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Shaelyn Koops
@dutchhobbit.bsky.social
ever wandering except when i'm not | a script dabbler | story devourer | amateur native plant gardener & forager | once upon a mom of two
#mydutchhobbit
#danielsslope
you claim it's mental health
yet cut resources
you say it's medication
yet raise prices
you say it's psychiatric
yet ignore science
you say it's not the guns
yet readily make available

it's the guns, idiot
bullets don't spray themselves

#itstheguns #ItsTheGuns #guns
August 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it's day

in ernest
he wouldn't say good morning
it wasn't always good
for him
he wouldn't assume it was good
for others
he would seek to greet others
in kindness

it's day

#mydutchhobbit
August 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
June 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
protecting the still
thru of chorus of sobs & songs
sunflowers greet dawn

#danielsday
April 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
earth day is human day

we care for the earth
as we care for others
a mirrored reflection

from dust we came
it's dust we breathe
and to dust we'll go

earth day is human day

#earthday

rip my son
conserver of the earth
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
ascending
amidst trees
and rustic labels
babbling thoughts still
breath labors
mud layers
i push upwards
seeking your presence

descending
the loneliness of the trail overwhelms
you did not come
you did not come
the games a mind plays
after one's child
is felled as trees
on a mountain
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
February 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
4:30am
drink a warm cuppa
in calm silence
witness
a paint splashed sunrise
peak over the foothills
illuminating
budding sunflowers
eliminating
not only night
but a dark-drenched world -
for a moment

#livingforthemomentsbetween
February 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I couldn't make it, so the daughter is representing
#50501movement #nokings #50protests50states1day
February 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
to the slope i go
alone
tendering sagebrush
golden bush and sage
plucking
pulling
pruning
collecting trash tossed
from careless pedestrians

will you join me?

i rise and search
the sky
hoping

there you are
fluttering fiery and free
inspecting

now gone

i tender again
you met me at your slope
February 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
rippled rustling
it cautiously rappels the bobbing tightrope
clamps a dense guava
double its size into its teeth
leaps onto a wall
drops it onto the grass
retrieves it
drops it
retrieves it
climbs backwards up the wall
and scurries away with its prize
brava #squirrel

#livingforthemomentsbetween
February 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Shaelyn Koops
This is my first cover reveal on Bluesky! A new era.

TOVE is a young chapter book with full, gorgeous color illustrations by Julie Benbassat. Out Oct 14 with Candlewick Press.

#KidLit
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
it's like receiving a gift from the elves when discovering something of my son that was buried under yrs of digital docs during tech & device changes

they're all we have left of him but we have them

today's tonic of light in the dark
"March of the Thunder Fairies" music comp live recording

#DPK
January 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
tossing in memory loops
as i often do
i hear it
not a destructive force
nor a theatrical tune
but an unobtrusive
gentle whispering
then steady nourishing
rain

barefoot
i set out buckets
to collect each precious drop
inhaling delicious air

swaddled in quilts
restless no more
i sleep

#CARain
January 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#RingsofPower S1✔️
Beautifully shot. Creative choices, esp when only based on appendices, are needed, but as a #Tolkien & Jackson #LOR fan, Gandalf an age early & a Macbeth-ish scifi element was too much. Original? It became a game of "name that Jackson scene or dialogue." Still, giving S2 a shot.
January 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reposted by Shaelyn Koops
I wrote about a Bechdel-like test that can help us consistently represent climate reality in kids book, because climate change is our new normal, and Earth’s youngest readers will never know world without it. Would love if you take a look.

Thanks for having me, SLJ.
www.slj.com/story/a-kid-...
A Kid Lit Climate Change Test | SoapBox
An author proposes a simple standard for representing climate reality in books for children and teens.
www.slj.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Introduce yourself further with four of your favorite TV & Streaming scenes of all time
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ScriptSky #Movies #TV #Streaming #TVSky #StreamingSky
January 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Introduce yourself with four of your favorite movie scenes of all time
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ScriptSky #Movies
January 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM