Allyson (she/her)

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

"This is our moral moment..." Cory Booker continues to be an inspiration today. It's not enough to stay silent as we watch the tyranny around us and wait for someone else to stand up and fight it. Use your power and never back down!
#senate #corybooker #inspired #activism #volunteer

LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump YouTube video by MSNBC

Senator Booker over there convincing me to close my stand ring today. Keep strong, Senator!

www.youtube.com/live/N5NfmuI...

#closeyourrings #democracy #corybooker #senate

A reminder to watch for foreshadowing opportunities in your writing. Make sure to use every Mouseketool! #writing #parenting #whatdoiknow

Only 4 weeks left to submit recently published indie/small press books for consideration in the Book Awards program hosted by the Independent Publishers of New England! ipne.org/book-awards-... #booksky #💙📚 #smalltownvibes

In case you want some sweet news today.

I’m volunteering at the book fair at my kid’s school, and discovered Dav Pilkey paid for the whole thing.

For the entire school.

Every kid pre-k through fifth grade (the whole school) goes home with two free books.

Say these words out loud:

“I was wrong. I’m sorry. What can I do to make amends?”

It’s not that hard. We all fuck up sometimes.

Normalize apologies.

Duolingo lessons make me wonder if I should ask people about their waitress sister or actor brother. The chancellor of Germany should also be brought up more frequently. #duolingo #amidoingthisright #alwayslearning

Accomplishment today: I scanned and logged every automotive service receipt that was stuffed into a wayward folder. Turns out, I did get that transmission fluid exchanged two years ago… #littlevictories #carcare #winning

That cover is awesome!

When you’re feeling hopeless, like there’s no way to fight back against tyranny, try volunteering. Small acts of kindness are ripples in a pond, but someone has to be the drop that starts them. #volunteer #kindness #riseup

Yup! Keep the tools, but donate the supplies is my motto. I’ve got crochet hooks, but no yarn. Glass bead making mandrels, but no glass. Such is the life. 😅

😮‍💨 3.11 mi (5km) done and dusted! #run #mentalhealth #doitforher

There’s nothing better than coming home to your own toilet paper…😍

I’m developmental editing a post apocalyptic sci-fi novella!

I love it! 😂

The picture is a screenshot of a conversation between two users. A user named “king-jesster” says: “Worldbuilders naming towns: I named this town Elygwe'meth which means "Where the Dearly Beloved King died next to his Lover" in the language l invented and also a combination of the Old English word for diamonds and the Maori word for apples since that's their main exports. People in real life naming towns: I named this town Big Falls cause big fall there” A user named “bumblebeebats” says: “me poring over a fantasy map: Shit I already used that name for a town, I can't use it again, that's such sloppy worldbuilding. real life maps: There are six rivers in Britain called the River Avon, which means River River, because when the Romans asked the Celts "what is that?" they replied "a river?" and the Romans nodded and jotted it down”

The struggle is real! #writing

Current Reading Update: About 50% through “The Jasmine Throne” by Tasha Suri and it is 🔥🔥I love how the multiple POVs give context to the greater global struggle going on around main character Priya’s inner journey

MY APPAGES

Text: “You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote in her 1974 anarchist utopian science-fiction novel, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia.

Usula K. Le Guin died on Jan. 22, 2018 www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-you-...

You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.

I did too. I did too.

Don’t dread, do. For me, that means 30 min of exercise today. What can you do for yourself today to push away the dread?

Dragons are a fantasy staple, but what is a dragon really? Four legs or two? Wings or no wings? If a dragon falls over in the woods and nobody sees it, does it really exist? Join Zen Cho, Ian Green & writing team MK Hardy in the dragons' den to discuss the finer points of dragon mythology.