Patricia O'Donnell
@patriciaodonnell.org
Writer, reader, Mainer. New novel, A Symmetry of Husbands. Author page patriciaodonnell.org
Yay! I reached 1000 followers! Probably 100 of them are real people and to them I say Hi!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yay! I reached 1000 followers! Probably 100 of them are real people and to them I say Hi!!
I need just one more person (or pretend person) to reach 1000 followers!
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I need just one more person (or pretend person) to reach 1000 followers!
So glad I was able to see the beautiful show by Shanna McNair in the Emery Center at its closing, and to hear her read from her book SOUL RETRIEVAL. Shanna was a BFA student years ago who helped shape the program, and shape me as a writing teacher.
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So glad I was able to see the beautiful show by Shanna McNair in the Emery Center at its closing, and to hear her read from her book SOUL RETRIEVAL. Shanna was a BFA student years ago who helped shape the program, and shape me as a writing teacher.
Here is the town of Broto, Spain, from our hotel.
September 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here is the town of Broto, Spain, from our hotel.
Where is my dead sister? I want to know.
Where is my dead brother? I want to know. With so many infirmities I await the miraculous. Galaxies are grand thickets of stars in which we may hide forever.
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Where is my dead sister? I want to know.
Rustica is a beautiful new journal from central rural Maine. I'm happy to have my story "The Night It Happened" in it.
September 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rustica is a beautiful new journal from central rural Maine. I'm happy to have my story "The Night It Happened" in it.
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Mainers – Absentee Ballots
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Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online.
Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting.
#Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting
Mainers – Absentee Ballots
Available for Request Online
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Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online.
Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting.
#Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting
Mainers, in case you haven’t heard, you can now request your absentee ballot online for the 2025 election.
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Mainers – Absentee Ballots
Available for Request Online
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Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online.
Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting.
#Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting
Mainers – Absentee Ballots
Available for Request Online
====================
Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online.
Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting.
#Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting
Pips #3 Hard 🔴
3:59
New game, new way to waste time.
3:59
New game, new way to waste time.
August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pips #3 Hard 🔴
3:59
New game, new way to waste time.
3:59
New game, new way to waste time.
Along with three other writers, I will give a short reading from my work at the Bangor Beer Company in Bangor, Maine this Sunday, July 13th, at noon. Join us!
July 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Along with three other writers, I will give a short reading from my work at the Bangor Beer Company in Bangor, Maine this Sunday, July 13th, at noon. Join us!
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there's always a tweet
June 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
there's always a tweet
My husband wants to write a book called: "The Organised Chef." I think the subtitle should be: "How to Take the Fun Out of Cooking."
June 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My husband wants to write a book called: "The Organised Chef." I think the subtitle should be: "How to Take the Fun Out of Cooking."
"What’s missing in this current narrative is the fact that Bluesky’s social app is only meant to be one example of what’s possible within the wider AT Proto ecosystem."
Bluesky backlash misses the point | TechCrunch
Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.
techcrunch.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"What’s missing in this current narrative is the fact that Bluesky’s social app is only meant to be one example of what’s possible within the wider AT Proto ecosystem."
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
- James Baldwin (1924-1987)
- James Baldwin (1924-1987)
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
- James Baldwin (1924-1987)
- James Baldwin (1924-1987)
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AOC❤️
June 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
AOC❤️
I haven’t posted a photo for a while. This is a block from where I live in Wilton, Maine. Lovely day after days of rain.
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I haven’t posted a photo for a while. This is a block from where I live in Wilton, Maine. Lovely day after days of rain.
This puts things into perspective.
There’s an old Slavic expression:
On average we live well. Not as good as last year, but definitely better than next year
On average we live well. Not as good as last year, but definitely better than next year
May 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This puts things into perspective.
Friends from Maine: Public pressure does work. Here's Susan Collins' phone number, to call her with your thoughts about the Big Barbaric Bill:
(207) 622-8414
(207) 622-8414
May 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Friends from Maine: Public pressure does work. Here's Susan Collins' phone number, to call her with your thoughts about the Big Barbaric Bill:
(207) 622-8414
(207) 622-8414
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I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
—Langston Hughes
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
—Langston Hughes
May 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
—Langston Hughes
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
—Langston Hughes
I bought myself a gift today, inspired by a Jill Lepore piece in The New Yorker. A box of little Black Books.
May 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I bought myself a gift today, inspired by a Jill Lepore piece in The New Yorker. A box of little Black Books.
Farmington, Maine shows up.
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Farmington, Maine shows up.
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I get this.
“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”
― William Trevor
― William Trevor
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I get this.
A huge crowd for Portland, Maine.
April 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A huge crowd for Portland, Maine.
HCR writes that Trump "didn’t land on a plan until less than three hours before he announced it . . . Neither Republican lawmakers nor the president’s team knew what Trump would do. 'He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore,' a WH official told reporters."
Some of us do give a fuck.
Some of us do give a fuck.
April 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
HCR writes that Trump "didn’t land on a plan until less than three hours before he announced it . . . Neither Republican lawmakers nor the president’s team knew what Trump would do. 'He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore,' a WH official told reporters."
Some of us do give a fuck.
Some of us do give a fuck.