Sandy Day
@sandydayauthor.bsky.social
I'm a recovering chatterbox and writer of riveting slice-of-life poetry, memoir, and fiction; author of 6 books so far. Lover of cheese, coffee shops, and illustrations. I live on the shore of Lake Simcoe in Canada. https://sandydayauthor.substack.com/
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Sandy Day
@sandydayauthor.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Venom
I struggle with generalities—my mind latches hard onto fiction, friction, gossip.
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"Venom" my essay, is up on Substack. sandydayauthor.substack.com/p/venom?r=2o...
My new essay, "Venom" is up on Substack. Link in the comments. #writer #amwriting #writesky #personalessay
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My new essay, "Venom" is up on Substack. Link in the comments. #writer #amwriting #writesky #personalessay
@lynnespreen.bsky.social Hi there! So nice to see you here. 🦋
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@lynnespreen.bsky.social Hi there! So nice to see you here. 🦋
It my be #groundhogday but it's also Do-Nothing-Day over on my blog. Read my new humorous essay about organizing my 93-year-old mom's life, or attempt to organize and battle her resistance. Link in the comments.
#amwriting #writesky #personalessay #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writesky #personalessay #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
February 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It my be #groundhogday but it's also Do-Nothing-Day over on my blog. Read my new humorous essay about organizing my 93-year-old mom's life, or attempt to organize and battle her resistance. Link in the comments.
#amwriting #writesky #personalessay #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writesky #personalessay #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
Just finished watching Somebody Somewhere. What a great show. I'm so sad it's over, but I feel good about Sam's future.
#tvseries #somebodysomewhere #goodshows
#tvseries #somebodysomewhere #goodshows
February 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just finished watching Somebody Somewhere. What a great show. I'm so sad it's over, but I feel good about Sam's future.
#tvseries #somebodysomewhere #goodshows
#tvseries #somebodysomewhere #goodshows
The dog sniffed its way across the snowy back yard and squatted. And pooped. Jerry Shagg averted his eyes, and mortified, Cedar hurried him from her office, #wrestled his coat out of her closet, and sent him on his way.
From the Christmas novel I'm writing.
#amwriting #writesky #wipsnips
From the Christmas novel I'm writing.
#amwriting #writesky #wipsnips
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The dog sniffed its way across the snowy back yard and squatted. And pooped. Jerry Shagg averted his eyes, and mortified, Cedar hurried him from her office, #wrestled his coat out of her closet, and sent him on his way.
From the Christmas novel I'm writing.
#amwriting #writesky #wipsnips
From the Christmas novel I'm writing.
#amwriting #writesky #wipsnips
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Langston Hughes (1902) - poet, social activist, playwright.
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table. ...They'll see how beautiful I am -- I, too, am America.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table. ...They'll see how beautiful I am -- I, too, am America.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
February 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Langston Hughes (1902) - poet, social activist, playwright.
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table. ...They'll see how beautiful I am -- I, too, am America.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table. ...They'll see how beautiful I am -- I, too, am America.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
I've been absent. I'm a bit depressed. Can you blame me??
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I've been absent. I'm a bit depressed. Can you blame me??
My new personal essay, in which I admit a certain embarrassing weakness, is up! See the comments for the link.
#amwriting #writesky #author #writer #personalessay #shortstory #gamblingaddiction
#amwriting #writesky #author #writer #personalessay #shortstory #gamblingaddiction
January 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My new personal essay, in which I admit a certain embarrassing weakness, is up! See the comments for the link.
#amwriting #writesky #author #writer #personalessay #shortstory #gamblingaddiction
#amwriting #writesky #author #writer #personalessay #shortstory #gamblingaddiction
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One day you’re young and cool and the next you’re putting on reading glasses to eat spaghetti.
January 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One day you’re young and cool and the next you’re putting on reading glasses to eat spaghetti.
My latest #story, "Eavesdropping" is up! It's a quick read.
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay
#writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/sandyday...
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay
#writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/sandyday...
Eavesdropping
When wasn’t I eavesdropping?
open.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My latest #story, "Eavesdropping" is up! It's a quick read.
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay
#writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/sandyday...
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay
#writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/sandyday...
My latest #story, "Toast" is up! It's a quick read. Please check the comments for the link.
