Someone asked me recently, "What's your favorite book?" 😳 How could I ever choose just one? At best, I might be able to make a top ten list.

Am I the only woman that's not feeling "empowered" by the Blue Origin jaunt into space?

Luke Skywalker was always a badass. I think @markhamillofficial.bsky.social would approve of this namesake! 🥰

Cosmo Chihuahua is the best writing buddy ever. 🥰 #AuthorSky #DogSky

“This is not just my story. It is the story of thousands and thousands of people still trapped in a system that profits from their suffering. I am writing in the hope that someone out there – someone with the power to change any of this – can help do something.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Well this is fucking terrifying. 😳 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

Who else is totally geeking out over the splashdown of the Crew Dragon capsule? 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀

My husband could wash his face with a shit-covered cactus and he'd still have better skin than me. That asshole. 😆

This does seem to be the case. Those in power want the world to believe USA Americans endorse this fuckery. WE DO NOT.

Oh my, how the irony makes me laugh, and cry.

The only thing we have in this fiasco administration is our voice. Speak up!

In Esther's name, no less. ❤️ www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/u...

I SO appreciate his anger and passion but the shouting falls on deaf ears. THEY. DO. NOT. CARE.

Oh, for fuck's sake. 🙄

Red Dawn, anyone? 🙃😐🫠

It's been forty years since this song and it still resonates today. 😑

It's International Women's Day. Ladies, how are y'all feelin' about *gestures widely at everything*?

Woo... what a great time to be a woman. *snort* I feel like all that's been accomplished in the realm of women's rights and equality is being erased, and it makes me simultaneously furious and despondent. The world hates women. I said what I said.

Exactly.

Yep, because he's a moronic twatwaffle and a bully. He's throwing shit around to see what he can get away with and to get people scared and submissive. I sure hope those we elected who have a chance of keeping him in check grab their balls and ovaries ASAP and crush this fuckery.

I have eagerly awaited the results of the Million Mito Project for a few years. (For those who don't know, it's a massive undertaking by some amazing scientists and genealogists to update the mitochondrial phylogenetic tree that classifies maternal lineage.) I'm still H1. 🙃 #GenealogySky

A medication that I take, which is non-negotiable, is still on patent for two more years so there's no generic. My cost went up by $600 a quarter at the beginning of 2025, and that's WITH insurance. 😡 How the hell can a medication go up $2,400? WTF? I'm nauseated.

How am I still worn out from Mardi Gras? I didn't even stay until Fat Tuesday, we were home by Saturday. I guess hours and hours of throwing throws and handing out glittered shoes, then a 1000 mile drive, is hard on the older body. 🙃🙄😆

I can't love this any more than I do. This is brilliant, amazing, and it's the TRUTH.

I think I need to find a literary agent. I've got a contract in front of me, waiting for my signature, for my third book. I winged it for the first two, but I feel like the contract needs changes and I'm a bit lost. Suggestions? I have no idea how to even go about finding an agent. #BookSky

It's going to hurt so many in the USA, me and mine included, and that really sucks, but I hope Trudeau and Canada stand firm and do everything they can do to tell Trumpelonia to fuck off with their bullshit. 🇨🇦

Just fucking do it, darling.

I've spent a wonderful week in my hometown New Orleans, visited with family, ate a ton of excellent seafood, rode in Krewe of Muses and handed out glittered shoes, and hid from the news. I am thankful for the respite. Now, I'm headed home and back to the grind. May the good memories sustain me.

Are we great yet? Just wondering...

I feel so seen, especially since genetic genealogy is an integral part of "True Crime" these days. 😆

I am spending my time lately doing frivolous crafty things to distract my brain from thinking too much about reality... but late at night it creeps in anyway. ☹️ Four weeks of this shit feels like four years.

I still can't believe that brainworm-addled motherfucker got confirmed as our HHS Secretary.

Exactly.

This is a must-read.

I guess Lord Dampnut needs something to do with his time while Musky runs the country into the ground. Pffft. JFK would be horrified by this shitshow.

They've already taken away our bodily autonomy, so it's not a far stretch to our right to vote being compromised... and where does it go from there? Republicans hate women.

Never in my fucking life did I think I'd see this bullshit.

Who taught the Memphis Zoo how to witch? 😂 Seriously, this is hysterical. #WitchSky www.memphiszoo.org/dating-or-du...

I can glitter shoes. I can snuggle with my dog. I can curl up next to my new woodstove. I can make plans with my family. All are worthy things, even if I am not okay today.

I've done a few good things in my life and this anthology is one of those things of which I am most proud. Thanks to amazing contributors, Brigid's light truly does shine from its pages. Blessed Imbolc! 🔥 #WitchSky

It's a scam. He will not pay you.

Every year I glitter a lot of shoes to hand out during my ride in Krewe of Muses (a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans), and for some reason I am most excited about this pair. They're a work in progress with a long way to go, but already so pretty! 😁

A question for y'all, it's a bit of unofficial research for an upcoming podcast: How do you define a Crone? Do you go by age? Astrology (2nd Saturn return)? Cessation of menstruation?

I just made an easy cauliflower soup! Toss 2 chopped heads of cauliflower, 2 cups of cashews, 1 onion, a bit of salt and pepper, and 8 cups of vegetable stock into the crock pot for 4 hours on high, until tender. Blend it. Top w/ chickpeas roasted in EVOO, smoked paprika, cumin, and garlic. YUM.

I am seeing many social media posts about "doing the dirty work" and I wonder who would really truly sacrifice their own safety, or that of their loved ones, for acquaintances and strangers? I'm betting lots of people won't walk that talk, and that's the reality. Plan accordingly for you and yours.

I was just rearranging my phone's priority contacts (who gets to text/call me after 11p) and realized my brother is still on the list. He's been gone since 2020 but I don't have the heart to remove him. Not yet. Maybe not ever. What is remembered lives. 💖

"Talk to your doctor" is a common refrain and it's near-meaningless to those with no access to routine medical care. Lots of people are doing the best they can do with Dr. Google. Let's be compassionate toward, and aware of, that plight.

It occurs to me that some of the things I say - pauvre bête, foufou, couyon, mais, fâché, lagniappe, neutral ground - are super-specific to Louisiana, and I wonder how often they slip out and leave the people here in Virginia wondering WTF I'm talking about... LOL... 😂

Yep, yep, yep... so much this. Instead of yelling into the internet void at random assholes (which does fuck-all nothing), instead do what you're able to do on your own patch of grass. Make yourself as resilient as possible, then work on building resiliency in your community.

I keep trying to pin down my emotions but I don't know how I feel right now. I've been avoiding the news and it doesn't seem to make a difference. I know at some point I will gather myself up but meanwhile...