Definitely, and I do get to occasionally channel my music-making into KidLit, so there's that.🙂 #kidlitchat

Not many smiles in this pic. Not sure why. #retro #memories #80s

Second grade, year of the gap-toothed grin. I'm bottom row, fourth from the right, right side of the sign. So weird going through all these old pics! #tbt #retro #80s #memories

My first grade class photo. That's me second row from the bottom, far right. I thought I was pretty stylin' with that collar. I remember our #teacher Mrs. Pratt telling us one day it was her birthday and that she was now 99. We were so excited she was close to 100.😆 #retro #80s #memories

My kindergarten class picture. That's my retro hyperactive avatar in the bottom row, far right.

Another Alderwood Park #StoryWalk. RAINBOW SHOPPING by Qing Zhuang. A lovely story for a lovely day. #kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart #tacoma #tacomawa #QingZhuang #tacomapubliclibrary #kobetich

"Fish are sensitive." Today we enjoyed the new Pacific Seas Aquarium at @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social. #zoo #aquarium #tacoma #tacomawa

Hidden treasure uncovered during a Story Walk in Alderwood Park, Tacoma, WA. The best part was snapping a pic and putting it back for someone else to find. Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by #MonicaBrown, illustrated by #JohnParra #picturebook #FridaKahlo #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #tacomawa

Thanks, @symphonytacoma.bsky.social, for an amazing Sunday afternoon! #sibelius #grieg #mahler #stravinsky What a program!

If you see this, post a unicorn you’ve drawn or painted #kidlitart #kidlit This was my fanart of IF UR STABBY by @kazwindness.bsky.social (with apologies to Kaz for the dead fish eye). My medium was dusty-old-magnetic-drawing-pad-from-back-of-closet.

Repost you from a different era ✨ Summer 1985. Hyperactive 8-year-old me pumping water in a cemetery after literally dancing on my great-great-grandfather's grave.

Thank you Seattle Symphony and conductor Nicholas Carter for last night's insanely beautiful rendition of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1! #mahler #classicalmusic #SeattleSymphony

I had a couple pieces published in Ladybug & Babybug earlier this year I never bothered sharing on the broken tweet-tweet site which I'm happy to share with you all now. #kidlit #poetry

Since I haven't yet offered a Bluesky introduction post... Hi, I'm Brian. I write children's poems and songs, some of which have appeared in Ladybug, Babybug, The School Magazine, and Highlights Hello. I'm looking to connect with new #kidlit peeps (and reconnect with old ones from Brand X).

The Game of Life takes a different view. (Pic by Rachel Reiss)

I wrote a children's poem with Mahler's song "Ablösung im Sommer" on my mind, although my cuckoo doesn't drop dead. He gets to retire for a quiet evening while the Nightingale temporarily takes over the singing. My whole life is a Mahler phase.

Happy birthday, Dad. Eternally grateful both my kids got to spend their childhoods with you.

#HaikuSaturday #scifaiku #haiku

THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE is an unbelievably fun and imaginative poetry collection from @robertschechter.bsky.social. One of my favorite books of the year from one of my favorite #kidlit poets.