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Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social

Writer. Teacher. Cyclist (esp. MTB). Eastern Band Cherokee citizen. WNC. Appalachia.

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New genre alert: My bad habit of doing talk-to-text with often embarrassing results has finally paid off. I would like to officially announce that instead of writing “literary fiction,” I do, in fact, write “literary fixins.”

01.10.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Speaking Against Fascism Over the past year, I have tried, at various times, to watch Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) because I kept seeing Chaplin’s…

Teaching @annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social Even as We Breathe this semester finally led me to watch Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator.” It’s a movie we need at this moment, not just the last scene.

interminablerambling.medium.com/charlie-chap...

14.09.2025 13:04 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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What Lies Buried Beneath Our Feet in Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s “Even As We Breathe” A few weeks ago, I reread Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s debut novel Even As I Breathe for class. When I initially read the novel back in…

Just finished teaching @annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social "Even As We Breathe." So much to talk about with this novel, especially how we think about the past and those who came before. medium.com/@interminabl...

10.09.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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@andrealrogers.bsky.social evicted me from a reading funk! Might do the same for you 😉! I am pretty slack about sharing what I am reading, but didn’t want to miss this share.

23.06.2025 17:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m curious, what section of Project 2025 is Swift’s A MODEST PROPOSAL? But, you know. Minus the satire. Just trying to stay up-to-date on the new administration’s policies.

12.03.2025 11:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has anyone asked @realdollyparton.bsky.social what to do?

07.02.2025 00:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Join me in Provincetown this summer!

24.01.2025 15:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I know everyone has a different process for manuscript editing, but I just poured heavy whipping cream all over mine. Feel like that may be in a category all its own.

14.01.2025 00:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Boopable

12.01.2025 19:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Strava needs gift wrapping segments.

19.12.2024 12:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A history of distrust: The context missing from Helene coverage A legacy of governmental action created fertile ground for distrust after Hurricane Helene.

I’m always pleased to speak with Lilly Knoepp who does a remarkable job covering our region’s complexity. www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

18.12.2024 19:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Shoutout to my hairdresser: The guy in her chair before me started talking about Native Americans in a positive, yet uninformed manner. My anxiety shot up as I waited for her to tell him who I was, but she DID NOT rat me out and pull me into that conversation. 🙌 Yes, girl! Thank you! 😮‍💨

12.12.2024 15:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The nerd in me just sang! I’m watching a Netflix limited series (The Madness) and from the get-go, I thought, this is Invisible Man. A character just picked up the book as an Easter egg 7 episodes in. Still got it, baby!

04.12.2024 13:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Museum of the Cherokee People cares for art and cultural objects using Cherokee cultural protocols & the highest museum standards. MotCP’s community programming is vital to perpetuating a LIVING Cherokee culture. Support Museum of the Cherokee People this #GivingTuesday: bit.ly/4idWfDt

03.12.2024 12:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Life in the fast lane

01.12.2024 20:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Pop to the rescue!

28.11.2024 23:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 1 of PT is in the books! My physical therapist even gave me a recipe to make on Thanksgiving Day… for an ice pack 😅

27.11.2024 20:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Local Honeys, Appalachian Writers' Workshop, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park | Kentucky Life Kentucky-based band, The Local Honeys, is dedicated to preserving and spreading traditional mountain music; the Appalachian Writers' Workshop in Hindman focuses on nurturing the next generation of App...

For all of you who have had to hear me go on and on about the Appalachian Writers' Workshop through Hindman Settlement School, this is a perfect summary of what I have been trying to say for years! Starts at minute 8, but also give The Local Honeys some love in the segment.

ket.org/program/kent...

24.11.2024 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Post-surgery shower was heavenly! But my poor husband has learned the true meaning of “for better or worse.”

23.11.2024 16:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Clocked in.

22.11.2024 14:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wado-Sgi!

21.11.2024 15:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sgi! (thank you)

21.11.2024 14:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writers are flame throwers.

21.11.2024 02:14 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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The deed is done and on the road to recovery now (after a big old burger or its equivalent. Haven’t eaten since yesterday 🤤).

20.11.2024 23:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Hanging with the crew at @ashevillefm.bsky.social !

18.11.2024 00:43 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Here we go! New app, same old me 😊

17.11.2024 17:53 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0