Ana Maria Spagna

Just fantastic. Thanks for all these posts and photos. So moving!

Love this. Love Sarah Manguso

That’s one fabulous fox. Thanks for sharing.

Such a fantastic collection!

Wonderful letter, Jill, and a generous communal approach. I love it!

Intimacy, as Lopate wrote, is the hallmark of the personal essay. Such a generous analysis of my work from The Humble Essayist www.the-humble-essayist.com

Lovely! Thank you!

Look at Maybelle advocating for transit!

The average American male may have three. But the average American woman? Seven? Twelve? Twenty? Apologies for lack of meme.

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This is crucial to our region .. and to actual hard working humans and many friends. Thanks to @repkimschrier.bsky.social

Gorgeous photo

Yum! Money well spent!

Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’

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Writer friends, I hope you're getting your current manuscript polished and ready to send to Wandering Aengus and Trail to Table Press by 1/31.

10 days to submit literary #fiction, #nonfiction, and #poetry.

The editors are reading subs and eagerly awaiting yours!

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Love this. So true.

Easily the coolest news I’ve heard all year so far. Thank you, Jason. Thank you, otters!

Gopnik: “A crowd can become a mob;a crowd can even become an army. To turn a crowd into a community? Ah, that’s the hard work.”

Go bluesky go.

Love this! Recipe please?

WRITING THE NONHUMAN - Freeflow Institute A rich, multidimensional journey across genres and species, and a dreamy midsummer exploration of the Salish Sea by kayak

Teaching this course 2 years ago was one of the most magical experiences of my life. Please join me and our amazing more-than-human kin in the San Juan Islands.

"Stories are holy and nutritious and crucial. Stories change lives; stories save lives.... They crack open hearts, they open minds." ~ Brian Doyle

An honor to be in this fine company.

A cat on a ferry boat by a sign for life jackets

Maybelle’s on her annual ferry commute from Stehekin to Wenatchee. She stays pretty close to the life jackets. Safety first!

Call for Proposals Coming Soon — NonfictioNOW 2025: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

I think the best thing we can do for the moment is get together and make a plan. One plan might be submitting a proposal for NonfictioNOW. Proposals are due November 15th. We'll all get together in June and celebrate writing and community.
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Done!

Yeah! We have a community in the makes … xo

Some jobs I’ve done besides what I do now:

Independent author-editor-teacher
Trail crew worker
Park ranger
Wildland firefighter
Dispatcher
Housekeeper
Lifeguard
Newspaper reporter
Camp counselor
Oldest daughter holding everything together (or trying)

Also FWIW my brother “Joefish” died in June. I miss him every day. I’m not as sciency as he was but I will try to carry on his legacy as a voice for decency and truth on social media and in the world.

Deactivated the Other. Looking for connection here. Onward. ❤️

Did you all know it costs $500 to place a 150 word obit in a local paper? And they don’t even say so straight up? Labyrinthine upsell websites for those mourning is no way to save local journalism.