Writing Prompt Wednesday. (If you don’t have anything to write with, make a note for yourself on your phone to buy yourself a portable journal and a nice pen!)

Feedback doesn't always have to be harsh...it can be kind and constructive.

Honestly. 🙄

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I am SO happy I'm not watching. 🙈

Right? Curious isn't it?

So weird how this keeps happening. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

Gangs of wine moms? RLS? Am I in the right place?

I don't know...is this one kind of negative? Not my usual upbeat self? You'll have to forgive me...😏

Artists...😏

Silence just can't be the bar by which we measure strength anymore. Read my latest #SilverLinings essay with the link in my bio or in the comments below. Thank you. xo

Hey, @nytimes.com Fixed it for you.

Perfect. 🐻‍❄️🇬🇱

Maniacal. #unPresidented

We are living in unPresidented times.

#winemom #KarenWheeler

I thought I was being intentional about Christmas, but it turned out it was grief. #Intentionalgrief

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Sharing this poem again because it's Christmas-y. Like me. 🧑🏻‍🎄

I write about grief. A lot. But it's not always sad. Have a look. ♥️

Spend the day with your people if you can. Happy Thanksgiving. ♥️

Honestly, I hope the entire administration eventually rots in prison, but I hope there's an especially exacting punishment for Hegseth. What an exhausting chump he is.

Fixed it.

I could go on...

No, I didn't make it into the NYT. (Yet 😏) My latest essay on #SilverLinings in the form of a little travel guide to my recent retreat. The link is in the bio and in the comments below. Thanks for reading & sharing. xo #Retreat #Griefretreat #LoveAnnie #FryeIsland #goodneighbors #Maine

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Writing prompts can get writers to go to places they didn't even know they were going to. #writingprompts cindyeastman.substack.com/p/map-of-my-...

The coup was 6 months ago and they missed it. When is the @nytimes.com going to start covering the dictatorship?

Wait...did I miss the Rapture?

I think my favorite email to get from a student who's been absent is, "Did I miss anything in class today?" 😏

@nancybaym.bsky.social Many have gone over to Substack--Paul Krugman, Ann Telnaes, Jen Rubin, and others. Here's one...

Still writing about grief because grief doesn't stop. ♥️

Is this hope-scrolling?

Need a book? (Silly question) Special price until Aug. 22nd on Amazon or Barnes& Noble. (Let me know what you think!)

A pairing guide for all the menopausals: pre, peri, post or perpetual 🍷Cheers!

Trump hasn’t cut drug prices by even 1%, let alone “1500%”. He told drug companies on Truth Social to cut their prices. They didn’t. End of story. This was also his plan to end the war in Ukraine - by posting “Vladimir Stop!” on Truth Social. It’s also how he handles trade.

Baci in Maine for a couple days. ♥️

"When she reached staff at Sen. Bill Hagerty’s office, they told her, “he’s not obligated to listen to his constituents.” nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/d...

Where Am I? A brave and empowering essay from the publisher I am proud to be associated with. Thank you, Brooke Warner.

@nytimes.com fixed it for you. #misleadingheadlines

Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n... 🤔

Oh. Andrea Gibson. Rest in Poetry. ♥️

FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

And spineless Republicans...

I think people selling cute merch online for the new MAGA concentration camp in the Everglades are right up there with puppy snatchers and scam artists.

I do a podcast, too ;) It's just me reading some essays, but I'm counting it.

Astounding.

Grief brain. It's a thing. cindyeastman.substack.com/p/grief-brain

My writing groups inspired this one. Thanks to @dintywmoore.bsky.social for giving me the space to share it.