my Dad on his birthday (and every day) and saying an ancestral prayer. ♥️

Thanks to everyone who pledged to @kmuw.bsky.social during our spring fundraising campaign! Not to mention our volunteers, Sustaining monthly donors, restaurants who provided food, businesses that donated goodies, and listeners, too!

Flyer for "Petals & Poems" with head shots of featured poets.

🎤 Tiptoe through the tulips with me! 🎶

Hang out at #Botanica with me & my #KansasAuthorsClub buddies the next 4 Wednesday nights. I'll share my poems at the last one ... unless I've fainted from nervousness from sharing the "stage" w/ @tracibrimhall.bsky.social!

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I've sent a few of these to specific people, but I still feel like I owe someone else an apology. Will this work? 🤷‍♀️ P.S. I forget where I got this Apology notepad … I apologize about that, too!

Pint Night A monthly gathering of KMUW voices and public radio listeners. <br/>

🎤 Tomorrow evening! Would love to see my Wichita-area peeps. I'll be stuffing my face with #RiverCityBrewing Company nom-noms and drinking responsible beverages. Come find me in my @kmuw.bsky.social t-shirt (which one? IDK yet!) and hang out.

www.kmuw.org/pint-night

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Author Julie Ann Baker Brin holding proof copy of book, 'The Sigh and Flutter' (and wearing green in observance of St. Patrick's Day)

Happy St. Pat’s! I’m a lucky lass. Today = 2 months from my book’s “official” publication, thanks to @anamcarapress.bsky.social Press (“anam cara” = Celtic “soul friend”) & pals. Thanks to faerie magic, actual books will exist sooner! And thanks to @watermarkbooks.bsky.social for my 4/30 event.

Fly the pretty skies.

Metaphor for life.

The only public restroom law I support would fine those who leave pee (or worse) on the seat (or beyond), don't flush, &/or don't wash their hands. (I could add additional courtesies to the list, but would settle for basic hygienic decency for starters.)

"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah ..."
—Ozzy Osbourne, Terence Michael Butler, William T. Ward, F. Frank Iommi (Black Sabbath), “War Pigs,” ‘Rocktastic!,’ 1994

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Happy #NationalReadingMonth! I encourage friends who await my book* to #ReadLocalKS authors—you can start here:

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* "official" release of 'The Sigh and Flutter:' May 17

Happy National #TellaFairyTaleDay to my #KansasAuthorsClub friends who write in that genre ... or my parent friends who just like to scare the heck out of their kids! 🧚‍♂️

Fact-checking Trump's longest ever State of the Union President Donald Trump said the US "is winning again" - making a series of claims about his record in a speech which lasted almost two hours.

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Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union As President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom, are fact checking his speech and offer context.

Reporters from across our newsroom fact checked President Trump's State of the Union speech — offering context on topics like immigration, the economy, tariffs and foreign policy.

I’m actually glad my superpowers wouldn’t save me during a zombie apocalypse bc I wouldn’t want to live through one. (I mean a literal one, obvs. I get by during the current metaphorical one thanks to a little help from my friends & colleagues & family members who have brains & hearts & souls.)

“… if there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of their adoption, it is not in my heart to throw aught in their way to prevent them from coming to the United States."
—President Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1861

Image: LookingforLincoln.org

#abrahamlincolnbirthday

Remembering Two Kansas Poets: William Stafford and Ronda Miller – Watkins Museum of History Discover the Real Story

Lawrence-area friends: I am honored to be included in this event -- would love to see you there. Guaranteed inspiration by people with hearts, minds, and souls.

www.watkinsmuseum.org/event/rememb...

Hibernation felt pretty good, but emerging from it feels even better. (OK, just a teensy bit better, but still ...) #springvibes

Let's temporarily halt attacks, except for forever, for everyone, everywhere.

#YouCanSayImaDreamer

“Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience.”

—Amanda Gorman

In earth’s spacetime, Thanos’s snap
can take, say, one human year to pass:
each hour a fraction of subtraction,
each day a pound of flesh extracted,
communities crumbled, innocents killed.
Avengers: assemble, unite, and rebuild.

—Julie Ann Baker Brin, 1/20/26, #MCUfan

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” #mlkday
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Love and Forgiveness, 20 May 1964)

Ahh ... it's so cute how I've accumulated hobbies to do in my "free time." 🤣 #ThoughtsWhileDecluttering #SparkJoy #NotAHoarder

Multi-colored multi-media painting by Charles ("Chip") Baughman of an old-school typewriter with clunky keys.

#WorldTypingDay: Remembering my brilliant Mom who encouraged me to take a typing class, which has served me well in work/life. Similar memories appear in my #105MeadowlarkReader “Work” issue essay where I say nice things about @kmuw.bsky.social & other NFPs that make our 🌍 better. #CharlesBaughman 🎨

Sunset photographed through a beveled glass window, with a kaleidescope effect.

"All is calm, all is bright." Light and love to you for the 12 Days of Christmas, through a New Year, and far beyond.