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You know it's true. 😉😆

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A girl or a woman with a book is a terror to someone just about everywhere, including in the United States. 😕 #writingcommunity

How sad. My home state (TN) is third in this race to the bottom. 🫣😕🖤✏️ #writingcommunity

Well . . .

I've read 8 of the books in this stack. What about you? 📚 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity

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Which category best describes you? These days, I’m a Regular reader. Typically, I read between 10-15 books a year. Back in the day, when I worked at a public library and prior to becoming a mother, I was a Relisher. Yep back then, 30-40 books a year wasn’t uncommon. 🤓 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity

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Sad news. Whenever I'm in ATL on a Sunday, I'm in the habit of picking up a newspaper. Guess those days are over. 😕📰📰

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Happy Friday! After storms and rain, we got a nice cooldown from the 90s into the 70s. So much more enjoyable! Grab a laptop, latte, & dive into 88 ways to share your work with the world in this week's submissions roundup + explore collaboration & music in this week's prompt. #writingcommunity

"In search of my mother's garden, I found my own." --Alice Walker--

Pretty much. ☺️

“Don’t just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.” --Denzel Washington--

Good to know!

RIP writer Toni Morrison, died this day 2019. “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” “At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” “You are your best thing”

“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.”--Anonymous-- ☺️😼

“Being a Black woman writer is not a shallow, but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination, it expands it.” --Toni Morrison--

Some choice places to send your writing to this week… or at least a list to save and think “I’ll do this later” and then forget 🖤 Submission details & links to their websites: www.chillsubs.com/lists/13_pay... #writingcommunity

This is one of the many reasons I'm spending less and less time on social media.

RIP Theo. 😢

This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

ten writers by whom i've read more than five books James Baldwin Pearl Cleage Alice Faye Duncan Ernest J. Gaines Nikki Giovanni bell hooks Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Elizabeth Strout Alice Walker

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I keep thinking about how Gov Abbott had plenty of funds to fly and bus migrants all across the country but couldn't come up with a million for a flood warning system.

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A rare bit of good news.

Sad. :-(

This sounds interesting. I've added it to my long "want to read" list. 😉

As we-the people- are learning, there's federal bias in favor of AI continuing their cloak & dagger privacy violations, data extraction & 0 transparency regarding information intel. As a librarian that grew up w/lawyers as parents, this is a glaring conflict of interest. www.slj.com/story/What-W...

Even though I'm in the process of downsizing my book collection, keeping less than 30 is NOT the plan. 📚😀

Facts!

My dad had a career in the Air Force. As a child, I knew lots of kids who were born in places like Germany or France because their military-aligned fathers and families were stationed there. To think that some, if not all, of those kids (now adults) are subject to being deported is horrifying.

The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

For real, though. 🙄

A post about downsizing my book collection. If you’ve been there, done that, and have a few tips to share on the process, please feel free to do so. loridjohnsonremix.blogspot.com/2025/06/decl...