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Clinical Psychologist & Mum to the best, most beautiful Lala. L.A./Japan/Kashmir/Delhi/Simla 🐶📚 🏏 🍉 🌈

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
❤️
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rebinding old book into a treasure Original post
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Andrea Gibson 💙 @andreagibson.bsky.social @buttonpoetry.bsky.social
INSTEAD OF DEPRESSION

try calling it hibernation.
Imagine the darkness is a cave 
in which you will be nurtured 
by doing absolutely nothing.
Hibernating animals don't even dream.
It's okay if you can't imagine 
spring. Sleep through the alarm 
of the world. Name your hopelessness
 a quiet hollow, a place you go 
to heal, a den you dug, 
Sweetheart, instead 
of a grave.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Give her an oscar for that? Original post
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"tonight I will miss you so bad i will squeeze a pillow to my chest imagine that weight is you smothering me" —Harri Chan beestungmag.com/issue28/emot...
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emotional saw traps by Harri Chan
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"The Peace of Wild Things" This poem found me during COVID when I moved back to the Simla Hills..it resonates now through my grief at Lala's passing and the ecological devastation we are witnessing. RIP Wendell Berry #poetrysky #readersky #booksky
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with ten acts you've seen live Depeche Mode David Bowie Fiona Apple Interpol Arooj Aftab Boygenius The XX Lilith Fair 1999 --my first :)
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Suma @sumad.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
National Grief Awareness Day 💜💛 Image by Cruse Bereavement Support
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A Shinto priest at the torii (gate) of Itsukushima Shrine at low tide on Itsukushima Island, Japan, circa 1955. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
a Shinto priest (kannushi) standing in quiet contemplation before the monumental grand gate (ō-torii) of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island. Framed from behind, the solitary priest—clad in a traditional white upper garment (byakue) and pleated hakama trousers—is visually dwarfed by the colossal scale of the sacred structure. Positioned on the exposed, wet sand during low tide (hikishio), he gazes past the massive wooden pillars toward the distant, hazy mountain ridge across the Seto Inland Sea. The dramatic low-angle perspective emphasizes the soaring curvature of the gate's top lintel (kasagi), establishing an arresting visual dialogue between human devotion, monumental timber architecture, and the natural landscape.

Architecturally, the grand gate of Itsukushima represents a masterwork of ryōbu (four-legged) torii design, characterized by main upright pillars reinforced by four subsidiary legs (chigo-bashira) for structural stability against severe coastal tides and sea winds. Constructed from centuries-old, natural camphor trunks (kusunoki), the base of the gate reveals thick encrustations of barnacles and water marks, marking the high-water line where the structure ordinarily appears to float magically atop the ocean surface. Historically, Miyajima was revered as a sacred island (shintai-zan) so pure that the entire shrine complex was built over the intertidal zone to avoid disturbing the holy soil. The ō-torii thus functions as a monumental ketsukai—a sacred boundary separating the profane physical world from the divine domain of the island's three tutelary sea goddesses (Munakata Sanjoshin).

Taken during the mid-1950s—a decade defined by Japan’s quiet postwar reflection and cultural renewal—the photograph captures an enduring moment of spiritual continuity.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Some sounds you'll recognize if you were alive in the 1980s. All of the sounds are created by interacting with these then-everyday objects. [📹 rerunthe80s] Original post
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Happy birthday, “Kind of Blue”. Released 67 years ago today. 🎂 “You have to know 400 notes that you can play,” Miles said. “Then pick the right four." [“So What"] 🙏🏼
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 06/08/2026
A damn fine list with entries by @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @stephcha.bsky.social, @michaelconnelly.bsky.social, and @gillianflynn.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century (Gift Article)
Hundreds of novelists, librarians, editors and other book lovers voted. See how their ballots stack up.
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BOOK PSA: Eschew the ♀️cardboard cutouts in Nolan's Odyssey: Circe/basic witch, Penelope/basic wife, Athena/basic Goddess & Calypso/basic. INSTEAD Read/listen to: Penelopiad- Margaret Atwood, Circe- Madeline Miller, The Odyssey-Emily Wilson & The Women of Troy trilogy- Pat Barker #booksky #readersky
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This. #booksky #readersky #timelinecleanse
Your don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. - C.S. Lewis
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Bluesky is frankly rubbish for people outside of the U.S. / the western world. So much is happening in India -- hunger strikes and youth protests -- to change the system and barely a peep here.
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🎯 have been thinking about this a lot--both personally and for my clients #psychsky #therapysky
The mother's unconscious is the child's reality -- Harold Searles
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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is the biggest win by runs by a visiting team in Tests against England women. India simply superb throughout. One of the most impressive, dominant displays in the format. #ENGvIND
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today again, this mama monkey came looking for Lala.. They would often just hang out. it broke my heart but it was also a reminder of how much Lala was loved 💔💖🌈 #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
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Arr Ghoulish David @arrdavid.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Asking children aged 9 what they think they'll be like when they're 40.
I am forty. I have wrinkles and grey hair and I would have a walking stick to help me walk.

