Laura Grace Weldon
@lauragraceweldon.bsky.social
Writer, poet, book editor, hope monger, cranky pacifist, effusive introvert. Author of four books. Braided Way editor. she/her Ohio 6a lauragraceweldon.com
"To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves..." ~Matt Haig
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves..." ~Matt Haig
From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut
"There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming."
~Sue Monk Kidd
~Sue Monk Kidd
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming."
~Sue Monk Kidd
~Sue Monk Kidd
"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the Earth gives me daily and I must return the gift."
~Robin Wall Kimmerer
~Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the Earth gives me daily and I must return the gift."
~Robin Wall Kimmerer
~Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas
We’re the promise of one people,
one breath declaring to one another:
I see you. I need you. I am you.
~Richard Blanco
one breath declaring to one another:
I see you. I need you. I am you.
~Richard Blanco
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’re the promise of one people,
one breath declaring to one another:
I see you. I need you. I am you.
~Richard Blanco
one breath declaring to one another:
I see you. I need you. I am you.
~Richard Blanco
Many things make me happy. Growing and preparing food for people I love is right up there at the top. May all of us, everywhere, have enough to share.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Many things make me happy. Growing and preparing food for people I love is right up there at the top. May all of us, everywhere, have enough to share.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
It seems like morning's news can't get worse, and yet somehow it does day after day after day. Where's my damn elf hat anyway?
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It seems like morning's news can't get worse, and yet somehow it does day after day after day. Where's my damn elf hat anyway?
By the always-remarkable Kim Stafford.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
By the always-remarkable Kim Stafford.
"Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge;’ from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibilities are sisters."
~Rebecca Solnit,
~Rebecca Solnit,
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge;’ from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibilities are sisters."
~Rebecca Solnit,
~Rebecca Solnit,
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas