Verso La Luce Books

the Slow Down finding happiness in the simple things

A reminder today to sit down, and slow down.

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The Majesty of Fungi In what will go down as one of my top books of 2026, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, PhD, opens up this reader's eyes to the life under our feet.

Science is amazing. Who knew!?

This book took me to places I had never dared to look. So interesting to learn about fungi and its unlimited potential and understand how little we really know about this living organism.

#Science #Mushrooms #Fungi

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Love a library day! 🥰

Love the simple but relatable character traits!

How’s that going for you?

You know you love books when you’re walking the streets of Disneyland talking about the latest book you’ve read!

Cancer Survivor Turned Advocate March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and From Patient to Advocate is the first comprehensive guide to healthcare advocacy for patients, survivors, and the organizations that support them.

In honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, we welcomed author and cancer survivor Tim McDonald to talk about his new book, “From Patient to Advocate”. #cancer #fuckcancer #ccam #ColorectalCancer versolalucebooks.substack.com/p/cancer-sur...

For no reason at all, here are some poems about war, destruction, and how awful humans can be, from my poetry collection MEXICANS ON THE MOON. 🙂 Much love to all.

Which are you escaping into?

I appear to be sneaking up on the 2K followers milestone, despite my being rather noticeably inconsistent in posting frequency (and quality, I'm sure XD).

But if I make it to 2K and appear to be staying there, my little publishing company will make a $500 donation to the Meow Foundation.

Oops! Thank you!
Happy to follow you in any event! :)

This makes us sad. :(

Bohemian Berkeley Still Has the Bookstores to Match While the decades have changed, the feeling of inclusive and free-thought have not departed this neighborhood. Enter: Pegasus Books

If you love a bohemian bookstore, @pegasus-books.bsky.social is worth a look in Berkeley.

#Books #Book #shoplocal #SanFrancisco

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😢 This person’s idea of harmful wills harm kids; of which I was one of them. I needed access as a kid.

Spending tonight working on V2 of my #WIP. Someday it will be on your shelves.

For now, tell me what you're reading. :)

Truer words have never been spoken. 🤣

a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose into a paper bag .. ALT: a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose into a paper bag ..

That feeling when you know you're going to finish a book ... and you're nervous for the ending... #TFW #Reading

Beauty lies in the simple.
The five-pedaled flower.
Spreading joy for just a few weeks a year.
But joy hath cometh yet again.
Renewal hath commenced.

#poem #nature #jasmine

Olympic Fever: Great Sports Books The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are underway. Here are a few of our favorite sports books to pick up and enjoy while watching people hurl themselves down mountains at too-fast-a-speed.

Enjoying #milanolympics? We put together a list of sports books that we've loved over the years.

Pick one up and enjoy over the next two weeks! #Olympics #Books

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Thanks for sharing!
Keep it up!

The one in Cambridge?

It's Super Bowl weekend in America and it has us thinking:

What is the favorite sports book you've ever read?

#SuperBowl #Sports

Spotify will sell physical books in expansion beyond audio | LinkedIn "We want to expand the audience for books," Owen Smith, Spotify's head of audiobooks, told The Wall Street Journal.

Books. Yes, real books are coming to @Spotify!

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Books are winning!

Oh la la! Juicy!

I think I will put this in the preface of my next book...
#postscript #andrewsmcmeel #writersofbluesky #writinglife #publishing #loonpoint

Amazing. #books #writers

Do you have a favorite local bookstore?

Tag them so we can follow and support!

#shoplocal #books

In Search of the Edmund Fitzgerald While the sinking has never been solved, it is the things of lore throughout the region who were immortalized less than a year later with a hit song by Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot.

We found the @edmundfitzgerald.bsky.social ... Read my story:

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#writing #stories #Music #history

I have just learned that my Grade 3 teacher, Mrs. Rokne has passed away. She was extremely beloved in my elementary and personally, she is basically entirely responsible for my love of fantasy books.

How did it turn out?