Down to his last penny, Jason “J.D.” Donovan makes a deal that saves his life but inadvertently puts his friends and family in danger. Can he save them without sacrificing himself? A horror novella in the tradition of “The Twilight Zone” and Stephen King www.ilenegoldman.com/books #Booksky 📚💙 🩸📚

GOOD NEWS: I know the first scene and last scene of my WIP. BAD NEWS: I still have no idea what goes in between. #WritingCommunity

Fledgling!

Shabbat Shalom, Bluesky! See you tomorrow night!

Friday Flowers

Flipping through my library’s summer newsletter and holy cow! @bryndonovan.bsky.social is coming to my library!

My actual parents

"We live on the street. We have our own rules, our own community. To most people, especially people like that rich bastard Kingston, that makes us criminals. Outlaws. It don't matter what the law books say." #BookSky 💙📚 📚💙 www.ilenegoldman.com/books

Winter gear washed, packed, and put away. I am giving myself permission to do nothing else for the rest of the day.

Can confirm.

When I was at a conference in February, the breakfast buffet had eggs baked in tortilla shells. I decided to try it at home. I mixed chives and chipotle cheddar with the egg, and then ate it with taco sauce. Delicious!

Please, may I have some attentions?

I’m going to SoCal in August. I was planning to take Amtrak and get a Roomette. (The trip is about 48 hours each way.) But a Roomette now costs almost $1000 each way, and I cannot afford that. A coach seat would be about $150 each way, but can I handle coach for 48 hours?

@emilysuess.com The store had Oreo-themed dog toys on sale, so I bought one for Ozzie and told him it was from you. 💙

I’m the second kind.

A picture perfect day in the nature preserve

A (main?) character has been living in my head for more than a week, but she refuses to tell me her story. #WritingCommunity

Today at the pond

Shabbat Shalom, all! See you tomorrow night!

Best film adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only

PUPPY CAM!!!!

If you are looking for an alternative to Chrome, may I suggest @vivaldi.com? I’ve been using it for the last few months. My bookmarks transferred seamlessly, and it has no AI anywhere.

On this day two years ago:

Well, this hit close to home.

I currently have 5 regular pen pals. 2 are in the U.S., 1 in Sweden, 1 in Germany, and 1 in the Netherlands. I met 1 of them 30+ years ago, when we were neighbors in Scotland. The other 4 I met through @postcrossing.com in the last few years.

Baby ducks!

For Star Wars day, give us your top 10 sci-fi films: Contact The Empire Strikes Back Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek: First Contact Galaxy Quest 2001: A Space Odyssey Ghostbusters: Afterlife Arrival Men in Black Independence Day

May the Fourth Be With You!

Done and submitted at exactly 1000 words! #FlashFictionChallenge2026

Slightly diminish a film Star Skirmishes

I generally think of myself as a dog person, but after seeing this, perhaps I am a badger person.

1094 words 1123 words 1035 words 1041 words I’ll get to 1000 eventually. #FlashFictionChallenge2026

First draft done! Tomorrow, I revise, polish, and cut it down to size--and submit it! #FlashFictionChallenge2026

Enchiladas for one

Found my flow today (finally!), and it felt GOOD. I hit a wall with only 1 scene left to write in my 1st draft. So, it's a walk & dinner & then back at it. I don't need that last scene to be good. I just need it done, so I can spend tomorrow fixing and polishing. #FlashFictionChallenge2026

Ear Update: After 8 weeks and 5 medications, one ear is finally clear of infection. Yay! The other ear is still swollen and infected. We’re now on medications 6 & 7 for the next three weeks. Please let these work. 🤞

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only M*A*S*H Homicide: Life in the Street Awake Foyle’s War Robin of Sherwood St. Elsewhere Law & Order Electric Company The Muppet Show Dark Winds Evil Golden Girls Star Trek (the whole franchise) Looney Toons Schoolhouse Rock

Spending today representing @welcomeblanket.bsky.social at the Fiber & Fabric Craft Festival.

Former shelter pet Ozzie is ready to celebrate #AdoptAShelterPet day.

Down to his last penny, Jason “J.D.” Donovan makes a deal that saves his life but inadvertently puts his friends and family in danger. Can he save them without sacrificing himself? A horror novella in the tradition of “The Twilight Zone” and Stephen King www.ilenegoldman.com/books #Booksky 📚💙 🩸📚

Old Man and the Sea. Years later, I had to read A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls for work. I hated them too. Hemingway is not my thing.

Tonight’s sunset

This. We’re also going to have to elect people willing to ACT, not more “govern to the middle” and “reach across the aisle” types.

"We live on the street. We have our own rules, our own community. To most people, especially people like that rich bastard Kingston, that makes us criminals. Outlaws. It don't matter what the law books say." #BookSky 💙📚 📚💙 www.ilenegoldman.com/books

I’m under surveillance.

I swear he’s part meerkat.

My federal taxes increased even though my taxable income decreased. I got nothing back in my tax return. In fact, I had to give those f*ckers money. I am not happy. 😠

Me, just now, when a spider landed on me:

I need this shirt.

As someone who works in educational publishing, I wish this myth would die. Texas does NOT determine national textbook content. Yes, publishers focus on big $$ states—specifically, Texas, California, and Florida. However, . . . (1/4)