Tim Singleton
@timsingleton122.bsky.social
This, that, and the other. Also HoCoPoLitSo.
It astounds me how ‘everyone’ thinks they are normal and wriggles questions at the behavior of others.
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
It astounds me how ‘everyone’ thinks they are normal and wriggles questions at the behavior of others.
A new entertainment: watching water clear and shimmy in various ways instead of its cautionary white and blue motionlessness. And then there is the going from dullness to sparkle as it takes on what to do with light.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A new entertainment: watching water clear and shimmy in various ways instead of its cautionary white and blue motionlessness. And then there is the going from dullness to sparkle as it takes on what to do with light.
Looking out the window to see the deer, also fed up with the frozen water ground cover, taking the plowed bike path through the woods. Nine of them. Looks ridiculous, but smart. Maybe they are evolving.
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Looking out the window to see the deer, also fed up with the frozen water ground cover, taking the plowed bike path through the woods. Nine of them. Looks ridiculous, but smart. Maybe they are evolving.
Living under snow-covered skylights has been like being in a spider’s silk cocoon, prey captured and unable to look out. Does one escape such? Today, there’s a half circle of thawed hope most of a penny wide. I can almost make out something, the memory of being alive.
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Living under snow-covered skylights has been like being in a spider’s silk cocoon, prey captured and unable to look out. Does one escape such? Today, there’s a half circle of thawed hope most of a penny wide. I can almost make out something, the memory of being alive.
Two friends chat a bit. The artist
@christopherquirk.bsky.social and the novelist Zachary Lazar. Have a look: www.tusslemagazine.com/christopher-...
Would the link share one of the paintings instead of a logo, sigh. More reason to click. You are so close to so much. Click and look and read.
@christopherquirk.bsky.social and the novelist Zachary Lazar. Have a look: www.tusslemagazine.com/christopher-...
Would the link share one of the paintings instead of a logo, sigh. More reason to click. You are so close to so much. Click and look and read.
Christopher Quirk | TUSSLE
www.tusslemagazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Two friends chat a bit. The artist
@christopherquirk.bsky.social and the novelist Zachary Lazar. Have a look: www.tusslemagazine.com/christopher-...
Would the link share one of the paintings instead of a logo, sigh. More reason to click. You are so close to so much. Click and look and read.
@christopherquirk.bsky.social and the novelist Zachary Lazar. Have a look: www.tusslemagazine.com/christopher-...
Would the link share one of the paintings instead of a logo, sigh. More reason to click. You are so close to so much. Click and look and read.
Scream FIRE and warn Icarus, here comes the sun! And —say it/be it— forty degrees! Was afraid the day was only to be heat-infused, covered in clouds and, yes, warmer, but lacking the sparkle of ’round-the-corner Spring. Watch for falling feathers as the day wears on.
February 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Scream FIRE and warn Icarus, here comes the sun! And —say it/be it— forty degrees! Was afraid the day was only to be heat-infused, covered in clouds and, yes, warmer, but lacking the sparkle of ’round-the-corner Spring. Watch for falling feathers as the day wears on.
I love the Etch A Sketch dreams, the ones that come with a half hour extra to sleep, short bursts of trying-to-organize confusion, then the quick dissolving into another and again another. They are not refreshing, but they are interesting. Confusions abandoning themselves.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I love the Etch A Sketch dreams, the ones that come with a half hour extra to sleep, short bursts of trying-to-organize confusion, then the quick dissolving into another and again another. They are not refreshing, but they are interesting. Confusions abandoning themselves.
Two weeks solid, this snow, blue and heavy by the light of later day shadows, but bright, now, with the morning, bright and all that facet sparkle. It's almost light itself, and, yes, lightness.
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Two weeks solid, this snow, blue and heavy by the light of later day shadows, but bright, now, with the morning, bright and all that facet sparkle. It's almost light itself, and, yes, lightness.
Reposted by Tim Singleton
We’re delighted to welcome Caoilinn Hughes, acclaimed author of The Wild Laughter and The Alternatives, as our featured guest for the Annual Celebration of Irish Writing & Music.
🗓️ Saturday, February 7th, 7:30 p.m.
📍 Smith Theater-HCC Campus-Columbia, Maryland
🎟️ hocopolitso.org/irish-evening/
🗓️ Saturday, February 7th, 7:30 p.m.
