Frances Schoonmaker
@fs2024.bsky.social
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Agatha Award winning author, Professor Emerita, teacher, mother, grandmother, cat lover.
Women in Black website: "We are not an organisa-tion, but a means of communicating and a formula for action.” They stand in a public places wearing black/black armband, to call out violence, war, injustice, & oppression. Anybody in?
9 months ago
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I’m volunteering to assist DOGE in slashing government spending on Space X projects. As Professor Emerita from a Tier 1 College of Education, I’m sure I’m as qualified to assess the Space X budget as Elon Musk was to make cuts to the Department of Education.
#education
#government
10 months ago
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I’m enormously honored that Sid Johnson & The Well-IntendedConspiracy is nominated for an Agatha. A bit of light like the cover lantern. So far DEI deniers haven’t discovered it. In telling rollicking good story I highlight the diversity of the trails west & the diverse people they displace.
#books
10 months ago
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Honored to have an Agatha nomination for Best Children’s/Young Adult Mystery of 2024. Like the lamp Sid is holding, it feels like light in a dark moment.
#books
10 months ago
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“If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.” William Somerset Maugham
10 months ago
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Here’s hoping the one in the background stands strong.
10 months ago
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Beautiful, courageous homily at the National Cathedral. Here’s the link if you havent seen it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwa...
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1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8
10 months ago
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Rosemary for remembrance, — O gentle memories Of hours whose fragrance is like flowers In olden pleasaunces! When all the birds go South again And all the laughter's o'er, Rosemary for remembrance Of days that are no more! Cicely FoxSmith
11 months ago
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Pomodoros and Chocolate: Motivation and Productivity for the Writer, Free online event with award winning author and former National President of Sisters In Crime members, Lori Rader-Day tomorrow, January 11, 1-2:00 EST. Not too late to register!
#writers
Go to
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ONLINE MEETING: Pomodoros and Chocolate: Motivation and Productivity for the Writer
Saturday, January 11, 202512:45pm - Pre-Meeting Chat1:00pm - Pomodoros and Chocolate: Motivation and Productivity for the Writer Award-winning author and former Sisters in Crime national president Lor...
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/chessiechapter/January2025
11 months ago
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First and only item on Alistair’s Saturday after Thanksgiving work list.
#cats
#catslife
#writerslife
12 months ago
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Thanksgiving memory from our year sheltering an asylum seeking family from Pakistan. We all learned so much about each other, traditions, shared space, how to feed 7 on budget for 3, goodness of neighbors, and sadly, about unwelcoming policies.
#Thanksgiving
#sharing
12 months ago
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When in doubt turn to your cat: meet Alistair.
#catlover
about 1 year ago
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In election recovery mode. What hurts most is seeing so many good people set aside values of truth telling, caring, generosity, kindness, and responsibility to embrace the opposite. I’m not looking for analysis of causes. I’m just grieving.
about 1 year ago
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