Allissa Oldenberg - writer
@allissaoldenberg.bsky.social
A Christmas list for the lover of literary fiction!
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A Christmas list for the lover of literary fiction!
A little bit of architectural appreciation from a small town in south-west France. 🇫🇷❤️
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A little bit of architectural appreciation from a small town in south-west France. 🇫🇷❤️
I’ve just uploaded another Snippet to my website. It’s entitled “The opium of the people” if you’re interested to read it. allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Snippets
The opium of the people Karl Marx was definitely onto something. Unfortunately, he is often misquoted, or quoted out of context, and nowhere more so than probably his most famous words, “Religion i…
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November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’ve just uploaded another Snippet to my website. It’s entitled “The opium of the people” if you’re interested to read it. allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
My Saturday reel is late because I have spent all day travelling to my favourite place. Vines throughout the year. Can’t wait to check them out tomorrow.🍷🤣🤭
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My Saturday reel is late because I have spent all day travelling to my favourite place. Vines throughout the year. Can’t wait to check them out tomorrow.🍷🤣🤭
Third piece of shameless self promotion
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Third piece of shameless self promotion
A little later than intended, but my latest Snippet has landed. It’s called “If you notice this notice.” allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Snippets
If you notice this notice Does anyone admit to writing in friends’ autograph books, back in the day (the sixties and early seventies – ssssshhh)? A favourite epigraph was as follows: If you n…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A little later than intended, but my latest Snippet has landed. It’s called “If you notice this notice.” allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Some more shameless self-promotion. 🤭🤩🙄
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Some more shameless self-promotion. 🤭🤩🙄
The fascinating symbiosis of creepers😊
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The fascinating symbiosis of creepers😊
Just a bit of shameless self-promotion. Contemporary literary fiction for fans of chess, prog rock, Borges, and travel!
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just a bit of shameless self-promotion. Contemporary literary fiction for fans of chess, prog rock, Borges, and travel!
Last of the autumn provision 🍁🫐
October 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Last of the autumn provision 🍁🫐
It’s a week late but here’s my October “Snippet” on customer service 🤔 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Snippets
Service with a smile I have grown weary of every company I seem to deal with online immediately sending a feedback request. Either the service was what it should be, in which case, why highlight it…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s a week late but here’s my October “Snippet” on customer service 🤔 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
I am simply enamoured of these toadstools 🍄🥰
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I am simply enamoured of these toadstools 🍄🥰
The sensational structure of seasonal sunflowers 🌻
October 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The sensational structure of seasonal sunflowers 🌻
A little more seasonal appreciation 👏🤭
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A little more seasonal appreciation 👏🤭
And there was fungi 🍄🟫😊
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
And there was fungi 🍄🟫😊
These glimpses of sunlight help the seasonal downturn in dopamine.
September 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
These glimpses of sunlight help the seasonal downturn in dopamine.
“Like the circles that you find inside the windmills of your mind.” 🙄🤔🤣
September 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“Like the circles that you find inside the windmills of your mind.” 🙄🤔🤣
I thought it was about time I wrote another Snippet 👩🏻💻😊 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Snippets
Is it true? There is nonfiction and there is fiction. There is autobiography and there is, well, memoir. I am always slightly disconcerted when someone asks of a novel, “Is it true?” Historical fic…
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September 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I thought it was about time I wrote another Snippet 👩🏻💻😊 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Early morning light and colours
August 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Early morning light and colours
Autumn is impatient this year 😯
August 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Autumn is impatient this year 😯
A collection of mini beasts and other insects 🐞🪲🦋
August 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A collection of mini beasts and other insects 🐞🪲🦋
The not so secret life of sunflowers
August 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The not so secret life of sunflowers
According to the plants if south-west France it’s the end of summer and time to produce fruit.
August 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
According to the plants if south-west France it’s the end of summer and time to produce fruit.
It’s time for my latest Snippet on the way of the ostrich 👩🏻💻🤭 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
Snippets
The way of the ostrich When my first grandchild was two, I heard a book recommendation on Radio 4, so I decided to buy him Quick Quack Quentin by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Of course, as two-year-old,…
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August 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It’s time for my latest Snippet on the way of the ostrich 👩🏻💻🤭 allissaoldenberg.co.uk/snippets/
The humble bumblebee 🐝🥰
July 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The humble bumblebee 🐝🥰