@dabbe on Litsy

#haikuhive
#haikuaday
Last night while Matt and I were in the jacuzzi (only 82º! 😅), we saw six mourning doves on the wire in our backyard: two were making out; next to them, two were happily sitting side by side, and one was on the far left, all alone. In the middle of us talking about what a life show we were seeing, the lone one flew away. Wish I'd had a camera!

Two young doves kiss while
older doves sit side by side.
Lone dove flies away.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, Jari-chan, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous 😍🐦 💛🐝🖤🐝🐝 18h

kspenmoll How wonderful! 18h

Leftcoastzen Love the doves too. Nice to pause & watch them. 18h

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AnnCrystal Sweet loveliness, best TV show is realtime backyard wildlife 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🕊️🤩🐝💝. 16h

TheSpineView 💖❤️😍💛🐝💛 16h

lil1inblue 💓💓💓💓💓💓 16h

BooksandCoffee4Me So fun! Nature love 💗 15h

Eggs Hey you 2 !! What a fabulous observation! And photos 🐦 🐦 15h

CBee I love doves! Henry and I were walking and he asked me what a “coo” sound was and I said, a dove! I love their sounds. 12h

CBee I love doves! Henry and I were walking earlier and he asked me what that “coo” sound was and I said, a dove! I love their sounds. (edited) 12h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🖤🐝🖤 39m

dabbe @kspenmoll 🖤🐝🖤 39m

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🖤🐝🖤 39m

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐝🖤 38m

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🐝🖤 38m

dabbe @lil1inblue 🖤🐝🖤 38m

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🖤🐝🖤 38m

dabbe @Eggs I can't take credit for the photos ... found those on the internet. 🖤🐝🖤 37m

dabbe @CBee 🖤🐝🖤 37m

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

1. Protesting tomorrow at the state capitol. #nokings ✊🏻💙✊🏻
2. Air conditioning. 😎
3. The #haikuhive. Y'all have brought me so much joy. 🖤🐝🖤
4. Matt. ♥️
5. Kate and Pippa. See above. 🖤🐾🐾🖤

C'mon and share your joys! We all could use some smiles! ☺️

lil1inblue ✊🏻✊🏻 💓💓💓 19h

dabbe @lil1inblue ✊🏻💙✊🏻 19h

AmyG ✊🏻we‘ll be in our tiny town protesting. 18h

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dabbe @AmyG I'll fist pump ya! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 18h

mcctrish ✊🏻 18h

kspenmoll We will also be at #nokingsrally in Hartford ❤️ 18h

Leftcoastzen Nice joys ! 18h

TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 16h

KadaGul @dabbe You Go Girl friend 🤍💪🩵✊🤍🫡 16h

ShelleyBooksie Awesome pic!!! 16h

AnnCrystal ✊🏼💝💝🐝💝🐝💝💝. (edited) 7h

dabbe @mcctrish ✊🏻💙✊🏻 31m

dabbe @kspenmoll ✊🏻💙✊🏻 26m

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! 😍 26m

dabbe @TheBookHippie ✊🏻💙✊🏻 26m

dabbe @KadaGul ✊🏻💙✊🏻 26m

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🖤🐾🖤 25m

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#sewing
#namethatmovie

Eggs Cinderellie Cinderellie🎶🎵 15h

dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤣😍 19m

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Irving Berlin's White Christmas | Irving Berlin

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#white

Thinking wintry thoughts. 🩵

ShelleyBooksie Love this one. 16h

AnnCrystal ❄️💝🎶💝🎶💝🌨️. (edited) 7h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 20m

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Phoenix Rising | Karen Hesse

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

And so it begins. Someday I will move. I hope. The hottest day ever recorded here was 122ºF (50ºC). This Saturday we'll be about 10 degrees away from that. And it's only June. And not even officially summer. Counting the days until fall. 🍁

But it's a dry heat!
People who've never lived here
simply can't say that. 🔥

ChaoticMissAdventures Oregons biggest coffee shop last year hired a CEO from Phoenix, and they announced yesterday they are moving everyone from Oregon to Phoenix so they can all work "together in person". I am sure the Oregon people are going to love this weather..... 2d

JenlovesJT47 I say to people who say that — hot is hot is hot! Speaking as a Floridian. ☀️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🌊 2d

TEArificbooks Do they get what a dry heat feels like. Image thousands of hair dryers placed directly on your skin on every inch of your body on full blast. That‘s what it feels like when it is 120+ outside. We had our air conditioner serviced today to make sure it is in top form for the summer. We are at the point of do not shop or leave the house in the afternoon. Shopping is done before 8 am or after 8 pm. 2d

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JenReadsAlot Gross 2d

AmyG I‘m sorry. Dry heat or not…that‘s brutal. 2d

AnneCecilie I can‘t even imagine this. I start complaining about heat when it‘s a little of half of that temperature 2d

Hooked_on_books Sticking your head in the oven is a dry heat, too, but I don‘t recommend it. I lived in Phoenix for a couple years and wowza, the heat there is something else! 2d

IriDas There is a difference between dry and humid, yes. But they both suck so I‘m not sure what their point is. 2d

julieclair We lived in Dallas for several years, and while the temps didn‘t rise as high as yours, it was a dry heat. And I remember walking outside and feeling like I‘d slammed into a wall. The heat felt like a solid, physical thing. Here in South Carolina, the humid heat feels more like a smothering, clinging hug. It envelopes you. But as @JenlovesJT47 says, #HotisHotisHot and extreme heat is miserable. 2d

Susanita I always think of the comedian John Pinette talking about going to Las Vegas in the summer: “But it‘s a dry heat, Mr. Pinette,” they told me as they loaded me into the ambulance. 2d

TheSpineView @julieclair A perfect description of humidity. Hot is hot and I don't want to try out 110. 2d

TheSpineView Dry is still hot. 💛🐝💛 2d

Amor4Libros At least you have fall to look forward to. It's just hot all the time in the Dominican Republic 😂 2d

MommyOfTwo I don‘t want temps that high but warm enough to go in the pool. It‘s been cooler here than usual. We got in the pool yesterday when it was 82° but now we are back to low 70‘s and 60‘s ? 2d