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay #writingcommunity
January 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My latest #story, "Toast" is up! It's a quick read. Please check the comments for the link.
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay #writingcommunity
It’s a small fib. Kelvin has spent plenty of time at the garage...but after I noticed his paws were slowly turning grimy with oil and messing up the back seat of the Mustang, I left him at home.
“There’s no one who can cover for you?” Her question is icy.
“I work alone. I’m a #mechanic.”
#writesky
“There’s no one who can cover for you?” Her question is icy.
“I work alone. I’m a #mechanic.”
#writesky
The #WIPSnips word for January 4 is "mechanical"
Remember if you don't have the word exactly that synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WriteSky #WritingPrompts
Remember if you don't have the word exactly that synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WriteSky #WritingPrompts
January 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🎥 Remix creative works like THE SKELETON DANCE for our 2025 Public Domain Day Remix Contest!
Use one or more classics from 1929 to create your 2–3 minute short film.
📆 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
💰 First prize: $1,500
👉 Details: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2...
Use one or more classics from 1929 to create your 2–3 minute short film.
📆 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
💰 First prize: $1,500
👉 Details: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2...
January 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
🎥 Remix creative works like THE SKELETON DANCE for our 2025 Public Domain Day Remix Contest!
Use one or more classics from 1929 to create your 2–3 minute short film.
📆 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
💰 First prize: $1,500
👉 Details: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2...
Use one or more classics from 1929 to create your 2–3 minute short film.
📆 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
💰 First prize: $1,500
👉 Details: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2...
I’ve hit some weird nerve.
“You are not interested in me?” he repeats, incredulous. He snorts. “I was doing you a favor. But if you can’t #accept it, so be it.”
I swallow a lump of fear. I’ve never encountered anyone so out of touch. My dad is controlling but this is a whole new level.
#amwriting
“You are not interested in me?” he repeats, incredulous. He snorts. “I was doing you a favor. But if you can’t #accept it, so be it.”
I swallow a lump of fear. I’ve never encountered anyone so out of touch. My dad is controlling but this is a whole new level.
#amwriting
The #WIPSnips word for January 3 is "accept"
#AmWriting #WriteSky #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#AmWriting #WriteSky #Writers #Authors #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’ve hit some weird nerve.
“You are not interested in me?” he repeats, incredulous. He snorts. “I was doing you a favor. But if you can’t #accept it, so be it.”
I swallow a lump of fear. I’ve never encountered anyone so out of touch. My dad is controlling but this is a whole new level.
#amwriting
“You are not interested in me?” he repeats, incredulous. He snorts. “I was doing you a favor. But if you can’t #accept it, so be it.”
I swallow a lump of fear. I’ve never encountered anyone so out of touch. My dad is controlling but this is a whole new level.
#amwriting
Hey @bsky.app One #notification is all that's necessary for follows. Not a notification for each follow. I think, wow, I have fourteen notifications, only to discover that 13 of them are random follows.
January 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hey @bsky.app One #notification is all that's necessary for follows. Not a notification for each follow. I think, wow, I have fourteen notifications, only to discover that 13 of them are random follows.
The hospital sprawls on my left, rundown, and depressing, looking as though instead of tearing it down and starting fresh, the #government just kept tacking on wings. The building is a mishmash of eras and styles, wood and brick and cinderblock. My mother lies somewhere inside...
#WIPSnips #writer
#WIPSnips #writer
Aaahh! It's January 2025! Happy New Year!
I feel like 2024 absolutely flew by. It's hard to believe #WIPSnips started in September 2023! Seems like it was just yesterday.
The word for today is "government"
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
I feel like 2024 absolutely flew by. It's hard to believe #WIPSnips started in September 2023! Seems like it was just yesterday.
The word for today is "government"
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The hospital sprawls on my left, rundown, and depressing, looking as though instead of tearing it down and starting fresh, the #government just kept tacking on wings. The building is a mishmash of eras and styles, wood and brick and cinderblock. My mother lies somewhere inside...
