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Ana K Wrenn
@anakwrenn.bsky.social
#Author living & writing in #Appalachia #Writer of #darkacademia #dystopian #wlw #sapphic books. Retired Professor/Researcher who found a new home @ Ylva Publishing 💓💜💙
Now for something different...

Clouds and wind.

And exhale.

💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

#mountainlife
#wildingyourlife
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Someone recently nicknamed me Acorn Ana, another Appalachian Ana.

I approve. 🤗

#mountainlife
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My current read:

Lies are Forever by @cjeandowner.bsky.social

It's a witchy mystery 🤗 and the cover artist is 😍 on top of it.

#books
#sapphicbook
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Whenever I pass by this spot during autumn, I get a warm glow in my chest.

This is the inspiration for Dr. Sonja J. Storey's wild tangle in my #debut, #darkacademia, #psychologicalthriller Strange Attractors.

🤗

#writerslife
#mountainlife
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@piratetrex.bsky.social This was from 2024.
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Confession:

I often walk around with acorns in my pocket.

And when I find a perfect spot, I remove an acorn, kiss it, whisper good wishes to it, and let it go.

Yes, I'm a weird #mountainwoman 🤣

#mountainlife
#wildingyourlife
#Appalachia
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A mountain morning in the autumn woods.

Hope you enjoy and are inspired enough to plant a native tree. Or two.

🤗

#mountainlife
#Appalachia
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ice Queen Kitty is wanting attention...

But No Touching‼️

#Caturday
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For years, I thought this was a Norway Maple.

Once in a while, I'd look at the leaves and think, "No, Japanese Maple."

But I've never seen one this big in these parts.

Recently, an arborist confirmed, "No, Japanese Maple."

Whatever humans call it, this beauty is a showoff.

😍

#mountainlife
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I almost scooped up this sweetie to get it out of harm's way.

Fortunately, my brain came online & I remembered that it's a dagger moth caterpillar

It can cause skin irritation.

So, I used a fallen tulip poplar leaf to move it to cover.

🤗

#mountainlife
#wildingyourlife
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's gorgeous out, but it's also nearly 70 degrees.

Too warm for autumn in the mountains.

#mountainlife
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Meet the Aphid Lion (Green Lacewing).

This adult is a fantastic pollinator.

In larva form, it gobbles up aphids, spider mites, & other critters that can harm plants & trees.

Aphid Lions are great neighbors,
another reason I don't rake fallen leaves, their winter shelter.

#mountainlife
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I present my argument as to why I can't leave the Appalachian Mountains.

👇🍂👇

😍

#mountainlife
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Puppy Loves Blue Ball: A Strange Tale of Romance
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ten seconds of autumn.

That's one inhalation and exhalation. You've got time for that.

#mountainlife
#wildingyourlife
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Three points.

1) Artists impress the hell out of me.
2) This is the kind of fierce feline energy I need in the world.
3) Yes, if it sprang to life, a VERY dumb part of me would want to cuddle it.

#ATLife
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I can't control the world.

But at least I can cradle a stunned Eastern Wood Pewee until it's ready to fly again.

This juvenile flew into a window.

I heard the thump, ran out, and scooped it up, out of the reach of the dogs.

#mountainlife
#wildingyourlife
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It might sound like rain falling on the overstory.

What you're hearing are leaves falling. 🍂
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🍂
🍂🍂🍂
🍂🍂🍂

Look closely.

👁👁
《 》

#mountainlife
#autumn
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Somewhere, it is National Black Cat Day, apparently.

Here, it's Black Cat Day every moment of every single day.

#blackcats
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Let's go.

Put on your shoes. We'll kick some leaves and listen to the trees.

#mountanlife
#Appalachia
#autumn
#forestbathing
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This new book by
@aliciagael.bsky.social is rising to the top of my #tbr.

Can't wait to read it.

🤗📚🤗

#sapphicbooks
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#mountsinlife in autumn.

🤩
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
How would I ever face the bad times without poetry?

How would I ever greet the good times without poetry?

Fea:

@katjackson.bsky.social
@katecastle.bsky.social (current read)
Kristen Zimmer
@laurenevebooks.bsky.social

#poetrylovers
#sapphicbooks
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Y'ALL ❣️

My book-baby is featured in Sapphic Book Bingo.

Check out the list of great books👇

The Wilding of Em's Path ( @ylva-publishing.bsky.social ) is right there at the top. 🤗

#sapphicbook
#sapphicbookbingo

jae-fiction.com/who-did-this...
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
💚🍄💚ing this review of The Wilding of Em's Path ( @YlvaPublishing ) 🥰

#sapphicbooks
#darkacademia
#WLW
#dystopian
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM