Jess Sellers
@jesssellers.bsky.social
Writer. Nature. Therapeutic Musician. Contemplative. Be kind or be blocked. Northern Exposure (TV Show).
WIP: Stories From Beneath the Trees
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WIP: Stories From Beneath the Trees
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#writer #nature
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Jess Sellers
@jesssellers.bsky.social
· Dec 23
Alzheimer’s: Remembering what we’ve forgotten
What happens when we move away from the shadow of Alzheimer’s to a world we remember, even if for a moment?
www.aljazeera.com
Have you ever found yourself released from the grip of something you never thought you could be free from? Even briefly? That’s what happened to this small gathering of people. Read on, and discover that anything is possible, if only for a moment. 
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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“Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and the cragginess of one’s once-silken skin, is this: do it. By all means, do it.”
— Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and the cragginess of one’s once-silken skin, is this: do it. By all means, do it.”
— Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
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In an age of noise and certainty, curiosity becomes a spiritual discipline. It pauses before it pronounces, listens before it labels, and trusts that love remains larger than our conclusions.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In an age of noise and certainty, curiosity becomes a spiritual discipline. It pauses before it pronounces, listens before it labels, and trusts that love remains larger than our conclusions.
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Teresa of Ávila called prayer “frequent conversation with the One we know loves us.” (1/2)
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Teresa of Ávila called prayer “frequent conversation with the One we know loves us.” (1/2)
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September 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What did I do for trees today? Adopted an ancient beech tree in Romania. The Forest of Immortal Stories is a tremendous organization fighting the good flight. May the trees live forever.
www.treeswithstories.com
www.treeswithstories.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What did I do for trees today? Adopted an ancient beech tree in Romania. The Forest of Immortal Stories is a tremendous organization fighting the good flight. May the trees live forever.
www.treeswithstories.com
www.treeswithstories.com
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Heavy Feather Review's Where to Submit resource (updated for July 2025) is invaluable and full of presses, journals, and sites open for submissions.
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
Where to Submit
Presses | Chapbooks | Journals + Anthologies | Fellowships + Other Opportunities Last updated July 3, 2025 If you are an editor or publisher and would like your journal, press, or literary organiza…
heavyfeatherreview.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Heavy Feather Review's Where to Submit resource (updated for July 2025) is invaluable and full of presses, journals, and sites open for submissions.
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
heavyfeatherreview.org/calls/
Did you know, Cicadas don’t sting/bite. They don’t spread disease, they’re not toxic. They’re good for plants, loaded with nitrogen & feed the soil when they die. They aerate your lawn & improve water filtration. Let Nature do her thing. They’re our ROWDY friends who haven’t settled down❤️
June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Did you know, Cicadas don’t sting/bite. They don’t spread disease, they’re not toxic. They’re good for plants, loaded with nitrogen & feed the soil when they die. They aerate your lawn & improve water filtration. Let Nature do her thing. They’re our ROWDY friends who haven’t settled down❤️
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concerned about the state of the world because of two powerful men fighting? doomscrolling again?
stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment
stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
concerned about the state of the world because of two powerful men fighting? doomscrolling again?
stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment
stop. breathe. enjoy the universe for a brief moment
I’ve waited my whole life to see this bird. And he casually shows up on my backyard birdfeeder today. Do male painted buntings really belong to this earth? I wonder.
April 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I’ve waited my whole life to see this bird. And he casually shows up on my backyard birdfeeder today. Do male painted buntings really belong to this earth? I wonder.
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
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And then he said,
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
"Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep."
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
"Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep."
February 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And then he said,
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
"Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep."
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
"Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep."
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Writer Beware has gotten complaints that Word Alliance Literary Agency (not really a lit agency) is contacting writers to offer editing jobs. The "jobs" are already-published books, w/ pmt on completion; scam then asks for writer's bank account info. Discussion here: www.reddit.com/r/writing/co...
Word alliance literary agency
www.reddit.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Writer Beware has gotten complaints that Word Alliance Literary Agency (not really a lit agency) is contacting writers to offer editing jobs. The "jobs" are already-published books, w/ pmt on completion; scam then asks for writer's bank account info. Discussion here: www.reddit.com/r/writing/co...
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Trees can remember past events and adapt their behaviour accordingly!
