Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.https://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpokq3was2v"Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible." ~ Bob Harper17 Sep 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpokq3was2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpohtkqgs2vI'll tell you how the leaves came down, The great Tree to his children said: "You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown, Yes, very sleepy, little Red. It is quite time to go to bed. -Susan Coolidge17 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpohtkqgs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpocw7tas2vIn the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.~EGilbert17 Sep 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpocw7tas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpo7uv7bs2v"If I retire doing the character, I don't think the character has to retire. There will still be caricatures of Elvira. You know, Dracula still works, and he's dead." ~ Happy birthday, Cassandra Peterson!17 Sep 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpo7uv7bs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpo2mi62s2v"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way." ~ Walter Hagen17 Sep 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpo2mi62s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpnz5vmsc2vLet us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every second. -Virginia Woolf17 Sep 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpnz5vmsc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpnmgrmcs2vAfter every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. -William R. Alger17 Sep 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpnmgrmcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpngdmy6s2vOh! fruit loved of boyhood — the old days recalling, When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling; When wild, ugly faces we carved on its skin, Glaring out through the dark, with a candle within... ~John Greenleaf Whittier17 Sep 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpngdmy6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpnfhqrfs2vTone and color, frost and fire, Wings the nocturne Nature plays upon her lyre. - William Stanley Braithwait17 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpnfhqrfs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpnepuq6s2vThe truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it. -Happy birthday, Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet!17 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpnepuq6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpnd6qxcs2vHappy birthday, Wile E. Coyote!17 Sep 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpnd6qxcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmsb6ny22vIf you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. -Ashleigh Brilliant17 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmsb6ny22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmr2i65c2vWhat a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne17 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmr2i65c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmpwcqzs2v"A library is never complete. That’s the joy of it. We are always seeking one more book to add to our collection." ~ Catherynne M. Valente17 Sep 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmpwcqzs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmmfff422vWhere thou art, that is home. -Emily Dickinson17 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmmfff422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpml6mcb22v"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three now." -Alice Kahn17 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpml6mcb22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmjuw6u22vAnd though you be foolish or though you be wise, With hair of silver or gold, You could never be young as the fairies are, And never as old. -Rose Fyleman17 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmjuw6u22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpmalwvf22v"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." ~ Paulo Coelho17 Sep 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpmalwvf22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpm6xw7u22vHappiest of birthdays, Mary Stewart! Let's hear from the Mary Stewart fans-- favorite book? I loved them all but maybe Nine Coaches Waiting. Or, My Brother Michael.17 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpm6xw7u22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpm5jnur22vI never panic when I get lost. I just change where it is I want to go. -Happy birthday, Rita Rudner!17 Sep 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpm5jnur22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvpm3pb4xc2v"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work." ~ Mary Oliver17 Sep 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpm3pb4xc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvplydn4x22v"I have pass’d my time in reading, writing and fretting – the last I intend to give up and stick to the other two." -Keats17 Sep 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvplydn4x22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6s73po22jThe boughs of the oak are roaring inside the acorn. -Charles Tomlinson16 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6s73po22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6qte7ic2jThe first step toward tolerance is respect, and the first step toward respect is knowledge. -Happy birthday, Henry Louis Gates!16 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6qte7ic2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6nmnwe22jLife is a party. Dress for it. -Audrey Hepburn16 Sep 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6nmnwe22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6kpby3s2jI saw oldAutumn in the mistymorn Stand shadowless like silence, listening Tosilence for no lonelybird would sing Into his hollowear fromwoods forlorn Norlowlyhedge norsolitarythorn Shaking his languidlocks all dewy bright With tangled gossamer that fellbynight Pearling his coronetofgoldencorn.―THood16 Sep 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6kpby3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6doadx22jIf a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then? -Samuel Taylor Coleridge16 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6doadx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn6apgmts2jIt is hard to say which is more indelible in a parent's memory — the anxious minutes that lasted forever or the cozy forevers that lasted a minute. ~Robert Brault16 Sep 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6apgmts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn5yukhi22jThe only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments. ~Mad Magazine (Robur Tea Room in Sydney, Australia, on March 24, 1939)16 Sep 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn5yukhi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mjjaxn.bsky.social/post/3mvn5s5s5g22j"When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee." ~ Helen Hayes16 Sep 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:55fxth6bgr4qt5e53i3o73dd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn5s5s5g22j