AlisaJo

Red aspens

Brown and White tabby cat laying on a dining table with a vase of flowers

My cat defies all rules and dares me to try and stop him.

Snow and scrub oak with a trail sign reading “access to Edelweiss Trail”

For there is always light
If only we are brave enough to see it
If only we are brave enough to be it
*****
Amanda Gorman

Bouquet of orange, red, purple gerbera daisies in a blue and gold vase

Glimmers are elements in the environment that can ground us and lead us to focus on interest, awe, wonder, joy, appreciation, and gratitude. This week’s glimmers include this bouquet of daisies, the sun sparkling on the snow, the smell of my favorite coffee, and the purring snuggles of a cat.

Donkey walking in the snow

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
*****
Robert Frost

Hail Queen Millie! 🎉👑🎉

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A screenshot from the kitty collector game.

The bsky kittyhood has inspired me to paws my scrolling and labor, once again, on building up my Kitty Empire, my Meowtopia, indeed Purr-adise Found, the one Whisker Wonderland, that Claw-some Fur-burbia, yay, verily, even Catnip City of Neko Atsume.

This is scary and so is the landscape. I’m glad they found it and hope that you can get the full course of treatment.

Relief you are here.

Mill D in Big Cottonwood Canyon

National hiking day

National Hiking Day, and as your hiker friend I am sharing some of my fav hiking pics, feel free to repost with yours below.

‘Tis ðe truþ

Binged in its entirety and welcomed the distraction. Podcast was better than the movie. 🐳

Where is the corvid starter pack?

Poster dressed in blue athletic clothes with trekking poles on a mountain trail in yellow aspens and bushes

I’m intrigued but a long way from internalizing or understanding this: “You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.” - Maya Angelou

Don’t know if this is helpful because I’m a long way from internalizing or understanding it: “You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great” Maya Angelou

Can you add me? I used to be a bloggernacle writer at Exponent and still have a lot of people here (ex Mo in Utah)

@breakingkind.bsky.social great to see you here! You'll love it.

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Here's a tipsheet to pass around for bluebies:

Providing that extra dose of emotional support while I scroll the news.

Love 🦋

"is this a pigeon?" meme, except it's a writer looking at a perfectly normal first draft and asking "Is this the worst thing ever written?"

Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist

A lot of folks have been lamenting that now so many people are here and their accounts are growing they can't shitpost anymore and I say: No, friends, shitpost harder! Be the shitposter you want to see in the world! Lean the fuck in!! Protect the Bluesky vibe at all costs!

I have a Maine Coon

At this point she notices a wild strawberry growing from a crevice. She looks up, down, at the mice. Then she eats the strawberry. So here’s the view, the breeze, the pulse in your throat[...]
Oh taste how sweet and tart the red juice is, how the tiny seeds crunch between your teeth.
- Ellen Bass

I didn’t learn how to do long exposure in time, but still captured a little from May

Total solar eclipse in Austin TX was cloudy but still delivered (April 8)

The Idaho Aurora (May 10)

Hi there!