Alicia Dearn :: PEN Amelia Elliot
@aliciadearn.com
Civil rights lawyer, novelist, trauma survivor, political troublemaker, owner of too many animals, chronically-ill nomad. Playing life on hard mode.
I was asleep because I have narcolepsy. I dreamt vividly of my late cat Jack, seen here sleeping with me.
Jack disappeared when we lost our home in a disaster three years ago. In my dream, I asked what he was doing here in a house he'd never lived in, and he led me to the kitchen.
Jack disappeared when we lost our home in a disaster three years ago. In my dream, I asked what he was doing here in a house he'd never lived in, and he led me to the kitchen.
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I was asleep because I have narcolepsy. I dreamt vividly of my late cat Jack, seen here sleeping with me.
Jack disappeared when we lost our home in a disaster three years ago. In my dream, I asked what he was doing here in a house he'd never lived in, and he led me to the kitchen.
Jack disappeared when we lost our home in a disaster three years ago. In my dream, I asked what he was doing here in a house he'd never lived in, and he led me to the kitchen.
My house caught fire and my dogs Hazel and Ferd, and maybe my ghost cat, saved me. A thread.
Pic: Hazel and Ferd looking down on me from the deck of a boat.
Pic: Hazel and Ferd looking down on me from the deck of a boat.
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
My house caught fire and my dogs Hazel and Ferd, and maybe my ghost cat, saved me. A thread.
Pic: Hazel and Ferd looking down on me from the deck of a boat.
Pic: Hazel and Ferd looking down on me from the deck of a boat.
Don’t look away from the monsters. They exist, and they can be vanquished.
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Don’t look away from the monsters. They exist, and they can be vanquished.
The Second Amendment says: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The militia clause isn't typically litigated. (1/9)
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The militia clause isn't typically litigated. (1/9)
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The Second Amendment says: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The militia clause isn't typically litigated. (1/9)
(Sorry I don't know photo credit)
The militia clause isn't typically litigated. (1/9)
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Remember when Trump said he would cap credit card interest rates on January 20? I wonder what happened to that.
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Remember when Trump said he would cap credit card interest rates on January 20? I wonder what happened to that.
Hazel warned us that putting her on a diet would have consequences.
January 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hazel warned us that putting her on a diet would have consequences.
Hazel is in black hat mode.
January 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hazel is in black hat mode.