Elizabeth Webster

Because a beautiful sunset over a soccer field is still a beautiful sunset ❤️

I can romanticize any vacation view - but what about my regular life?

I gave a whirl 😉

Happy Friday, friends! What aspect of life brought you joy this week?

Required my juniors to use em-dashes and semicolons, which I taught them how to use last week, in an in-class essay today. They were showing each other their em-dashes and semicolons. Monsters officially created.

A Friendship for All Seasons — Elizabeth Webster - Author When I was deep in the trenches of editing Summer Triangle , I attempted to explain the friendship dynamic of two characters to my editor. I told her they’d been best friends since childhood, but the...

Making & keeping friends in adulthood isn’t for the faint of heart ❤️

Check out my latest blog for some compelling research (and my own hard-won epiphanies) on seasonal friendship 👇

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Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall

Happy Friday, all! It’s a beautiful day to buy books 😊📚

What have I missed? What other ways can we support authors?

Make books. Make journals. Make chapbooks and zines and pretty letters. Make papercraft. Make beautiful things with words. Let no one take that from you. Make words.

A metal sculpture depicting a person absorbed in a book. It's in the middle of a pedestrian zone in Rotterdam.

Spotted this reader, absolutely absorbed in their book, in Rotterdam, Netherlands 💙 #booksky

Vincent van Gogh :
Almond Blossoms, 1890

"In spite of everything, I shall rise again:
I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement,
and I will go on with my drawing."

Friday Finnish!!!

Aukusti Uotila 1858-1886
Finnish golden age painter.
He died of tuberculosis only at 27 and lived many of his years in France.

Nuottakota
(Boat House)
1884
Oil on canvas
47 cm x 37,5 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland

Part of the Yorkshire Dales, 2020, painting by Simon Palmer, Wensleydale-based artist. #NorthernArt

Because it’s time for warcoffee and a treat.

Life goes on in Kyiv.
We don’t need red carpets to feel strong.

Currently manifesting a weekend with uninterrupted reading time

Yes please #booksky

It’s that time again! My newsletter (link in bio) drops at 5PM EDT & I can’t wait to share it with you!

Inside, you’ll find a thoughtful interview with Laura Scharle of Delmarva Trails & Waterways, my recommendations for your best day in Cape May, and a crepe recipe inspired by my novel 😊

Reading Resolutions — Elizabeth Webster - Author Someone asked me recently if I really read all the books I review on my socials. She asked if it was all true . I won’t judge anyone for being skeptical as to the veracity of social media content, ...

A friend asked me recently how I read so many books. I understand her frustration, as finding extra time to read can feel impossible.

But if I can make that time, you can too.

If you’re hoping to read more, check out my blog for my key (quirky) tips 👇

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Happy National Avocado Day!

Are you a fan of avocados? If not, who hurt you? 👀

I kid, I kid. But in honor of one of my favorite fruits (yes, it’s a fruit!), I give you a solid roundup of the best Mom/Dad jokes…🥑

Today, may we all have the opportunity to respond, “Yes, I know the guac is extra.”

A wall covered in pinned beetles, with a VW Beetle in the middle.

A wall covered in pinned beetles, with a VW Beetle in the middle.

“The Cleveland Museum of Natural History added a fun hidden detail in their display of real Beetles by inserting a Volkswagen Beetle in their display cleverly disguised as just another specimens. It has been part of the display since 2002.”

There is someone out there who wants your weird little book. Even if you doubt yourself sometimes, don't doubt their earnest enthusiasm.

May our capacity to love and care for each other, to hold and protect each other and lift each other up grow, deeper, stronger, more powerful.

A person enjoying an audio guide in an art gallery

This month, we’re shining a light on how museums and galleries are celebrating women painters 🖌️

Planning your next art outing? Here are four exhibitions, all with free Bloomberg Connects guides to enrich your visit 👇

📷 Bloomberg Philanthropies 🧵 1/6

Rise & shine! ☕️

The day is young & our coffee is still hot, so what are you making today?

Rural landscape-inspired textile art with view to fields until the horizon, using hand-dyed fabric, stitching and mixed media by UK textile artist Magz Roberts #WomensArt

Happy Fourth of July! — Elizabeth Webster - Author To those of you who celebrate, I hope you’re enjoying the holiday with friends and family - and that you take time today to dip into a red, white, and blue stack of your own! I’ll be spending the day ...

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

If you’re celebrating, I hope you’re enjoying spending the day with friends and family.

Just for fun, check out today’s blog for four things to mark the moment. I promise you don’t have to be American to enjoy them 😉

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Isobelle Ouzman carves intricate 3D illustrations into discarded books found in dumpsters, recycling bins, and local thrift shops #WomensArt

Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court made it possible for couples like Brad and me to marry in every corner of this country. It was a moment we never thought we’d live to see and one we’ll never take for granted.

Breaking the Surface Painting | Samantha French
Oil on Canvas

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

A dazzling ocean of tulips stretching endlessly in Hokkaido, Japan...

That is nifty! 🤗

What Jennifer Garner Taught Me About Reading — Elizabeth Webster - Author Years ago, I read an article in O, The Oprah Magazine with advice that I’ve always kept close. In the piece, actor Jennifer Garner listed her recommended books and offered insight into her own s...

Years ago, I stumbled across one of my favorite pieces of reading advice in an interview with Jennifer Garner, and I’ve kept it close ever since - particularly during difficult periods.

Check out today’s blog to learn more 👇

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