D M Gordon
@dmgordon.com
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.
Pinned
Tracking the wild pine cone. Found.
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tracking the wild pine cone. Found.
cool!
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
cool!
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Good morning Bluesky. Some summer beauty to help with this drab rainy Winter day. Gerber. Example of Fibonacci Squence.
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Good morning Bluesky. Some summer beauty to help with this drab rainy Winter day. Gerber. Example of Fibonacci Squence.
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Best of 2025 count down: #15
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)
Barefoot Beach 10-19-25
Bonita Springs, Florida
Size: 1cm
That thorn discourages some predators.
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay #RedWed #eastCoastKin #Bugsky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugs #insects #nature #art
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)
Barefoot Beach 10-19-25
Bonita Springs, Florida
Size: 1cm
That thorn discourages some predators.
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay #RedWed #eastCoastKin #Bugsky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugs #insects #nature #art
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Best of 2025 count down: #15
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)
Barefoot Beach 10-19-25
Bonita Springs, Florida
Size: 1cm
That thorn discourages some predators.
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay #RedWed #eastCoastKin #Bugsky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugs #insects #nature #art
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)
Barefoot Beach 10-19-25
Bonita Springs, Florida
Size: 1cm
That thorn discourages some predators.
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay #RedWed #eastCoastKin #Bugsky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #bugs #insects #nature #art
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The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
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“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
― Rainer Maria Rilke
December 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
― Rainer Maria Rilke
This ends up evoking a fascinating conversation in the comments. How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!"—Shakespeare, in case you're haunted. The Tempest. Anyway. The conversation is delightful and informative.
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
(1/10)
(1/10)
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This ends up evoking a fascinating conversation in the comments. How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!"—Shakespeare, in case you're haunted. The Tempest. Anyway. The conversation is delightful and informative.
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Gloria Torner. Flores rojas, 1979
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gloria Torner. Flores rojas, 1979
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Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
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December 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Loving leaf sheep this morning. Costasiella kuroshimae. Tiny, adorable sea slugs look like sheep and photosynthesize by stealing chloroplasts from the algae they eat, making them one of the few animals that can create their own food from sunlight.
December 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Loving leaf sheep this morning. Costasiella kuroshimae. Tiny, adorable sea slugs look like sheep and photosynthesize by stealing chloroplasts from the algae they eat, making them one of the few animals that can create their own food from sunlight.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa’s sleigh ever since a child in 1955 tried to call Santa and accidentally reached a colonel at the Continental Air Defense Command.
#Santa #Christmas
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
#Santa #Christmas
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 23, 2025
On December 24, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will celebrate seventy years of tracking Santa’s sleigh.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa’s sleigh ever since a child in 1955 tried to call Santa and accidentally reached a colonel at the Continental Air Defense Command.
#Santa #Christmas
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
#Santa #Christmas
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...
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It stands.
Free, proud, and strong.
Greetings from Kyiv
to the sane part of the world.
Free, proud, and strong.
Greetings from Kyiv
to the sane part of the world.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It stands.
Free, proud, and strong.
Greetings from Kyiv
to the sane part of the world.
Free, proud, and strong.
Greetings from Kyiv
to the sane part of the world.
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Starry Night over the Rhône River | Vincent Van Gogh
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Starry Night over the Rhône River | Vincent Van Gogh
Gotta repost Diebenkorn!
December 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Gotta repost Diebenkorn!
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Happy Winter Solstice!
On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge
Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️
#StandingStoneSunday
#Archaeology
On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge
Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️
#StandingStoneSunday
#Archaeology
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Winter Solstice!
On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge
Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️
#StandingStoneSunday
#Archaeology
On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge
Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️
#StandingStoneSunday
#Archaeology
Every day is dogday. Luna and Brio, two seniors now who still remember how to play.
#Dog #Havanese #CotondeTulear #Happy
#Dog #Havanese #CotondeTulear #Happy
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every day is dogday. Luna and Brio, two seniors now who still remember how to play.
#Dog #Havanese #CotondeTulear #Happy
#Dog #Havanese #CotondeTulear #Happy
#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #PoetsofInstagram #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #GoodEnough #DMGordon #ThursdayPoem
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Here are NOT two hoppers. The one on the left has shed its outer self on the right. (Wish I could do that!)
#Gray is a top-tier portrait artist. He's counting down with the Best of 2025. Check out his page.
#Gray is a top-tier portrait artist. He's counting down with the Best of 2025. Check out his page.
Best of 2025 count down: #19
Fresh moult
Vagrant grasshopper
(Schistocerca nitens)
1-15-25 in Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
#grasshoppers #Orthoptera #entymology #moulting #ecdysis #puertoRico #macro #photography #macroPhotography #insects #bugs #nature #bugsky #eastcoastkin
Fresh moult
Vagrant grasshopper
(Schistocerca nitens)
1-15-25 in Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
#grasshoppers #Orthoptera #entymology #moulting #ecdysis #puertoRico #macro #photography #macroPhotography #insects #bugs #nature #bugsky #eastcoastkin
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Here are NOT two hoppers. The one on the left has shed its outer self on the right. (Wish I could do that!)
#Gray is a top-tier portrait artist. He's counting down with the Best of 2025. Check out his page.
#Gray is a top-tier portrait artist. He's counting down with the Best of 2025. Check out his page.
One of my best (I think), published in SWWIM. I love this journal, the poems they curate, the community they've built. Check them out! Sign up for a poem a day. You won't be sorry. I love getting them in my inbox. Swwimming every day.
#poem #poetry #horse #SWWIM
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#poem #poetry #horse #SWWIM
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SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM
by D M Gordon He was, as advertised, a good horse. We became like an old married couple— fat and sheeny at thirty, he could still buck me off. A vet said cancer, in November, before frozen ...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One of my best (I think), published in SWWIM. I love this journal, the poems they curate, the community they've built. Check them out! Sign up for a poem a day. You won't be sorry. I love getting them in my inbox. Swwimming every day.
#poem #poetry #horse #SWWIM
www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda...
#poem #poetry #horse #SWWIM
www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda...
It's never a waste of good time to spend a couple minutes with Suzanna on her farm in Ireland. ❤️🙏
Today was a miserably wet day, I also had a flat tire in pouring rain from a hedge cutting chip but this evening’s skies were so worth it. Just stunning and this video doesn’t do them justice.
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's never a waste of good time to spend a couple minutes with Suzanna on her farm in Ireland. ❤️🙏
The places Bluesky transports us! Grateful.
The sound of their chatter. ❤️ The color of the lake. The mountains.
Thanks Mamady.
The sound of their chatter. ❤️ The color of the lake. The mountains.
Thanks Mamady.
In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background!
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The places Bluesky transports us! Grateful.
The sound of their chatter. ❤️ The color of the lake. The mountains.
Thanks Mamady.
The sound of their chatter. ❤️ The color of the lake. The mountains.
Thanks Mamady.
This one. #HeatherCoxRichardson, on Substack lately, necessarily, has been a fire hose of dark news, a thousand daggar stabs to the heart. This is politically uplifting, from a Rob Reiner movie.
#poltical #aspirational #RobReiner
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
#poltical #aspirational #RobReiner
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This one. #HeatherCoxRichardson, on Substack lately, necessarily, has been a fire hose of dark news, a thousand daggar stabs to the heart. This is politically uplifting, from a Rob Reiner movie.
#poltical #aspirational #RobReiner
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
#poltical #aspirational #RobReiner
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...