Congrats to Adelita Grijalva for winning her father's seat in the House of Representatives. We are now more seat Dem filled and is no longer vacant. AZ-07!!!

Advice I'd give my younger self: Celebrate every success, no matter how small. Don't be so obsessed with the Next Goal that you forgot to appreciate how far you've come so far, and to enjoy the journey. #KidLitChat

Chocolate & caramel: the life of a young wild stallion isn't always sweet as his range-friendly coloring. This image by @sandysisti.bsky.social shows the strong kicks and slashing bites of his mustang brothers #bootcamp #wildhorses #NaturePhotography #Freedom

Face-painting and book loving = September sweetness #KidLit #September #books #skybrarians #reading #PhantomStalion #Smile

When do you give up riding? Or do you? #riding #equestrian #trailriding #horses #Aging

Letter from the West: read this for insight #ThroughLines #Guns #Horses #West #shootings

Thanks, I needed this! Your illustration makes me happy! #kidart #kidlitart

If you know an artist, an author, or a musician – thank them for me tonight. They make the world a better place.

Lit Crawl today in #Reno ! Details here www.nevadahumanities.org/literarycrawl Doom scrolling can wait til night. Give your brain an uplifting break #books #LitCrawl #reading #Authors #KitLit #Nature #writing

New Episode! I’m so excited to welcome Terri Farley @terrifarley.bsky.social to A Book & Its Author to discuss her YA novel, Seven Tears Into The Sea. On all the usual podcast platforms & here: abookanditsauthor.libsyn.com/066-seven-te...

Chocolate & caramel: the life of a young wild stallion isn't always sweet as his range-friendly coloring. This image by @sandysisti.bsky.social shows the strong kicks and slashing bites of his mustang brothers #bootcamp #wildhorses #NaturePhotography #Freedom

Direct, insightful and memorizable myths you can weave into conversations about #bookbanning #kidlit #reading #freedomtoread

Can't wait to refresh my #TBR stack with these new-to-me books #NationalBookAwards #YoungPeople

As a Canadian, this blows my mind. #USA #SchoolShootings

If a curated predators list is released by #Bondi and a list from survivor-warriors, there's no question which one I'll believe. #EpsteinList #EpsteinFiles

SUMMER'S END IS BITTERSWEET: I loved writing this book & I can never decide whether it needs a sequel or deserves to stay it's haunting self. The #podcast interview with A Book And Its Author was super fun. I'll tell you when it drops. #selkies #fantasy #romantasy #Celtic

We all have skills to help the innocent. I write books. Ashley Avis reaches out w film. Are you a math geek who spots stats that don't look right, a librarian fighting censorship, a political wonk who can propose a pilot program to restrict gun sales? Raise EMPATHY. Stop the ripples of grief & pain.

History we must remember in #books: #Wyoming massacre of Chinese workers 140 years ago is unearthed by #science & descendants digging for 'burn layer' wyofile.com/a-wyoming-to... @aaww-nyc.bsky.social

TOPIC: How do you know when to move on from a project? Is there an expiration date on your work? And how do you deal with the mountain of defunct research, drafts and sketches--not to mention the emotional toll of saying goodbye? #kidlitchat

Amen Book Wrangler! #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #Schoollibrarians #Educators #Books What a book you remember being read to you? That book you could not wait until the next day to hear more?

Things got Western at the #library! Polished PowerPoint! Early arrival at rural #Nevada library! Planning w hosts when: shoulder tap, "Uh, a snake came out of your backpack" Excitement all around, thought she wasn't mine or 1st snake patron. I love author visits. #WriterSky #BookSky #Skybrarians

Wolf experts: what are implications of this (limited) report? The comments are rife w anti-wolf sentiment, but what's your scientific take wyofile.com/yellowstone-... @camillafox.bsky.social @nywolforg.bsky.social @ashleyavis.bsky.social @projectcoyote.bsky.social #Wolves #Yellowstone #canislupus

Re-post ad infinitum. Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦

The Children’s Writer Who Drew Himself as a Bird www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...

