Linda Cantwell @lakesunrise@qoto.org

@hjorleifur What a wonderful capture! Ethereal. I want to sit on one of those foreground rocks and watch the changing scenery.

Lakes provide ever-changing scenes of beauty. It's cold tonight, but the three Bufflehead ducks don't care. The setting sun casts varied color to the sky.

#photography #lakes

@cherepin How very serene and lovely! It speaks to the peace of the upcoming holiday season, and to the peace we wish for you and your beautiful country.

@jcreight7 Hi Jim! You're the first person I know personally that I've seen on this platform. If you see other friends here, let me know, and I'll do the same for you. Enjoy the weekend!

I'm two weeks into this #Mastodon experience, and feeling increasingly comfortable with its charm, authenticity, and #community.

I love #NoAds and #NoAlgorithms, pervasive on other platforms, trying to part me from my money or telling me how I should think.

Newbies like me may find the attached article useful: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

#MastodonTips #socialmedia

I enjoy jumping over to the #Federated timeline for a short time each day. I think I've used #GoogleTranslate more in the past two weeks than in the past year 😆

Why is it that Art Garfunkel was so insecure in his partnership with Paul Simon? How many ballads are as heartfelt as "Bridge Over Troubled Water"? Art's solo on that single is haunting and beautiful, decades later. #music

@Davidtoddmccarty Oh no! This is indeed sad. Get yourself one of those "Charlie Brown Christmas trees" (live, of course), and give it love and sweet ornaments. It can co-exist with the fake tree (but in your heart, you know it's better).

@skinnylatte Thank you for the follow, Adrianna!

@corvina You managed to avoid coffee during years of late night studies AND living in Italy? I am impressed!
(I never had real coffee until I visited your lovely country - espresso before meetings really helped with jet lag!)

@CGlen Right? And bring along a few hundred of your friends. And bring along a bunch of strangers down on their luck who just need a break. And, just in general, Use your money and your power for Good.

@ComradePangloss What a perfectly wonderful corner of your home. I can sense the tranquility of the soft sounds you create there.

@leo @hugh So well written! Thank you for this wonderful piece. I can now to a very small extent imagine what the infux of (rude? naive?) new users is doing to you. As a newbie myself, I am now sensitized. Happy to be here, love the learning, love the community.

I'm grateful for digital #photography that allows one to chronicle key moments. The aggregation of those moments become the story of a good life.

On a daily basis, digital frames randomly playback these moments for me, bringing smiles and appreciation.

A useful reminder for those of us with a love/hate relationship with #socialmedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5deOCwewWk

QOTO = "Question Others to Teach Ourselves". A great motto. Glad to be here, learning.