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D M Gordon

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Reader, novelist, poet, editor, citizen. www.dmgordon.com Dogged by dogs. The ancient goldfish aswim in my kitchen says O, O, O when it sees me, god of clean water, sprinkling dried insects from heaven. Holding tight to #wonder & #kindness.

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 2d

Keep at it you little mosquito, your buzz matters!

"If you're reading this, your box is upside down.

That's exciting! There's so much to learn when we look at things from a different perspective.

How about looking at them this way: "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."

Keep at it you little mosquito, your buzz matters!

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 5h

Everything else is overwhelming.

#Dog #CotondeTulear #Luna

Small white fluffy dog on an orange chair and red blanket, stairs and furniture in the background.

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 1d

Words you might need today from Neruda. Read the whole #poem in ALT. This, taped to the wall of my doctor's bathroom.

"Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still
for once on the face of the earth,
let’s not speak in any language....."

#poetry #wisdom

Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda

Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still
for once on the face of the earth,
let’s not speak in any language;
let’s stop for a second,
and not move our arms so much.

It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would not look at his hurt hands.

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victories with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.

Now I’ll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 2d

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 5d

Swimming with mobula rays making their annual migration near Baja California Sur, Mexico. 🇲🇽

Video by Aidan Bedford @wandering.westerner [IG]

#rays #oceans #nature #swimming

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Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 3d

In Expression, David Mensing 2022

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 2d

Keep at it you little mosquito, your buzz matters!

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 3d

My heart is heavy for my country—And I'm aware the ghoulish power grabs, injustices, greed & danger, the planet-killing, is on the rise in other lands as well. This all might call for..... Teddy. Might need repost daily.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILZ...

#Porcupine #Pumpkin #PorcupineTalking #Teddy

Teddy Bear the Porcupine's Halloween Feast

YouTube video by Zooniversity1

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 3d

Way to start my day, Suzanna, here in The States. Thank you for this smile.

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 4d

Keep up the good work. It matters. ❤️

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 5d

A calm Saturday evening
in Kyiv.
I brought you a piece of tender
Ukrainian art.

🇺🇦 Joseph Bokshai
Peonies, 1946

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 4d

Keep remembering.

Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 8d

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supports my mission
to show Ukraine to the world.

This week’s gratitude for you –
my travel diary from the palaces of Vinnytsia region,
little-known, non-touristic places
in the heart of Ukraine:
www.patreon.com/posts/travel...

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 4d

If this man can keep showing up, we can keep showing up.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 4d

If you stare into her eyes, wordless, she will tell you.

#dog #CotonDeTulear

Small white fluffy dog, Luna, staring into the camera on a patterned Persian rug.

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 5d

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 5d

Good things are still happening, driven by good people. This is going to be a retreat, in Western MA, activities center for people with disabilities. Non-profit. The photos will warm your heart.

#community #volunteer #disabilities #neighbors #hope #goodness

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Rebirth at Camp Chesterfield: Property sells for $1.4M at auction - Daily Hampshire Gazette

CHESTERFIELD — Camp Chesterfield officially has its third owner in seven years. From Boy Scout reservation to a live role-playing and wedding venue, the 186-acre property will now enter a new era as a...

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 5d

Wonderful and real.

Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 5d

'Alone in the Desert'
Photo by Carles Alonso, 2019
The photo is of Nomads riding Camels through the Sahara Desert. The photo wasn’t taken by a drone, which are illegal in Morocco, but was taken by Carles Alonso, while standing on the highest dune in Morocco using a telephoto lens.

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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 5d

The morning #bee 🐝

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 5d

Folded wings! And such a round little fuzzball! ❤️

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 6d

Ali Jones @aliskjones.bsky.social · 6d

threads of the morning
sewing the day together
with careful stitches

#nature #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #poetry #naturewriters #poetrycommunity #haiku #writerscommunity #notAI #psychogeography #landscape #mapping #mindfulness #noticing #botany #glimmerings #bloomscrolling

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 6d

Hi Liz! I'm noticing & appreciating your ❤️'s, fiction-writer-in poet's-clothing you, kindred spirit. I see you! 👀 And (did I say?) have purchased The Weight of Snow and Regret, so in my library. I'm slower than slow with my deep To-Read stack, but I'll get there! Looking forward!

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 6d

Somehow we are living parallel lives, you and I, East Coast to Pacific. Even parallel visitations....

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 6d

Hello, you. We had a moment, a long minute, creature-to-creature as she held me with soft-eyes, easy-breathing, tail down.

Doe in the woods, close, alert but unafraid.

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 7d

Matisse is my happily-ever-after place. Must re-post. Thanks, Dee!

#art #matisse #happy

Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 7d

Vase of Flowers, Henri Matisse 1924

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D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 7d

Fairies nearby!

And if you're curious, trying to see what's just beyond the frame, you'll love John Crowley's Little Big, a legendary #novel and a great place to park your mind after you've digested your daily scroll of the dark goings-on.

#mushroom #fairies #LittleBig #fantasy #JohnCrowley

Badgermanandrobin @loveday-p.bsky.social · 7d

Fly agaric, one of the most looked for mushrooms along with the fairies and elves #flyagaric #amanitamuscaria #amanita #toadstool #mushroom #mushroomhunting #mushroomphotography #mushroomlove #fungi #fungiphotography #fungilove #fungilover #inthewoods🌲 #badger #badgers #autumn #autumnvibes

The red, white spotted fly agaric mushroom in an autumn landscape

D M Gordon @dmgordon.com · 7d

Okay. So there was a second driving lesson after all. Brio has made a little progress; facing the right direction; doing all the right things pre-shift. Luna was too nervous and didn't want to try.

#dog #CotonDeTulear #Havanese

A Coton de Tulear and and a Havanese have what we thought was their first and last driving lesson. In a convertible, Luna at the wheel, facing backward.

Brio the dog at the wheel. Yellow script says, "Bark left, Check right, Honk, honk.