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Mother, sometime writer, mediocre flute player, misplaced Texan. Words in more than a dozen literary magazines and counting.
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Someone tap me on the shoulder or something if the nuclear war starts please

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As he was loading up his stuff to walk out the door, the 12yo says: "Oh, I need to bring a hot glue gun to school for computer class today." I have questions.

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"I'm sorry we pushed and pushed and pushed" New words unleashed on @theprideroars.bsky.social

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Friends, i have a ragy cnf micro featuring Gauguin in @epistemiclit.bsky.social. Hope you’ll read. Thanks @kristinwrites.bsky.social @melruthwrites.bsky.social @gcbwrites.bsky.social for being the most awesome, supportive editorial team 🧡🧡🧡 epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

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Read "Sour" written by @amymarques.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "Instead, they fill trash bags with containers of home-cooked meals decorated with entire forests of mold and meat congealed into putrid jelly." . tinyurl.com/4s6mwank

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Powerful

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"I've used the word "egregious" 12 times, my friends, and that's a few times more than the American public is comfortable with."

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"Hello, it's me again. The woman who calls the congressman's office nearly every weekday to complain or comment on whatever political issue made yesterday's headlines." I wrote a letter to the interns in my congressman's office. sugar-pig.blogspot.com/2025/04/50-c...

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Gather round and I'll tell you a story about a forgotten little girl who is always reaching for sweet contentment but comes away with hands full of sour responsibilities instead. #30words30days

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"Come on," I coax and wiggle the string. "Let's go. We can do this!" I haggle and beg and barter and plead, but it's no use. My motivation doesn't budge. #30words30days

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The horrors adapt but so do I.

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Spent the morning planning my life (a process which mostly involves juggling spaghetti, scratching my head and contemplating the sheer unreliability of my ridiculous body) and have now added a CALENDAR page to my website. Excited for what I have coming up: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/calendar

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From the #quote book this week: "They say time heals everything, but I'm still waiting." -The Chicks

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They say that in order to succeed I must make waves. Do they know how small my boat is? How far I am from shore? How my oars slipped away? #30words30days

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Today marks the 50th time I have called each of my three federal representatives since the end of January. I used it to warn Congress against change pension benefits which would amount to a 3% annual pay cut for my household.

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You look like the kind of person who cleans your HVAC return vent a lot more than I do.

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Skip the wine and seltzers. Go straight to the hard stuff - dark rum tipped into Coke or bourbon swirling with orange and cherry. This is no time to be sober. #30words30days

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"I am on the wrong track. This us not my journey." Love these, @delgeo14.bsky.social

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"'Mom's all good, I'm on the way home,' the text message said. "I can see it." I love this piece I wrote about a message I received in 2020.

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