Woke up early to catch the Blood Moon. It was haunting and alive. I love that some things still can’t be fully captured with an iPhone. Thank goodness for that.

A fantastic workshop, open to anyone interested in nature writing! Highly recommend!

🙌 - The Roxy Theater continuing to be the absolute best! "This March, The Roxy showcases films which depict the struggle against #fascism, #imperialism, #colonialism, and #authoritarianism in all its complexity and power. Join us this month as we present The Good Fight: Resistance Cinema."⁠

This Sunday, March 1st, at Fact and Fiction - 6PM. #readings #montanawriters #secondwindseries

#WRITINGPROMPT: Open your last piece of writing, whether a story, essay, or poem. Take the last sentence/line of that piece. Use this line as the opening of an entirely new work. As an example, here’s mine: “A sticky, thick landscape that trapped dinosaurs in ancient tarpits.” #weeklywritingprompt

Wrapped up the Big Sky Film Festival with Montana features. Congratulations to all the film makers and storytellers! Another incredible collection of films! www.bigskyfilmfest.org

“There are openings in the science of auroras that leave room for magic and interpretation. Into these openings, I choose to place my grandmothers, beloved old dogs, and friends gone downstream.” - Chandra Brown www.mtoutlaw.com/on-love-and-...

2.20.26 I AM CERTAIN Geese fly close to the still lake to watch vibrations of their joyful honk speak with Water and see in their Own reflection what it looks like to live.

***NEW EPISODE!*** Infertility & Queer-ception @evalangston.bsky.social and Amanda Fields chat with Chloé Caldwell, author of Trying, about loneliness in infertility, contradictions with IVF in the queer community, and the rawness of writing in the moment.

Have a listen!!

"Westside Lanes," a poem by Lauren Tess:

Missoula Public Library - Feb 10th. ❤️✍️💪

WRITING PROMPT: If your house was burning down, what inanimate object would you grab first (beyond documents). Why? Write that object into scene. Start (or end) with: “[NAME] had trouble sleeping after the neighbor’s dog died.” #weeklywritingprompt

Saturday at the Missoula Public Library -- Cozy afternoon with Missoula poets! FREE. Reading and live music. #poetryreading #libraries

Nurses. ❤️‍🩹

"An NDA. It detailed what I would be legally allowed to write about my marriage: nothing." -from Lisa Bleasdale's literary reflection, "Please Do Not Disturb," in our Jan/Feb issue:

Thank you to everyone who joined us and Chris La Tray on Friday for a beautiful, winter evening of storytelling, community, connections, and listening. #community

“'We’ll be seeing a bit of each other on a regular basis until you expel, or, if you like, "birth" the final remains of your fertility. You should book for next month before you leave.'” - from Rachel Geman's eerie story in our Jan/Feb issue:

In this season of bitter frost I too will explode with the trees.

From Montana, with love. #minnesota

We usually ask our guests to describe themselves as a mother in five words or fewer. Here's @michellelernerauth.bsky.social's answer: "I am a launching pad." Link to the episode below, with @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @evalangston.bsky.social:

Our Jan/Feb issue is live! Enjoy beautiful poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary reflections, profiles, and reviews from mama writers!

"Erin laughed, stretching her legs. Clever Tracy. Years ago didn’t Tracy take improv classes? Didn’t everyone?".... From Rachel Geman's story "The Evening Trimesters: A Guide to Your Afterbirth" in Jan/Feb issue of @literarymama.bsky.social out today! Read more at: literarymama.com/articles/dep...

I’ll be there too!

Light.

"...something settles right in. A memory that can send its feeling across time and space. I’ll take it. If this is it, I’ll take it." from @pollyf.bsky.social's story, "Tuesday Morning (Ordinary Time)":

We're looking for a podcast co-host!

