Liz Young
@youngliz.bsky.social
Old bird from the Deep South of England. ❤️ writing, family, kindness. Several books on Amazon. No DMs please.
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#vss365 #prompt #Nov15
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
When the joints all creak
And your muscles ache
And a nice long walk
You can no longer take.
When the kids don't phone
Even just to check
That you're still alive,
You think 'Why the heck
Am I even here?
Do I matter at all?
Am I #relevant now?
Life begins to pall.
When the joints all creak
And your muscles ache
And a nice long walk
You can no longer take.
When the kids don't phone
Even just to check
That you're still alive,
You think 'Why the heck
Am I even here?
Do I matter at all?
Am I #relevant now?
Life begins to pall.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
When the joints all creak
And your muscles ache
And a nice long walk
You can no longer take.
When the kids don't phone
Even just to check
That you're still alive,
You think 'Why the heck
Am I even here?
Do I matter at all?
Am I #relevant now?
Life begins to pall.
When the joints all creak
And your muscles ache
And a nice long walk
You can no longer take.
When the kids don't phone
Even just to check
That you're still alive,
You think 'Why the heck
Am I even here?
Do I matter at all?
Am I #relevant now?
Life begins to pall.
#vss365
My attention span is limited
So to keep my old hands movable
I stick to week-long projects
So the results are #achievable -
And this is the best I can write today
I have to cook a cottage pie.
My attention span is limited
So to keep my old hands movable
I stick to week-long projects
So the results are #achievable -
And this is the best I can write today
I have to cook a cottage pie.
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#vss365
My attention span is limited
So to keep my old hands movable
I stick to week-long projects
So the results are #achievable -
And this is the best I can write today
I have to cook a cottage pie.
My attention span is limited
So to keep my old hands movable
I stick to week-long projects
So the results are #achievable -
And this is the best I can write today
I have to cook a cottage pie.
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
#vss365 #measurable
Only God knows the days I have left -
to me they are #immeasurable
so I live each day as if I am immortal.
If I knew this was my last day
I would spend it saying
over and over
to my children -
I love you.
Only God knows the days I have left -
to me they are #immeasurable
so I live each day as if I am immortal.
If I knew this was my last day
I would spend it saying
over and over
to my children -
I love you.
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#vss365 #measurable
Only God knows the days I have left -
to me they are #immeasurable
so I live each day as if I am immortal.
If I knew this was my last day
I would spend it saying
over and over
to my children -
I love you.
Only God knows the days I have left -
to me they are #immeasurable
so I live each day as if I am immortal.
If I knew this was my last day
I would spend it saying
over and over
to my children -
I love you.
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
We'll have to take #action, they said, but nobody was prepared to be #specific. When the body was discovered, every single one of them blamed the others, and the police couldn't pin it on anyone. Murder by committee.
We'll have to take #action, they said, but nobody was prepared to be #specific. When the body was discovered, every single one of them blamed the others, and the police couldn't pin it on anyone. Murder by committee.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
We'll have to take #action, they said, but nobody was prepared to be #specific. When the body was discovered, every single one of them blamed the others, and the police couldn't pin it on anyone. Murder by committee.
We'll have to take #action, they said, but nobody was prepared to be #specific. When the body was discovered, every single one of them blamed the others, and the police couldn't pin it on anyone. Murder by committee.
Mum would have been 101 today. Miss her a lot. Happy birthday Mum xx
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Mum would have been 101 today. Miss her a lot. Happy birthday Mum xx
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
What do you want to get from life?
I was asked when in my teens.
To be happy as someone's wife
I'd say, like every young girl's dream.
But later, when I was grown and wed,
and faced with #reality
my heart no longer ruled my head
and I found I was happier free.
What do you want to get from life?
I was asked when in my teens.
To be happy as someone's wife
I'd say, like every young girl's dream.
But later, when I was grown and wed,
and faced with #reality
my heart no longer ruled my head
and I found I was happier free.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
What do you want to get from life?
I was asked when in my teens.
To be happy as someone's wife
I'd say, like every young girl's dream.
But later, when I was grown and wed,
and faced with #reality
my heart no longer ruled my head
and I found I was happier free.
What do you want to get from life?
I was asked when in my teens.
To be happy as someone's wife
I'd say, like every young girl's dream.
But later, when I was grown and wed,
and faced with #reality
my heart no longer ruled my head
and I found I was happier free.
#vss365
Welcome Sheila @LoveHealthEd our new host!
Daughter & g/daughter coming for lunch,
Roast chicken, as always, required -
Must take #issue with Millie
For being so silly
Coz the same meal each week makes me tired.
Welcome Sheila @LoveHealthEd our new host!
Daughter & g/daughter coming for lunch,
Roast chicken, as always, required -
Must take #issue with Millie
For being so silly
Coz the same meal each week makes me tired.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
FLANDERS & SWANN - 'A Transport Of Delight' - 45rpm 1957
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November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Seeds drop and grow
The transport
A bird or perhaps a four footed thing
Hooked for a free ride to migration
How can they not have brains?
Roots speak, dig, and hold together
Chemical warfare in ultraviolet
Symbiote in deed
I, the illiterate
Am amazed
#vss365
The transport
A bird or perhaps a four footed thing
Hooked for a free ride to migration
How can they not have brains?
Roots speak, dig, and hold together
Chemical warfare in ultraviolet
Symbiote in deed
I, the illiterate
Am amazed
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Seeds drop and grow
The transport
A bird or perhaps a four footed thing
Hooked for a free ride to migration
How can they not have brains?
