The sun has burned me,
\nAnd while I know it’s my fault,
\nMy fury boundless.
\n…a haiku on why I can’t even THINK because Lord have mercy do my arms itch/hurt!! Aaaaaaaaaahhhh 😭
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\nThe last time I felt this free,
\nWas a dream long gone.
\n…a haiku for the 5k I ran this morning. I once called myself a Runner and am determined to do so again. Do not let illness or the world convince you to be less than You.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/88116135","date_published":"2026-04-12T19:15:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 19:15","date_timestamp":1776021312,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87869600","content_html":"“And if you speak to my betrothed like that again, I won’t have you killed, no. I will do it myself, with pleasure.” #unrelatedcharacterquotes
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/03/23/do-you-bowlieve-in-the.html","date_published":"2026-03-23T15:52:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 15:52","date_timestamp":1774281143,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86738191","content_html":"A quiet sun day
\nOnly birds and the soft wind
\nA clown horn calls out.
\n…a haiku for a tiny event that made me laugh for several minutes. Out here writing in this gorgeous glimpse of spring and somewhere in the distance, one lone clown horn honk. The kids must be free and having a great time.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/86056089","date_published":"2026-03-12T15:53:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 15:53","date_timestamp":1773330839,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86012188","content_html":"Hi my name is Callie and I have a comma addiction.
\nAs I refurbish old posts, I’m am finding my biggest issue is the onslaught of unnecessary commas! Why did I feel the need to instruct so many breaths and dramatic pauses??
\nSo there. Only used 1 this whole post.
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\nMy eyes, they thank you
Your great technical knowledge
\nSustained my scrolling 👏
\n(A thank you haiku)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/84542146","date_published":"2026-02-18T21:04:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-18 21:04","date_timestamp":1771448661,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84485201","content_html":"I swear the damn light
\nIs brighter than it once was
\nIn the dark I hide.
\n…a haiku for my conspiracy that the lowest setting for screen light on the iPhone is brighter than it once was. Let me lower it further! How am I supposed to waste bed time in these conditions??
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\n“… the saying is death warmed over.”
\n“No baby, you look like death forgot you in the back of the fridge and then threw you in the microwave.”\n#unrelatedchacterquotes
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/83813175","date_published":"2026-02-08T00:44:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 00:44","date_timestamp":1770511466,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83812680","content_html":"“So yeah, I’m throwing stones from glasses houses. But at least I can see clearly from in here.” #unrelatedcharacterquotes
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/02/07/so-yeah-im-throwing-stones.html","date_published":"2026-02-08T00:34:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 00:34","date_timestamp":1770510893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83528270","content_html":"“I like my tea hot enough to burn the day away.”\n#unrelatedcharacterquotes
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/02/03/i-like-my-tea-hot.html","date_published":"2026-02-04T00:57:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-04 00:57","date_timestamp":1770166623,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83528225","content_html":"I’m going to start doing #characterquotes. I’ll write out a phrase that came to mind & made me think of a character I either have created or should but has nothing to do with any story ever.
\nIt will look the same as me having a mild mental break with ThE VoiCeS in my head but I’m okay with that.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/02/03/im-going-to-start-doing.html","date_published":"2026-02-04T00:56:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-04 00:56","date_timestamp":1770166568,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81613387","content_html":"Dracula in My Home: quilledsister.micro.blog
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","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/01/05/this-little-piggy.html","date_published":"2026-01-05T15:55:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-05 15:55","date_timestamp":1767628549,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81295873","content_html":"I made some sliders.\nIt settled a rage in me.\nMustard has answers.
\n…a haiku for dinner fixing my hangry-ness before I became violent.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2026/01/03/i-made-some-sliders-it.html","date_published":"2026-01-03T23:51:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 23:51","date_timestamp":1767484306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81066778","content_html":"Sometimes I wake in the night- my subconscious brimming with brilliance that it cannot contain! I thrust myself out of bed towards a pen. Many of my proudest works have been born at midnight.\nOccasionally though, I find the sticky note in the morning and it says like “purple bowl.” Wtf.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/12/31/sometimes-i-wake-in-the.html","date_published":"2025-12-31T13:15:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-31 13:15","date_timestamp":1767186902,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78203064","content_html":"They quoted Byron.\nNot Shelly.\nA beautiful, faithful adaptation I was about to be on my feet for!\nAnd the finale card?\nA quote. By Byron.\nNot her word Beware. Or her line on Beginning.\nThey instead End with Byron.\nIn 2025\nTwo men named before Shelly.\nAnd they still ask who the monster is?\nRage.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/11/17/they-quoted-byron-not-shelly.html","date_published":"2025-11-18T01:30:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-18 01:30","date_timestamp":1763429408,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77025491","content_html":"In today’s plan of “I’m so independent”
\nI hung up some shades, no attendant
\nNow I did break a glass
\nand fall on my ass
\nbut damnit the shades look resplendent!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/10/31/131825.html","date_published":"2025-10-31T17:18:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-31 17:18","date_timestamp":1761931105,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77025485","content_html":"In today’s plan of “I’m so independent”\nI hung up some shades, no attendant\nNow I did break a glass\nand fall on my ass\nbut damnit the shades look resplendent!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/10/31/in-todays-plan-of-im.html","date_published":"2025-10-31T17:17:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-31 17:17","date_timestamp":1761931060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76135999","content_html":"Professionally, Artistically Disinterested. quilledsister.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/10/19/professionally-artistically-disinterested.html","date_published":"2025-10-19T14:14:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-19 14:14","date_timestamp":1760883265,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75907684","content_html":"Sometimes I still feel 27ish. I truly forget my age.\nBut then I pull my back doing something stupid and I feel all 86 of my 33 years.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/10/16/sometimes-i-still-feel-ish.html","date_published":"2025-10-16T11:34:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-16 11:34","date_timestamp":1760614458,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75612533","content_html":"One of my favorite things to do after an art festival is follow all the artists I fell in love with there on instagram. Like yesssss fill my feed with color and inspiration!!\nabstract pottery to tiny metal mice sipping from acorns to iridescent herons soaring over water color moonlight. Good stuff.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/2025/10/12/one-of-my-favorite-things.html","date_published":"2025-10-12T15:42:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-12 15:42","date_timestamp":1760283769,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"74735853","content_html":"There is a cricket.
\nOutside my bedroom window
\nPerhaps a frog.
\nSolo in the night.
\nTiny singer in my head
\nChirp chirp chir- SHUT UP.
\n…a duel haiku for the enthusiastic performer keeping me awake.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/71461685","date_published":"2025-08-17T21:25:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-17 21:25","date_timestamp":1755465924,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"65331503","content_html":"@jatowler despite your fowl language, I’m sure you’ll think of something! You’ve never taken the cheep way out. And we’ll be pheasantly surprised with what you come up with! Keep pecking away at it, I’m sure it’ll be fun
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/QuilledSister/65331503","date_published":"2025-05-26T22:06:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Callie Towler","url":"https://quilledsister.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F1703138.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"QuilledSister"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-26 22:06","date_timestamp":1748297182,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"54360374","content_html":"@jatowler I love this!
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