Eggs Dry 112: like opening the oven door set at 400 degrees and stepping in 🔥 crisp…I feel ya 2d

ShelleyBooksie Wow - such opposites- I'm grumpy because it's June and only 15 Celsius here and rainy. That heat is intense! 2d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures Would that be Dutch Bros? They won't know what hit 'em! 🔥 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I grant you, though, that 100+ º+ humidity over 50% is just soup boiling on the stove. 😅🔥😅 2d

dabbe @TEArificbooks 🎯🩵🎯 If we don't get the dogs out for their walk before 7 AM, #fuhgeddaboudit
2d

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @AmyG I know it's Phoenix, and that's what to expect, but every damn year I still go through sticker shock. 😳 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie It's a true desert out here. 2d

dabbe @Hooked_on_books #iyktyk, right? 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @IriDas “Their point“ as in my point in this haiku? I've had enough folks in my life from out of state who like to tell us Arizonans that we should be grateful it's only a “dry“ heat and not a humid one. Of course, they've never truly lived here for an entire summer (where we do have a monsoon season where it will be 110+ degrees AND 60%+ humidity) to experience the entire spectrum of heat. That's what got on my nerves today and had me write this. 2d

dabbe @julieclair 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @Susanita OMG! 🤣😅🤣 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView Not with the % of humidity you get there! 😅🔥😅 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView TY! 🖤🐝🖤 2d

dabbe @Amor4Libros Oh, no, is it? 😳 What's the lowest it gets there? I am so sorry you have to experience that! I'd say 80º + 80% humidity is equal to 110º here with less than 10% humidity. Both are tough, aren't they? 🔥😅🔥 2d

dabbe @MommyOfTwo Do you have a spare bedroom? I'm on my way! 🤣😅🔥 2d

dabbe @Eggs I know I speak for the Texans, too, right? #ifktyk🔥 2d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie I seriously teared up reading this. Is there any chance it'll be that cold at the end of July? #agirlcandream 😅🔥😅 2d

IriDas @dabbe No, I got the haiku and groaned when I saw your temps, what‘s the point in them saying it in the first place. I‘ve heard it too, having lived in SoCal‘s desert. My ex mil once claimed that after 105F, all heat felt the same. 😂 She had never lived inland. People are so weird about the weather. Why can‘t folks just empathize? 2d

dabbe @IriDas I'm super weird about it because I have lived here most of my life, and I know how horrible it gets. And yet I still can't stop bitching when that first week of that 105+-you-know-will-be-here-until-the-end-of-September season starts.

P.S. I lived in Escondido and understand that inner climate perfectly; it's basically Phoenix! 🔥 Yet the ocean is a hell of a lot closer for you! 🤣 2d

AnnCrystal Crazy, just crazy 🐝🙏🏼🏜️🌤️⛅🌥️🐝💝. 2d

IriDas @dabbe Really? It‘s worse there? I used to console myself by saying “well, at least I don‘t live in Arizona.” 😂 🥵 2d

dabbe @IriDas Now THAT'S funny. 🤣😍🤣 2d

JenlovesJT47 Yes, so true! Just got back from the grocery store at 9 pm and I‘m sweating 🥵 it‘s 90 something here and so humid. 2d

Leftcoastzen Wish I could be gone May 15th to the beginning of October 2d

MemoirsForMe Oh my! Time to stock up on ice cream and popsicles! 🍦 2d

Eggs @dabbe 🙌🏻🙌🏻 2d

bellabella Humidity for us. 😖 1d

lil1inblue Yikes! Just reading that temp makes me hot! Maybe we should have a haiku hive retreat near me - our forecast for the next week has highs in the 50s and 60s! 😂 😉 1d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I feel your pain as we just got back from our dog walk. I hate when my head sweats! 🤣🔥 24h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen That's about the right amount of time, isn't it? 🤣 24h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe Excellent idea! 😍 23h

dabbe @bellabella Yikes. 🥵🔥🥵 23h

dabbe @lil1inblue Where do you live? Cuz I'm now living vicariously through you! 🤩 23h

Leftcoastzen @dabbe though honestly, we had an extra hot October last year . 23h

lil1inblue @dabbe Michigan's Upper Peninsula - near Mama Superior. It's 50 and chilly today. 😊 23h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I was going to write that, but I didn't trust my senile memory. It didn't seem to finally get cool until Thanksgiving! 🤣 23h

dabbe @lil1inblue Oh, what a lovely place! My whole family is from Grand Rapids, and Matt's from Port Huron. We spent our honeymoon on Mackinac Island. But that upper peninsula ... wow! 😍 23h

lil1inblue @dabbe I do love it here! 😍 My family is from Illinois, but I came here for college and couldn't leave! My husband's (Kevin) family is from the Detroit area. 22h

Meshell1313 Ooh no! 🥵 sending cool thoughts your way! 21h

dabbe @Meshell1313 TY! BTW, I hope to be mailing your package tomorrow! 😍 19h

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The Little Prince (Illustrated) | Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry

#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#redrose

Eggs Awwww Le Petit Prince 🌹 2d

dabbe @Eggs Oui, oui. 🥀 2d

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To Have and Have Not | Ernest Hemingway

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whistle
#bogieandbacall
#notapoembutidontcare 😘

TheBookHippie I love her. 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh, so do I. My three B&B movies I watch over and over again: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, THE BIG SLEEP, and KEY LARGO. 2d

TheSpineView Perfect! 🤩😊🌞 2d

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dabbe @TheSpineView 😘😍🤩 2d

lil1inblue She's so great! 😍 😍 😍 23h

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 😍😍😍 23h

JenlovesJT47 I don‘t know how I missed this one. This is great! I love this movie. They had amazing chemistry. 💛🖤💛🖤 21h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Boy did they! 🩶🖤🩶 19h

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The Once and Future King | T. H. White

#threelistthursday
#tlt
@dabbe

Even worse score than last week. Only 4 lists to go, thank God! 🤣
Favorites:
√THINGS FALL APART
√THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING (which should count as 4 books, IMHO).
√TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Read4life I had a whopping 4! 🤪 2d

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1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 6, all from the 1900s. I'm getting worse, not better! 😅
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list6
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

