You can tickle the penguins
And get them to laugh
You can just sing a song
To amuse the giraffes
Just a little soft-shoe
Will delight the woodchucks
But try as you might
You can’t

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

~ Rumi

#Quote #Rumi #Mindfulness

Sometimes the light hits just right and if you’re lucky, you’ll be there in that moment to appreciate it.

#NaturePhotography #nature #exploreBC #cityofPG #mindfulness

@bosquebill they can be wiley & circle back around

Beloved old friend,
with ragged and frayed edges,
worn smooth by memory

#dailyhaikuprompt
#senryu

Clouds gather, settle
Variegated blue and grays
Breaks on horizon

#dailyhaikuprompt

Strange men appeared in the center of town. They stopped a passerby. "What country is this?" they asked.

"The United States?" the passerby replied, bewildered.

"What year is it?"

"Uh... it's 2026. How do you not know this?"

The strange men smiled. "We are part of a safari expedition from the future - a safari to punch Nazis."

"Oh! Then I think you want Germany in the 1930's or 40's."

"No," replied the strangers, "we are exactly where we are supposed to be!"

#microfiction

FFS... Longtime human rights commissioner fired by governor after social media posts critical of ICE
#Idaho
https://www.kmvt.com/2026/02/06/longtime-human-rights-commissioner-fired-by-governor-after-social-media-posts-critical-ice/

RE: https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/116043425320462330

Update: a 14-year-old U.S. citizen who was attending the Idaho horse race federal agents raided has described being zip-tied there. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today highlighting the mistreatment of families at the community event. Here's more from @CBSNews.

https://flip.it/wb_HcX

#Idaho #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #Immigration

I love this!

“This 21-Year-Old Bagpiper Plays Through Tear Gas to ‘Fire Up’ Anti-ICE Protesters.
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.”

https://lataco.com/protest-bagpiper

"Did you know," asked the royal wizard, "that many of your subjects believe that invisible dragons are spying on them and reporting back to me? Or that the potatoes we encourage them to grow are poisonous? The people of this town will believe just about any fool thing they're told."

"Some, perhaps," replied the king. "But I believe you underestimate the intelligence of the average person."

"In my experience, Sire," said the wizard, "that's impossible."

#microfiction

The town of Wilder, Idaho, may have thought its deep-red politics could insulate it from the Trump administration's immigration raids. It was wrong. Federal agents swarmed a horse track last October, rounding up more than 100 people and later deporting 75. The town has a population of just 1,725. “We rely on Hispanic labor,” said farmer Chris Gross. She added: “Nobody thought something like this could happen here.” Here's more from @newyorktimes. [gift link]

https://flip.it/VUG.cd

#TrumpAdministration #Immigration #USPolitics #Idaho

A sudden flurry,
a lone deer bursts through the grass,
twilight disturbed

#dailyhaikuprompt

let us start to live
in harmony with nature
so earth's wounds can mend

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry

we should have a national quiet day, where everyone just shuts the fuck up for 24 hours

Bare branches silhouette
against a backdrop of clouds
full moon oversees all

#haiku

This morning as I kindle the fire upon my hearth, I pray that the flame of divine light may burn in my heart and the hearts of all I meet today.

I pray that no envy and malice, no hatred or fear, may smother the flames.

I pray that indifference and apathy, contempt and pride, may not pour like cold water on the fire.

Instead, may the spark of divine light in my heart burn brightly through the day.

May I warm those who are lonely, whose hearts are cold and lifeless, so that all may know the comfort of divine light.

~ traditional Celtic prayer
#Imbolc

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iamdavidobrien/115997038734637603

Happy #Imbolc to all who celebrate - which is everyone in the northern hemisphere, whether you know it or not.

We’re midway from the winter solstice to the equinox. The great darkness is behind us; #Spring will come.

Even if you don’t mark it, you feel it. Birds are singing. Flowers appearing. Skies lightening. Buds bursting. And dolphins are cavorting (sponsored by @Dolphinchaz)

It’s the most joyous time of year in the #Celtic calendar.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGreens/115974048687478059

Does the world respect the #USA, now?

‘Abolish ICE’ Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
#Chicago #Politics #ICE

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/abolish-ice-submitted-9200-times-for-chicago-snowplow-naming-contest-records-show/