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Amanda B
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I'm a kitty whisperer/beach walker, who likes to wave at strangers and writes about random moments. I love poetry, esp Hopkins. I write non-fiction, my latest book "Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage" is available with OUP. American-Kiwi, She/Her
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Sometimes you just gotta laugh. I just did an interview with Lisa Stockdale on Aging Angry. Lots of laughs and unvarnished honesty. The best line came from Lisa: "If you don't believe ageism is real, stick around!" I hope it'll give you some giggles. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... #books #aging
Aging Angry - Making Peace with Rage
Podcast Episode · Aging In Full Bloom · 03/05/2025 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
Yesterday's not-my-president protest was energetic if a tad disorganized. Lots of clever signs. We even had a small counterprotest: trumpsters in trucks circled the capitol.

#notmypresident. #saltlakecity
February 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
Aging Angry didn't win the book award, but the reviewers doled out some fun comments:
"a surprisingly uplifting read."
"It provokes thought without offering easy answers."
"a compelling read."
If ya gotta lose it's nice to have a little praise in the mix!
#writing @justiceinaging.org #books
February 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
In 2020, The Atlantic published a great article that reveals how authoritarians groom people collaborators. They start by forcing them to tell a little lie (my inauguration audience was bigger) and work up to the big lie (It was a "day of love") www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
Done and dusted! Radio Lost & Found, a novel I started in 2019 is done! It lives in this pretty notebook. Set against the backdrop of 1970s small-town California, the book weaves together the stories of two women grappling with traumatic loss. Beta read anyone?

#writers #betareaders #california
January 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
Good News: The Salt Lake City School board unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to equal treatment of all students regardless of immigration status. It's consistent with current federal law (1982 Plyler v Doe) but we've seen what SCOTUS can do.

#protectthechildren #education #immigration
Elementary student sitting at his desk - face is blurry but the focus is on his hand which is giving a "V for victory" gesture.
December 13, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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✍️ this poem is from spring 2020, published by the always incredible @malarkeybooks.bsky.social #poetry #poem #writing

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as you wish by Mathew Yates as you wish as you were before any of this i wished the sea were us before any of this i wish there were anything at all to believe in or if anything to stand on or understand as believing is a thing to stand under like a ladder and the luck is a sea were you a sea were any of us here before any of this as you were as you wish
December 6, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Ok here's one from last summer. I found this little lady in some kelp off the coast of Cornwall, where the water was so cold my nipples could still cut glass. Pretty lady though!

#photography #underwaterphotography #oceanconservation #travelphotography #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha #seals
A grey and white monk seal eyes the camera from over a rich green kelp garden
December 7, 2024 at 3:10 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
"Leaf trail," one of my favorite pictures from Oakura Beach, New Zealand.

#beach #peace #nature
December 7, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social

#BookSky
Drawing of crazed-looking face wearing glasses, with messy purple and blue hair, with handwritten quote: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement on days they want to take up scorpion petting." - by Liana Brooks. Drawing by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. A paint brush lies on the drawing.
December 4, 2024 at 7:55 PM
asbkiwi.bsky.social
I just released a new guide based on my 2024 book, Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage. "Embracing Anger" offers guidance for living with this complicated emotion. Get it free here:

www.amandabarusch.com/freebies/embracing-anger

#aging #agingangry #booksky #managinganger #agingwell #wellness
December 6, 2024 at 7:52 PM