Bookwormjillk I thought I would get better at these but only 7 🤦‍♀️ 2d

shortsarahrose 5 - pretty good considering the only “required reading” book for school on the list was To Kill a Mockingbird. Several others on the list are on my TBR but I haven‘t gotten to them yet. 2d

Amor4Libros 1! 😂 100 Years of Solitude 2d

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RaeLovesToRead Ok... I'm going in... 2d

RaeLovesToRead 4 🤨 2d

RaeLovesToRead For a moment I thought it was 5 but then I was like.. 2d

RaeLovesToRead Nope. Just seen the film lol 2d

Librarybelle Ha! 4 this time! 2d

Kitta 4 🙈 2d

willaful 11, thought it might be a bit better! There were quite a few I *tried* to read... 😂 Favorites are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Once and Future King. 2d

willaful @RaeLovesToRead yup, happens all the time. And sometimes I didn't even see the film, I just read the Mad magazine parody and thought I did! 🤣 2d

RaeLovesToRead @willaful 🤣🤣 Mrs Robinson, are you trying to seduce me? MRS ROBINSON!!!!! 2d

RaeLovesToRead (The film being The Graduate lol) 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I thought so, too! We tied! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2d

dabbe @shortsarahrose I can't even say that! The majority I haven't even heard of! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I say seeing the film counts! It's visual reading! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle @Kitta Yay for no zeroes for us! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 (edited) 2d

dabbe @willaful My favorite book I ever taught was THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. So much good stuff in that tetralogy! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Doesn't she just laugh sexily back at him? 🤣 I bet the movie was better this time! 2d

rwmg Marginally better than last week with 16 (17 if you count 100 Years of Solitude, which I have DNF-d twice). If it hadn't been for my teenage hormones looking for rude bits, I would probably have DNF-d The Naked Lunch as well. 2d

MonicaLoves2Read I did terrible. Just 2 1d

dabbe @rwmg 🤣🤣🤣 I tried SOLITUDE, too, and couldn't get into it. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 23h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read You're not alone! This list is just 😳!!! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 23h

JenlovesJT47 I got a whopping five ☹️🫣 21h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Together we have a dozen! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 19h

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Macbeth | William Shakespeare

#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Ghost guest at banquet.
Only Macbeth sees Banquo.
Crown weighs heavy now.

TheSpineView Shakespeare!! I'm loving it! ❤️❤️❤️ 3d

JenlovesJT47 Nice and eerie, very atmospheric! 🖤🐝💛 3d

lil1inblue Love this! Chef's kiss! 😘 👌 3d

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Itchyfeetreader This is so fun. Love it! 3d

Jari-chan Uh, spooky!! 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @Itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan This is my favorite play of Shakespeare's (and his shortest! 🤣) TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

AnnCrystal Yikes! 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📜🐝💝. 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal #indeedy! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me Love your literary haikus! 💛💛💛 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

julieclair Oooohhhh…. love this. And great art, too! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

Eggs Wonderful! I am going to try a haiku review next!! 3d

dabbe @julieclair I wish I could claim the art! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

dabbe @Eggs Can't wait! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

bellabella So true. So cool.❤ 1d

dabbe @bellabella TY! 🖤🐝🖤 23h

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

This one seems relevant nowadays for some reason.

CatLass007 Great word! I do love #WeirdWordWednesdays! 3d

dabbe @CatLass007 😍🤩😍 3d

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#beautifullife

Eggs 🩵💛💙 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 3d

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Wham!, George Michael and Me: A Memoir | Andrew Ridgeley

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineview

#whisper

Oh, George ... bring me back to my angsty college years. 🤣

TheSpineView Good one! 💜🎶💜 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜♥️💜 3d

Eggs Always loved this song 💖 Probably would not have remembered it but my teenage daughter was always listening to it🎶 1d

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dabbe @Eggs And I ADORED George Michael! I was so bummed to find out he was gay--not for him but for me and my hopes! 🤣 23h

Eggs @dabbe I was really bummed when he died-still young 15h

dabbe @Eggs IKR? 💔 18m

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Crossing a river
to get to the other side
opens up new worlds.

#porthurontopointedward
#usatocanada

JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤 gorgeous picture and haiku ♥️ 4d

AnnCrystal 😍👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌉🐝💝. 4d

Jari-chan 💖💖💖🖤🐝💛 4d

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BooksandCoffee4Me Yes! 💛💛💛 3d

Itchyfeetreader Lovely 3d

TheSpineView So true. Love it! 💛🐝💛 3d

Eggs Lovely 💛🐝🖤 3d

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 😍 😍 3d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal @Jari0chan @BooksandCoffee4Me @Itchyfeetreader @TheSpineView @Eggs @lil1inblue My husband grew up in Port Huron. These are the Bluewater Bridges (two of them side by side). They take you into the U.S. or into Canada. How cool is that? Though I wouldn't blame Canada if they shut down their end of it. 🤩

Thanks for the kind words. 🖤🐝🖤 3d

TheSpineView Great double meaning. 😍💛🐝💛 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍♥️😍 3d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🆒💝💝💝. 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😍♥️😍 3d

julieclair So true! And what an incredible pic! 🌉🌅🐝 3d

dabbe @julieclair TY! 🖤🐝🖤 3d

bellabella It sure does open up a new world! Amazing job, @dabbe 1d

dabbe @bellabella TY, m'dear! 🖤🐝🖤 23h

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Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story | Patrick McDonnell

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

1. I'll preorder any MUTTS book by Patrick McDonnell. When the COMPLETE SERIES of PEANUTS books were being published (they only released 2 a year for a total of 26 volumes between 2004-2016), I always had the next one on preorder.
2. I rarely preorder because my reading style is so mercurial. Except for the books mentioned in #1, I can't recall a time when I've pre-ordered.

All are welcome to play! 🤩

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤍📚 4d

Offmybookshelf I don‘t do preorders because I forget that I did them. 4d

dabbe @Offmybookshelf 🎯🩵🎯 4d

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#icedtea #brisk

Who remembers these puppet commercials from the late 1990s? 🤩
A trip down nostalgia lane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnzBJ2tMPSA

ShananigansReads 🤣🤣 i thought this was an episode of Celebrity Death Match 4d

dabbe @ShananigansReads “That's Brisk, baby!“ 🤣🤩😍 4d

AmyG I do. Forever creepy. 4d

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willaful 😳 😱 4d

dabbe @AmyG I couldn't resist. 🧟 4d

dabbe @willaful Oh, yeah, they were over the top! 🧟 4d

Eggs 🫖💖🧊 3d

dabbe @Eggs 😍 3d

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Anatomy of Melancholy and Other Poems | Robert Wrigley

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whiskers

For you, Lisa. 🐎

lil1inblue 💞 🐴 💞 4d

TheSpineView I love it! Thanks! ❤️🐴 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤎🐴🤎 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤎🐴🤎 4d

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Democracy | Joan Didion

#ranttime Time for us to put our money where our mouths have been. ✊🏻💙✊🏻

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/786191/

Aims42 👏👏👏 Thank you for this link!! 5d

Deblovestoread 💙✊🏼💙 5d

HettyG I'll be there in Denver! 5d

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AnnCrystal ✊🙏🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸✌️. 5d

dabbe @Aims42 YW! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread ✊🏻💙✊🏻 5d

dabbe @HettyG We've got Phoenix covered! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal ✊🏻💙✊🏻 5d

Liz_M Got my signs printed, now I need to get some cardboard to attach 'em to. I'll be joining thousands in Bryant Park, NYC 4d

Leftcoastzen ✊✊✊ 4d

dabbe @Liz_M What a showing that will be! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 4d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen ✊🏻💙✊🏻 4d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Three Garridebs: Case 13 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Fab insight last Saturday, Sherlockians! We're getting even closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Three Garridebs (not to be confused with “The THREE Students“, “The Missing THREE-Quarter“, or “The THREE Gables.“ 🤣 Discussion will be in two weeks (Happy Dad's Day) on Saturday, 6/21, and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Monday's over. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://shorturl.at/xxvc1

Librarybelle Thank you! 5d

dabbe @Librarybelle 😍 5d

Cuilin 👍 4d

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Sorry if it's TMI. 🤕

julieclair 😂😂😍🤪 5d

dabbe @julieclair 🤪#indeedy🤣 5d

lil1inblue 2 aleve, cutie oranges, and lots of gatorade - It was my college cure, and still works! 😂 Also, been there, done that. 😉 5d

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dabbe @lil1inblue Took the Aleve and sending Matt out for Gatorade. Thanks for a cure! 🤪💚🤣 5d

JenlovesJT47 If you ever want to feel your age just go out drinking on a Friday night and wait til Saturday rolls around 😆 no bueno. That‘s why I prefer staying home with books! Hope you feel better! ❤️‍🩹🖤🐝💛 5d

Susanita You need chocolate 🍫 5d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue seconding the oranges and Gatorade…. I use ibuprofen. 5d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I was home!!! 🤣 But we had a friend over and started talking politics and the state of the country, and well, the night digressed from there. 🤪 5d

dabbe @Susanita Will do! 😍 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie The Gatorade has been wonderful. I can feel those electrolytes kicking in! 😍 5d

JenlovesJT47 Welp that‘ll do it! 😅 5d

TheBookHippie @dabbe I‘ve not overdone since 2016 November but it‘s tempting every damn day. 5d

AmyG HAHAHAHAHAHA! Yep. I take Advil and Gatorade. I do 1/2 water, 1/2 gatorade and drink alot of it. (edited) 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Now that's another month and year I done overdone as well. 🤪 5d

dabbe @AmyG I'm almost feeling normal again. 🤪 5d

AmyG Good for you! I‘d be “out” for days. 🤣 5d

dabbe @AmyG Well, my “almost“ is a stretch ... I'd say I'm at 80%! 🤣 5d

AnnCrystal Get some rest 💤 🐝🙏🇺🇸🐝💝. 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 🖤🐝🖤 5d

Eggs Makes my skeleton hurt just thinking about it 😩 So fun when it‘s happening but such a price to pay…. 4d

dabbe @Eggs 🎯🩵🎯 4d

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Welcome to our two new busiest bees: @Jari-Chan and @Itchyfeetreader! Keep our hive buzzing with haikus!

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JenlovesJT47 🐝🐝🐝 5d

TheSpineView 👍🐝💛🐝💛 5d

AnnCrystal Welcome to the magic HaikuHive @Jari-Chan and @Itchyfeetreader, Haiku has been a gift to my everyday, so glad you've joined too 🥳🪄📜✍️🐝💝. (edited) 5d

CBee I have not been in a good place this week - hoping to get back to the hive soon! 🐝 💛 4d

dabbe @CBee So sorry to read that ... though I can relate. We're here always! 🖤🐝🖤 4d

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#mentalhealthmonday @kerrbearlib
My heart is in these NYT headlines:
“America is No Longer a Stable Country“
“The Beautiful Danger of of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise“
“National Institutes of Health Workers Denounce 'Harmful' Policies“
“[#CheetoSatan] Calling Troops into Los Angeles is the Real Emergency“

Martial law is next. Democracy dies in darkness. #ranttime ✊🏻💙✊🏻

Kerrbearlib Yes, yes, yes! 5d

Kerrbearlib Rant all you need, my friend! 💜 5d

dabbe @Kerrbearlib TY! 🩵💙🩵 5d

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Susanita Cheeto Satan! 5d

thebacklistbook What's even worse is that Mango Mussolini is clearly using the LA national guard to distract from the possibility that he is in the Epstein file. 5d

dabbe @Susanita I simply refuse to put his name in print anymore. 🤣 5d

dabbe @thebacklistbook Another great hashtag: #mangomussolini ... and yeah, when is he going to release those files? Never. 🎯 5d

lil1inblue I'm out of words. I hate it here. 💔 💔 💔 (by here, I mean the US, in case that wasn't obvious) (edited) 5d

