AndreaCConnolly \ umi yuuki
@andreacaecilia.bsky.social
"Life is a journey and the journey itself is home" - Matsuo Basho (Japanese master of haiku poetry)
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The dark dim outlines
of trees coming to meet me
out of the mist
HDT ~ June 2, 1853
of trees coming to meet me
out of the mist
HDT ~ June 2, 1853
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The dark dim outlines
of trees coming to meet me
out of the mist
HDT ~ June 2, 1853
of trees coming to meet me
out of the mist
HDT ~ June 2, 1853
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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 18, 2025
this week’s prompt:
boot
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 18, 2025
this week’s prompt:
boot
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 18, 2025
this week’s prompt:
boot
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 18, 2025
this week’s prompt:
boot
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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Day 18 of #AshmoleanAdvent - Three Wise Men
This curious terracotta figurine from Cyprus, with the heads of three bearded men mounted on a box-shaped body, reminded us of the Three Wise Men of the Nativity story.
👑👑👑 750–480 BCE, Cyprus, Ceramic. AN1968.1524
This curious terracotta figurine from Cyprus, with the heads of three bearded men mounted on a box-shaped body, reminded us of the Three Wise Men of the Nativity story.
👑👑👑 750–480 BCE, Cyprus, Ceramic. AN1968.1524
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Day 18 of #AshmoleanAdvent - Three Wise Men
This curious terracotta figurine from Cyprus, with the heads of three bearded men mounted on a box-shaped body, reminded us of the Three Wise Men of the Nativity story.
👑👑👑 750–480 BCE, Cyprus, Ceramic. AN1968.1524
This curious terracotta figurine from Cyprus, with the heads of three bearded men mounted on a box-shaped body, reminded us of the Three Wise Men of the Nativity story.
👑👑👑 750–480 BCE, Cyprus, Ceramic. AN1968.1524
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pynding, f.n: dam. (PUEN-ding / ˈpyn-dɪŋ)
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 7v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 7v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
pynding, f.n: dam. (PUEN-ding / ˈpyn-dɪŋ)
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 7v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; @lampallib.bsky.social MS 209, f. 7v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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December 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Winter is pinker than you'd expect:
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Winter is pinker than you'd expect:
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Botanical rainbow in December.
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Botanical rainbow in December.
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿
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Here is the tombstone of Mrs Thankful Bacon.
She died in New England in 1750. RIP. Deeply mourned by her husband Streaky. 🪦
She died in New England in 1750. RIP. Deeply mourned by her husband Streaky. 🪦
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Here is the tombstone of Mrs Thankful Bacon.
She died in New England in 1750. RIP. Deeply mourned by her husband Streaky. 🪦
She died in New England in 1750. RIP. Deeply mourned by her husband Streaky. 🪦
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Listen
the wrens are warbling
their watery tune
sending notes clear as prayer
into the blue heaven
what more do you want
from a Tuesday near Solstice
rise up
and sing
the wrens are warbling
their watery tune
sending notes clear as prayer
into the blue heaven
what more do you want
from a Tuesday near Solstice
rise up
and sing
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Listen
the wrens are warbling
their watery tune
sending notes clear as prayer
into the blue heaven
what more do you want
from a Tuesday near Solstice
rise up
and sing
the wrens are warbling
their watery tune
sending notes clear as prayer
into the blue heaven
what more do you want
from a Tuesday near Solstice
rise up
and sing
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This will likely be my last collection using Edwardian stamp holders, lockets & charms. Pieces made using these small treasures will be in my etsy shop at 8.30 tonight 👇🏼. For enquires please click 💬on my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This will likely be my last collection using Edwardian stamp holders, lockets & charms. Pieces made using these small treasures will be in my etsy shop at 8.30 tonight 👇🏼. For enquires please click 💬on my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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sea
and storm
each bring
a song
we'll stand
rain-wet
wave-drenched
and sing along
and storm
each bring
a song
we'll stand
rain-wet
wave-drenched
and sing along
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
sea
and storm
each bring
a song
we'll stand
rain-wet
wave-drenched
and sing along
and storm
each bring
a song
we'll stand
rain-wet
wave-drenched
and sing along
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December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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a hundred starlings
filling the air with chatter
so much to tell you
filling the air with chatter
so much to tell you
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
a hundred starlings
filling the air with chatter
so much to tell you
filling the air with chatter
so much to tell you
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first winter rain
even the monkey seems to want
a little straw raincoat
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1689
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
even the monkey seems to want
a little straw raincoat
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1689
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
first winter rain
even the monkey seems to want
a little straw raincoat
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1689
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
even the monkey seems to want
a little straw raincoat
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1689
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
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December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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twilight marsh—
the extra hush
of a heron’s glide
—The Heron’s Nest
Volume XXVII, #4:
December 2025
#haiku
www.theheronsnest.com/December2025...
the extra hush
of a heron’s glide
—The Heron’s Nest
Volume XXVII, #4:
December 2025
#haiku
www.theheronsnest.com/December2025...
The Heron's Nest - Volume XXVII, Number 4: December 2025
www.theheronsnest.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
twilight marsh—
the extra hush
of a heron’s glide
—The Heron’s Nest
Volume XXVII, #4:
December 2025
#haiku
www.theheronsnest.com/December2025...
the extra hush
of a heron’s glide
—The Heron’s Nest
Volume XXVII, #4:
December 2025
#haiku
www.theheronsnest.com/December2025...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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glinting in the dark
under the kitchen cupboards
fragments of my heart
under the kitchen cupboards
fragments of my heart
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
glinting in the dark
under the kitchen cupboards
fragments of my heart
under the kitchen cupboards
fragments of my heart
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December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.