Kristina Wright

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Hummingbird

I’ve become a woman who watches birds.

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Cover for Queen Demon, art by Cynthia Sheppard.

Cover for Storyteller anthology, art by Mario Sanchez Nevado

Also, here's a link to what I have out now, and a list of upcoming publications: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/666162.html #booksky #murderbot

Thank you. I’m sorry for the loss of your guinea pigs. ❤️

Collecting the Dead: My Closet is a Pet Cemetery For over 20 years, I’ve kept the cremated remains of my pets—but I don’t know what to do with them

Writing this essay was a therapy session. Thanks to Open Secrets for letting me revisit the furred, feathered, and finned creatures I have loved, lost, buried, and kept in my closet.

My latest for @wirobooks.bsky.social!

I think I might do another round of Blind Date With a Book for teachers and staff at the end of the year. Not sure how to theme it though. Maybe summer camp?

Apple blossoms

The apple trees are blooming and we have a freeze warning for tomorrow and Wednesday night. 😭

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About a dozen pink flamingos.

Snowy suburban landscape.

My February, in two pictures.

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White pizza in a rectangular sheetpan

I’m still dreaming about this white pizza I made on Friday. Smoked mozzarella stuffed crust, layered with ricotta, mozzarella, mushrooms, red onion, fresh rosemary, and Parmesan. So, so good.

(Recipe from the cookbook I got for Christmas: Let’s Stay In by Ashley Rodriguez)

My January column for @wirobooks.bsky.social is up! 📚

As a mom of teens, I was surprised when they asked to spend time with me this holiday season Long gone are the days when my sons asked for PAW Patrol Christmas gifts. Now, they want my attention and time.

After taking a break from personal essays for a couple of years, I’m wrapping up 2024 with some new bylines. I wrote this one for Business Insider’s parenting section.

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A flyer that reads: Season’s Readings, Blind Date With a Book.

A large tote of plain-wrapped books with library cards labeled with genres.

Blind Date With a Book for teachers and staff at my kids’ school:

55 review copies collected over the year. A roll of craft paper. Old fashioned library cards and pockets. A stack of bookmarks. Twine, yarn, and a little bling.

A ginger and white cat in a sunny room on a white striped blanket

My familiar 🐈

Sunrise over a lake

Gorgeous sunrise yesterday morning

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Pink glass ornament on a flocked Christmas tree

It’s a marshmallow world in the winter

A book stack made to look like a Christmas tree

I saw a book tree in the wild this week. (Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)

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A bottle of Prosecco in a Target shopping cart

Just finishing up the Thanksgiving shopping.

The Thanksgiving turkey is thawing in the refrigerator. The Christmas tree is up. I have my 2025 datebook. I’m right on schedule for my end of the year melt down.

A pile of gingersnap cookies

It doesn’t feel like the holiday season until I make gingersnaps.

Thank you! I’m rather pleased with them.

Muffin tin filled with streusel-topped muffins

Behold the perfect banana nut muffin.

Opinion | Against Panic: A Survival Kit There is no cure for profound grief, but beauty and love and tenderness can walk alongside it and ease the solitude.

I bought Margaret Renkl’s book The Comfort of Crows when it came out and plan to start reading it in January. This essay was a nice prelude. (gift article)

Trees silhouetted by a vibrant sunset

Tonight’s sunset