Deblovestoread And silence … I refuse to use the name as well. ✊🏼 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue Whew! For a nano-second I thought it was Litsy! 🤣 But still ... 🎯🩵🎯 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread ✊🏻💙✊🏻 5d

kspenmoll Thank you for your voice. ✊🏻❤️ 5d

IriDas Now they say something. The msm is 100% complicit in this . 5d

dabbe @kspenmoll Yours, too. #keepfightingthefight ✊🏻♥️✊🏻💙 5d

AnnCrystal ✊✌️🙏🇺🇲💝. 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 5d

BarbaraBB I feel for you and wish you all the strength and power to stand up against this mad man. 4d

dabbe @BarbaraBB TY! We're trying! Watch the news for our Flag Day this Saturday. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 4d

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#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Been having a hard time reading lately with all the shit going on in this country. Thoughts are on L.A. right now. ✊🏻💙✊🏻

JenReadsAlot Great picture... and the reality of this country is terrifying 5d

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 🎯🩵🎯 5d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 5d

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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 5d

Read4life 💙🎯💙 4d

dabbe @Read4life 🩵🎯🩵 4d

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The Complete Peanuts, 1969-1970 | Charles M. Schulz

#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#darkandstormy

Rereading my entire PEANUTS collection this summer is one of the only things keeping me sane while chaos is all around us. #darkandstormynightindeed

Deblovestoread 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🩵💙🩵 5d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 5d

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The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke | Theodore Roethke

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whisk

Love Roethke.

lil1inblue 💚 💙 💜 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 5d

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 5d

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dabbe @TheSpineView 🩵💙🩵 5d

IriDas I read that in school but I can‘t remember the class, only the poem. ♥️ 5d

dabbe @IriDas Thank goodness! 🤩😍🤩 5d

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The Summer Solstice | Ellen B. Jackson

#litsysummercardswap
#summersolstice

Cards will be going out in the mail tomorrow! This activity brings such joy! Thanks again for organizing, @TheBookHippie. P.S. I think it's fitting that your last name is JOY. 💚🍋💚

Soubhiville Looking festive! 6d

dabbe @Soubhiville 💚🍋💚 6d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Came across this picture last fall of our oak tree, Rusty, and thought of this haiku.

As our oak's leaves die,
one last spectacular show
of crimson all aglow.

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JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous 💛🖤💛 6d

Eggs Beautifully written 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 🖤🐝🖤 6d

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dabbe @Eggs 🖤🐝🖤 6d

AnnCrystal 😍 Beautiful 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍃🍂🐝💝. 6d

TheSpineView I love fall. 🧡💛🍂 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 🖤🐝🖤 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView I think that's why I was looking at these pictures. It's not even officially summer, and I'm already pining for fall. 💛🐝🧡 6d

TheSpineView @dabbe IK! It has recently been in the mid-90s with humid in 80% range. It will be a long wait for the cooler temps. 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView Holy guacamole, Batman! I just sweated reading this! 😅💙🤩 6d

lil1inblue I love the rhyme and I love “crimson all aglow.“ BEAUTIFUL! 💓 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! ♥️💚♥️ 5d

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#bestfriends
#namethatduo

Eggs I know them all! Best duos ever!! 6d

dabbe @Eggs YAY! 🤩 6d

thebacklistbook The only two I don't know are center right and true center. 5d

dabbe @thebacklistbook Center: Holmes and Watson. Center right: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 🤩😍🤩 5d

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Dusk's Darkest Shores | Carolyn Miller

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whirlwind

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 6d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Loved this show growing up. Until this. 🤣

Cool jump, fish below__
The Fonz soars, the show's last glow.
He JUMPS THE SHARK! Whoa.

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TheBookHippie 🤣🫣🤦🏻‍♀️ 7d

JenlovesJT47 Love this!! Can‘t go wrong with the Fonz 💛🖤💛🖤💛 7d

jdiehr I actually remember watching this episode 😂 7d

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AnnCrystal The Fonz 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🏍️🐝💝. 7d

TheSpineView I remember this. Loved the show. 7d

MemoirsForMe 😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 7d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT$47 @jdiehr @AnnCrystal @TheSpineView @MemoirsForMe I stumbled on a YouTube clip and just laughed and laughed. I, too, remember seeing it for the first time back in the 70s. That was a fun one to write. Just a “wee“ different from THE CRUCIBLE. 🤣 #thefonz #arthurfonzarelli #mrsc #aaaayyyyyy 7d

marleed Ii kind of love that this failed episode created its own idiom. It‘s almost worth the ridiculous episode! I‘d say Elon Musk jumped the 🦈 on Friday. 6d

Eggs I‘ve never seen this! 6d

dabbe @marleed I agree 💯!!! 6d

dabbe @Eggs Oh, it's a hoot! 🤣 6d

lil1inblue 😍Love. 😂 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue #thefonzabides 🤣🤩😍 5d

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Thanks for the tag, @peaKnit! 😍

#chatterday2025 @AllDebooks

Just survived a walk with the pups in 96ºF weather. (36ºC). 🥵 Now we're ensconced inside our air-conditioned den. I cleaned the house yesterday so that I could laze over the weekend. So far, it looks like a good plan.

Care to share? @TheLudicReader @ShelleyBooksie @Liseworks

LiseWorks I had a market today, perfect weather finally 7d

peaKnit 96! Holy hot! 🥵 way to get it done. 7d

Suet624 That‘s hot!!! 7d

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kezzlou85 Wow thats hot. Hope you can stay cool 7d

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 7d

dabbe @LiseWorks Yay! 😍 7d

dabbe @peaKnit The pups have been passed out all day. 🤣🐾🤣 7d

dabbe @Suet624 But as most people like to say, “It's a dry heat.“ #drymyass 🤣 7d

dabbe @kezzlou85 Thank goodness for the air conditioner! 😅 7d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🎯🩵🎯 7d

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#prairie

Eggs Haunting image! 6d

dabbe @Eggs 🩶 6d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whir

TheSpineView Fabulous! Love ❤️ 7d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🩷🩵💜 7d

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Watching my pups sleep––
side by side and on their sides ...
My Friday night zen.
🖤🐾🐾🖤

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BooksandCoffee4Me Ahhhh! 💛💛💛💛 1w

JenlovesJT47 Love it! 🐶🐶🐶 this is me and cats — my happy place 🐈‍⬛😻. Btw I love the names! 💛🖤💛🐝🐝🐝🐝 1w

