Lynne Shaner
@lynneshaner.bsky.social
Author, poet. Making things up for fun & sanity. First novel, Journey to Everland Bay, is a great escape from the current chaos. Avid knitter, reader, scribbler, dog mom to Merlin, the small, adorable, mini schnauzer.
Grateful to read this. 💖 MN
How uplifting. What these fascist goons can’t destroy is our humanity, and our commitment to one another is unbreakable. We are here for each other.
Teri Leigh 💜 (@terileigh)
I’m writing this from Minnesota.
These are just a few things that may not be making the national or international news.
a beloved local donut shop Glam Doll Donuts across the street from where A...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Grateful to read this. 💖 MN
This gives me hope.
Yesterday a reporter asked me for comment about Minneapolis’ opposition to ICE. I got kind of worked up and sent way more than I should have. The piece is great—it’s in my prior post. But I wanted post my comments in full here:
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This gives me hope.
This. 🙏🏼
Dr. King had the audacity to dream of a better world. Now, it’s our turn to build it. Together!!!
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#MLKDay
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#MLKDay
January 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This. 🙏🏼
A good beginning. ✨🥳✨
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A good beginning. ✨🥳✨
Proud kryptonite bearer here!
October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Proud kryptonite bearer here!
I’m going to be out there with friends in Milwaukee today. Here’s to some good trouble!
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’m going to be out there with friends in Milwaukee today. Here’s to some good trouble!
Such a joy and relief.
Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Such a joy and relief.
Yes—
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yes—
My kind of town, Chicago is. I grew up in Chicagoland and got my first grown up job there— couldn’t be more proud of this brash, beautiful place.
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My kind of town, Chicago is. I grew up in Chicagoland and got my first grown up job there— couldn’t be more proud of this brash, beautiful place.
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Even though it is broken down, I don’t this I would be able to say this … but I love the idea that a word exists to describe the sound of the wind through trees or rustling leaves 🍁 🍂🍁
September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Even though it is broken down, I don’t this I would be able to say this … but I love the idea that a word exists to describe the sound of the wind through trees or rustling leaves 🍁 🍂🍁
Free DC!
September 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free DC!
Sadly, this is true…
August 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sadly, this is true…
Morning walk— here’s a little bit of lake beauty to start the day. ✨
July 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Morning walk— here’s a little bit of lake beauty to start the day. ✨
Very true, this. I spotted one in my storybook-pretty frilly, pink hollyhocks a couple of days ago. They survived but that hummer could have bulldozed them with just a bit more heft!
a hummingbird with a pickup truck would be an instant mass casualty event
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Very true, this. I spotted one in my storybook-pretty frilly, pink hollyhocks a couple of days ago. They survived but that hummer could have bulldozed them with just a bit more heft!
This looks like a book I must have!
We always like to check what the first book sale of the day is in the shop. I think it's good luck, and a sign of a day to come.
Today, it was Word Perfect by Susie Dent, so we're going to have a PERFECT day.
Today, it was Word Perfect by Susie Dent, so we're going to have a PERFECT day.
July 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This looks like a book I must have!
I’ve begun the first volume of In Search… and have tumbled from sentence to long sentence. I’ll be here in this lost time for a while….
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Horses for courses KB. On the whole, I’m suspicious looking for the ‘well written’ since it seems an attempt to separate matter from treatment, which, imho, is at once futile & not apropos. The joy of the extended Proustian sentence, the awkward Tolstoyan one, the spare & brutal CM style you cite…
July 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I’ve begun the first volume of In Search… and have tumbled from sentence to long sentence. I’ll be here in this lost time for a while….
I was lucky enough to see this exhibition last week! Visit if you can— it is exquisite.
‘His career, though thriving, was confined by the marginal status of botanical art. The kind of recognition his friends and contemporaries achieved, the big international shows, eluded him.’
Rosemary Hill on the Scottish artist Rory McEwen: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill on the Scottish artist Rory McEwen: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosemary Hill · At the Driehaus Museum: Tulips, Fritillaries and Auriculas
Rory McEwen’s work is not only less concerned with conventional ideas of beauty, it lacks any obvious desire to please...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I was lucky enough to see this exhibition last week! Visit if you can— it is exquisite.
Agreed. Also am a supporter and user. Faeries inhabit my novel…
Bring back #WOT (Wheel of Time) and I promise to join the epic battle of "faerie" spelling. BRING IT BACK.
Fayr enuf
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Agreed. Also am a supporter and user. Faeries inhabit my novel…
Impossible to overstate the importance of this.
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Impossible to overstate the importance of this.
Ready for a mini writing retreat in Door County ? I’ll be leading one at The Clearing June 9th & 10th! Come join me there!
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Crafting your Writing: A Practical (and Fun!) Writing Workshop #04
You are a writer\, or maybe you’ve always hoped to become one. And you love your
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May 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ready for a mini writing retreat in Door County ? I’ll be leading one at The Clearing June 9th & 10th! Come join me there!
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I loved having the chance to contribute this piece!
Keeping Promises to Ourselves and Getting to the Finish Line—- and Beyond booksbywomen.org/keeping-prom... @lynneshaner.bsky.social
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May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I loved having the chance to contribute this piece!
Reposted by Lynne Shaner
Here’s a bit of good news— I’m celebrating the one-year anniversary of Journey to Everland Bay. Thank you to everyone who has welcomed it into their lives!
April 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here’s a bit of good news— I’m celebrating the one-year anniversary of Journey to Everland Bay. Thank you to everyone who has welcomed it into their lives!
We need our libraries more than ever. Thank you, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for everything you do. Thank you, local libraries in every town.
Ordinarily, the annual #NationalLibraryWeek does not generate significant attention from political writers, but this year is not like most.
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American Library Association challenges Trump cuts in court, as libraries face new tests
National Library Week does not generate significant political attention, but thanks to Trump and DOGE, this year is not like most.
www.msnbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We need our libraries more than ever. Thank you, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for everything you do. Thank you, local libraries in every town.