Emerging fiction writer/poet of mixed heritage, Haudenosaunee (Cayuga) and Hungarian, living in Ontario, Canada. Published in Room Magazine, Vocamus Press, Humber Literary Review, Canadian Authors Association – Toronto. Love #writing, #art, #tech, and how they intersect.
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Last Notes npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub10h7…l9gn Yup. It’s available on smart tvs and in the Microsoft app store for PC and probably other places too. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nm4t8b9jqz1?hl=en-us&gl=US npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne hairs touch hairs on forearms, sharing npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I find, the older I get, the more my insides leak out. Odd thoughts, questionable opinions, awkward questions. Things better left unsaid. I have never been a practitioner of small talk and after so many years as a homebody, it’s impossible. Anyway, how’s your day going? npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne That Munro story is hella triggering. So many women have similar experiences, minus the fame that brings the spotlight. #WritingCommunity #canlit #AliceMunro npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne “If you haven’t read Jane Eyre, do; then you can think about it for the rest of your life.” Ursula K. Le Guin npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Why, Apple Books? Why can’t I scribble annotations in my digital books using my Apple Pencil? I long to circle, to underline, to draw arrows and cross out. I want to write out my comments by hand in the margins. I want to insert empty pages I can write and draw on. Is this too much to ask? npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s Steering the Craft and came upon this gem: “Emoticons are dreary little excuses for a failure to communicate feelings and intentions in words.” 😛 npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Arrived in a small Muskoka town,at noon, to begin my solo writing retreat. Can’t enter my suite until five so I am wandering the streets which are filled (both roads and sidewalks) with an inordinate number of tourists. It is stressful. And now it is raining. Thankfully, the library is downtown and open. Yay for libraries! Brought my journal in, found a comfy chair, and now I will attempt to unwind. #writing #WritingRetreat #solo npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I had such a huge crush on Kristy McNichol when I was a young teen. Haven’t thought about her in ages but this article brought it all back…lol npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1g5v…cfg5 Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I am never shopping at one of their stores again. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I’ve been watching the live coverage of the Chad Daybell trial. Defense has begun and the Daybell kids are taking the stand. Wow. His kids are as creepy/culty as he is and don’t seem to give a rat’s ass about their dead mom. Hearing the daughter throw her mom under the bus repeatedly is really something. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne My elder daughter and my six year old granddaughter are staying at our place for a bit. They gave me this drawing as a gift and, of course, it now has pride of place on the fridge door. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Yesterday, we watched all of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. Didn’t mean to but couldn’t stop. I think it might be the best way to watch it because the story is relentless. It’s a difficult watch (mental illness, stalking, SA, drugs) but, if you think you can handle it, I highly recommend this series. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Transcription of a voice message, translated by iphone: npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Just finished watching American Fiction. Fantastic! I have these feels concerning Indigenous writers and artists as well. Also, the story is really funny and sweet. Great cast. One hundred percent will watch again. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Interesting. When I had a trainer, part of my routine was walking backwards on the treadmill on a steep incline. Was great for my glutes and for balance. Go really slow or you will embarrass yourself. Don’t ask. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne So many YouTube videos with folks living out of their cars trying to pretend it’s a lifestyle choice, giving “home tours”, tips and tricks. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne TIL my style of writing is called Free Indirect Discourse. I’ve always written this way and had no idea there was a term for it. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne The League of Canadian Poets is not afraid to call genocide out when it sees it. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1de0…qjq6 I'm aware but this is much better, imo. I don't want to hunt through the emoji viewer for a suitable emoji or set up text replacements which I always forget or get triggered randomly while I'm trying to do other things. Also, just found out this has some bonus free features such as ascii emoji which I love but never remember how to do. ※\(^o^)/※ npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Just downloaded this free software (though I did end up getting the pro version) that allows you to add emoji anywhere using a colon. Might be Mac only. Magical! 🧙♀️ npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne “Ordering a manuscript is often full of uncertainty and mystery, and yet an effective order can be both the map of a landscape and the landscape itself, the sheet music and the symphony. Order is also an opportunity to beckon, reckon with, mediate, and enhance the relationship between speaker and reader—but how do you decide which poem goes where?” npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Went to my first “Cave” at http://caveday.org and I really liked it. Something about being in a room full of strangers working on things that made me want to work on my own thing. I thought it would be a panopticon but it was more like a coffee shop. I liked it more than I like writing groups that I do this with occasionally because there is less emphasis on chatting and there are no readings/critiques. It’s solo but not solitary. I could sense the presence of others but I wasn’t watching them. When it was over, I wanted to sign back in for another. Recommend! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I can't stop buying books! Today's purchase is Metaphors We Live By - George Lakoff npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1j0f…wj55 thanks. Can't remember how I happened upon it but I'm glad I did. I got the yearly premium subscription so I feel more invested . Now I have to try to earn the money back in acceptances. Fingers crossed. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Omg. It also has a submission tracker. nice. And a manuscript formatter which I haven't tried out yet. A negative might be the subscription cost of $50/year. Is anyone else using Chill Subs? #WritingCommunity #Writing npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne In an effort to get going on my writing this year, I've signed up for Chill Subs which I'm liking a lot more than Submittable. One of my favourite features is the calendar with all of the submission opportunities on it. Found a place to submit a flash piece and sent it off. Yay, me! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1ggh…ykhp Thanks! I ended up going to a local meetup in town so got my socializing fix. Met some writers I haven't met before and caught up with a few I have. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Set out for my all day writer's retreat but, five minutes into the drive, had to turn around due to black ice. Country roads are slick! So I guess I'm left to my own devices today. #Writing #WritingCommunity npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Found Caveday and am giving their free session a shot. I like the concept over zoom writing groups because, due to my health issues, I have a difficult time showing up (either physically, mentally or both) at a set schedule. I never know what kind of day I'm going to be having! It seems like Caveday offers one hour sessions all day and I can pick what works for me on any given day. Anyone try it before? What's your experience with this type of thing? #WritingCommunity #Writing npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Update on the writing boot camp. It ends this weekend. All in all, it’s been very good and I would recommend it. However. Today, she did a pitch for a year of coaching/workshop programs and I was put off by the high pressure sales tactics employed even though I imagine she’d make a great coach. #WritingCommunity npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1gxy…5lzh just opened in Safari and I see the sign up form. Guess it’s stripped out of the Ivory app’s view npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1gxy…5lzh i’m in Mastodon’s Ivory app. Click on the link you just posted and go to what i assume is a reader version of the webpage. no sign up is offered but there is a link in the article for a newsletter example so I click on that and receive this error message npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1gxy…5lzh lovely website. I can’t seem to sign up for newsletter though. The provided link results in an error message. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I’m taking a Rhonda Douglas’ writing bootcamp this week. It’s live on Zoom. Rhonda is a writing coach and, from what I’ve seen so far (day two), she’s great at her job. I’ve taken online courses and workshops before and have been disappointed but not this time. Just found her podcast (link below) and will be giving it a listen as well. #WritingCommunity https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-resilient-writers-radio-show/id1671354059 npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I signed up for an online, week long writing bootcamp and the first meeting was today. Nice set up. There is an associated Facebook discussion group that is already quite lively. Hoping this will help me get back into consistent writing. Slowly ramping up as my post Covid energy returns. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1kvw…5jv7 wut? weird. lol npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1g5r…6x86 lol same re the bad advice. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Writers! I have a question for you. If you have a blog, what are the kinds of things you write in it? I never know what to write. I occasionally post a small bit of fiction or a poem or a quote, maybe a photo or two. I never keep it up though. I was thinking about using it as a kind of public journal of my process/progress like how blogs used to be before blogs turned into products. Is that still a thing? Is it a thing again? #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Finally starting to get some energy back from the #COVID19 I’ve been dealing with since November. Picked up groceries today and was not out of breath. Reading/writing is still difficult. I can’t concentrate. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne 2024 and HomeKit is still unreliable when it comes to turning off the damned lights. The Clapper still reigns supreme. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Watched Grave of the Fireflies and wept into my New Year’s Day Mimosa. I am now ready for anything 2024 throws at me. #HappyNewYear2024 npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub169j…vmgx I’ll be using it with my Apple Pencil to write and draw. I had an off brand screen protector on my old iPad that worked well but I can’t find the brand so now I’m open to trying another though I want it to be of good quality. I’ll take a look at the brand you’ve mentioned. Thanks! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Anyone here using Paperlike on their iPad? is it worth the price? Are there better options out there? #apple #ipad #paperlike npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I do not know how I ended up on this email list. I don’t recall signing up. A lovely surprise in my inbox. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1e30…3j42 I got covid last month too and was just starting to feel better when I got hit with, maybe, something else (?). I'd assume that it’s a resurgence of the same illness except that it hit my partner, who had already recovered from last month's covid, on the same day. We are postponing until January which isn't great but it's better than wondering day to day if I'll be up to it. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Tested negative for #covid today but still sick. Could be flu. I hate that there’s no way of knowing. Regardless, xmas celebrations have been put off and I’m super bummed about it. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Update. it’s been a month since I got #COVID19 and the last few days have been good. Smell and taste came back, starting to get some energy. Last night, my elder daughter came by and we discussed xmas plans. Her husband said he’d been having a hard time with a sinus infection, was not contagious but was wearing a mask to calm my nerves (get the feeling they think I overreact). Says his dr. is convinced it’s a sinus infection. Doubt they’ve gotten tested. My daughter was not wearing a mask. This morning, my partner and I are very sick again. Fever, headache, nausea, diarrhea, coughing, etc. As bad as it was the first time. xmas is cancelled, of course. I’m so tired. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Taste started coming back fully this morning (I could taste my morning coffee!!) and, this evening, I can smell the curry cooking on the stove and the cilantro on the cutting board. What a relief! Two weeks has never seemed so long! #covid #COVIDIsNotOver npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1g3f…pxk9 *rubs cheek* Damn. That really hurt. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1qll…r5q8 @npub1us2…u74s Of all the American things Canada copies, let this be one of them. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Day Seven with Covid. Dizzy, tired, sore, stuffy nose, post nasal drip/annoying throat tickle, intermittent nausea. Getting hints of taste back but not sure if it’s real or I’m imagining it. Still not the slightest whiff of smell. Not being able to smell or taste makes cooking a real crap shoot. Keep worrying that what I’m eating has gone bad and I won’t know until after I’ve eaten it. When my daughter asks me if I want something and gives me options, I get depressed because it doesn’t matter what she gives me. It’s all the same. Taken to having my meals described to me while I eat them. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne So what am I at now? Day five? Six? No fever now. Headache is mild. Still stuffed up and coughing though not as bad. Still no taste or smell at all. Tired and dizzy. I think the worst of it is over. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Boy. This no taste thing is weird. Just found out that something peppered feels like prickles on my tongue. Bacon is like salty sand. A smoothie tastes like cold. #Covid #COVIDIsNotOver npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1kvw…5jv7 what the hell??? npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Daughter just looked into getting me Paxlovid but I was denied. Reason? I’m an up to date vaxxer. Guess Ford needs to save it for his convoy buddies. #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #Paxlovid npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Day four with Covid. I feel like I’m getting worse every day. I hope this is the worst of it. Please let this be the worst of it. Had a high fever yesterday but is now down to a cozy 101F. Have completely lost my taste and smell which is weird because I thought that was one of the early signs. My head feels like it’s about to explode, my eyes barely hanging onto their sockets. My nostrils are full of cinders. This is horrible. #Covid #CovidIsNotOver npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Spouse is now showing symptoms of Covid. So far, I'm fine. We only have one RAT left in the house and I have no idea how/where to get more. Any Ontario folks know where to get them now that the government is no longer handing them out? #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #Ontario npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub195l…2zjd adorable! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne We had our first ice storm and I’m getting into the winter spirit by knitting a Flax sweater but Tin Can Knits (free pattern). I’m using their (free) app to do it. Recommend! It sorts out the stitch counts based on size and yarn weight. Only has a few patterns available currently but they seem to be updating regularly. Great idea for an app, imo. #knitting #textiles #TinCanKnits npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne When my kids were little, I used to make carrot cake with pineapple in it. Lost the recipe years ago but recently found one online so I made it yesterday and it is as delicious and moist as I remember. Big hit in the house. If you like carrot cake, give this a go. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Decided to spend the rest of my life reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So far, it seems the book is about that old maxim, “why use an understandable word when fifty obscure ones will do?”. Also, I like how each description includes its own extensive backstory. #bookstodon @npub1kt3…5004 npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1kvw…5jv7 My Mormon family believes this stuff as well. #exmo npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne The last couple of days have been emotionally draining, off and on. Remembering. Forgetting. Re-remembering. Living in this liminal space. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Does anyone use this post threader for Mastodon? Looks useful. If I ever have anything important enough to thread (lol) I may give it a try. #Mastodon #fedthreader npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1enf…qnda Agreed. Also, who are these people who think they are immune from long covid? No one is. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1enf…qnda Thinking about this article as I mull over whether I should attend Wild Writers conference in Kitchener/Waterloo. No mask mandate as far as I can tell. No air filtration mentioned. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Thinking about these teeth growing drugs they’re working on now. I wonder if patients will keep growing teeth after the missing ones have grown back in. Like, how would the body know when it’s got enough? Some people naturally grow extra sets, right in the roofs of their mouths. Maybe we’ll eventually be like sharks with lots of rows. Maybe dentists will have to pull extras every year. I hope it will be covered by insurance. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub12cq…42kl Beautiful! I’ve never heard of a rule disallowing selling. I see people selling their art/crafts all the time. Is that a server specific rule? npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1e30…3j42 Curently, I have her on mute but it doesn’t stop her from commenting on my posts, only from me being subjected to her posts. Will blocking prevent her from seeing/interacting with my posts? Will she know I blocked her? Is it different from unfriending? Might help with my rage insomnia. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne My hateful, bigoted Mormon mom tried to reinvent herself on Facebook by posting under one of my posts of the No Space for Hate poster by saying she had a Hate Free Zone sticker on her window years ago. A blatant lie. I’m torn between calling her on it in the comments, ignoring her for the umpteenth time to keep the peace, and flying to Alberta to burn her house down. #NoSpaceForHate #mormons #WWJD npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne 6 year old granddaughter is visiting. Just told me that accoustic guitars are probably the most romantic of guitars. She is playing with #GarageBand on an iPad. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Just finished a rewatch of season 1 of Dark Winds. Forgot how good it is! Excited to get started on season 2 . Noticed they did a bit of lip pointing which made me giggle though it was a little awkward and unbelievable, imo. My family does it more subtly with just a fraction of a second of lip, imperceptible to the uninitiated. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne This story about a pair of RCMP officers entering a guy’s house while he was in the shower (to give him an old parking ticket??) sounds a lot like they really went in to rob the place and the ticket was their thinly veiled alibi in case he turned up. Cops are the largest organized crime operation in the world. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Looking at fashion mags. Who knew my circa 1980 tiny-floral-printed, puffy-sleeved, maxi-tiered Mormon church dress was going to be the hot look of fall 2023? Did not see this coming. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1fs4…207m I have Émeraude de Chivor and it works in all of my pens which include a Lamy Safari and a Lamy Studio. It doesn’t have sparkle in it though. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Reading an article called "Laugh Tracks" in the Sept/Oct issue of Poets and Writers and I highly recommend it to anyone using humour in their writing (imo, every story needs, at least, a sprinkling of humour). I'm learning so much! It includes this quote from Carl Sagan "Understanding is a kind of ecstasy" npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1r5j…ky3p Instead of doing these “kids are plague rats” takes, we should be focused on protecting children for the sake of the children, period. So weird that we have to focus on how it might affect the household (aka money earning adults) to get any traction. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne I found a Youtube channel from several years ago called Poetry Show and am really loving the content. On the final video 4 years ago, the creator says they’ve moved to Peertube but the provided link no longer works. Anyone have a new one? #poetry #peertube #WritingCommunity npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1233…huk7 @npub1qaq…jq5w lovely! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne My Smythson Soho notebook has finally arrived. It smells like an English saddle. It’s glorious. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Can't remember who it was who told me about the "Verse" block in the new (to me) Wordpress block system. Found it! Now I'll have to go back and fix the rest. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1z2n…7ldf Mine syncs to Dropbox for use on mobile as well as desktop. My backup files are zipped and stored on an external hard drive. Also, my computer documents folder is an iCloud folder so I guess I’m covered three ways. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Watching this long, interesting video on Griftonomics. A lot of the “expert” grifting techniques remind me of #WritingCommunity “expert” books/workshops/groups/substacks. I know folks have to pay the rent and writing isn’t a reliable way to do it but, damn. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1jpm…mc52 and here I was thinking they must’ve been so pleased! Not only did someone purchase their book, that person had giving it a place of prominence so they could gaze on it every day. ;) npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1jpm…mc52 Nice! That’s what I was using previously but thought I’d get fancy and get a nice wooden one. Am considering cutting the legs shorter but afraid I’ll make a mess of it lol npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne My computer monitor was too low and giving me neck pain so I picked up a riser for it. Now it’s too high. Am about to find out which is worse. npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub15du…ntxn @npub1547…kj3y Important news for writing groups that do readings, critiques, workshops, etc over Zoom. #writing #WritingCommunity npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1xqs…8nsw those are some great stickers! npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne Well, I’m back from the Writers Retreat. It’s was sometimes frustrating and weird, sometimes a laugh out loud riot, and even, on occasion, productive. I recommend trying one as long as you keep your goals open. The one thing that was difficult was maintaining covid mitigation strategies as I was the only doing so. Hopefully I won’t be paying for this trip later. Fingers crossed. #WritingCommunity #WritingRetreat #AmWritng npub1rgwy6vvhvqu3tayvmkk9m4jp8r5euctd9mv6ujwr20dvuqgqxakq4xq09z Anne @npub1x4g…sete love this!
