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Val Thorne

@valthorne.bsky.social

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I'm a reader, writer, and free spirit! I travel with my pug while trying to heal my inner child. A lot of my writing is based on that. 🏔 Check out my posts on Medium for free by clicking the friend link in each post 🖊

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

To explain the friend link in my Medium posts:

Medium is an online writing platform. Most articles/stories are locked behind a member only pay wall. However, the "Friend Link" grants free access to the article and bypasses the requirement for a Medium account. Hope you enjoy!

Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 1d

In movies, High School Prom is represented as a pivotal point showered in glamor and glitter. My prom was a significant moment, but not in the way it should have been. Check out my memoir, published in the Memoirist:

medium.com/the-memoiris...

#memoir #mediumwriters #writing #writers

Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Very true!

Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Leia should have known better, walking her dog in the PNW, that wearing a sweater was tempting fate. Even though it was only a sprinkle, once she reached the bottom of the hill it turned into a downpour. She forlornly thought of her #raincoat, nice and dry inside, and dreaded the walk home.
#vss365

a dirt road in the woods during a rainstorm

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 2d

Visit my #Etsyshop
Psychic Readings, Books, Vintage & more!
subrosamagick.etsy.com
#wicca #witchcraft #witchesofbluesky #magick #Occult #witchlifestyle #witches #seasonofthewitch #witchythings #Pagan #BlessedBe #FeministFriday

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Philipp "Soma" Urlich @somartist.bsky.social · 3d

Just a quick painting before going to sleep. Saw this sunrise the other day.

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Omg love this 👏👌

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Whispers @whispers615.bsky.social · 2d

And one day, Death’s skeletal hand will take mine, asking “can I have this dance?”

#haikufeels #monoku
#onelineoctober #poetry
#skeletal

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Music has always been her escape. Sad songs epiloguing major character deaths of her imagination, intense rock for fight scenes, and calm jazz for the in between. But it was the slow rolling, epic soundtrack music, the overlooked compositions with #verve that took her dreams to new heights #vss365

a large orchestra is performing in a large auditorium with the tv4 logo on the bottom right

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 6d

She closed her eyes, the yelling fading to the background like ringing ears after an explosion. She was so tired. Tired of arguing, tired of not being heard, tired of not being seen. Every day was a constant #clash of anger and wills and she was at her limit. Perhaps it was time to move on.
#vss365

a black and white photo of a woman covering her face with her hands and the words `` i 'm done '' above her .

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 8d

They're clever, smart. All the things you see on TV and in the movies. Carefully placed words on bottles and boxes. Signs as large as a car off the side of the highway. All these subliminal messages to #advert from what reality truly is.

#vss365

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 18d

she often acts
a #capricious
fanciful child
who'd draw windows
all around
so eyes used to darkness
might learn the light
yet the pencils
never cut deep enough
to leave clear marks
she has only
frozen fingers
frayed paper
& weep
of dragonflies
that can't touch
the ground

#vss365 #poetry #art Suzi K

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Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social · 18d

(I fell out of the habit of posting here, but here’s another one)

capricious fall
the splendor of a life
in the landscape

#vss365 #caprice

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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 19d

Good morning from the PNW. I love when Mt. Hood casts a shadow at sunrise. 🧡☀️🏔️

Sunrise. Mt. Hood. Dark landscape and conifers, mountain top center right glowing orange and casting a darker shadow right, sun peaking thru the trees, orange sky above, turning blue-gray.

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wynterrayven.bsky.social @wynterrayven.bsky.social · 17d

Fall is my favorite season 🧡💛
#Photography
#Fall
#Woods

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 16d

She lived her whole life caught between being invisible, yet pinned underneath the scornful #scrutiny of others. She wasn't meant to be seen, yet when she was, she was always doing something wrong. She was desperate for her soul to be visible, but that weight still felt like a threat. #vss365

a woman with long hair is standing on a hill looking at the sunset

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 17d

They thought her fickle, as woman tend to be. They thought her mind was full of whimsy, controlled by #caprice. They thought she was simple minded, a stumbling and innocent doe. The truth, however... she wore her masks. She has been planning this for 10 years now, after all, the long game. #vss365

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 20d

She didn't mean to. She was simply tired of always having to wear a mask, to pretend to fit in. She was done. She was going to be herself, no matter the consequences, even if it was the last thing she did. She had no intention to become the #bellwether, for other woman to follow her steps.

#vss365

a woman in a black dress is standing in front of a building with a sign that says ' a & p ' on it

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Whispers @whispers615.bsky.social · 23d

I wonder who first discovered
that an extrusion of high pressure
was something precious and valuable?
Diamonds sparkle and dazzle
beyond compare,
past their circumstances.
Every girl knows that pressure
and beauty go hand and hand.
Diamonds are a girls best friend.

#vss365 #poetry #extrusion

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 23d

She was a human #extrusion, born to be shaped and built, pushed through boxes of expectations and wants of everyone but her own. She was crested to be shaped, to be used, and when she was broken, she was thrown away.

#vss365

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 25d

Take a walk in my shoes, a sh9rt story and second person view into toxic behaviors.

Click the friend link below to read for free on Medium:

medium.com/@oldsoulmusi...

#shortstory #life #cptsd #trauma #mediumwriters #writing

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 26d

unfeigned autumn air
#synthesis of light and decay
change completes itself

#vss365 #haikuchallenge #unfeigned #haiku #zen #poetry

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 27d

Consciously choosing quiet
Only in stillness can I hear
New thoughts bloom like wildflowers
Silence conspires with mind
Peace, a fragile revolution
Ignoring the storm inside and out
Releasing that grip of noise
Everything now a soft breath

#vss365 #Conspire #Acrostic #Poetry #Nature #Flowers #Peace

A photo of Yellow Wood Sorrel, a wildflower found here in the spring. The two open flowers have five yellow petals on a green stem. Several unopen buds are nearby. The background is a soft blur of green foliage.

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · 25d

We are all made up of bones and dust, anguish and ecstasy, nightmares and dreams. A seemingly perfect #synthesis, yet wholly different and unique. A kaleidoscope of individualites amidst a sparkling universe of possibilities.

#vss365

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · Sep 11

What does it mean when you say you're #exhausted?

-That you can feel it, through your skin and deep into your bones, seeping into your soul like rot. Spreading inch by inch and no matter what you do, you can't recover from it. Because life always demands more, but not as much as people.

#vss365

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Val Thorne @valthorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

Whoa I love the vibe 👏