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Alison Birch
@irishali13.bsky.social
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Mom. Doctoral Candidate-ABD. Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy. Poet Published: PaddlerPress. Texas Poetry. Poetry World 7. / Dem. Ally. Interests: Coffee, kitchen dancing, yoga, music, comedy, and well-written TV. Sometimes funny.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · Feb 15
Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

~ Michelle Obama
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · Aug 23
It didn't matter if we had
a million moments together
or just a handful
he made me laugh
and smile
—and love again

Alison P. Birch ✨
It didn't matter if we had a million moments together or just a handful he made me laugh and smile —and love again Alison P. Birch ✨ A woman and a man holding each other.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 7h
Good night, friends. ⭐️
— Happy Friday Eve
Three cats are looking around the corner: a gray cat, a white cat, and a black cat.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 7h
Good night, friends. ⭐️
— Happy Friday Eve
Three cats are looking around the corner: a gray cat, a white cat, and a black cat.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 20h
— Waking up in 2025

“It’s so much easier to love something than to hate it.

Don’t you think?

Love is the easiest thing in the world.”

HBO Girls - Paul Louis
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Dr. Jarret Ruminski @thedevilhistory.bsky.social · 1d
The life goal of every mediocre man is to dominate more competent people.
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Heather Chacon @wickettred.bsky.social · 2d
Reading a banned book out loud in public is a good thing.
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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 1d
Henry Miller e Anaïs Nin
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Claire Major @clairemajor.bsky.social · 2d
“Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.”
~Anatole France

#TeachingTipTuesday
#HigherEd
#Teaching
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 20h
—I want to love first, and live incidentally… Don’t—don’t ever think of the things you can’t give me. You’ve trusted me with the dearest heart of all—and it’s so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had.

~ Zelda Fitzgerald
Love Letters
of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
—I want to love first, and live incidentally… Don’t—don’t ever think of the things you can’t give me. You’ve trusted me with the dearest heart of all—and it’s so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had. ~ Zelda Fitzgerald Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
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Ande B @ande91.bsky.social · 1d
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Em @throughthelensbe.bsky.social · 7d
Black Rabbit. Oof..worth the watch. 🐇
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 18h
Haha — you're welcome. 😂

You too. Stay safe. 🫶🏻🥰🤍
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 18h
This always reminds me of when my daughter was three. She saw a clown in a restaurant. She got up, pointed, screamed, and ran all the way outside. There was a lot of laughing…
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Ande B @ande91.bsky.social · 1d
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 20h
— Waking up in 2025

“It’s so much easier to love something than to hate it.

Don’t you think?

Love is the easiest thing in the world.”

HBO Girls - Paul Louis
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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 23h
Self-portrait in a velvet dress (1926)
by Frida Kahlo
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 20h
—I want to love first, and live incidentally… Don’t—don’t ever think of the things you can’t give me. You’ve trusted me with the dearest heart of all—and it’s so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had.

~ Zelda Fitzgerald
Love Letters
of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
—I want to love first, and live incidentally… Don’t—don’t ever think of the things you can’t give me. You’ve trusted me with the dearest heart of all—and it’s so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had. ~ Zelda Fitzgerald Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 3d
Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - UN DIA (ONE DAY)
If you're not familiar with Bad Bunny -
— great dancing music 🎶

youtu.be/BjhW3vBA1QU?...
J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - UN DIA (ONE DAY)
YouTube video by jbalvinVEVO
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 21h
For your Thursday -
~ Clementine von Radics
This morning, I wrote your name in the steam on my mirror/Everyone else isn’t you. It turns out that’s a huge problem for me.
This morning I wrote your name in the steam on my mirror, knowing full well it would fade within minutes. In my best notebook I wrote, I Miss You I Miss You, ten thousand times. I wrote, I am definitely missing one of my ribs. I wrote, I envy the way leaves know exactly when to fall from the branches and when to come back in the spring. I wrote, Everyone else isn't you. It turns out that's a huge problem for me.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 2d
Blue Jay
Patrick Hunter ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 21h
For your Thursday -
~ Clementine von Radics
This morning, I wrote your name in the steam on my mirror/Everyone else isn’t you. It turns out that’s a huge problem for me.
This morning I wrote your name in the steam on my mirror, knowing full well it would fade within minutes. In my best notebook I wrote, I Miss You I Miss You, ten thousand times. I wrote, I am definitely missing one of my ribs. I wrote, I envy the way leaves know exactly when to fall from the branches and when to come back in the spring. I wrote, Everyone else isn't you. It turns out that's a huge problem for me.
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 4d
🖤
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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 1d
“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.”

~Jack Kerouac
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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 4d
I thank the knife.

Jon Cone
AN ESSAY ON ONTOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM It is bitterly cold outside. The kitchen is cold. I thank the kettle. I thank the toaster. I thank the skillet. I thank the cutting board. I thank the knife. I thank the butter. I thank the water. I thank the raspberry jam. I thank the tea towel. I thank the coffee grounds I put into the compost tin. I thank the orange. I thank the orange peel. I thank the old round table. I thank the plate, the cup. The fork, the spoon. The small bowl of milk. The kitchen windows have ice. I must get window curtains. If you lean over the sink and look out the window at the far end of the street you see a pink aura announcing the sun’s arrival. I pick the cat's bowl up to clean it. I reach the cat food down from the cupboard. I thank the cat food and the cat bowl. The floor is dirty. It needs washing. I thank the floor.
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Natscute @bluesky2020.bsky.social · 1d
Marilyn Monroe.
#cinéma
#chant
#MarilynMonroe
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