Dawn Tasaka Steffler

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Of course Patricia! Anything for you!

“There are endless tomorrows. Until there aren’t.”

A heart-warming story with an adorable pair of chickens that had me whispering “I’d choose that too” at the end. A beautiful and gentle story by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @riverteeth.bsky.social

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Sorry this is so late, Jenny, but thank you so much for reading and sharing! 🐓❤️

Love this gorgeous piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social !
#flash #flashlit

Sorry this is so late, but thanks Dawn, for reading and sharing! ❤️🐓

We are so here for the chicken years, Dawn--& thrilled to have published this beautiful thing!

Thanks Lori!

“The last of her kind, as far as she knows. A gentle apocalypse.”

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Oh geez, a bit late, but thanks so much Pat for reading and sharing! 🐓❤️

I've been spending time preparing for @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social's book launch and it's going to be a real treat! Her book, "Pardon Me For Moonwalking" is an absolute treasure! And I'm honored to share the table with Jacqueline Doyle and Lynn Mundell. Hope some of our Bay Area locals will join us!

Wow wow wow, this is some lineup! So honored to share the stage with these fabulous writers! Come listen if you're in Baltimore! And the venue... I was reading George Saunders' newsletter the other week and on his book tour he hit this library, it's absolutely gorgeous...

I share leftovers from my fridge: chow mein is a favorite. Then we all hobble around with our chronic bumblefoot, arthritis, and bum knees, me gardening, them scratching for bugs under the lemon tree.

By @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @riverteeth.bsky.social

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"For their service, I share leftovers from my fridge: chow mein is a favorite. Then we all hobble around with our chronic bumblefoot, arthritis, and bum knees, me gardening, them scratching for bugs under the lemon tree." Love this @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
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This is perfection, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. You made me cry--such gorgeous writing and an oddly hopeful ending...a "gentle apocalypse". I'm not sure why this is what I need today, but thank you.

Emily, thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate you. 🐓❤️

Thank you, River Teeth! 🐓❤️

Lori, thanks so much for reading! 🌵

Thanks so reading, Amalia! 🌵

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Claudia! 🐓❤️

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Belinda!! 🐓❤️

Also a huge thank you to @sfreligh.bsky.social who runs the best workshops and has somehow turned me on to poetry... wow.

I have a very special essay up in Beautiful Things. For me, it's a shift in energy from all the despair. Also, a precious moment of my chicken years captured.

Fun little anecdote: When I fed them this morning (chilly!) i gave them warm scrambled egg to celebrate, and I told them they’re famous now.

Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting The Republican Senate will pass the SAVE Act at the midnight hour before the midterms, and tens of millions of women will discover their names don’t match their birth certificates when fixing the cris...

“THIS is how millions of women could quietly lose the right to vote in the midterms.”

Read. Take action. Protect your vote.

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Thanks Melissa! 🌵❤️

Thanks Emily 🌵❤️

That Carver class was inspirational!

It was a thrill getting picked because I really admire *your* work!

This story is from my WIP novella-in-flash, drafted in @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social's Raymond Carver workshop. (Such a great workshop, highly recommend!)