Rita Monaghan, 9

I am forty. I am turning old. I just left work because I cannot manage going up and down hills. I know I will soon die.

Jennifer Turner, 8
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Lala and her smile 💞 ( I miss her with a deepest ache) #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
Sketch of the best girl Lala
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
When Lala made it to Page 4 (bottom right) of the Hindustan Times. Our first Pride parade in Delhi (2013)🌈 #dogsofbluesky #pridemonth #timelinecleanse
Newspaper clipping celebrating Delhi Pride
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ah Marjane Satrapi 💔..To die of a broken heart seems all too plausible. #booksky
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
💯 agree..I attended a seminar by Nancy McWilliams in 2024 in California. She is great--accessible, knowledgeable, and practical yet the base is fundamentally psychodynamic. #psychsky #booksky
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Aha so perfectly 🎌. The mascot for Miyazaki Kyushu, where I lived, was a mango and the mayor was constantly dressed like one 😁 🥭 #timelinecleanse
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Literary Fiction audiobooks are keeping me sane right now. 💯 recco: A Room With A View (E.M.Forster) read by the wonderful Rebecca Hall! She has the best voice and did all the characters splendidly. #booksky #readersky #litsky
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Lala's birthday is today. In her honor, we went to Lodhi Gardens to feed the squirrels & birds..the LG dogs got her favorite vanilla ice-cream. In their midst, I felt Lala's presence- joyous, graceful and beloved 💞. Video: May 21, 2019 Lala singing Happy Birthday #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 01/05/2026
The great historian came of age at the end of British rule in India. Now 94, she continues to defy a regime determined to forget the pluralism and dissent of India’s past. A Portrait by Raghu Karnad
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Romila Thapar, doyenne of Indian history and of dissent | Psyche Portraits
The great historian came of age at the end of British rule in India. Now 94, she continues to defy a regime determined to forget the pluralism and dissent of India’s past
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/05/2026
With “Snow,” Sohrab Hura evokes the paralysis of Kashmir, a territory claimed so ferociously by India and Pakistan that they’ve fought several wars over it, pushing its people into anger, ruin, and, since the 1980s, armed uprisings against Indian rule. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/X_ZSMK
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's Lala's birthday month..so a lot of photos of her will pop up. Here's one of us playing Hide and Seek.. I'd go around the house saying "where's my Lala?" And she totally understood the assignment 😁 #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
Lala doggy in the kitchen cupboard playing hide and seek
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Such a great painting.. A decade before Lala, I had two cats in Los Angeles..Maggie (an imperial Russian Grey) and Harley ( a silly and friendly grey/ white) . For both, making the bed was a favorite activity. Harley loved Maggie, who kinda tolerated her😎. #catsofbluesky #artsky
Two best cats
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"Sleeping Ducks", 1910, Japan Artist: Ohara Koson
In this 1910 woodblock print, Ohara Koson (1877–1945) demonstrates his exceptional ability to capture the natural world with both scientific accuracy and deep poetic sensitivity. The composition features two ducks—one white and one with mottled brown and grey plumage—resting side-by-side in a state of tranquil slumber. Koson utilizes a soft, minimalist background to focus entirely on the birds, using delicate ink washes to define the soft volume of their feathers and the tuck of their heads into their wings. This piece is a quintessential example of the Kachō-ga (bird-and-flower) genre, highlighting the peaceful stillness of a private moment in nature.
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
To commemorate my Lala (as her birthday approaches), I got this Noren (curtain) from Japan depicting Okinawa Lion Dogs.. She not only looked like them but was also my fiercest protector who always stopped to smell the flowers..❣️ #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
Lala the lion fogNoren ( japanese curtain) depicting lion dogs
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Lovely from Lala Ded ( my Lala was her namesake) #poetrysky
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is the best one!!🐕❣️ #Artemis #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I still can't believe my sweet playful Lala is gone. This was last year-- chasing 🐿️ 🐿️ in her favourite Lodhi Gardens #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
It has come to my attention that not all of you are aware that this exists. So, here it is. It exists. Dozens of channels of randomized music videos and bumpers. Choose your era and return to your childhood. Bookmark it for when you need to escape back. wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html
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MTV REWIND - 33,000+ Music Videos • Zero Ads • Zero Algorithms
Experience MTV's golden era with 33,000+ music videos spanning 6 decades. Free 24/7 streaming. No ads. No algorithm. Just press play.
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Lala trying to get her treats (circa 2015).. Look at that face and pose...she just cracked me up. #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse #imissyou
Lala dog standing on her hind legs  looking for her treats
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
So beautiful..This song broke and mended my heart at the same time.. #dogsofbluesky
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
On Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest (and books about trips gone awry). buff.ly/0R24BWB
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Hitting the road? Here are three recommendations about trips that get out of hand.
If you’ve talked to me in the last couple of weeks, you’ve no doubt heard me gush about Satyajit Ray’s exquisite Days and Nights in the Forest, a funny and touching Bengali language Indian film tha…
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Jennifer Doyle @fromaleftwing.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
super helpful in for teaching: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate! ☪️ ( Srinagar, Kashmir)
Jhelum Mosque , Srinagar Kashmir View from the Bund, Srinagar
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Takuo Matsuzawa @matsuzawa.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
To Many, These Buildings in Japan Are Magnificent. They’re Doomed Anyway. In Morioka as well, beautiful and highly original buildings designed by Mr. Kikutake were destroyed and stripped of their essential character. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/a...
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To Many, These Buildings in Japan Are Magnificent. They’re Doomed Anyway.
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Asif Siddiqi @historyasif.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Lala's smile...how I miss you my sweet darling. Six weeks since you left and I'm totally unmoored. #dogsofbluesky
Smiling Lala doggy
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ah so. Grief is a giant neon sign, protruding through everything, pointing everywhere, broadcasting loudly, “Love was here.” In the finer print, quietly, “Love still is.” #poetrysky #dogsofbluesky
 

