Living next to a pub, I'm used to late-night revellers shouting but what really annoyed me was the chap who would imitate an owl hoot around 2.30am every night. Now pubs are shut I realise the hooting still goes on and it's not a drunk. It is actually an owl 😳

This Harvard Epidemiologist Is Very Popular on Twitter. But Does He Know What He’s Talking About? - The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/This-H…

I forgot I posted an end of the world #poem last year. I obviously got a few things wrong. link.medium.com/sI40AP02N5 #amwriting #poetry #writingcommunity

What a great idea! #supportlocal RT blogTO: This food box delivery service in Toronto is also a tour of local restaurants bit.ly/3amReEz #Toronto #deliveryTO

Facebook reminded me of an experience I had with a stranger named Priscilla on this day last year. One year later and I hope dear Priscilla is healthy and staying home to call her friends herself. medium.com/scribe/a-borro… #amwriting #kindness #writingcommunity

“A page intentionally left without words.” Beautiful #poem by @WriterAnnaB. medium.com/annapoetics/sp…

“Love comes in many forms. Don’t judge.” medium.com/one-minute-wit… #amwriting #funny #weallneedalaughaboutnow #writingcommunity

“Do You Like Snakes?” by Mark Starlin link.medium.com/5k2J4lXuS5

“In that week in mid-March, nobody knew how things would evolve, so you had to assume the worst: that borders would close, and nobody would be allowed in or out of the countries.” Diana Bernardo link.medium.com/WdfKBJCzS5

“In a world of social distancing, it's not easy to find your one and only.” medium.com/one-minute-wit… #humor #funnyblogpost #newblogpost #writingcommunity

“Love comes in many forms. Don’t judge.” medium.com/one-minute-wit… #humor #funnyblogpost #amwriting

“Truthfully, I don't know how we'd never met before.” medium.com/one-minute-wit… #amwriting #funnyblogpost #writingcommunity #quarantinelife

For my fellow scribblers, a lesson on rewriting by Mario Montalbetti, translated by Clare Sullivan.

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Lovely #haiku by Sylvia Wohlfarth called “Please Stay” on Medium. #poetry link.medium.com/guBUESx8x6

I wrote a #poem about a different octopus, not Otto but Inky. medium.com/the-junction/o… #amwriting #poetry #writingcommunity

How do I miss this important holiday every year? medium.com/the-haven/lost… #amwriting #lostsocks #writingcommunity #humor

Far Side creator Gary Larson publishes first new cartoons in 25 years theguardian.com/books/2020/jul…

My #todayspoem choice is from the poem In Defense of "Moist" by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib: "the night Michael Jackson died / everyone black / in Ohio / danced in a basement / until the walls were moist / and we saw our heroes / resurrected in the reflection / of our own drowning."

“Having arsenic in your kitchen was not uncommon or suspicious, it was often the best defense against rats. It didn’t help that it looked an awful lot like sugar and was sometimes kept in unmarked containers” link.medium.com/wMmZhpBDUab