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rflove.bsky.social
HS English teacher who does some writing (unpublished histfic novels, some shorts, some poetry), dad. he/him www.ryanflovewriter.com
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Out on my first paddle of the year. Keuka Lake.

my first ever published poem is live!!!! lots of queer love, gender confusion, radical acceptance ❤ ty again @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Reading chapters from a student's novel and leaving this classroom door cracked open because across the hall, 25 teens are singing through this summer's musical for the first time. Creativity and the arts are alive, friends.

Beer, cheese, bread, book.

put an em dash key on the keyboard you cowards

Our locust trees in bloom.

Ducklings!

A good morning to all. If you're writing today, may the good words flow. If you're not, may other good things come just as readily.

A local coffee shop during a quiet spell is an awfully nice place to be. Three consecutive days of writing. Starting to get my rhythm back.

I've had a stretch where life has been too crazy for me to find writing time, but it's a beautiful spring morning. Let's see if I can get back to it.

It's a crazy busy week, but my friend has a poetry reading tonight, and that is a schedule- clearing event. Looking forward to it.

After a stressful period of teaching, like grading to prepare report cards, it's nice to have a reward. The Pretty Reckless in Pittsburgh, opening for AC/DC.

Remove a letter, ruin a movie. Jurassic Ark Ear Window Shat

I wrote a hundred words today. Every bit is progress, and each day with a paragraph helps the next come more easily.

That season when even a century-old maple looks sprightly.