 

As Long As There Is Love, There Will Be Grief.

The grief of time passing, of life moving on half finished, of empty spaces that were once bursting with the laughter and energy of people we loved.

As long as there is love there will be grief because grief is love’s natural continuation.

It shows up in the aisles of stores we once frequented, in the half-finished bottle of wine we pour out, in the whiff of cologne we get two years after they’ve been gone.

Grief is a giant neon sign, protruding through everything, pointing everywhere, broadcasting loudly, “Love was here.” In the finer print, quietly, “Love still is.”

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Cutest Lala after a haircut (2018)
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It is now two weeks since my Lala left.. On most days I feel I will be pulled under by my grief ..and then a gentle nudge sends me back to the world. I wish we had longer my sweet brave darling girl but you stayed as long as your body could hold out. #dogsofbkuesky
The best dog ever
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Goodbye my Lala 💔 Thank you for being my steadfast companion, my soul dog, my provider of love & wonder for 14 years. I will miss everything..especially your little heartbeat under my hand & your one eye looking at me with such love and trust. Until we meet again, my sweet girl.. #dogsofbluesky
Best and most dapper Lala
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P.S. @levitatestoo27.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Here's Lala on Christmas with her grandma whom she ( not so secretly) secretly loves more than she loves me. #dogsofbluesky #timelinecleanse
Christmas doggy with Grandma
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