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Evan Kuhlman

@moonbasewolfy

Award-winning author of six books, including WOLF BOY, THE LAST INVISIBLE BOY, and HANK'S BIG DAY. Amateur photographer. Serial tree hugger. πŸ¦‹ Please support Parkinson's research.πŸ¦‹ Peace + love + joy to all earthlings.

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Pink cherry blossom on this morning's walk, very shallow depth of field with the background a confetti shower of bokeh in pink and purple as the far side of the road catches the sun.

Pink cherry blossom on this morning's walk, very shallow depth of field with the background a confetti shower of bokeh in pink and purple as the far side of the road catches the sun.

A bouquet of bokeh from this morning.

05.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
from Openings: Poems (1968)

The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. from Openings: Poems (1968)

My dad used to tell my siblings and me that his favorite sound was silence. I get it now. In the midst of the chaos, in the midst of the turmoil of life in this world and in this head, I sometimes need to remind myself to actively seek silence, and the sounds it lets in.

05.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3
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Rainy morning in the park. Spring has truly sprung on Vancouver Island.

#photography #nature #flowers #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #crocus #scape #VancouverIsland #PhotographersOfBlueSky

04.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Lake


Doctors say you have only weeks yet.

You go early to bed and draw meadows.  

One day remembers a better one as she crawls out of consciousness.

Whatever happens happens now.

Red painted monuments bloom.

It’s a messy, wild-growing grief.

One child ventures out, the child, lovely and bespeckled, the child, a powerhouse, the child grown up, a person capable and remarkable.

Then the ocean comes for the land.

Drought is causing the reappearance of the canyon.

And of the split level house on a lake.

Lake Doctors say you have only weeks yet. You go early to bed and draw meadows. One day remembers a better one as she crawls out of consciousness. Whatever happens happens now. Red painted monuments bloom. It’s a messy, wild-growing grief. One child ventures out, the child, lovely and bespeckled, the child, a powerhouse, the child grown up, a person capable and remarkable. Then the ocean comes for the land. Drought is causing the reappearance of the canyon. And of the split level house on a lake.

Lesle Lewis

recently appeared in @periodicities.bsky.social & in the forthcoming collection with @pizamapress.bsky.social

02.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of blue skies and an apartment building and a tree.

A photo of blue skies and an apartment building and a tree.

Happy #BlueSkyMonday, fellow earthlings and moon buddies. #photography

02.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have a peaceful Sunday.

#Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #scape #bloomscrolling #nature #crocus #flowers #PhotographerOfBlueSky

01.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pic of the Day…Red Skies ❀️🩡❀️
tropicality.com
#sunset #sunsets #sundowns #sunrisesandsunsets #beach #sunsetters #sunsettrip #sunsetsky #sundaysunsets #beaches

01.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a bird flying over a field and trees in the background.

A photo of a bird flying over a field and trees in the background.

β€œWander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty.”
- Chuang Tzu
#imageandverse #poetry #photography #wisdom

01.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of dozens of white and purple petunias.

A photo of dozens of white and purple petunias.

"Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself." St. Teresa of Avila
#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #saints #wisdom

28.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 16327 πŸ” 5055 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 103
LATE

We are not ever lost 
and nothing delays us. 
We carry the sun on our backs 
and cover such ground
as you would not believe.

We are the colonists of dark, 
the cousins of radiance,
who shall bloom
among you.

Listen,
do not move in your hard beds;
we enter your rooms
and the candles are lit
as if by themselves,
stars gather,
dreams pour
into your pillows,
memories of the moon,
warm bouquets of air. . . Listen,

even now
the breathing begins.
                              --MARK STRAND

LATE We are not ever lost and nothing delays us. We carry the sun on our backs and cover such ground as you would not believe. We are the colonists of dark, the cousins of radiance, who shall bloom among you. Listen, do not move in your hard beds; we enter your rooms and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, memories of the moon, warm bouquets of air. . . Listen, even now the breathing begins. --MARK STRAND

Another by Mark Strand from The New Yorker, this one for the completist. An early version of "The Coming of Light" (one of his most celebrated poems), "Late" was never collected, and hence, has been relegated to the dustbin of literary history. Enjoy!