A single online glimpse of a #JeffreyEpstein possession - what appeared to be a Black bride escaping down a rope - is haunting me. I don't want to award it more clicks by researching it, but I'd love to know that I misread it. Anyone? #art #sculpture #misogyny

www.livescience.com/animals/land... Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years | Live Science If we stop screwing with nature and give it half a chance and it will fix things up on its own.

Zorro: Why do on-the-range advocates name #wildhorses ? So we can say "I saw Zorro at the big pond." That means he's still free in Fish Springs. "Zorro & Santiago were sparring this morning!" We'll watch both mustangs for injuries. "Zorro loves his son Rocket." Cheryl Broumley shots #horses #Nevada

Writer hunting for a "real" job ? My friend Jackie Smith tells the truth. With humor. www.tiktok.com/@authorjacqu... #Writing #BookSky #KidLit #KidLitsky #AuthorLife #WritingHumor

A very cool(ing) photo of #wildhorses. They eat underwater grasses. Thanks @kehall25.bsky.social #horses #horsegirls

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Advocates for #wildhorses show backbone & win. For now. #horses #publiclands #conservation #ecologyOVERgreed

Macho macho men: ICe Agents shut down kids' camp in LA park www.foxla.com/news/karen-b... #ICE #MACHOMEN

When I taught #ElieWiesel's NIGHT, we discussed the EInsatzgrippen. Wonder why that popped into my head #ICE #immigration #NotMyPresident #StephenMiller

The ones left behind: #Breyerfest has been on my wish list for a long time & this year I'll be there! I'll also have free #PhantomSTallion postcards & horse stamps so you can include your stay-at-home friends in the excitement #horses

The Call of the Wild Tuesday July 1 call your Senators and Representatives and ask that protections for our wild horses and burros against killing and slaughter are in the 2026 Appropriations Bill #wildhorses

Consider the babies: picture these #wildhorses as 2 grown white stallions galloping across the range, a star-faced mare leading her band to water, a red yearling surprising a coyote huddled in wildflowers-- lives that won't happen. Your tax $ guarantee a dull-eyed, corralled future off #publiclands

Curly #wildhorses are a mystery documented by photo-advocate Carol Walker @wildhoofbeats.bsky.social . These magical ringlet-ed creatures are in danger every day. Read more here : cowboystatedaily.com/2025/03/19/f... #horses #wildhorses #Wyoming #ecology #Nature #wildlife

Thug administration: I'd rather clean up after #horses & write #books, but I can keep battling you, too #NoKings #HandsOff #PublicLands for the Pubic

They didn't bar unmarried #military from jumping out of planes, crossing mine fields. They didn't restrict bleeding out from bullets & bombs to Republican but the felon has a new plan for #VA #MedicalCare newrepublic.com/post/196877/...

Lest you think all #Nevada is red hat country #NoKings #HandsOff

Reno, Nevada showed up - more than 5k strong lining 1/2 mile of road. It was peaceful, strong, and beautiful. #NoKingsDay ❌👑

Tomorrow we take back our flag! Stores like Walmart, Dollar Store, etc. are stocked up for July 4th & you can pick up a hand-held flag on your way to a #NoKings protest. Even if you have to work tomorrow, you can place a flag on your car's dashboard

The assault on @padilla.senate.gov symbolizes the wider assault by this president on Congress. #padilla #assault

4 days ago, I met #EndoTheBlindHorse. Endo & his human friends are amazing. His story is touching. I watched from the rail at #WesternStatesHorseExpo with tears. What a cruel waste that #BureauofLandManagementr kills all captive blind #wildhorses www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12... #horses

#writing: want to turn a likeable main character suspect? Have her say "I loathe dogs." #Readers, I'm waiting for betrayal. #reading #blueskybooks #dogs

Arrested for the crime of bringing food to starving people. If past months foreshadow today, food will rot in warehouses while people die #Greta #Flotilla #starvation

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

Correction: I am signing books at the #WesternStatesHorseExpo this weekend, but I won't be where I said I'd be! Read confession below #horses #books #Horsebooks #California #SummerReading #PhantomStallion #librarians #educators #horsegirl