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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 19h

Fwiw I think the metaphor is nonexistent since my kid loves trains and his therapist knows that 🚂 but I still find the perspective funny.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 22h

I think she will appreciate the gesture 💕 🙃

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 22h

My kid’s speech therapist just got back from leave after getting married and he wanted to give her a card. This is what he drew…

Child’s drawing of a train driving towards the viewer

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SemprePhi @semprephi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you are going out beware of mangoes And all such beautiful sweet things. poets.org/poem/problem...

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Problems with Hurricanes

A campesino looked at the air

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That’s right! At a parks program I learned they were once eaten by giant sloths 🦥 … but those aren’t in Ohio these days, so they mostly hang out on the ground until squirrels get *really* hungry. (Not good eating)

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The time of year when these weirdos sometimes bonk you on the noggin on their way to the ground

Osage orange aka monkey brain aka hedge apple and a lot of other names. A bright yellow-green fruit with a very distinctive knobbly texture.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

😆 I get it! It's part of religious education, so I am happily going along as a parent.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are going to a "pumpkin rosary" tonight, which is a new thing for me! Maybe there will be some bats around, too :)

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“The Bat,” Jane Kenyon 🦇

The Bat
by Jane Kenyon
I was reading about rationalism,
the kind of thing we do up north
in early winter, where the sun
leaves work for the day at 4:15

Maybe the world is intelligible
to the rational mind;
and maybe we light the lamps at dusk
for nothing...

Then I heard the wings overhead.

The cats and I chased the bat
in circles—living room, kitchen,
pantry, kitchen, living room...
At every turn it evaded us

like the identity of the third person
in the Trinity: the one
who spoke through the prophets,
the one who astounded Mary
by suddenly coming near.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New rule: in October, you’re allowed to substitute in a bat wherever the Holy Spirit is depicted as a dove.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“At every turn it evaded us like the identity of the third person in the Trinity”

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This article is the first in a series! So exciting.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The author used to be a buyer for Hammons, a major black walnut processor/distributor here in the US, so he really does have the scoop. 🌰 🌳

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is why you get the local paper 👍

Newspaper headline: “The world of black walnuts”

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authodizer @doktrock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Artist and Scientist Susie J Lee's Biography pieces present people's lives as drill cores through geologic layers. ⚒️ Core Sampling: a Biography of Jake; the other two have the same title, but different names. 2013. Metal oxide, clay, minerals, steel, and mixed media. Fabrication: Jared Bender.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you! We have some of that in our home too, though mostly from a different kid 😮‍💨 I’ll check out the link.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That’s it! With you in solidarity. It’s sometimes hard to know the best way to show love at this stage.

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy"

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hugging used to be one of the best ways to calm him down 😔 But yes, community is key. And being a safe presence. Thank you!!

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love him so much but am no longer allowed to hug him. Sigh.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He came down the stairs and said “what’s that smell?” and I answered “pancakes” and now he is livid because I had the audacity to hear him 😬 🙏

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know this is just puberty in general but it does seem particularly difficult given some of his communication struggles.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good morning from my home where our older kid with autism is starting puberty and every lesson we learned about helping him navigate life is now obsolete 😢

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For some reason I find this the funniest part of a tweet which is nonstop funny.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“It is a tradition beloved by House staff and patrons alike — and deeply feared by our local postal workers”

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This year’s Edward Gorey envelope art contest theme is “Menageries and bestiaries and arks and petting zoos for the fearless” - maybe you should enter! 📬 bit.ly/envelope26

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The 2026 Annual All-Ages Envelope Art Contest — The Edward Gorey House

Rejoice: the 2026 All-Ages Envelope Art Contest has been announced. Click the banner to learn more and download your entry form.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026

these river otters are blissfully unaware the Cuyahoga has 13 fires in its history

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hope you both have terrific days tomorrow :)

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s great! I love how much enthusiasm comes through in the letter, despite his mood in the last paragraph.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The whole letter is available here: www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docI... (Darwin also hates orchids.)

darwinproject.ac.uk

To Charles Lyell 1 October [1861] | Darwin Correspondence Project

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m willing to overlook “secret history” which normally drives me nuts in titles because 1) publishers want to sell books and 2) it’s literally about clandestine actions.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s an absolute page-turner while also being a meditation on idealism and power that’s kinda breaking my heart.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I picked this book up to skim it for curiosity’s sake and it’s one of the best things I’ve read this year

Cover of “Fires in the Night” by Matthew Wolfe

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve always known she was special 🐶

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve suggested to her that dirt bagels are gross but idk she seems convinced.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan @sarahbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why would the dog eat the brand-new 1/4-bagel I gave her this morning when she could dig up the one she buried yesterday and eat that 🤔

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"All I can say is no."

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s that time of year: Meet the delightful winners of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize!! I love this prize and always look forward to learning about these collections. Congrats to all the winners and bless Heather and Rebecca for creating this prize 📜 📚

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Meet the Winners of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize - The Millions

In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book coll...

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Grateful to have this little poem (and one other) in Waltz today, in the company of other poets whose work I love.

The cover of Birds of North America, featuring a painted bunting and indigo bunting and maybe an Eastern bluebird.

See a more accessible version here: Birds of North America - Waltz https://share.google/vYScMCx0mdsVa4z3x

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