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Beth Bonness

@bethbonness.com
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Poet & writer | Creator of Thought Echoes 🎧 Podcast & Newsletter | Every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact on somebody’s life. Thought Echoes bethbonness.com/newsletter ➚

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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 7h
Jeannine Ouellette Sensory Detail 5 mins; literal & sensory; pick 5 fragments 1) squiggly lined 2) coffee blanket 3) ear echo 4) morning whisper 5) slippery swallow Read each aloud with “I am…” @jeannineouellette.bsky.social
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 29/09/2026
Anybody else tapping into Dirty, Messy, Alive? I listened to one of the prerecorded sessions with Jeannine Ouellete (sooo good). I’l going to try her “Daily Sensory Incantation” practice for 5 days posting my 5 most interesting/unique/jagged/strangest here. www.dirtymessyalive.com
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 28/09/2026
Guess what just arrived in the mail? Can’t wait to finish! #dreamfall #WillDowd
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 28/09/2026
The Japanese art-form of Kintsugi as a metaphor for life: #kintsugi #relationship bethbonness.substack.com/p/do-you-hav...
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Do you have a relationship that feels cracked?
Marriages and all relationships take patience and time with inevitable fissures.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 27/09/2026
Sunday Reflection — The Cracks Between Us Repair doesn't mean pretending the crack never happened. Perhaps it means allowing the relationship to become something different because it did. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/LtjxHP0 #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Relationships #Repair
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 26/09/2026
It all started with the thought – what if we put little yellow ducks in the bioswale pond outside when it filled up during the rains? substack.com/@bethbonness...
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It all started with the thought – what if we put little yellow ducks in the bioswale pond outside when it filled up during the rains? That led to: 1) Macy’s story about a clerk who made up a price b...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 26/09/2026
✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Céline Santini✨ We spend so much energy trying to hide the cracks. Céline Santini explores Kingsugi & what becomes possible when imperfection is no longer something to outrun. 🎧 Listen to full episode: buff.ly/kt0NKdv #ThoughtEchoes #Kintsugi #Imperfection
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Are You Impatient with Imperfection? The Wisdom of Kintsugi | Céline Santini | Thought Echoes with Beth Bonness
Listen as Céline Santini, a passionate ambassador of transformation & author of: Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection, shares her insights about using Japanese art therapy & modern psychology…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/09/2026
When we’d get our report cards my Dad glanced at my grades, he’d say (every time), “Math's the only grade that counts.” Who knows what would have happened if I pursued my poetry instead? Read more 👉 buff.ly/P1MUa95 #authentic #influence
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/09/2026
Who haven’t you told how they made a difference in your life? #gratitude #memories @hirokoyoda.bsky.social bethbonness.substack.com/p/what-is-gr...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/09/2026
Sunday Reflection — Gratitude Some people don't know how much they have shaped us. Who might you want to thank while there is still time? 👉 Read more: buff.ly/ZCVswOd #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Gratitude #Relationships
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What does gratitude feel like?
How can we let people know the impact they had on our lives while they are still alive and not just words said at their funeral?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/09/2026
Love Manzanita🌿
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/09/2026
✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Hiroko Yoda✨ Gratitude can begin with noticing that we were never as alone as we thought. Hiroko Yoda invites us to see gratitude less as a feeling we summon & more as a way of seeing. 🎧 Listen: youtu.be/RQavmMSNCu0 #ThoughtEchoes #Gratitude @hirokoyoda.bsky.social
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How Gratitude Reshapes Us | Hiroko Yoda | Thought Echoes Podcast
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/09/2026
From the Thought Echoes Archives: How does gratitude reshape us? In conversation with Hiroko Yoda. @hirokoyoda.bsky.social #gratitude #Japanese #Japan youtu.be/RQavmMSNCu0
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/09/2026
In the morning when you wake up, do you ever feel the tug between your conscious selves pulling you up into the day as your subconscious selves are pulling down to keep you in the liminal space? #liminal #subconscious substack.com/@bethbonness...
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In the morning when you wake up, do you ever feel the tug between your conscious selves pulling you up into the day as your subconscious selves are pulling down to keep you in the liminal space?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/09/2026
𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲/𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿? When you were trying to decide how you’d be spending the rest of your career focused on? substack.com/@bethbonness...
