I've been in a purge surge, decluttering technical stagnation. I thought I only had 20,000 emails to sort through. Some dated back to 2004. I've come a long (hard-earned) way. Whatever you're doing...keep going. #declutter #decluttering #empowerment #healing #healingjourney #memoirist

I co-host Writer to Writer, on Radio Boise month after month. If you missed one of May's guests, Brian Rohr, you can listen to the recording. Check out Brian's generous thoughts and tips we gathered in conversation. Link to episode on graphic, but also, on my website (rebeccaevanswriter.com).

My Substack, Noticing; Navigating the Creative Life. Revolves around isolation, invisibility, and friendships this week. I made a list in my journal two mornings ago (oh! I do love lists). I made a list of people who no longer engage in my life. ..... I hope you keep reading. (link below)

Noticing This. My new substack title. I love my little blog, but you know as well as I know, I don't visit you very often here. It feels, well, neglect-full at best. I will still visit, post something fresh for you here. Aim for my monthly engagement because I really love my website and love the…

Look at her glow! #poppy #flowers #littlethings #empowered

Beneath my Free Little Library lives a little shelf/house where I gather and curate packets of seeds for my neighbors. What seeds are you planting? In your heart? In your neighborhood? In the world? #seeds #freelittlelibrary #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Who tears their MCL gardening? An aggressive gardener, that's who. Braced and Healing. Oh...and check out my toes! Years of squishing them into pointe shoes, six inch heels, and combat boots. How much they've suffered. #gardening #knees #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Fast Publication? Are writers who take years to publish better writers than those who publish frequently? I'm asking for myself because I hear this fairly often. Because I hear this often, I assume the statement is targeted at me. I might be the target because over the last four years, I've…

For your vinyl listening pleasure, a bit of Bread. @therecordexchange #record #recordplayer #vinyl #vinyllovers #album

Tangled by Blood was awarded the Literary Titan Award. Literary Titan: "This award underscores the significance of Evans’s contribution to contemporary memoir and poetry." I couldn't be prouder of my book. #literaryaward #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection

A little art for your heart. Loose Watercolor Art, 2026 R. Evans. #watercolourpainting #watercolours #visualartist #visualart

Vinyl listen: A bit of Lily DeTaeye with turmeric coffee and morning pages. Man oh man, is this a generous album (two).Lily's voice feels like a hybrid of Sinéad O'Connor mixed with notes of Sarah McLachlan - though, of course, Lily's voice, tone, lyrics are completely a singular experience.

Aging is beautiful. #love #age #selflove

I’ve been teaching high-risk teens since 2004 using journaling, visual art, movement, and empowerment coaching as mediums into and through story. Last week, in the Juvenile system, we story-boarded significant life events on bandanas. Here’s a glimpse of mine. #empower #empowerment

I get to... yes... teach a workshop on micro-memoir. In this workshop I share three distinct approaches—photography and framing prompts, poetic craft techniques, and essay templates. #writingcommunity #essay #flashessay #creativenonfiction

I'm certain you know Luis Alberto Urrea and his fine work. Regardless, revisit his books. All of them. Especially now. I'm beyond grateful for Luis' blurb for my newest book, AFTERBURN, a memoir in flash essays. #grateful #bookblurbs #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @urrealism.bsky.social

Loose Watercolor, circa 2025. #watercolor #watercolorartist #artist #poetry #poetrycommunity @idahoartlab.bsky.social

Spring blossoms and blooms. I feel like Tinkerbell prancing through my bubble (backyard). How much hope I feel pressing my palm into the sturdy trunks of these trees. I’ve much to learn. #bloom #blossom #hope #fruittrees

Every first Tuesday, Gayle Brandeis and I offer a FREE on-line gathering: Musings & Movement. Here we collect ourselves in sacred space and offer four writing prompts paired with four gentle movements for the artist's body. I hope you'll join our community tomorrow, April 7th, at 11 am.

I don’t know about you, but when I find a delicious book, I ration myself reading time with it. This book is brilliant in musicality, form, pace, craft, and content. I don’t want this one to end. #read #reader #readerforlife #writingcommunity

April 18th, 6-8 pm at Moonstone Cellars, Cambria. You’re invited to an evening of words, wine and community hosted by Moonstone Cellars, benefiting Estero Bay Kindness Coalition and featuring Rebecca Evans, Luke Johnson, and Kathryn deLancellotti followed by an open mic. Sign up link in comments.

