Granny Peacock
@grannypeacock22.bsky.social
Drinking tea, puttering in the garden, caring for the kids, learning what I can
Perhaps the quest to leave our comfort zone isn't an impulse we should always indulge. An action that in the beginning may seem horrific, can over time become the next logical step.
September 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Perhaps the quest to leave our comfort zone isn't an impulse we should always indulge. An action that in the beginning may seem horrific, can over time become the next logical step.
The sunlight shines through it all
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The sunlight shines through it all
Turns out I don't use enough electricity to make getting solar panels economically worthwhile
September 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Turns out I don't use enough electricity to make getting solar panels economically worthwhile
I felt so alive traveling this summer. I want sea and sky and nature every day
August 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I felt so alive traveling this summer. I want sea and sky and nature every day
I didn't plant any chamomile this year. It just planted itself. I'll be able to sleep all year and still have some left over.
August 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I didn't plant any chamomile this year. It just planted itself. I'll be able to sleep all year and still have some left over.
A teacher wrote a piece saying moral relativism took away the shock valve of the story. His class said the people did what they needed to survive. The lottery was like appeasing the volcano gods. But without a volcano sacrificing to the gods is cruel with no purpose
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson
Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
www.newyorker.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A teacher wrote a piece saying moral relativism took away the shock valve of the story. His class said the people did what they needed to survive. The lottery was like appeasing the volcano gods. But without a volcano sacrificing to the gods is cruel with no purpose
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
Growing up I was told, "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right," and, "always do your best work." It left me paralyzed so often. When I finally left the place I grew up I was able to thrive, creatively and academically.
"Just make it exist first, you can make it good later" - it's a good mindset for an artist to have
#NieR
#NieR
August 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Growing up I was told, "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right," and, "always do your best work." It left me paralyzed so often. When I finally left the place I grew up I was able to thrive, creatively and academically.
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Read the BANNED BOOKS first....
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Read the BANNED BOOKS first....
Reposted by Granny Peacock
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Size matters, but so does beauty and vigor—at least when it comes to peacocks
In 1871, Charles Darwin introduced his theory of sexual selection by female choice in The Descent of Man. He suggested females of a species would exhibit a preference for beauty and ornamentation when...
phys.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Based on the saying, history is written by the winners, in 2025 the south won the Civil War.
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Based on the saying, history is written by the winners, in 2025 the south won the Civil War.
Near the beginning of this year I thought I should watch more sunrises. It's mid August and this is my second one.
August 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Near the beginning of this year I thought I should watch more sunrises. It's mid August and this is my second one.
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
~Joan Baez
Joan never heard hip hop. The older Scottish protest singers in Glasgow made it part of their show last night
~Joan Baez
Joan never heard hip hop. The older Scottish protest singers in Glasgow made it part of their show last night
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.
~Joan Baez
Joan never heard hip hop. The older Scottish protest singers in Glasgow made it part of their show last night
~Joan Baez
Joan never heard hip hop. The older Scottish protest singers in Glasgow made it part of their show last night