Research has shown that trees have a form of memory. For example, if a tree has experienced a drought, it can remember this stress and adjust its growth patterns in subsequent years to better withstand future water shortages. 1/2
Research has shown that trees have a form of memory. For example, if a tree has experienced a drought, it can remember this stress and adjust its growth patterns in subsequent years to better withstand future water shortages. 1/2
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trees can remember past events and adapt their behaviour accordingly!
Research has shown that trees have a form of memory. For example, if a tree has experienced a drought, it can remember this stress and adjust its growth patterns in subsequent years to better withstand future water shortages. 1/2
Research has shown that trees have a form of memory. For example, if a tree has experienced a drought, it can remember this stress and adjust its growth patterns in subsequent years to better withstand future water shortages. 1/2
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Did you know that trees are like nature's air conditioners? They can reduce the surface temperature in cities by up to a whopping 12°C during summer! That's right, folks, trees aren't just for hugging and climbing anymore. They're also for cooling down our sweltering urban jungles.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Did you know that trees are like nature's air conditioners? They can reduce the surface temperature in cities by up to a whopping 12°C during summer! That's right, folks, trees aren't just for hugging and climbing anymore. They're also for cooling down our sweltering urban jungles.
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Really important @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
from ANDREA APOLLO MD "I am a cancer researcher at the NCI/NIH & being told I CAN’T
1]submit my research 4publication
2]attend meetings or travel
3] hire staff.
CALL your reps/sen.. "We NEED the NIH & 2continue 2do our science & research!"
from ANDREA APOLLO MD "I am a cancer researcher at the NCI/NIH & being told I CAN’T
1]submit my research 4publication
2]attend meetings or travel
3] hire staff.
CALL your reps/sen.. "We NEED the NIH & 2continue 2do our science & research!"
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Really important @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
from ANDREA APOLLO MD "I am a cancer researcher at the NCI/NIH & being told I CAN’T
1]submit my research 4publication
2]attend meetings or travel
3] hire staff.
CALL your reps/sen.. "We NEED the NIH & 2continue 2do our science & research!"
from ANDREA APOLLO MD "I am a cancer researcher at the NCI/NIH & being told I CAN’T
1]submit my research 4publication
2]attend meetings or travel
3] hire staff.
CALL your reps/sen.. "We NEED the NIH & 2continue 2do our science & research!"
Happy Caturday from Calita💙
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happy Caturday from Calita💙
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Did you know that trees can actually "eat" pollution? Some trees, like the silver birch and the common oak, are particularly good at absorbing pollutants like carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide from the air. 1/2
January 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Did you know that trees can actually "eat" pollution? Some trees, like the silver birch and the common oak, are particularly good at absorbing pollutants like carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide from the air. 1/2
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"We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together in one little tidy, confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure. It's full of surprises, some good and some bad." - Chris Stevens
January 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together in one little tidy, confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure. It's full of surprises, some good and some bad." - Chris Stevens
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
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Are you in the mood for a free Pride and Prejudice-inspired contemporary short crime story?
Finders Keepers introduces you to amateur sleuth Ms Maple, as she navigates the murky waters of online dating in the company of Mr Bingley, Jane, Lydia and the mysterious Wicky.
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Finders Keepers introduces you to amateur sleuth Ms Maple, as she navigates the murky waters of online dating in the company of Mr Bingley, Jane, Lydia and the mysterious Wicky.
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"Ms Maple turned to the online profiles on Finders Keepers. Mr Bingley. 22. Netherfield. Very affluent. Likes parties and period dramas."
If you enjoy this story and want more Austen-inspired crime, check out my book Crime and Prejudice: A playful peek behind the scenes of Jane Austen's world. Available online and through local librarie...
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January 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Are you in the mood for a free Pride and Prejudice-inspired contemporary short crime story?
Finders Keepers introduces you to amateur sleuth Ms Maple, as she navigates the murky waters of online dating in the company of Mr Bingley, Jane, Lydia and the mysterious Wicky.
BookHip.com/QRPCAZB
Finders Keepers introduces you to amateur sleuth Ms Maple, as she navigates the murky waters of online dating in the company of Mr Bingley, Jane, Lydia and the mysterious Wicky.
BookHip.com/QRPCAZB