Hannah Rodabaugh and me are still blazing through on our 2026 Reberberations Book Tour. Tomás Baiza is just one of our incredible writers at Old Speak Book Bar / This Room Lit on April 12th, 6-8 pm. #booktour #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity @tomasbaiza.bsky.social @boisestate.bsky.social

Tonight! Time to free yourself from whatever keeps you enslaved. This could be addiction, toxic situations, distraction, self-doubt…arrive with love. Image: Pesach, loose watercolor, 2026 @yetzirahpoets #pesach #jewish #poetry #poetrycommunity

Treefort fest Find Hannah Rodabaugh and me met Lily DeTaeye during our book signing with Rediscovered Books. What an incredible singer and songwriter! And so kind and generous up close! Check out Lily’s incredible music. #booksigning #booksigningevent #booktour #music

Coming Up: Apr 12, 1-3 a free workshop at Rediscovered Books and from 6-8, a free community read with @tomasbaiza.bsky.social, Clyde Moneyhun, Hannah Rodabaugh, Chelsea Major, and myself. We'll be raffling away (FREE) banned books donated from Rediscovered Books. #bannedbooks #booktour #literary

Loose Watercolor, by R. Evans, 2026 #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #loosewatercolor #artist #poet

Treefort Music Fest! If you're in (or near) the Treasure Valley, I hope you come to Storyfort. I'll be on panels, reading, signing, and more (oh my!) this week. @treefortfest.bsky.social @wassmuthcenter.bsky.social @tomasbaiza.bsky.social @johnbarrie.bsky.social #booktour #writing #poetry #essayist

Loose Watercolor. #watercolor #watercolorartist #visualartist #poetrycommunity

If you're heading to the AWP Bookfair, I'd love to see you. I'm reading at three venues: Mar 4th, 5:30-10:30 pm Wednesday Night Poetry Open Mic Mar 5th, 4-6 pm Sage Creators Collective: A Wild Debut Reading Mar 5th 6-7:30 pm Flash the Court Reading I'll also be signing books at UNR, TBA.

We Need More Kintsugi I taught a kintsugi art class in 2024. It went less than well, mainly because I nearly caught a few participants' eyelashes on fire. I'll come back to my fire-hazard moment. Let me back up: I'm not a kintsugi… http://rebeccaevanswriter.com/2026/02/18/we-need-more-kintsugi/

Share your best tips please? (uhm...be kind) #detoxification #Health #balance #Empowerment

How to Shave a Zach I shave my son, Zach. Let me back up. I'm a single mom with three sons. I've taught them all the things, like turning off toilet water in an emergency, the care and upkeep of wool sweaters, and how to pee standing up (which involved aiming for Fruit Loops). Of the three, Zach's…

A Night Well Spent Photo by Andrea Music on Unsplash Say I told you that I spent a good, no, a great, part of my life in numbness training. Men thought me emotionally stable because I wanted nothing, asked for nothing, accepted even less. Women thought me a threat because men thought me well. I…

Un-Shiva-ing My brother phoned me on June 13th, 2025. I was driving my oldest son to his weekly PT. I probably wore leggings and a soft tee. Maybe a loose sundress. I should tell you, my brother rarely calls. When I say "rarely," I mean, like once or twice a year. I should also tell you that my…

Morning

Soaking in this sweet-baby-love moments. #grandbaby #loveislove #love #sweetmoments

I've had the privilege of teaching for the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for almost a decade. Yesterday, teaching here, filled me, reminding me of our critical roles--one heart to another--to love, to include, to help where we can.

...some art for your heart... #dragonfly #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist

Hanging some lavender bundles to dry. If you'd like me to ship your way...dm me. Intoxicating. #lavender #backyardgardening #backyardgardener #healingjourney

I hope you'll pause and read my blog - the little journey of Zach's recent heart surgery.

A little art for your heart. #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist

First Orchid I've bloomed. Thanks to my friend, Thelma. I consider myself a fairly decent green thumb, but never had the ability to figure orchids out. Here. I'm a bit giddy. #orchids #orchidlovers #flowers

Grandbaby love. There is nothing, I mean nothing, like this sweet fill-up. #grandbaby #bubbe #family #lovewins

Breakfast. Sage and Basil and Cilantro and Parsley from the garden! Two fresh eggs from my dairyman delivered every Friday am. Crunchy rosemary/parmesan toast. Pause. Eat well. Chew slow. Take in what the body needs whenever you can. #breakfast #breakfastideas #selfcare #healingjourney

Live in layers. Bloom no matter. Grow heavy with color and love and sweet nectar. When you can, be like a peony. #flowers #peony #peonies #backyardgarden

This is how we break through. #poppies #backyard #flowers #survivor

From my front door. So I send you a cream rose bud, with a flush on her petal tips, for the love that is purest and sweetest, holds a kiss of desire on its lips. Image: Cream rose with fuchsia edges, May 2025. #roses #rosebush

Some art for your heart. Medium: Watercolor on watercolor paper. R. Evans, 2025 #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist #watercolorart #cat

Seeds The small, slow steps work. Every time. This is true of difficult decisions. True of preparing a gorgeous meal. True of creating beautiful art. The fastest track might yield "results," but rarely offers a deep sense of fulfillment. For the last three years, I've suffered a variety of medical…

Nope. I am not the story you made of me. Tee courtesy of Domi and The Corporeal team.