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𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲/𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿? When you were trying to decide how you’d be spending the rest of your career focused on?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 14/09/2026
Happy Memory Monday Do you stay connected to a younger version of yourself? bethbonness.substack.com/p/ribbon-of-...
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Ribbon of time…
Your younger-self holding one end and you the other.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 13/09/2026
Sunday Reflection — Thriving with AI We often ask whether AI will change our lives. Thriving may have less to do with keeping pace with every new tool than with knowing when to step toward it — and when to step away. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/VTOJpaP #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #AI #Thriving
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What does it mean to thrive in a world with AI?
What do you need to thrive and how can you create space for yourself and others — with and without AI?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 07/09/2026
Shout out to @monicacparker.bsky.social for her Wonderbringers newsletters and introducing me to the online magazine: @psyche.co . They cover so many good topics, like minding the bag between who you are and want to be: psyche.co/guides/how-t... #Psychology #MentalHealth #Wonder
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How to become the person you want to be | Psyche Guides
Close the intention-action gap and live the way you want, using insights from the cognitive neuroscience of habits
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 06/09/2026
Sometimes you just have to join the national conversation locally… 🌿 @gloriasteinem.bsky.social #feminism #inspiration www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...
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Readers respond: Growing up with Gloria Steinem’s message
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 05/09/2026
Harlan Coben Wants You to Write a Novel. He’ll Tell You How. “The only thing that counts is writing…You have two choices when you hear that voice: You can let it paralyze you or you can let it fuel you.” #memoir #writing #story www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...
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Harlan Coben’s New Book Is a Tough-Talking Writing Guide (Gift Article)
Even a very successful thriller writer fights self-doubt. His new tough-talking writing guide doubles as a memoir that explains why, and how to beat it.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 05/09/2026
✨ Saturday Memory Lane — Fredric Marshall✨ AI may be changing faster than we can keep up with. But perhaps keeping up was never the point. 🎧 Listen to full episode: buff.ly/0azwY1Y #ThoughtEchoes #SaturdayMemoryLane #AI #StayingHuman
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Staying Human in the Age of AI | Fredric Marshall | Thought Echoes with Beth Bonness
Future Strategist Fredric Marshall explains AI, intentionality, human-AI collaboration, and how to stay grounded during rapid change.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 03/09/2026
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 03/09/2026
Who Else Had Gloria Steinman’s Voice in Their Heads? substack.com/@bethbonness... #GloriaSteinman #Freedom #Choices
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 02/09/2026
Who thinks 97 is close enough to 100 to count? Yayoi Kusama: “It’s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,” she was quoted as saying. “I hope to create works which would be remembered by history.” substack.com/@bethbonness...
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97 is close enough… Yayoi Kusama: “It’s difficult to achieve evaluation in art history unless you keep trying to create good works for about 100 years,” she was quoted as saying. “I hope to create wo...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 31/08/2026
Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula “This is the work of gardeners & poets:/ clearing the part for others/ moving steadily, but circuitously/ toward the center of the labyrinth/ nothing but weeds in our hands.” #poetry
Book cover of Weeding the Labyrinth by Margaret Chula with abstract golden sun and crystalline formed ice and black lines like tender branches.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 30/08/2026
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Distraction isn’t always interruption. Sometimes it’s avoidance— 🍃 of stillness 🍃of discomfort 🍃of what might surface if we paused What are you moving away from? 👉 Read full article: buff.ly/tuzCgsz #Distraction #Attention #ThoughtEchoes
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What happens when we're distracted & how can we learn to better manage our distractions?
