Yay! I reached 1000 followers! Probably 100 of them are real people and to them I say Hi!!

I need just one more person (or pretend person) to reach 1000 followers!

So glad I was able to see the beautiful show by Shanna McNair in the Emery Center at its closing, and to hear her read from her book SOUL RETRIEVAL. Shanna was a BFA student years ago who helped shape the program, and shape me as a writing teacher.

Here is the town of Broto, Spain, from our hotel.

Where is my dead sister? I want to know.

Rustica is a beautiful new journal from central rural Maine. I'm happy to have my story "The Night It Happened" in it.

==================== Mainers – Absentee Ballots Available for Request Online ==================== Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online. Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting. #Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting

Pips #3 Hard 🔴 3:59 New game, new way to waste time.

Along with three other writers, I will give a short reading from my work at the Bangor Beer Company in Bangor, Maine this Sunday, July 13th, at noon. Join us!

there's always a tweet

My husband wants to write a book called: "The Organised Chef." I think the subtitle should be: "How to Take the Fun Out of Cooking."

"What’s missing in this current narrative is the fact that Bluesky’s social app is only meant to be one example of what’s possible within the wider AT Proto ecosystem."

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” - James Baldwin (1924-1987)

AOC❤️

I haven’t posted a photo for a while. This is a block from where I live in Wilton, Maine. Lovely day after days of rain.

This puts things into perspective.

Friends from Maine: Public pressure does work. Here's Susan Collins' phone number, to call her with your thoughts about the Big Barbaric Bill: (207) 622-8414

I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? —Langston Hughes

I bought myself a gift today, inspired by a Jill Lepore piece in The New Yorker. A box of little Black Books.

Farmington, Maine shows up.

america rn

I get this.

A huge crowd for Portland, Maine.

HCR writes that Trump "didn’t land on a plan until less than three hours before he announced it . . . Neither Republican lawmakers nor the president’s team knew what Trump would do. 'He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore,' a WH official told reporters." Some of us do give a fuck.

I volunteer in a food pantry that always needs fresh produce, and to see this waste is appalling.

IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

LumenARRT! paid a visit to the Federal Building in Portland recently. In case of coup remember, we are many, they are few. #upholddemocracy #Resist #MEpolitics

@divy great job talking about Bluesky on Maine Calling!

Rumford, Maine public library! Book talk/reading Tuesday, March 11, 6:30! See you there!

From Mt. Tamalpais, yesterday.

"Killing Me Softly" is a masterpiece, but this has always given me shivers. RIP Roberta.

Grateful to sugarsugarsalt.org for republishing this flash essay first published in Brevity. It means a lot to me.

Another of Pt. Reyes for peace. Estero trail.

"You must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end?" - Maine Gov. Janet Mills

Here’s the story about Janet Mills.

I don't know if she's on Bluesky, but I am very proud of our Governor today, Janet Mills. I knew she had balls and she proved it today in the face of a bully.

Point Reyes National Seashore.

I’m trying to beware of the eel but it’s hard to do.

Beautiful Marin County.

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

It may not do any good, but it can't HURT to sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

The meerkats in our petting zoo moan when you touch them. We don’t condone this behavior but they think it’s hysterical.

A small thing you can do is to start each day by telling your reps how you feel about an unelected billionaire taking over the levers of government and about the president announcing that your tax dollars will be used for land grab and ethnic cleansing. Capitol switchboard: 202 224-3121

Good morning February.

@gramily60.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!

I got a story accepted this morning, and all of the sudden the snow is pretty, my haircut doesn't suck (so bad), and I'm actually kind of a genius. Thank you, @raleighreview.bsky.social!

@melissafalconfield.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!

70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US We are the only highly developed nation without it Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare

We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.