One of the greats!

Bronze statue of boar in front of cherry blossoms and 59th street bridge in Sutton Place Park

Cobalt blue painted wood door in old red brick wall

Sutton place park in spring overlooking east river. Buildings across river in Roosevelt a island visible in distance

Cobalt blue glass light fixture with spring blossoms and buildings reflected in i

Sutton Place stroll

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Cats engaging with astronaut content is an a+ genre

Here’s my first April 30/30 prompt:

“Deconstructed Fable”

Write a poem in which every day you receive some fragment of a fable. A red cloak, the huntsman’s ax, a grandmother’s spectacles, etc. Write the poem in such a way that “solving” this fable directs you to return to your childhood home.

These stories are strong on their own but I really like the way they fit together. Both magic, but opposite magics; a magic of holding on and a magic of letting go

Thank you, Lillie!

sweet fancy moses these fairy tales ... what a delight!

Thank you so much, Thad!

Thank you!

These are just wonderful:

"She opens the door and sees a small white cat with a black spot on its head resembling parted hair and black markings on its feet resembling boots. It walks in and fixes itself a martini."

Thank you, Courtney!

Thanks, JT 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you, Richard!! 🥰

Thank you, Daniel!

Thank you, Daniel!😻🍸

I’m excited to have a pair of v. short fairy tales out today! Thank you, @hexliterary.bsky.social, for giving them such a marvelous home!

And big thanks to @rpmirabella.bsky.social’s brilliant workshop at @writingco-lab.bsky.social, where the first tale got its start

Amazing!!!

“A young kingfisher seems to grow like a potato in a cellar, all the growth going to the end near the light. He sits looking toward the door and, of course, his face naturally all goes to nose. Everything is forfeited to furnish him with a big head, a spear-pointed bill, and a pair of strong wings to give this arrow-shaped bird a good start when he dives for fish.” – William L. Finley, American Birds, 1908

In researching various birds for the novel, I found this quote about young kingfishers that I am quite fond of.

Thank you, Pat!

"It’s the flapper dress, skirt hiked, strappy shoe flexed on the Roadster’s running board. You think you might look a little like her?"

Brilliant shift from microscopic to wider view in this micro from @noramaynard.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Matt!

You are fifteen and you want it By Nora Maynard Your mother found the photo in a drawer while clearing out her cousin’s house. Name and date in pencil on the back match your grandmother’s mother on the family tree. Yo…

I’m excited to have a new micro in the Spring issue of @moonparkreview.bsky.social

Thanks to eds @marylynnreed.bsky.social & Lesley C Weston for including me

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Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social and @mizuki-yama.bsky.social for including “Not What the Living Think’ 😘

It’s yours!

Pick one and we’ll bring it on Saturday!

Stickers from a Japanese izakaya, Lucky Cat, showing ramen, seared mackerel, okonomyaki , mentaiko pasta, fried ice cream

Cool stickers from our local izakaya, Lucky Cat

Early 20th century family portrait photo with man with mustache standing in back, and woman seated on bench others a male baby on her lap and a female toddler standing

My great-grandparents w/ 2 of my granddad’s older sibs, Co. Limerick, around 1909. My great-grandma’s name was Sinaid O’Connor ☘️🇮🇪

These are so amazing!

Teenage girl wearing Mickey Mouse t-Shirt holding Siamese cat

Cat and mouse. Just found this old pic of 16-year-old me fresh from Disneyland with my grandmother’s elegant guy.