Donna May
@dmaydreaming.bsky.social
Story & Dream Tender, conducting writing and dream groups. Author of the Portal of Dreams Journal Book. In a world of fake everything, learn to trust your body, your dreams, your stories.
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Be warned: Trump is plotting to expand his cruel deportation machine even more this year.
Here's what you need to know about your right to due process. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=AJsWWmKMHIKtPUqR
Here's what you need to know about your right to due process. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=AJsWWmKMHIKtPUqR
What is Due Process?
Robert Reich
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January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Be warned: Trump is plotting to expand his cruel deportation machine even more this year.
Here's what you need to know about your right to due process. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=AJsWWmKMHIKtPUqR
Here's what you need to know about your right to due process. https://youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ?si=AJsWWmKMHIKtPUqR
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"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected."
- John Steinbeck
- John Steinbeck
December 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected."
- John Steinbeck
- John Steinbeck
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As the new year approaches, my latest post on why I will be seeking to create rituals not resolutions. This post is free on Substack.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As the new year approaches, my latest post on why I will be seeking to create rituals not resolutions. This post is free on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/begininw...
open.substack.com/pub/begininw...
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Donate now to power Tiny Desk concerts, local reporting and more: n.pr/4pCcFIx
Donate now to power Tiny Desk concerts, local reporting and more: n.pr/4pCcFIx
December 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
For 50+ years, the NPR Network has offered America trusted information, free of charge. As public media faces a future without federal funding, we're relying on you to sustain this work in 2026 and beyond.
Donate now to power Tiny Desk concerts, local reporting and more: n.pr/4pCcFIx
Donate now to power Tiny Desk concerts, local reporting and more: n.pr/4pCcFIx
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Big thank you to all the essential workers out there who are working tonight and over Christmas - nurses, doctors, hospital staff, paramedics, firefighters, police, prison staff. Care workers making home visits.
Bless you.
Bless you.
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Big thank you to all the essential workers out there who are working tonight and over Christmas - nurses, doctors, hospital staff, paramedics, firefighters, police, prison staff. Care workers making home visits.
Bless you.
Bless you.
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As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters. n.pr/3XS3t7h
All about character: Jane Austen fans on their favorites
As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As Jane Austen fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they also celebrate her characters. n.pr/3XS3t7h
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I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability
we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons
we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons
October 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability
we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons
we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons
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Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
Birthday of William Faulkner, BTD in 1897. Nobel Prize Winner; Banned Book Author (all the best creatives are, right?)
#WilliamFaulkner #Writers #BTD
#WilliamFaulkner #Writers #BTD
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Birthday of William Faulkner, BTD in 1897. Nobel Prize Winner; Banned Book Author (all the best creatives are, right?)
#WilliamFaulkner #Writers #BTD
#WilliamFaulkner #Writers #BTD
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“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
-Benjamin Franklin
-Benjamin Franklin
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
-Benjamin Franklin
-Benjamin Franklin
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Synchronicity is Jung’s coinage for what we can call ‘meaningful coincidence’, when the inner and outer worlds reflect each other with such accuracy and obvious meaning that to resort to mere coincidence as an explanation is useless.~Gary Lachman, 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
September 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Synchronicity is Jung’s coinage for what we can call ‘meaningful coincidence’, when the inner and outer worlds reflect each other with such accuracy and obvious meaning that to resort to mere coincidence as an explanation is useless.~Gary Lachman, 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
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If you notice an unconscious fantasy coming up within you, you would be wise not to interpret it at once. Do not say that you know what it is and force it into consciousness. Just let it live with you, leaving it in the half-dark.~Marie-Louise von Franz
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you notice an unconscious fantasy coming up within you, you would be wise not to interpret it at once. Do not say that you know what it is and force it into consciousness. Just let it live with you, leaving it in the half-dark.~Marie-Louise von Franz
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“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…”
@profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition
#FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein
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@profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition
#FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley and the Scottish Gothic Tradition | National Library of Scotland
Explore the profound impact of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' on literature and culture.
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August 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…”
@profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition
#FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein
www.nls.uk/papercut/mar...
@profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition
#FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein
www.nls.uk/papercut/mar...
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According to Jung, metaphor affects the person on three levels: the mental level on which we interpret meaning, the imaginative level, where the actual transforming power resides, and the emotional level connected to the feelings embodied in the metaphor. ~Ralph Earle
August 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
According to Jung, metaphor affects the person on three levels: the mental level on which we interpret meaning, the imaginative level, where the actual transforming power resides, and the emotional level connected to the feelings embodied in the metaphor. ~Ralph Earle
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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If we have identified too closely with the light, have too idealized an image of ourselves, then our shadow will surely come up and hit us on the backside. The same is true if we have identified with our negative side. Either position is a denial of our wholeness.~Marion Woodman
August 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If we have identified too closely with the light, have too idealized an image of ourselves, then our shadow will surely come up and hit us on the backside. The same is true if we have identified with our negative side. Either position is a denial of our wholeness.~Marion Woodman
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We ❤️ Kate DiCamillo
Why do you love Little Free Libraries?
Why do you love Little Free Libraries?
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We ❤️ Kate DiCamillo
Why do you love Little Free Libraries?
Why do you love Little Free Libraries?
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As English poet W.H. Auden put it in “𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴”: “We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the present and let our illusions die.~Richard Rohr, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳
August 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As English poet W.H. Auden put it in “𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴”: “We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the present and let our illusions die.~Richard Rohr, 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳
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I am indeed convinced that creative imagination is the only primordial phenomenon accessible to us, the real Ground of the psyche, the only immediate reality.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘎 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘐
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I am indeed convinced that creative imagination is the only primordial phenomenon accessible to us, the real Ground of the psyche, the only immediate reality.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘎 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘐
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‘Take a daily walk with grace, comrades, out on the margins to the blessed misfit mystic untamed place.’
August 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
‘Take a daily walk with grace, comrades, out on the margins to the blessed misfit mystic untamed place.’
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An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. Joshua Bennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech:
Why So Many MIT Students Are Writing Poetry
A professor at the Institute discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. What might it mean for the future of AI?
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August 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. Joshua Bennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech:
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NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Feed Your Head
Even now, especially now, your curiosity is powerful.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
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Kiva-step vase, 1993, by Jean Bad Moccasin, artist of the Lakota Sioux Nation #WomensArt
August 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Kiva-step vase, 1993, by Jean Bad Moccasin, artist of the Lakota Sioux Nation #WomensArt
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When you go into the body you encounter your history and all that may be dwelling there. The body is the best authentic text that we have, and carries the burdens that our psyche has repressed until they can be brought to consciousness.~Tina Stromsted
August 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When you go into the body you encounter your history and all that may be dwelling there. The body is the best authentic text that we have, and carries the burdens that our psyche has repressed until they can be brought to consciousness.~Tina Stromsted
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A great work of art is like a dream; for all its apparent obviousness it does not explain itself and is always ambiguous. A dream never says "you ought" or "this is the truth." It presents an image and it is up to us to draw conclusions.~CG Jung
August 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A great work of art is like a dream; for all its apparent obviousness it does not explain itself and is always ambiguous. A dream never says "you ought" or "this is the truth." It presents an image and it is up to us to draw conclusions.~CG Jung