#WIPSnips #writer
#WIPSnips #writer
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The sun is tangled
in black branches,
raving like Absalom
between sky and water,
struggling through the dark terebinth
to commit its daily suicide…
-Leonard Cohen
#lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #b&w
in black branches,
raving like Absalom
between sky and water,
struggling through the dark terebinth
to commit its daily suicide…
-Leonard Cohen
#lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #b&w
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The sun is tangled
in black branches,
raving like Absalom
between sky and water,
struggling through the dark terebinth
to commit its daily suicide…
-Leonard Cohen
#lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #b&w
in black branches,
raving like Absalom
between sky and water,
struggling through the dark terebinth
to commit its daily suicide…
-Leonard Cohen
#lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #b&w
Before I reach it, he scrambles in reverse out of the garbage can, a Chinese food container dangling from his mouth. #Surprised to see me, the goofy, almost cross-eyed, Lassie-type dog cowers, looking guilty, crouching low to the ground, his ears back, tail curling beneath his rear end.
#amwriting
#amwriting
*pops champagne*
Happy New Year's Eve! I wish you all a happy and safe evening saying goodbye to 2024.
The #WIPSnips word for December 31 is "surprise"
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
Happy New Year's Eve! I wish you all a happy and safe evening saying goodbye to 2024.
The #WIPSnips word for December 31 is "surprise"
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
January 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Before I reach it, he scrambles in reverse out of the garbage can, a Chinese food container dangling from his mouth. #Surprised to see me, the goofy, almost cross-eyed, Lassie-type dog cowers, looking guilty, crouching low to the ground, his ears back, tail curling beneath his rear end.
#amwriting
#amwriting
I love this image generated by my writing coach, Kevin T. Johns. Inspires me to make writing plans and goals for 2025!
#amwriting #newyearsgoals #writinggoals #writingcommunity #writesky #author #writer
#amwriting #newyearsgoals #writinggoals #writingcommunity #writesky #author #writer
December 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I love this image generated by my writing coach, Kevin T. Johns. Inspires me to make writing plans and goals for 2025!
#amwriting #newyearsgoals #writinggoals #writingcommunity #writesky #author #writer
#amwriting #newyearsgoals #writinggoals #writingcommunity #writesky #author #writer
As we move around the dance floor, in spite of all this wedding #nonsense, I find I’m enjoying myself, remembering afternoons of spinning and waltzing around the living room with my mom, records on high—foxtrotting and jitterbugging, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley.
#amwriting #WIPSnips
#amwriting #WIPSnips
December 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
As we move around the dance floor, in spite of all this wedding #nonsense, I find I’m enjoying myself, remembering afternoons of spinning and waltzing around the living room with my mom, records on high—foxtrotting and jitterbugging, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley.
#amwriting #WIPSnips
#amwriting #WIPSnips
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It's #caturday all weekend! My new story is up. I hope you enjoy it.
#amwriting #author #writesky #catstory #christmas
#amwriting #author #writesky #catstory #christmas
Not a Creature Was Stirring...
This scratchy wicker chair digs into my paws, but I’m staying put.
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December 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
It's #caturday all weekend! My new story is up. I hope you enjoy it.
#amwriting #author #writesky #catstory #christmas
#amwriting #author #writesky #catstory #christmas
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And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
December 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.
I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
I’m frantic and unable to concentrate. My expenses are spiraling out of control. Apartment cleaning. Dog kennel. I have to find a place to #stay for the weekend. And, I have no street clothes to change into!
#WIPSnips #WIP #novel #amwriting #author #writer #writesky #writerscommunity
#WIPSnips #WIP #novel #amwriting #author #writer #writesky #writerscommunity
December 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I’m frantic and unable to concentrate. My expenses are spiraling out of control. Apartment cleaning. Dog kennel. I have to find a place to #stay for the weekend. And, I have no street clothes to change into!
#WIPSnips #WIP #novel #amwriting #author #writer #writesky #writerscommunity
#WIPSnips #WIP #novel #amwriting #author #writer #writesky #writerscommunity
I hope you will check this space tomorrow for my #caturday story! It's going out in my Sunday newsletter. Feel free to sign up here if you want early access. 🐾
Sandy Day | Substack
The ramblings and scribblings of a recovering chatterbox. Click to read Sandy Day, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I hope you will check this space tomorrow for my #caturday story! It's going out in my Sunday newsletter. Feel free to sign up here if you want early access. 🐾