📍 Smith Theater-HCC Campus-Columbia, Maryland
🎟️ hocopolitso.org/irish-evening/
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
We’re delighted to welcome Caoilinn Hughes, acclaimed author of The Wild Laughter and The Alternatives, as our featured guest for the Annual Celebration of Irish Writing & Music.
🗓️ Saturday, February 7th, 7:30 p.m.
📍 Smith Theater-HCC Campus-Columbia, Maryland
🎟️ hocopolitso.org/irish-evening/
🗓️ Saturday, February 7th, 7:30 p.m.
📍 Smith Theater-HCC Campus-Columbia, Maryland
🎟️ hocopolitso.org/irish-evening/
These shiteaters are playing video games with the people of the Americas. That’s all the training they have had at being ‘human’.
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
These shiteaters are playing video games with the people of the Americas. That’s all the training they have had at being ‘human’.
The sky (God’s, you choose yours and I’ll go with it) shrouds America with snow.
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The sky (God’s, you choose yours and I’ll go with it) shrouds America with snow.
Wondering there was a TikTok on French Onion Soup ‘cause the pile of a thousand onions at the store was down to none.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Wondering there was a TikTok on French Onion Soup ‘cause the pile of a thousand onions at the store was down to none.
Wow. When?
OK, was this on ANYONE'S radar? Paul McCartney, Phillip Glass, Lenny Kaye in different versions of this out there. Wow. Yes, you will. #dayofthedead
youtu.be/4KWcmI802mw?...
youtu.be/4KWcmI802mw?...
Allen Ginsberg & Paul McCartney: Ballad of the Skeletons
YouTube video by Optic Nerve Ltd
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January 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Wow. When?
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"If you’re still looking for a New Year’s resolution, 'read more books' could well be good for national morale." —Brittany Allen, @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/in-2025-most...
In 2025, most Americans read fewer than four books.
According to a YouGov poll released at year’s end, American reading habits stay in the toilet. Four in ten Americans didn’t read a single book during our last spin around the sun. And o…
lithub.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
"If you’re still looking for a New Year’s resolution, 'read more books' could well be good for national morale." —Brittany Allen, @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/in-2025-most...
Let’s spill all the ink and let the Rorschachs rage protest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Let’s spill all the ink and let the Rorschachs rage protest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Does the tinnitus of leaf blowing ever end?
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Does the tinnitus of leaf blowing ever end?
Reposted by Tim Singleton
You kept telling us. We kept looking in the wrong place. Thanks for your persistence. The ghost of last year's contest that has been haunting our website has now been exercised. Sincere apologies for that inconvenience. You can now visit HoCoPoLitSo.org for a no-ghosts go at entering the contest.
October 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You kept telling us. We kept looking in the wrong place. Thanks for your persistence. The ghost of last year's contest that has been haunting our website has now been exercised. Sincere apologies for that inconvenience. You can now visit HoCoPoLitSo.org for a no-ghosts go at entering the contest.
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Are you the next Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize winner? We are looking forward to seeing your work!
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Are you the next Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize winner? We are looking forward to seeing your work!
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
For all you need to know and to enter, visit:
hocopolitso.org/2025/08/08/t...
Ross Gay comes to Columbia on November 7th.
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ross Gay comes to Columbia on November 7th.
America likes to be the best at things. These days it’s living up to that stature, being the best at being stupid.
September 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
America likes to be the best at things. These days it’s living up to that stature, being the best at being stupid.
The morals of corporate America are non existent. Profit over everything. And this isn’t even an important example. Use your imagination and scale up.
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The morals of corporate America are non existent. Profit over everything. And this isn’t even an important example. Use your imagination and scale up.
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Two opportunities to see Safia Elhillo -- author of the acclaimed Bright Red Fruit -- for #FREE tomorrow on the campus of Howard Community College.
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two opportunities to see Safia Elhillo -- author of the acclaimed Bright Red Fruit -- for #FREE tomorrow on the campus of Howard Community College.
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
12:30 p.m. Monteabaro Hall & streamed via Vimeo (link below).
6:00 p.m. Monteabaro Hall
All you need to know:
www.howardcc.edu/discover/art...
That day we look around and find we are all human.
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That day we look around and find we are all human.