Ruth (@duckduckf) · DIRTY

Ruth

@duckduckf

Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli

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Ruth@duckduckf· May 30

Here’s @ayannapressley.bsky.social at the MassDems convention in Worcester MA

Ayanna Pressley on the stage at the DCU in Worcester with a huge screen of her and an american flag behind her

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 28

*waves from the woods in western mass*

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 28

Worthington!

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 28

Indivisible Hilltowns in small town, western Massachusetts #NoKings

line of protesters with signs in front of Town hall in Worthington

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 6

Sigh. not out here

iced snow on the back hill. trees are covered with a thin layer of ice

Ruth@duckduckf· Feb 6

a small bird visitor left tracks … (the small ones, of course, not the clumsy human ones)

meandering bird track line towards the house

Ruth@duckduckf· Feb 2

It’s so disgusting. Here’s where you submit feedback

Ruth@duckduckf· Jan 26

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by @amandagorman.bsky.social #poetry #PoetryIsResistance

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
but execution. A message: Love your people & you
will die. Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders
among us, but those among us who never look
within. Fear not the those without papers, but those
without conscience. Know that to care intensively,
united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today
& a profound, daring hope for tomorrow. We can feel
we have nothing to give, & still belove this world wait
ing, trembling to change. If we cannot find words, may
we find the will; if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our
humanity. The only undying thing is mercy, the courage to open ourselves like doors, hug our neighbor,
& save one more bright, impossible life.

Ruth@duckduckf· Jan 25

What Kind of Times are These, by Adrienne Rich #poem

WHAT KIND OF TIMES ARE THESE
by Adrienne Rich
There's a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill
and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows
near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted
who disappeared into those shadows.

I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled
this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.

I won't tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods
meeting the unmarked strip of light—
ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise:
I know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear.

And I won't tell you where it is, so why do I tell you
anything? Because you still listen, because in times like these
to have you listen at all, it's necessary
to talk about trees.

Ruth@duckduckf· Jan 24

Protesting in Worthington Massachusetts in solidarity with Minneapolis - 0 degrees is warmer than MN! We were joined by our great State Rep @sabadosama.bsky.social

protesters with No Ice No War signs outside the small town hall building in Worthington MA

Ruth@duckduckf· Oct 18

145 in Worthington, MA, population 1198 #nokings

Small white town hall building with protesters lined up outside

Ruth@duckduckf· Oct 18

#Nokings in Worthington MA

Worthington town hall with protesters lined up in front. the other side of the road that you can’t see is also full

Ruth@duckduckf· Sep 13

Bee on the beebalm #FlowerReport

Ruth@duckduckf· Aug 29

Got in a little late but called my MA Rep

Call log for a call at 5:07pm to Rep. Richard Neal

Ruth@duckduckf· Jul 25

Hot! Muggy! but the flowers are happy

yellow and orange day lilies, red bee balm and hosta flowers

Ruth@duckduckf· May 29

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 21

The Dead Bridge: or, Maybe crossing over isn’t such a great idea after all … #photo

a totally decaying wooden bridge with only the green metal frame and moss-eaten planks left. trees grow up thru the jagged holes …

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 20

Hope = Yellow flowers in the mud #photo

small yellow flowers (like dandelions but not?) in the rocks and mud near the edge of the river

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 19

We believe in democracy in Worthington, MA, pop. 1200 #50501

a crowd with signs in front of Worthington town hall, a small white building with pillars

across the street - a huge american flag with more protesters

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 12

Worthington - I don’t want to go outside to measure 😬

a hill with trees. Snow covers everything

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 10

Western Massachusetts can’t make up its mind … spring? winter?

small yellow flowers the name of which i can’t remember coming up in the ice and snow

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 5

#Handsoff We showed up in in Pittsfield, MA!

Ruth@duckduckf· Apr 2

Hey @corybooker.com thanks for giving us a little spring hope

white and yellow spring crocuses coming up from the cold winter dirt

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 30

#teslatakedown in Hadley Mass

long line along the side of Rt 9 in Hadley, MA of folks with signs and flags. One upside down American flag and a Ukrainian flag

child’s sign with “Fire Elon” in a child’s handwriting and the outline of a cybertruck crossed out with red

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 15

Toad in a hole #RuralEggsForDemocracy

An iron skillet with four pieces of toast, two of which have holes with not completely cooked eggs in them

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 4

No tyrants no kings! in Springfield MA #protest @ddhc.bsky.social

Long line of protesters with signs in front of Springfield City Hall, Massachusetts

Ruth@duckduckf· Mar 2

We Stand with Ukraine in the Berkshires - Adams Mass #UkraineProtest

A small group on the side of a road in Adams Mass with freshly silkscreened (ink still wet!) yellow and blue signs saying We Stand with Ukraine.

Ruth@duckduckf· Feb 28

A visitor checking up on us to see if all humans have totally lost their marbles …

A barred owl sits in a bare tree looking at us with a skeptical expression

Ruth@duckduckf· Feb 27

yellow day lily

Ruth@duckduckf· Feb 26

look at your settings - like these …