read books...

Read books. Read everything. Read history to learn how societies grow strong and then fall apart. Read physics to understand that the universe doesn't care what you think. Read biology to see how amazing and delicate your body is. Read psychology to learn how often your brain… pic.twitter.com/oZDKvWcb1l

— Sri Sudharsan (@IamSriSudharsan) August 15, 2026

respect old beauty...

2 views of ashamed...

my old Datsun 120Y had attitude never #ashamed to stall mid roundabout or mid traffic llights #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 August 2026 at 08:58

little blackbirds
seeking garden insects
are not #ashamed of
strewing groundcover
on my front path yet again #vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 15, 2026

winds and shadows...

#vss365

I’ve stopped asking⁰whether the wind is lost⁰or simply curious

There’s a kind of courage⁰in walking where certainty⁰never learned to grow

Even the shadows⁰change their mind at sunset⁰stretching toward futures⁰that haven't yet⁰been dreamed into existence

So I… pic.twitter.com/9jEiuSJYL6

— Nacho & Alice (@Nachokeys21) August 5, 2026

2 views of shrewd...

they watch they listen they learn and they plan #shrewd crows and magpies #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 15 August 2026 at 08:50

my loved Muppet
knew her love
drew love in return
and endless freebies
my kitty was #shrewd #vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 14, 2026

2 views of cling...

about once a week they drop to earth to poop mostly they #cling to trees no stage divas just happy slow sloths #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 14 August 2026 at 18:25

in a rescue dogs' home
there is nothing sadder
than seeing a lone dog
who can only #cling to
a tattered, stuffie friend #vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 14, 2026

2 views of garden...

busy crows build their love nest in a well-watered #garden aka the fertile eaves of my neighbour's roof #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 13 August 2026 at 09:50

trees
flowers and
weeds
all have their place
in life's #garden#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 12, 2026