Shanti Leonard 🩸 is querying 🎈

Sweet potatoes are underrated.

This was a banger. Sorry nobody else thought so.

Hear, hear

I wish they made fun cool ankle socks. I can’t wear socks that go above the ankle and it seems like y’all are having a lot of fun.

Hope is the crest of the wave that carries us on and the sharpness of the rocks we are dashed upon.

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quote your answer in GIF form

Tik-Tok from Return to Oz

Oh Dear! Our free speech has run down…

Thumbnail for the podcast, “The Telepathy Tapes”.

This is not only life changing, it is humanity changing. Listen to this. Every one of you

So, is an original, no tropes, genre breaking novel really a recipe for no audience?

Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only.

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Tummy Buddy Life: Dare to Care

Toto too?

YouTube video by the Mountain Goats the Mountain Goats - This Year (Jordan Lake Sessions)

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Jesus, I love Bluesky. The replies here kick ass…

“Tomorrow never gets here but it gets real close to let you know it exists.” Wisdom from a homeless man named Hassan.

There is power in uplifting one another. Never forget that

Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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Cover for Od and Ed by Shanti Leonard. Blurbs from various sources are on the left. One reads, “Weird, creepy, funny, frightening, and heartfelt.”

Still available if you’re willing to open your mind and embrace your weird.

Well I did it anyway! Whatchu think about that?! *crickets chirp*

If this gets three likes I will write today…

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“Green sky in the morning, neighbor take warning. Green sky at night, neighbor take flight.”

A brightly colored stew with squash, beans, and corn. Fresh jalapeños, chips, and cilantro garnish it.

Made the traditional Native American Three Sisters Stew for Thanksgiving. Brightened it up a bit with some jalapeño and cilantro. Good good stuff. Highly recommended.

Pale creepy dog with eyes that have seen beyond the veil…and now look into your naked soul.

A restaurant board sign that reads: “we are not all in the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts. Some have canoes. And some are drowning. Just be kind and help when you can.

I love this.

Dang. If I was in town in would I have taken my godson to see this. Big Ratatouille and New Beverly fans. Good to see ya representing such a fantastic film.

Your writing process will change on a daily basis with every project, because every project is different. Whatever gets you to the final product is the way that that book needed to be written.

So I need you to stop scrolling and say this aloud right now.

"My writing process is not broken."