26.02.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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"For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy and unfulfilled. Even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we haven’t forgotten: the open road still softly calls like a nearly forgotten song of childhood."
~Β Carl Sagan

26.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Review: The Living Field: Self-Study, History, and the Ethics of Looking in E.G. Cunningham’s β€œField Notes” by Susan L. Leary In both concept and practice, we ask a great deal of the field, making it an adaptable metaphor in poetry and art: the open field, the blank page, the blank canvas. The field suggests potential, so…

Super excited to share my review of E.G. Cunningham’s FIELD NOTES, out today in Another Chicago Magazine! It’s a wonderful collection, friends!

Read the review here: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/02/24/r...

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24.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
A colorful post-sunrise sky above a field in Central Michigan.

A colorful post-sunrise sky above a field in Central Michigan.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." - Rumi
#photography #wisdom #poetry

24.02.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Tuesday! This was our first sunrise after the big storm and the super-smooth sand from the storm surge abutting the beautifully white snow capped dunes under wave layers and the rising sun made the entire package very pretty. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

24.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1259 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 5

Stunning. Thanks for posting.

24.02.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have rediscovered a recording and determined it’s probably the oldest whale recording still in existence. The likely vocalist? A humpback whale. πŸ‹ spklr.io/6007Dxy1Z

πŸ“·: BlackBox
πŸŽ™οΈ: Luis Lamar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

23.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1983 πŸ” 489 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 31
Hundreds of fallen flower petals fill a patch of lawn, with added colorization.

Hundreds of fallen flower petals fill a patch of lawn, with added colorization.

"The point in life in to know what's enough--
why envy those otherworld immortals?
With the happiness held in one-inch square heart
you can fill the whole space between heaven and earth."
-- Gensei (1623-1668)
#imageandverse #poetry #photography #wisdom

22.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

22.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of Queen Anne's Lace, and other weeds and flowers.

A photo of Queen Anne's Lace, and other weeds and flowers.

Sunday is #Stunday. Pictured below is an arrangement of weeds and #flowers and other living things from last August. #photography #bloomscrolling

22.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poems for Lent (Day 4)

β€’ St. John of the Cross β€’

21.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
A photo of two white flowers and several buds.

A photo of two white flowers and several buds.

#BlueSkyArtShow #two #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

21.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's thirty seconds worth of calming tropical fish action for your Friday enjoyment. #tropicalfish

20.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of red roses soaking up sunlight, and a poem fragment by Bibi Hayati.

A photo of red roses soaking up sunlight, and a poem fragment by Bibi Hayati.

"Before the first seed broke open the rosebed of Being,
An inner lark soared through your meadows,
Heading toward Home." - Bibi Hayati
#photography #roses #flowers #bloomscrolling #wisdom #poetry

19.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

From MORE FLOWERS ⬇️⬇️⬇️
@triohousepress.org

19.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
text graphic featuring a portion of Jim Moore's poem. it reads:

Sometimes tenderness arrives out of nowhere, stays for a moment, and then is gone. Like a grown child who leaves home to make her way in the world. She goes away, she returns, then goes away again. You remain behind.

text graphic featuring a portion of Jim Moore's poem. it reads: Sometimes tenderness arrives out of nowhere, stays for a moment, and then is gone. Like a grown child who leaves home to make her way in the world. She goes away, she returns, then goes away again. You remain behind.

"Despite February being my birth month, it is easily my least favorite month of the year," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1459 of The Slowdown.

Read β€œFebruary" by Jim Moore β€” from ENTER (@graywolfpress.bsky.social) β€” and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4aDC1Qn

18.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Principal Weatherbee!

18.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
because everything is on fire
there are flowers
a thousand thousand times a day

because everything is on fire there are flowers a thousand thousand times a day

Gary Barwin

@garybarwin.bsky.social

17.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#ColorADay #PinkMon #photography #flowers #trees #psychedelic

16.02.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A close-up of a dandelion seed puff and a quote from Rumi.

A close-up of a dandelion seed puff and a quote from Rumi.

Happy Sunday, Blue Sky fliers. Photo by me. Words by Rumi.
#imageandverse #photography #dandelions

15.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0