Roots speak, dig, and hold together
Chemical warfare in ultraviolet
Symbiote in deed
I, the illiterate
Am amazed
#vss365
The transport
A bird or perhaps a four footed thing
Hooked for a free ride to migration
How can they not have brains?
Roots speak, dig, and hold together
Chemical warfare in ultraviolet
Symbiote in deed
I, the illiterate
Am amazed
#vss365
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Those inhabiting this dystopia
must have some distraction,
some social, chemical, technological ticket
to #transport them out of the present moment
because this very moment is the only place
where the dystopia can be dismantled.
#vss365 #poetry
must have some distraction,
some social, chemical, technological ticket
to #transport them out of the present moment
because this very moment is the only place
where the dystopia can be dismantled.
#vss365 #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Those inhabiting this dystopia
must have some distraction,
some social, chemical, technological ticket
to #transport them out of the present moment
because this very moment is the only place
where the dystopia can be dismantled.
#vss365 #poetry
must have some distraction,
some social, chemical, technological ticket
to #transport them out of the present moment
because this very moment is the only place
where the dystopia can be dismantled.
#vss365 #poetry
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Cheers to the storytellers, the yarn-spinners, the tale-weavers, those who #transport us into elsewhere and otherwhen. We are grateful trespassers in gardens they planted specifically for our wandering. They counterfeit reality better than reality manages, then share their forgeries freely.
#vss365
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cheers to the storytellers, the yarn-spinners, the tale-weavers, those who #transport us into elsewhere and otherwhen. We are grateful trespassers in gardens they planted specifically for our wandering. They counterfeit reality better than reality manages, then share their forgeries freely.
#vss365
#vss365
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these words got me writing on contraband #desire and an old piece in the comments
#unbearable
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#transport
@youngliz.bsky.social
#vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social
#nix
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
#unbearable
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#transport
@youngliz.bsky.social
#vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social
#nix
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
these words got me writing on contraband #desire and an old piece in the comments
#unbearable
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#transport
@youngliz.bsky.social
#vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social
#nix
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
#unbearable
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#transport
@youngliz.bsky.social
#vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social
#nix
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
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For whoever needs this.
*Yelling fuck is mandatory. It helps. It’s science.
*Yelling fuck is mandatory. It helps. It’s science.
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For whoever needs this.
*Yelling fuck is mandatory. It helps. It’s science.
*Yelling fuck is mandatory. It helps. It’s science.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Scalpel. Suction. Sternal Saw.
Finding true love is not an exact #science. Heartache, broken hearts, hearts with holes —I fix them all.
But as soon as I open this man's chest cavity, I see the problem. No heart at all.
A politician. Sew him up. All that money can keep him company. #vss365
Finding true love is not an exact #science. Heartache, broken hearts, hearts with holes —I fix them all.
But as soon as I open this man's chest cavity, I see the problem. No heart at all.
A politician. Sew him up. All that money can keep him company. #vss365
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#vss365 #prompt #Nov15
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
a man is riding a cardboard cart down a street in a city .
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November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#vss365 #prompt #Nov15
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
Good morning, writers!
From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT.
Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings!
My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.
Reposted by Liz Young
The imperative study of #science
Has been stymied by Trump's vile defiance:
Experts fired, grants blocked,
As he goes off half-cocked
To extort his foul brand of compliance.
#vss365 #Science #Research #Health #Medicine #Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #RFKJr #Limericks
Has been stymied by Trump's vile defiance:
Experts fired, grants blocked,
As he goes off half-cocked
To extort his foul brand of compliance.
#vss365 #Science #Research #Health #Medicine #Poetry #News #Resist #Trump #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #RFKJr #Limericks
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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If there was a science
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If there was a science
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
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"Why are you wasting your time with those #science experiments?" asked the #rich man.
"To make the world better," I said.
"For whom?" he asked.
"But who benefits from all your wealth?"
"What a ridiculous question."
"Precisely," I said.
#vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting
"To make the world better," I said.
"For whom?" he asked.
"But who benefits from all your wealth?"
"What a ridiculous question."
"Precisely," I said.
#vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Why are you wasting your time with those #science experiments?" asked the #rich man.
"To make the world better," I said.
"For whom?" he asked.
"But who benefits from all your wealth?"
"What a ridiculous question."
"Precisely," I said.
#vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting
"To make the world better," I said.
"For whom?" he asked.
"But who benefits from all your wealth?"
"What a ridiculous question."
"Precisely," I said.
#vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting
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They talk about #science like it's somewhere between god and a fairytale. The walls get higher and the locks get heavier and we disappear more every day. My body is a bountiful harvest they tell me, my blood an elixir, and I try to remember what it felt like to have a name.
🏷️ #vss365 (science)
🏷️ #vss365 (science)
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The Universe seeded, our progenitors returned home to observe the progress of their creations from afar.
The #science behind survival and progress, quickly turned into the means of death and destruction.
The creators, reluctant Frankensteins, looked on in horror at their monster, Man.
#vss365
The #science behind survival and progress, quickly turned into the means of death and destruction.
The creators, reluctant Frankensteins, looked on in horror at their monster, Man.
#vss365
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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She gave up the science, questioning the magic. She hoarded words until she became rich in stories. Occasionally she would benevolently hand out poems, tipping words into an outstretched mind. Myths that grew in her thoughts like moss, logic packed away and forgotten.
#vssdaily rich
#vss365 science
#vssdaily rich
#vss365 science
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM