Having zero experience in government, I would be an incompetent senator on a good day. In the god-awful event my brother-parent died just a day or two before, while grief is so very fresh? Beyond pliable. #BeyondPliable

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement Friday that there have been two confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in 2026 so far. Multiple states have reported outbreaks of the parasite, which can cause severe digestive issues.

In my fiction-writing years, I created detailed character backstories: plopped characters into many situations and wrote volumes to learn their reactions. The backstories never made their way into the stories but were immeasurably helpful in creating more-believable characters. #Fiction #Backstories

Perhaps every relationship has bumps but if you are a writer, songwriter, poet - whatever form - that bump is cemented, allowing people to often misconstrue the totality of what you and your partner mean to each other: a blip on the screen is all they see - not the decades of support and commitment.

White noise apps & ambient playlists can be a lifeline for trauma survivors who are vulnerable to flashbacks, tinnitus, dissociation, & other intrusive symptoms. I never try to work or sleep without something soothing (often "warm pink noise," look it up) playing.

Make no mistake: Donald Trump and the Republican Party are going to try to buy this election in November. I'm not running to serve billionaires and special interests. I'm running to get big money out of politics and to fight for the people of New Hampshire, not the billionaires trying to buy power

Yep! That’s a perfect analogy. #BookSky

You don’t have to stop mowing and raking completely. But a few small steps to minimize disruptions to your local pollinators can go a long way. 🌼 https://bit.ly/4xuG9Nf

She has decided to start writing her autobiography. I but hesitate to suggest that she will be more successful than I have been. #DogTales

My partner and I really should do a Mystery Science Theater-style vlog of reading the real estate ads since we unintentionally do it for ourselves daily.

What's the most ridiculous thing you ever said to a cat or a dog? I'll start: "Beep-beep, please!" #RidiculousToSay

Honored to have earned the endorsement of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare. I refuse to accept that America has the money to pay for bombs & a ballroom, but not the health & security of seniors. I'm fighting to ensure seniors have access to health care & social security.

Rachel Dratch — the Tony-nominated comedian, actor and alumna of both Saturday Night Live and Dartmouth College — called on her comedy and acting background to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2026. https://bit.ly/4e8vyjD

Maybe weird dreams aren't about the weird part but so you'll remember the dream and extract the pith. I had a very strange dream the other night about a childhood friend I hadn't thought about in a while so reached out to her. Haven't heard back but maybe reaching out was why the weird. #WhyTheWeird

Competition is so absurd. That we allow, perhaps, just one person sitting behind a desk to decide our fate? That they hold the singular power to decide? A writer without a reader is still a writer - but don't we all want our words to be read? To matter...to someone? #WallpaperingWithRejectionLetters

Since we have done such a poor job, our dog decided to take his turn at the computer house hunting. PS: he is blind. #HouseHunting #Dogs

🎶 Did you catch Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem's live set at The Word Barn in Exeter? If not, no worries — we've got you covered. https://bit.ly/45TuFqJ

Million-dollar idea. Congrats to whoever takes it and runs with it: make a line of affordable black shifts. All the same. In every size. In every department store. Why? People die. All the time. Small people and large people want to pay their respects and look respectful and not waste time shopping.

June 8th of last year, the morning headline: SOVEREIGNTY BEATS JOURNALISM. May it only ever be true in horse racing.

My understanding of Alzheimer's increased profoundly the day I went to visit a dear mentor-friend who said, "I don't remember who you are, but I remember that I love you." #Alzheimer's #Dementia

Sometimes I have to revisit my childhood to remember how to fall asleep. It was often by ignoring the music or noise around me. That's how I learned to study and the reason why, in later years, my best concentration was by having a radio or television on in another room - so I could tune it out.

I love this story! If you're curious about #SpeculativeFiction #Memoir, have a look:

Best song title you wrote without ever finishing the song. I’ll start with my 1994, “I’m Not a Bridge You Should Burn (Just Don’t Cross Me Again).” #BestSongTitle #UnfinishedSong #Songwriting #Songwriters #Music

“The celebrity is hi gloss and baby talk. No afternoons at the laundromat, never swinging by the drive thru after work. She won't be dialing zero and holding to speak with a health insurance…” From “The Celebrity” by Catherine Weiss in ISSUE 29!

Maybe 2nd grade, I received a 'D' in writing: handwriting - but my already-delicate psyche thought it meant I was a lousy writer. Thereafter, I lacked confidence yet wrote prolifically. Do you have a memory of thinking someone thought your writing was subpar? #Writers #WritersAndTheirDelicatePsyches

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Fill in the blanks. I’ll go first: I love a dog who ________ to the _______ and _______ __________. I love a dog who goes to the bank and social distances. #FillInTheBlanks #ILoveADog #Dogs

"Blurry Night" - my oil painting

I wonder why young people are encouraged to be their unique selves, but when you are closer to dead than twenty, unless you are a celebrity, society thinks you're batshit crazy if your thought process or behavior is not cookie-cutter. #IWonderWhy #CloserToDeadThanTwenty

I wonder why it is socially acceptable for adults to watch a movie or read a book or view some art form and be moved to tears and cry their faces off, but off-putting to do the same in response to their personal reality. #IWonderWhy

When a King and direct descendent of King George III has to remind the American government about the utmost importance of checks and balances, you know we're in deep trouble.

NEW: Todd Blanche's midnight motion to dissolve the injunction blocking ballroom construction is incoherent political hyperbole. I've never read anything like it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/todd-blanc...

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Out of all the photos you’ve taken in the last 10 years, which is your favorite? I’ll start: Grasshopper Superman. #FavoritePhoto #GrasshopperSuperman #IsThatDilbertOnItsChest #IsThatItsChest #Photography #Grasshopper #GrasshopperOnWindow

Young writers: don’t ever take for granted that you started and continued to write in the age of computers and flash drives! Profundity is heavy, man. #ProfundityIsHeavy #Poets #Poetry #Writers

If not a complete poem itself, the seeds for its existence often wake me in the middle of the night. #DoPoetsSleep #Poetry #WhatPricePoetry #Poets #PoetryAndInsomniaTogetherAgain

Poets-- Smith College just opened submissions for the new Tammis Day Poetry Prize, awarded for an unpublished debut collection by a woman poet over the age of forty. It is the only such literary prize in the United States. Full details at the link: www.ninesyllablespress.com/tdprize

#MusicChallenge #JustinConnor #Kaliyuga #TGA #TheGoldenAge #FavoriteSongByJustinConnor www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qkT...

I think if someone asked me, "What did you do with your life," I'd have to say, "I did better." #WhatDidYouDoWithYourLife

That fear that you "don't make sense" when you talk isn't about whether you actually make sense or not-- it's usually about having been made to feel in the past like what you had to say wasn't important or intelligent. The reality is, you are articulate & expressive. Remember.

Knowing HAROLD AND MAUDE was my favorite movie for decades, I just said, "Oh, no! Husband - Bud Cort died." He said, "Oh, no...but are they sure?" Bud Cort. Great actor in many roles but as Harold, that role will live on forever. RIP. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Character Breakdown: HIGH SPIRITS Cast Unpacks Their Roles

Gas leak and explosion in Nashua. #NashuaNewHampshire #Nashua #440Amherst #GreaterNashuaMentalHealth www.wmur.com/article/gas-...

I will suspend my atheistic disbelief to say that we must have all been so terrible in our past lives to have a karmic debt that doesn't seem to be able to be paid off.

My first proper reading in about a decade, so of course it’s with the “Tomorrow Will Be Worse” series here in Baltimore ! 7 pm, 2/12, Old Major. Wear shorts.

Love, love, love her but there is something markedly disturbing about realizing I am old enough to be Olivia Colman's mother...if I had been fast and loose in high school. Happy Birthday, Olivia! #OliviaColman

portal.ct.gov/governor/new... #Connecticut #Snow #StateOfEmergency

#AnyofUsAnyTimeAnyPlace #BeyondTerrifying