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sweavermph.bsky.social
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A lot happened this weekend. I wrote about it. sweavermph.substack.com/p/a-complica...

Wrote about the waste of lost potential... sweavermph.substack.com/p/the-unbear...

This week I reviewed a beautiful memoir by Kari O'Driscollabout childhood, motherhood, and learning how to care for ourselves when our family is a disaster. sweavermph.substack.com/p/please-put...

I reviewed a fantastic cozy mystery series with the most delectable food styling EVER. Check it out. If you like my weekly posts, please subscribe and share! sweavermph.substack.com/p/please-put...

Today I wrote about the slippery slope between caring and caregiving, recommended a cozy mystery series, and reviewed Kari O'Driscoll's powerful memoir. sweavermph.substack.com/p/please-put...

Vanna’s dress is giving me serious vintage deja vu. Anyone recognize this? Barbie dress?

Yes Chef is not the best cooking show out there, but I am HERE for Chef Jose Andres’ Dad jokes all day long.

We have arrived at the point in the new Wheel of Fortune season where Ryan Seacrest is referring to Vanna White as Vee Dubs and I am here for it.

This week I wrote about Memorial Day and serving a cause greater than oneself. sweavermph.substack.com/p/serving-so...

So excited to be one of the authors pitching these PR pros next Tuesday to get promo ideas for my upcoming memoir. Can't wait for Seven Minutes in PR Heaven on The Writers Bridge. It's FREE; sign up at this link: writingcraft.com/event/the-wr...

Happy Pub Day to Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan! If you’re looking for a smart beach read, read my review here! It’s all lemonade, no lemons. sweavermph.substack.com/p/confections

In this week's reflection I encourage everyone to make a little bit of art cheer on Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, rave about @elissaaltman.bsky.social's gorgeous new book, and share some art of my own, a blood-orange upside-down cake. sweavermph.substack.com/p/make-art-y...

This week’s reflection includes yesterday’s incredible sky, a grief bell, a Zen movie, and a gorgeous upcoming novel. sweavermph.substack.com/p/feeling-numb

OMG @bestbuysocial.bsky.social we are having an absolute nightmare of a situation buying a dang microwave. Do you really not let store employees answer the phone any longer? Will NEVER buy anything from you ever again.

How do you take a fiercely divided country and unite everyone? Focus on something that impacts everyone. Simple messaging. Get the media to cover it. sweavermph.substack.com/p/is-it-time...

We were the first diners at an Argentinian restaurant in Santiago, Chile. We ordered pork chops. Two chops the size of my head arrived. We ate. We ordered another round. I will never have another pork chop like that, ever. Rest in peace, sweet porcine angel.

This week I reviewed Julie Rehmeyer's amazing book, Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand. Seemed appropriate for this week. sweavermph.substack.com/p/my-life-in...

Recent events got me pondering my journey into and with public health, starting with the death of my cousin, Jack. sweavermph.substack.com/p/my-life-in...

I wrote about all the ways people have been showing up for me since my sister died. How are people showing up for you? sweavermph.substack.com/p/showing-up

We lost my oldest sister this week. I wrote about her here. sweavermph.substack.com/p/goodbye-sw...

AMAZING time at the San Diego Writers Festival. Kudos to the team, speakers, and elite cadre of volunteers for making a perfect day even more special. Was honored to be on a self-help panel with Marijke McCandless, book coach extraordinaire Kim O’Hara, Madonna Treadway, and Jill Badonsky.

Panel & book signing this Saturday at the FREE San Diego Writers Festival! If you’re in the Coronado area please come by. 🧡 Self-Help on Fire panel at 2:15 pm Hear from five amazing women who have taken different approaches to self-help books. We have lots to share! sandiegowritersfestival.com

My most popular post in a while, could it be the gelato pic I took in Cinque Terra? :) Featuring Lian Dolan's fabulous new book, Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding. sweavermph.substack.com/p/confections

Well done, Corey Booker. "Good trouble!"

My interior design style is beach cottage without a sign on weathered wood that says “Beach Cottage.”

YES

#TeslaTakedown NYC

One thing you might not know about me is that I have a weirdly loud clap.

AWP day 1: Hung out w @karilodriscoll.bsky.social Susannah Drissi, and @debkossmann.bsky.social Also loved this sign at The Book Incubator’s booth

Who knew Greenland would be providing the blueprint for resistance?

When writing memoir, you are using your life to be of service of the understanding for others. Yahdon Israel, #AWP25

Excited for the first session chaired by @alexanderchee.bsky.social Minding the Gap: navigating the holes in our memories, histories, and perspectives

@writesloud.bsky.social I am posting about AWP for you

LA day two: AWP begins! #awp2025

LA Day One continued: Me with Dorothy’s dog Chase, and the incredible neighborhood in Glendale where I’m staying

LA trip day one: Lunch with @dorothyreinhold.bsky.social visit to Zibby’s Bookshop where I saw @bonnyreichert.bsky.social ‘s memoir next to Ina’s & Tembi Locke’s in the “Cry” section.