AnnCrystal Love this, your Friday night Zen💝💝 👏🏼🐝👍🏼💕🐕‍🦺Pippa🐾Kate🐕‍🦺🐝💝. 1w

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TheSpineView Awww... ❤️🐶❤️ 1w

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

CBee Sweet babies ♥️ 1w

Eggs Awww 🖤 🐾 💛🐕🐕‍🦺 🧡 1w

Read4life 💙🐶💙 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal @TheSpineView @LIbrarybelle @CBee @Eggs @Read4life Pippa and Kate say TH🐾NK Y🖤U! 🖤🐝🖤 7d

julieclair Love this. 🐶🐶 7d

marleed The best! 7d

dabbe @julieclair 🖤🐾🖤 7d

dabbe @marleed 🖤🐾🖤 7d

lil1inblue 💓 🐶 💓 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🖤🐾🖤 5d

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#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dday

Eggs 🩸 💔 🩸 1w

dabbe @Eggs 💔 1w

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whip
#whipitgood

Somebody had to. 😊

TheBookgeekFrau I heard this post 😂😂 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🎵🤣 1w

BarbaraJean 😂 😂 Yesss! I will have this in my head for the rest of the day... 1w

dabbe @BarbaraJean 🤣🎵🤣 I played it while vacuuming today! 1w

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1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

I S.U.C.K.! For the first time, I actually counted how many books I actually recognized: only 28/100! That means I have never even heard of 72 of them! 😱 Of the nine I actually read, here are three faves:
1. THE LONG GOOD-BYE: love Philip Marlowe and Chandler.
2. THE GO-BETWEEN: beautifully written, reminded me of ATONEMENT (though this one came first).
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS. #ofcourse

peaKnit I‘ve heard of 14! Read 6…oof. lol 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures I don't think it is you. We are all big readers and many of us are in the book world. I think a lot of these if we looked are not even being published any longer and so by default did not hold up across generations 1w

RaeLovesToRead I love how these lists are so obscure we are now doing marks for recognised haha 1w

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RaeLovesToRead RIGHT. I'M GOING IN. (Wish me luck...) 1w

RaeLovesToRead I've read 8. But I maintain that quite a lot of the books on this list are made up and don't actually exist. 1w

kspenmoll I have only read 9. Favs: Excellent Woman, Barbara Pym, The quiet American, Graham Greene, If This pis a Man, Primo Levi 1w

dabbe @peaKnit Right there with ya! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures I also think it's because a lot of them are from all over the world, and at least in my case, I pretty much read American/Brit lit. It's rather challenging to find decent translations as well. 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I had to do SOMETHING to make us feel a wee better! 🤣 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🎯🤣🎯 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll Three more for the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

Read4life I‘m consistent. Consistently BAD!!! Just 6 that I‘ve read and 19 that I‘ve heard of before. 😳 1w

dabbe @Read4life I'm with ya, sista! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

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The Crucible | Arthur Miller

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

#thecrucible

Nooses whisper as
the girls' lies waft through Salem––
truth burning in flames.

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JenlovesJT47 Ooh this is creepy! 💛🐝🖤 1w

AnnCrystal Chilling 🥺🐝👍🏼⭐🐝💝. 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal One of my favorite plays that I ever taught! 🖤🐝🖤 1w

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Eggs Oooo this is chilling 😱🥶 1w

JenlovesJT47 I have an ancestor who was tried as a witch but she got off. 😬 1w

dabbe @Eggs I was in a creepy mood today! 🩶🖤🩶 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 In the Salem Witch Trials? W😱WZA! 😱😱 1w

JenlovesJT47 I don‘t remember if it was Salem but that‘s crazy! Every time I read up/watch anything about the witch trials it seems like a made up story. I just can‘t believe people are that cruel and ignorant. 1w

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🆒🎭👍🏼💝. 1w

AnnCrystal Wow, that's incredible family history! @JenlovesJT47 have you seen Witch Hunt (2021)? It was slow but good and incredibly terrifying. Can't even watch it right now because, well, because of this chaotic world we call reality. 1w

TheSpineView Wow! 💛🐝💛 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🎯🩵🎯 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🐝🖤 1w

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal I haven‘t seen it but I‘ll add it to my list! Have you read the Practical Magic series? One of the books is set during the witch trials and it is so good. Actually they‘re all great imo! 1w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 🥳🎬💝. I've only seen the 1998 movie (I believe it's from one of the books). I've heard the books are really good and even more magical ☺️👍🏼💝. 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 Is that the movie with Bullock and Kidman in the 90s? I loved it if it is. And I only read the first book in the series. More for the TBR! 🤩 1w

JenlovesJT47 Yes that‘s the one! The movie is good but the books are amazing 😻 1w

AnnCrystal @dabbe @JenlovesJT47 been years since I've seen the movie...but I really liked it. Adding these books to my TBR too. Thanks JenlovesJT47 🥳📚💝. 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal Cool beans! Time to read some more! 🤩 1w

julieclair Oh my goodness, this is so atmospheric! I remember visiting Salem when I was about 9 or 10 years old. They re-enacted a witch trial and hung the witch at the end. It made quite an impact on my young self. Even then, I felt the supreme injustice of it. 7d

dabbe @julieclair TY! I would have loved to have seen that! I have always been fascinated by the witch trials--way back to when I was about the same age! No wonder I love Halloween. But, you're absolutely right--the absolute horrendous injustice of it all. 7d

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Forgot to post yesterday! 😱

The sounds of all birds
bring symphonies to the heart––
If one will listen.
🕊️🦅🦆🦜🐓🦃🦉🦤🦩🐦‍⬛🪿

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lil1inblue Superb! 😍 😍 😍 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! I was inspired by the birds singing on our dog walk today. 💙🩵💙 1w

kspenmoll My heart is melting…. 1w

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TheSpineView 💜🐦💛🐝💛 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll 💜🩷💜 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🩷💜 1w

JenlovesJT47 🐦💛🐝🖤🫂 1w

AnnCrystal Beautiful! Nothing like the music of birds. Love “Bring symphonies to the heart“ 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎶🐦🐝💝. 1w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💜🩷💜 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜🩷💜 1w

