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Kyla Houbolt

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I write poems and I garden. *Becoming Altar*, new and selected poems, available here: https://asterismbooks.com/product/becoming-altar-new-and-selected-poems https://kylahoubolt.us/becoming-altar.html

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Redirecting...

I don't know if this place still exists; the website link is broken/goes to some other place, but here is what I could find:
www.facebook.com/cobhasc/

07.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Learn | Elizabeth Van Buren

This is who I studied with:
elizabethvanburen.com/learn/

07.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay. Then I suspect your oil may be adulterated (which they very often are.) Find a vendor who does GCMS testing for purity. If that's what you already have, maybe it's a real allergy to the stuff. (Forgive me; I once studied aromatherapy for 5 years.)

07.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘

07.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🎢 I feel so good this morning
This old world looks fresh and new
🎢 I feel so good this morning
This old world looks fresh and new
🎢 Gonna put on my best shirt
And tell everybody what to do

07.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head

Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head

I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down.

Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book.

(And would much appreciate a RT please)

07.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9

Great pics but I sure wish you'd do alt text so we know who's who in them!

07.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 GOOD NEWS: we’re hiring staff writers in Birmingham and Glasgow 🚨

These are full time roles in which you get proper time to do quality work. You will write ~1 story per week, working with phenomenal @millmedia.bsky.social editors.

Applications close soon. Please share πŸ™

millmediaco.uk/jobs/

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If you used an essential oil, you are not supposed to put them on your skin neat (full strength) but put them instead in some carrier oil to dilute. Yep you can sure burn yourself on most of them! Lavender is the one you can use neat.

07.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping

woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping

William Vanderson, 1936
'The swan was named Leila and belonged to a Mrs. Watson of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. According to Mrs. Watson, Leila could open doors and acted as a guard dog'

07.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
Great Spirit, protect our homes and our families, a native man looking over the valley with a sunset

Great Spirit, protect our homes and our families, a native man looking over the valley with a sunset

I pray for you to rest well, protected and with love over you. I wish you all a peaceful night even if peace seems so far from us, we can create it in our dreams for now. Love to you all πŸͺΆπŸ’ž

07.03.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. May Have Committed War Crime In Sinking Of Iranian Ship The Geneva Conventions say nations have a duty to β€œtake all possible measures” to help rescue victims of shipwrecks. A U.S. submarine left that to Sri Lanka.

β€œThe 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.”

07.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 1067 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 121
A tray full of native Irish woodland plants

A tray full of native Irish woodland plants

Added the understory layer to the Stamullen pocket forest 🌱

These are native Irish woodland plants:
wild garlic, primrose, wood avens, bluebell...

They’ll form the living carpet beneath the trees β€” feeding pollinators, building soil, turning a patch of grass beside the school into an ecosystem.

06.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 9742 πŸ” 2795 πŸ’¬ 168 πŸ“Œ 328

Tell you what. I'll trade you a couple of bananas (who also ripen too fast for school.)

07.03.2026 06:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When you do something disgusting and horrible, you need a place where you will be approved for it. Otherwise, self knowledge gonna get you.

07.03.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep I sure do! But eat one a day, you should be good.

07.03.2026 06:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Huge moment’: Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree The likely discovery of a condor egg on California’s north coast gives new hope for the recovery of the endangered bird.

Yurok Tribe leading the way on #wildlife recovery..
#🦊#🌎

06.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh darn now I want some. Got no avos though. Shoot.

07.03.2026 06:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think the biggest mistake outsiders have about Israel and Palestine is assuming everyone in or connected to the region hates each other for stupid reasons when in fact they hate each other for pretty good ones that are very hard to undo.

06.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 636 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 7
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#books #read #write #authorlife #blueskywriters #booksky

07.03.2026 05:52 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!

gofund.me/ac93c03d5

03.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Crude drawing of a man trying to put blue water creature into a red pot.

Crude drawing of a man trying to put blue water creature into a red pot.

Stumbled across this cartoon my son did years ago.

"Dad tries to put non-potable water in a pot."

07.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nature Starts to Heal a Seattle Watershed On a cold and overcast day in November 2025, a small team stood at the edge of a degraded wetland in Seattle, Washington, and excitedly discussed construction plans for a wetland restoration project t...

A 10,000-year-old wetland in Seattle known as the Roxhill Bog is one of the few surviving fragments of a much larger peat bog ecosystem that once flourished in the Northwest.

πŸŽ‰ Read its restoration story: www.americanrivers.org/2026/03/natu...

07.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can I steal it? I'll give you credit.

07.03.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can hear the rodeo from my bed again

07.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

07.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 2160 πŸ” 620 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 9
white background with black and red text. In black above, in all caps, is the phrase "proud member." underneath, in red lowercase letters surrounded by black brackets, are the letters C L M P. Below in black is the name of the organization: community of literary magazines and presses, with the web address which is w w w dot c l m p dot org.

white background with black and red text. In black above, in all caps, is the phrase "proud member." underneath, in red lowercase letters surrounded by black brackets, are the letters C L M P. Below in black is the name of the organization: community of literary magazines and presses, with the web address which is w w w dot c l m p dot org.

We're proud to announce that we are now a member of @clmporg.bsky.social . Over the next several months we will be focusing on building a unified web presence while still focusing on creating the compelling little piece of PHYSICAL MEDIA! our readers and poets have come to love over the years.

07.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aw! This is Bluesky! You never have to be embarrassed about songs.

07.03.2026 05:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0