What happens when we’re distracted too often? How can we better manage our distractions and regain our traction for the people and projects that are important to us?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 28/08/2026
When I first heard of 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄'𝘀 book, I was struck by two first impressions: 🍃 it was for guys 🍃 the loneliness and disconnection sounded like it was for everyone 🎧 Listen to to interview on YouTube: Are You Living Or Only Performing? | Judd Shaw | Thought Echoes Podcast youtu.be/Gxi5vRd9UR4
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 24/08/2026
Hello poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth 🦋 Margaret Chula December Fugue “Early-morning brume Wind releases a glissando of leaves.” #poetry #gried
Book cover of Weeding the Labyrinth by Margaret Chula with abstract golden sun and crystalline formed ice and black lines like tender branches.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 24/08/2026
Hello 🦋 poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk —for this week's #LiftToTheSky Weeding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula At Home at the Playa “I have always wanted a view like this: to begin my day; the flat floor of a distant desert basin/ silent, placid, still holding some of the night” #Poetry #FavoriteLine
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 22/08/2026
In honor of Ray Bradbury’s bday - 1 of my favorite pieces of advice: “Read poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles we don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the sense & keeps them in prime condition…all poetry is compacted metaphor/simile.” #RayBradbury #poetry
Book Cover of Ray Bradbury's book Zen and the art of Writing in calligraphy script.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/08/2026
What a great word…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/08/2026
“And … try again” Love that your favorite poem is about hope :)
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/08/2026
Beautiful Fred…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 21/08/2026
Beautiful image…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/08/2026
#Experimenting I love experimenting. One time my youngest daughter experimented with paper-making for her wedding: 🌱 a tub of water 🌱 a small picture frame 🌱 modified splatter guard screen 🌱 lavender from her yard 🌱 early drafts of memoir & old tax paperwork www.bethbonness.com/blog/redefin...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 20/08/2026
Congrats Heather!
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 19/08/2026
𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀. How are emotions stored in our bodies? And how can we release them? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵... #Authenticity #MindBody #Emotions #ThoughtEchoes 🎧Listen to the whole conversation: buff.ly/Eh8N45s
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 18/08/2026
Happy Serendipity Day 🦋 What if? is one of my favorite questions. Whether during my 30 years in high-tech or at home. It leaves room for possibility by suspending disbelief. www.bethbonness.com/blog/what-is... #serendipity #synchronicity #randomness #possibility
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What is serendipity?
What is serendipity? What’s the difference between serendipity and synchronicity? And how can I bring more into my life?
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 16/08/2026
Love the line, “Some friendships fade with photographs.”
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 16/08/2026
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 Respect often shows up in ordinary moments. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯? 👉 Read more: buff.ly/2WwMnJK #SundayReflection #ThoughtEchoes #Respect
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/08/2026
I have a favor to ask… Over a decade ago, my husband & I chased a crazy project that saved a mansion from demolition. Moved video from Vimeo to YouTube. Favor: like, comment, share, subscribe. I have to start over w/views. 1min youtube.com/shorts/cfhrF... 4min youtu.be/WOygXqzOF7g Thank you!
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Crazy Idea: We Moved a 100-Year-Old Mansion
*A glimpse of the improbable story behind a 100-year-old mansion—an...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/08/2026
Love that…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/08/2026
Congratulations!
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 15/08/2026
I know! Right? My husband bought a Blu-Ray with a copy of the script tucked into the box. PS. i meant DID (not DIS :))
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 14/08/2026
Why DIS I go to see The Odyssey when I knew it was so violent? #1 Christopher Nolan: fav movie Inception #2 Matt Damon: 3 girls like us #3 Anne Hathaway #4 IMAX #5 cultural participation: FOMO? something non-political to talk about Wish Nolan made < violent films www.imdb.com/title/tt3376...
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 11/08/2026
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵? How can you close the gap between sharing who you authentically are? Start with a conversation... 🎧 Listen to Thought Echoes Podcast trailer with Judd Shaw Full podcast 👉 buff.ly/Z52Po32 #ThoughtEchoes #Authenticity #JuddShaw
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 10/08/2026
It’s Monday. Lift a poet or press whose work you trust. Let’s build visibility together.
A black-and-white photograph of seabirds flying above a calm sea. Gentle waves roll toward the shore beneath a pale sky. In the centre of the image, handwritten-style text reads “#LIFTTOTHESKY,” with “@thebrokenspine.co.uk” beneath it. The Broken Spine fountain pen logo appears in the top right corner.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 10/08/2026
Hello 🦋 poets & @thebrokenspine.co.uk — For this week's #LiftToTheSky Wedding the Labyrinth Margaret Chula Inspiration “Tasting them [apples], acknowledge the small seeds that mark/ their beginnings and their endings./ Inside us now, the sprouting.” #Poetry #FavoriteLines
Book cover for Weeding the Labyrinth by Margaret Chula, an abstract drawing of the sun and icy vines.
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 04/08/2026
Still haven’t visited! On list…
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · 04/08/2026
Thanks for reposting @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk — I reread that poem this morning and I’m trying to send an email to Margaret. I just love that metaphor.!
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