Eggs So true! Can‘t imagine a life without birdsong 🐦🎶🐦‍⬛ 1w

dabbe @Eggs The purest music there is. 💜🩷💜 1w

julieclair Yes!!!!! Love bird songs!!! 7d

dabbe @julieclair Me, too! 💜🩷💜 7d

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 5, all from the 1900s. I'm getting worse, not better! 😅
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list5
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗

willaful 9. Fav is Lord of the Rings. I thought The Floating Opera was awful but I may have been too young for it. Want to read Brideshead Revisited and a Town Called Alice. 1w

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade will be reading BRIDESHEAD this September if you'd like to join us! I want to read that one, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💙 1w

Librarybelle Ha! I read 3 on the list. Many titles I‘m unfamiliar with…yikes! 1w

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shortsarahrose Read 6, have seen the movie for two others I haven‘t read (Zorba the Greek and Doctor Zhivago). I actually feel like I had heard of a decent amount and read more than previous lists, but I think we‘re in a time period that I know more about. LOTR is the favorite I‘ve read, though 1984 was also good. 1w

RaeLovesToRead I maintain that despite my consistently rubbish scores on these, I AM A WELL READ INDIVIDUAL 🤣🤣 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I didn't know 72 OF THEM!!! 😱 #yikesindeedy Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @shortsarahrose LOTR's one of my faves, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You ARE!!! I promise to find better lists once we're done with this one! Ones that include literature we're all better acquainted with! 😍 1w

RaeLovesToRead @dabbe I'm good with the back catalogue of Harlan Coben hehe 😆 1w

Amor4Libros I got 1: Giovanni‘s Room and I read it last year! 🤣 1w

melissajayne 8; A Town Like Alice is one of my favourites 1w

suvata I got 19. Never even heard of most of them. 1w

MonicaLoves2Read 2 both read in high school. 1984 and Catcher in the Rye 1w

Bookwormjillk I got 8. It‘s been a while but I remember liking Cry, The Beloved Country 1w

Amiable Yikes! I‘m just going to throw in another recommendation for

A Town Like Alice

Texreader Three! And proud of it! 🤣 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🤣😍🤣 1w

dabbe @Amor4Libros And that's one I have yet to read! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @melissajayne Now on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @suvata 🎯🩵🎯 You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read Same, well, sorta. 1st read of CATCHER was in high school; I taught it for years as a teacher, too. I was lucky enough to read 1984 my freshman year in college during the year 1984. Reagan was presdient, so we thought it jived pretty closely with the book. 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @Amiable Moving up on the TBR! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

Dragon I just got 9 😂❤️🐉. My favourites of the 9 were Brideshead Revisited, The End of The Affair and Lord of the Rings 1w

DGRachel Missed this yesterday. Off to see how horribly I do…😂😂 1w

dabbe @Dragon You and I tied! #greatminds! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @DGRachel May the force be with you! ✨ 1w

Dragon 🙌❤️🐉 1w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I've read 7 of these. Favorites were LOTR, Bonjour Tristesse (more for the sense of place than story) , & Giovanni's Room. I've slowly been working through the short stories that comprise The Burning Plain, but it's not included in the total read. I disliked Zorba the Greek. I've heard of 41 of these, though I'd be hard pressed to tell you what they are about. I might explore some of these lists & add some to my TBR. It is a diverse list. 1w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Boy is it! You've given me more for the TBR, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

Leniverse I've read 18 of these.
Favourites: Titus Groan (I really need to continue the trilogy), LOTR, and Go Tell it on the Mountain. But also The Mandarins and The Roots of Heaven. Sorry, have to go with all five! 23h

dabbe @Leniverse No need to be sorry ever! Thanks for sharing even more books! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 23h

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The Secret of Chimneys | Agatha Christie

#readyourkindle #readyourbooks
@CBee

How is it June 5th already? 😱

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My Dog: The Paradox: A Lovable Discourse about Man's Best Friend | The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (thanks for the tag; you, too @peaKnit and @Susanita! 😍😍😍)

1. Stay INTERESTED.
2. 📚🤫🤞🏻
3. Reading my weekly dose of THE OATMEAL: https://theoatmeal.com/

All are welcome to share! 😍

Bette Omg! Never saw The Oatmeal before. Thank you! 😊 1w

Eggs Thanks for the link🤗 And thanks for joining in 🥰 1w

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Untitled | Untitled

#junespecials
#worldenvirnmt
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#namethatmovie 🤩

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎥 🍿 🎦 1w

Eggs Wall-E, Mad Max?, Avatar, Lorax, Back to the Future? 1w

dabbe Very close! 😍
TOP: WALL-E, WATERWORLD, INTERSTELLAR
Middle: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, SOYLENT GREEN, THE LORAX
Bottom: AVATAR, RIO, MAD MAX (1979--when Mel Gibson was still cool 🤣) 1w

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Oroonoko | Aphra Behn

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whine

lil1inblue 💕 💖 💕 1w

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 1w

dabbe lil1inblue @TheSpineView 🩵💙🩵 1w

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Who Moved My Cheese? 2004 | Spencer Johnson

#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Years ago, a new principal tried to ram this book down our throats. She even gave us pens shaped like cheese. Needless to say, the next year Matt and I moved to a new school. 🤩

TheBookHippie 🤣😵‍💫 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie We were supposed to act like happy 🐭 no matter how our boss decided to move our cheese. I kid you not. 🧀 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe Mr BOOKHIPPIE got the same book. He left that job too! 1w

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ImperfectCJ We got it just before a merger dissolved our department. They even hired an improv group to act it out. 1w

Hooked_on_books The podcast If Books Could Kill did an episode about this book. They basically take apart how awful it is and the dreadful ways it‘s been used by employers and managers. Plus, the guys doing the podcast are pretty funny. 1w

Eggs Absurd 😕🤪😳😤 1w

Sparklemn @Hooked_on_books A new podcast to try. Thanks! 1w

MemoirsForMe 🙈🙈🙈 1w

Susanita Management flavor of the month 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

