Simone Quartell

Ways the government could better spend the money they’re spending on ICE

Hit 75K words in my book!

Eight years ago today

Make No Mistake...

Good job, Virginia and New Jersey

Don’t forget to vote in your local elections today! Polls are open until 730 in Ohio.

Last day in the UK 😞 Yorkshire Museum and York Walk

Back in England for the last stop - York. Toured the York Minster

Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile walk, King’s Gallery, and Holyrood Castle 🏰

First time in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 went to the National Gallery and toured New Town Edinburgh

Got to see some iconic documents at the British Library and some cool Greek and Egyptian art at the British Museum today

Walking tour of the West End (a very cool neighborhood and theater district), some beautiful art at the National Gallery, and dinner at Chinatown

Took a day trip to Cambridge today and got to see the Kings College Chapel, the market, the clock tower, the library, and the grasshopper clock. University of Cambridge is comprised of more than 30 colleges completely independent of each other!

Westminster walk, Churchill War Rooms, and The Tate

London so far: Tower of London and a walking tour of the city 🇬🇧

Some photos from No Kings Cleveland

The past year has made me do a lot of thinking about my life - specifically about who and what I want in my life, and who and what I don't want in it.

Bye bye Stankees

The Yankees fans booed the Canadian anthem at today’s playoff game. Garbage behavior from a garbage fanbase from a garbage country

Halloween decorations are up 🎃

Got my covid and flu shots yesterday and feeling very achy today

Happy wildcard day. Go Guardians, Reds, Cubs, and… I guess Yankees because I dislike them less than the Red Sox

No matter what, there is always good in the world

Game 162 ⚾️ 2025 regular season total: 37 games at 7 parks. Hopefully I get to a playoff game, too!

My friend who got married last weekend got a wedding card from Hillary (and from her favorite baseball player). Someone suggested I send all my favorite people wedding invitations to see if I get cards. Should I do it?

Playoffs looking more and more likely for the Guardians. It looks like they’ll take the Astros’ spot. I’d love this under any other circumstance. But if they win they’ll have to go to the White House. I miss the days when I could be excited rather than conflicted.

To any fiction writers on here: if you’re writing a story with characters based on famous people, do you think you should use their real names, similar names, or completely different ones?

Today is 9/11.
It’s been said that was the last time there was truly unity. Others say that wasn’t the case. I was young and honestly pretty immature then so I can’t really say.
But I do think a lot about that and wonder if unity is possible. Through the years, things have gotten worse and worse.

Enough.

The Dodgers commentator called the Pirates a bad team