WRITING PROMPT: Dictionary[dot]com's 2025 word of the year was “six seven” Prompt: Write a love poem to slang like 6 7. Think specifically of slang from your past (or present); why did you use it? How old were you? Who you were talking to? Did slang ever get you into trouble? #weeklywritingprompt

Join me and the #MissoulaWritingCollaborative for The WRITE SPACE! Think "HUSH HOURS" for writing. This isn't a workshop, this is a place to write. FREE. See link to register (scroll to bottom). And check out other great workshops with the MWC while you're at it! secure.qgiv.com/for/writersr...

WRITING PROMPT: "Marley was dead: to begin with." Inspired by six-words stories and powerful openings (and the holidays), write your own six-word opening/story. Pay particular attention to words that set mood; that introduce a character, or setting. #weeklywritingprompt

Thank you, public lands.

Learn more: glacierartmuseum.org/artist-wilde... Artist Wilderness Connection. #residency #writerresidency #artistresidency

WRITING PROMPT: Write a poem or a prose piece about snow using antonyms of "cold" such as: heat, warmth, feverish, humid, hot, temperate, blazing, red, sizzling, scorching, burning, fiery, searing. #weeklywritingprompt #writers

Enjoy this fascinating story in @theguardian.com about a biological conundrum and a complex character that seems to best build connections with others through conflict. By the wonderful Chandra Brown. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Writing with mules with Eva-Marie Maggi. All ages and experience level. Free! Register here: pci.jotform.com/form/2534355...

My latest for @politico.com - the Trump administration is waking a sleeping giant in this red state with its attacks on public lands. Will either party notice? www.politico.com/news/magazin...

WRITING PROMPT: Write a story or poem with a character either starting or coming out of hibernation (metaphorically or literally). Start or end with: “It wasn’t sleep that they/I hoped for.” #weeklywritingprompt

WRITING PROMPT: Write a love poem to the bitter cold. Start or end with: “A Great Blue Heron stood on one leg in the Clark Fork River.” #weeklywritingprompt

Thrilled to announce @literarymama.bsky.social nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026! CONGRATULATIONS WRITERS!! literarymama.com/blog/archive... #bestsmallfiction

It's here! Check out the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary reflections, profiles, and reviews in our new issue!

"He is on fire, lit from the inside, his face blotchy-red and his hair sweat-soaked as he shrieks. He is a spark let loose, a wildfire raging." From Kristen-Paige Madonia's story "Eleven Heartbeats Long" out today in @literarymama.bsky.social literarymama.com/articles/dep...

"Baby, don’t you know, the only reason I go to weekday mass is to hear the children sing?" From Polly Farquhar's piece "Tuesday Morning (Ordinary Time)" New issue & new fiction out today @literarymama.bsky.social! literarymama.com/articles/dep...

This deer.

Congratulations to our Pushcart nominees! For links to their work, visit our below blog post! @susanperabo.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, Jill Finnessy, Julie Pfeiffer, Francine Diodati, and Caedra Scott-Flaherty!

Eee! Pushcart nom. from the amazing @literarymama.bsky.social for my story "Fighting Wind" which starts "Mom married Hurricane Gerald because he was strong. Passionate. Because he was too big for the car, too big for the house, too big for an office job..." Read more below: #FlashFiction #FlashLit

Oh hey, that’s from my novel 😊.

Thank you, public lands! We hope you're out and about celebrating today somewhere on the trail, in the trees, at the shore, watching wildlife, on a scenic fall drive…there are so many ways to enjoy and explore our beautiful public lands! #nationalpubliclandsday

Writers' Room workshop are back! Last chance to sign up for these fantastic workshops with Missoula Writing Collab! I am especially obsessed with "Scare Tactics" secure.qgiv.com/for/writersr... #writingworkshops #missoulawrites

It was an honor to work on this incredible, complex, and honest story with Judith!

CONGRATULATIONS to @susanperabo.bsky.social and Edith-Nicole Cameron. These are beautiful, lingering pieces on motherhood.