Hooked_on_books @Sparklemn You‘re welcome! It‘s a fun one. 1w

JenniferEgnor I remember this one…I hated it!!! 1w

AmyG I will summarize. “I am moving the cheese and you have no choice but to follow because if you don‘t embrace change you lose”. 1w

lil1inblue OMG. I had to read this for work many years ago. I could not stop rolling my eyes. The funniest part is that our owner, who made us read it, is one of the most change-averse men I have ever met. 😂 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie #greatminds! That book was utter bullshit. 1w

dabbe @ImperfectCJ OMG! Now THAT would have been a sight to see! 🤣 1w

dabbe @Hooked_on_books I will have to check this out! 🤩 1w

dabbe @Eggs IKR? 🤬🤯🤣 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🤣🤩🤣 1w

dabbe @Susanita You said it! 🤣🤩🤣 1w

dabbe @JenniferEgnor IKR? 🤣🤩🤣 1w

dabbe @AmyG 🎯🩵🎯 And after all that, you'd better be HAPPY about it! 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue I think that that was THE book for all managers/bosses/principals/you name it in the early aughts. 🤣🤩🤣 1w

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Deception Island: Selected Earlier Poems, 1974-1999 | William Logan

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whimsical

Bklover “Things we desire or only things we deserve”. There‘s a frightening thought! 1w

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 1w

lil1inblue #greatminds I love the last line in this one! 💕 1w

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dabbe @Bklover IKR? 😱 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 😍 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍😍😍 1w

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Untitled | Untitled

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

“I'm just fine,“ I said.
You know what that really means?
I'm not FINE at all.

I'm actually just fine. Truly. 🤩 Just one of many old memories when I wasn't. 🩵

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Reggie, vivastory, Eggs, jdiehr, TheSpineView, CBee, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

CBee Oh yes, I understand this all too well!! 2w

AnnCrystal I'm sure that one speaks to so many, glad you're truly fine now 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🙏🏼🫂🐝💝. 2w

willaful Our family joke is that this is “E.R. Fine.“ Because on the old show, anytime someone said they were fine, they definitely weren't! 2w

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JenlovesJT47 God yes. 😌💛🐝🖤🫂 2w

DebinHawaii I feel this in my soul! 😬🖤🐝💛 2w

dabbe @CBee @AnnCrystal @willaful @JenlovesJT47 @DebinHawaii 🖤🐝🖤 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me We joked that my son‘s tombstone will read “I‘m fine.” As an adult, now, he‘s much more self-aware and shares openly, but when he was a kid… 🫤😐🤷‍♀️ (edited) 2w

dabbe @willaful 🤣 OMG, I loved that show! It premiered the first year I started teaching, and I could so relate to the trauma (#punintended) that the new doctors felt. 💙 2w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me He sounds like he wanted to try to solve everything on his own. While extremely admirable, I can't even imagine how you felt as parents. Glad he's sharing more now. 💙 2w

Eggs Truth! And very relatable 🖤 🐝 💛 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🖤🎯🖤 2w

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 1w

julieclair 🎯💯 Why do we all say that? It‘s rarely true. 1w

lil1inblue YES! 😂 😍 #sorelatable 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🐝🖤 1w

dabbe @julieclair Now there's the million dollar question! 🤔😍🤷‍♀️ 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 🤣😍🤗 1w

TheBookHippie WORD! 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😅 1w

Texreader Yep 1w

MemoirsForMe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1w

dabbe @Texreader 🎯! 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 😍 1w

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The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView (thanks for the tag; you, too @Eggs! 🩵💙)

1. I can't say that ONE book can definitively define a decade, but it can certainly encapsulate it. And you usually know that because you can't imagine the book anywhere but in that decade. ROMEO AND JULIET can occur in any decade; THE GRAPES OF WRATH can't.
2. Near impossible for TGG to exist anywhere but in NYC in the Roaring 20s.

Bookwormjillk Agree 100% 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 2w

Read4life I wholeheartedly agree!! 2w

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dabbe @Read4life 🎯🩵🎯 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🩵🎯 2w

Eggs Agree absolutely 💯 2w

dabbe @Eggs 😍 2w

emilycoc Agree absolutely! Also came here to say this is one of my all time favourite books. ❤️ 1w

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl

#junespecials
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#egg 🥚
#goldenegg 🌟 + 🥚
#badegg 🤢 + 🥚
#iwantitnow !!!
#ifytyk 😉

JenlovesJT47 Do you want to know something highly embarrassing? I‘ve never seen any of these movies including the original! 😳😱Need to fix that! 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Too funny! The oldie in me says you HAVE to watch the older one with Gene Wilder as Wonka. Depp was just too far out there for my tastes. As he is in pretty much everything (except maybe 21 JUMP STREET), but I digress. 🤣 2w

JenlovesJT47 Lol Johnny‘s gonna Johnny! 😆 I definitely need to watch the original, I love Gene Wilder. 💚 2w

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willaful @JenlovesJT47 My first big crush. ☺️ 2w

JenlovesJT47 @willaful one of my favorite roles of his is his bit part in Bonnie & Clyde. He was such a great actor. 💚 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🎯🩵🎯! 2w

dabbe @willaful OMG, mine, too! I had a WW poster in my room! Then I saw ROCKY in 1976 and feel for Stallone. 🤣😍🤣 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 And YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, my husband's favorite movie of all time. 💚 2w

JenlovesJT47 Haven‘t seen that one either, it‘s on my list! 😳 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Oh, you're in for a treat. 🤩 2w

Eggs Agree Young Frankenstein is the BEST🫶🏻 2w

dabbe @Eggs 😍 2w

tpixie @dabbe I agree about Depp! And that Gene Wilder is the best Wille Wonka! 1w

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 oh! Bonnie and Clyde! My 1st R rated movie! My parents were not happy. My friend‘s father took us when I was in first grade to the drive-in theater!! 1w

JenlovesJT47 @tpixie that‘s so funny! B&C is such a great movie. I‘m due for a rewatch, haven‘t seen it since Gene Hackman died. ♥️ 1w

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 it‘s time for a re- Watch! 1w

dabbe @tpixie 🎯🩵🎯 1w

dabbe @tpixie 1st grade? 😱🤣😱 1w

tpixie @dabbe yes! Needless to say that father was not a good role model! 1w

dabbe @tpixie 🎯🩵🎯 1w

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Nimbus | Robert P Baird

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#whimper

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🖤💙 2w

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