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Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter. https://marymackey.com/

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

“Mary Mackey’s poems are powerful, beautiful, and have extraordinary range. May her concern for the planet help save it.”
—Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior

https://tinyurl.com/2j4f6yak

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 7h

#NationalFarmersDay in the US is celebrated annually on October 12th.

It is a day dedicated to honoring and showing appreciation for the hard work, dedication, and vital contributions of farmers and ranchers who provide food, fiber, and other agricultural products for the nation and the world.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

'Whole prehistory of Fife' found in one field, experts say

Archaeologists say they have found evidence that a site in a village near St Andrews has been used by people for about 10,000 years.

https://tinyurl.com/mr874fc3

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing this article.

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Spencer Carter @microburin.bsky.social · 2d

#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Archaeology takes you back to 2019, pre-pandemic. A late Neolithic arrowhead from Teesside may have been very well traveled, itself or the flint likely from Devon, over 450km away 🏺 clevelandarchaeology.com/2019/08/11/n...

Neolithic Journey | Eston Hills arrowhead is well-travelled!

A late Neolithic arrowhead, a Ripple-flaked Oblique type more than 5000 years old and discovered in the 1980s, has always stood out amongst other finds because of the unusual quality of the flint a…

clevelandarchaeology.com

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

This is fantastic!

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Sad.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

"We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share."

-Maya Angelou

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Excerpt from Et
your Great Aunt Ebbie has suffered a farm accident
my mother says

what she means my father says
is that a hog et your Aunt Ebbie.

et all of her? I ask

no, just her left leg
and part of her right arm

Listen here: https://loom.ly/pj5-H5Y

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

“Mackey takes us on a journey to the mysterious place where creativity begins. Her quest makes this a book for anyone who wants to explore how ideas and bursts of insight come, not just to poets and novelists, but to us all.” –Mara Lynn Keller
https://loom.ly/8VATbfc
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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Fascintating!

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3d

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line.
The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes.
Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland.

On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld

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The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy!

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

― Mark Twain

#KindnessMatters #RandomActsOfKindness

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Agriculture spread via coexistence and gradual mixing; deep roots of the Anthropocene revealed

https://tinyurl.com/4z3d5rjp

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful!

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 4d

The unique magic of poetry lies in its capacity to open our minds and stretch the boundaries of our perspectives.

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 4d

The tooth that solves the Stonehenge mystery after 5,000 years: Scientists uncover new evidence about how the stones were transported there.

https://tinyurl.com/2wjn9f29

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 4d

“Mackey’s crisp-edged perceptions are set down with a sensuous, compassionate, and utterly unflinching eye.”

–Jane Hirshfield

https://loom.ly/Cypgmnk

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for sharing.