When your husband gets a forge, you request a skull necklace. Listen, I don’t make the rules.

Finally got my dream reading chair (a wingback La-Z-Boy)… and Doe has informed me that a single-occupant chair is a design flaw. Apparently all seating must accommodate one human and one very insistent dog.

#NewOrleans #NOLA "How to Report ICE" zine is up! (You can find a link to all the zines plus an assembly how-to in my bio.) drive.google.com/file/d/1K6Vv...

Halfway through day 3 of #authornation !

Day 3 of #authornation in Vegas! Really enjoying connecting with other writers, meeting vendors, and receiving tips and tricks in marketing!

Completed the virtual Maine Half Marathon today! So lucky to be able to live somewhere that I can walk out my door and run in the Maine forest. And now I shall be lazy for the rest of the day, reading and editing the latest WIP.

Okay but how is this AI generated song such a fun, poppy banger? www.mureka.ai/song-detail/...

Coleslaw counts as salad, right?

Great mini-vacation in Vermont! Did a run on the causeway and ate lots of yummy food!

A nice little garden haul today. I’m pretty sure I somehow managed to crossbreed all my peppers (green, lunch box, jalapeño, and habanero) into on weird pepper though. Guess we’ll find out when I taste it.

I just signed up for this! It’s great way to support PBS and you get access to their great content!

These Whatapp ads promising privacy and security of your conversations just make me feel like they are DEFINITELY listening in to your conversations and messages there.

Sunday runday! As a slow runner, it’s always exciting to place in my age range! #slowrunner

Great (rainy) day for a greenhouse planting party!

So hard waiting to get these out into the greenhouse but it’s just too cold at night still. (Greenhouse is not heated)

It’s that time once again to celebrate being spared by Caerbannog.

Trying to write while pet-sitting. It’s going well. Guess I’ll just go back to re-reading the first hunger games as that is a cat-approved activity

Vacationing in New Orleans and was lucky enough to meet the Yakamein Lady, Chef Linda Green AND we got to try some of her amazing beef Yakamein! Trip made! #neworleans #nola

A little moment of zen during our run today.

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio. I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’. 😡

Well, I don’t think I’ll ever make it on the Great American Bake Off but I bet this vegan Guinness chocolate cake with whiskey/coffee buttercream frosting tastes great! …hopefully.

Throwback video to what I learned from an author event! #authorevents

Chapter one in the bag for book 5 of the Artemis Necklace series. Woo! Sometimes I get distracted by shiny new story ideas, then I come back to this series and remember how much I love these characters. Snarky fire-breathing hellhound with an even snarkier FMC? Always fun.

I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System. This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine. Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.

Wouldn’t it be funny if we brought back JCPenneys just to thumb our noses at Amazon?

Sunday runday! Was a sunny but windy day for 6.3 miles on ice/snow. Not sure I could make it in Maine without micro spikes.

Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety. This won’t go well—we love our parks.

Really need to get started on the 1st draft of book 5–but look! Seedlings!!

It’s that time of the year again when there’s still snow on the ground but I start getting flower catalogues…and I want to buy ALL the flowers. This is how I ended up with 20 dahlias that I have to dig up every fall. Agh. But also, ooh, pretty!

It’s weird to go from Bluesky to something LinkedIn where people claim Musk’s antics promote government efficiency while also defending his nazi salute. I will say it’s definitely been useful for cleaning up my connections there.

"It's been 20 years that we've been protecting on the basis of gender identity. It's not new. It's not radical," says Kit Thomson Crossman, executive director of the Maine Human Rights Commission.

Starting #severance and have somehow managed to avoid all spoilers. …I don’t even really know what the show is about, but pretty intrigued by the first 5 min!

new slogan i am dropping: SSRIs SAVE LIVES pass it on

Though he started his life abandoned in a hotel room, Mr. Bowie Stardust still gives his love freely to anyone will to pet him. I’m so thankful that he and our older dog, Doe, are getting along so well. She finally has a brother to snuggle on the couch with her.

Go Janet! Stand up to him!

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

Wrapping up edits on a short (sad and bloody) origin story about Ramble (my MC’s fire-breathing hellhound sidekick) then it’s on to book 5 (which I’m super stoked about!)

I once tried to check out a library book that was something about demons. Old hardback book so no blurb or artwork. No barcode, so asked for help to check out. Librarian whisked the book away to ask another librarian what to do. Then they wouldn’t let me check it out. I think about that book a lot.

This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.

Excited that my paranormal fantasy books, The Artemis Necklace Series, will be promoted as part of a sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week from March 2 - March 8! Of course, book 1, Suck It, is always free on all platforms! books2read.com/u/m0O8Oy #ebookweek25 #Smashwords

Newest member of the family. Meet Bowie! He’s still a little skittish but he’s real sweet.

So proud of my mom, Susan Jelliff, for doing an art show! If you’re in Venice, Florida before April 30th, you should go check out her art!

My first time making bread! Should go well with the crockpot split pea and ham soup. And wine. Always wine.

Coffee and reading with this girly this morning after a lovely snowy walk.

Thank you for sharing! We will not stop sharing vital information about access to abortion care with Hey Jane.

Mental health Sunday runday with friends! (Just a slow 2-miles as it was still only 3f). Now for a couch day of inventorying seeds and writing.

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Loving T.L. Huchu’s Edinburgh Nights series. Randomly stumbled upon book 1 in an indie books store and am now waiting on a Libby hold to read book 4!