Diane Dooley
@dianedooley.bsky.social
Aging guttersnipe. Brit living in Vermont.
Published author of Science Fiction, Horror, Romance.
Interests: books, history, politics, tennis, music, poetry, travel, gardens.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianedooley
Published author of Science Fiction, Horror, Romance.
Interests: books, history, politics, tennis, music, poetry, travel, gardens.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianedooley
Down the shore...
September 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Down the shore...
Me, gazing at the place where Melville wrote such sentences.
September 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Me, gazing at the place where Melville wrote such sentences.
I want one. Badly.
August 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I want one. Badly.
'Chief of War,' about the unification of Hawaii, is shaping up into a fine historical drama, beautifully shot, with a great ensemble cast. Anyone else watching?
August 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
'Chief of War,' about the unification of Hawaii, is shaping up into a fine historical drama, beautifully shot, with a great ensemble cast. Anyone else watching?
Women's tennis has a great history.
July 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Women's tennis has a great history.
Currently reading a very strange little book:
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Currently reading a very strange little book:
I have a new #ShortStory available in Baptized by Fire, Issue 4 of @rainyweatherdays.com literary magazine.
The Thinnest Winter is one of my sad ones 😢💔😞
Paperback and e-book: tinyurl.com/5enrfe3m
The Thinnest Winter is one of my sad ones 😢💔😞
Paperback and e-book: tinyurl.com/5enrfe3m
May 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have a new #ShortStory available in Baptized by Fire, Issue 4 of @rainyweatherdays.com literary magazine.
The Thinnest Winter is one of my sad ones 😢💔😞
Paperback and e-book: tinyurl.com/5enrfe3m
The Thinnest Winter is one of my sad ones 😢💔😞
Paperback and e-book: tinyurl.com/5enrfe3m
Spring snow in Vermont.
April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Spring snow in Vermont.
I'm reading The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney. My favorite character is the city of Glasgow.
"No wonder he loved it. It danced among its own debris. When Glasgow gave up, the world could call it a day.”
"No wonder he loved it. It danced among its own debris. When Glasgow gave up, the world could call it a day.”
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm reading The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney. My favorite character is the city of Glasgow.
"No wonder he loved it. It danced among its own debris. When Glasgow gave up, the world could call it a day.”
"No wonder he loved it. It danced among its own debris. When Glasgow gave up, the world could call it a day.”
Poetry for breakfast: Anna Akhmatova
March 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Poetry for breakfast: Anna Akhmatova
Watched The Return last night with Ralph Fiennes as an aging, scarred, guilt-ridden Odysseus returning home with a nasty case of PTSD. Slow, dark, grim. Quite enjoyed it :)
March 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Watched The Return last night with Ralph Fiennes as an aging, scarred, guilt-ridden Odysseus returning home with a nasty case of PTSD. Slow, dark, grim. Quite enjoyed it :)
View of the mountain from my house; view of my house from the mountain.
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
View of the mountain from my house; view of my house from the mountain.
Watched Brideshead Revisited recently and my brain keeps speaking to me in a ridiculous upper class accent. "I say, Mummy, that's simply divine," it said, as I was tasting my distinctly working class pot of stovies. Stupid brain :)
February 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watched Brideshead Revisited recently and my brain keeps speaking to me in a ridiculous upper class accent. "I say, Mummy, that's simply divine," it said, as I was tasting my distinctly working class pot of stovies. Stupid brain :)
Got up really early to watch the Australian Open and caught the dawn. It was quite spectacular. Love my view.
January 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Got up really early to watch the Australian Open and caught the dawn. It was quite spectacular. Love my view.
Found a lovely wee nest in the Christmas tree as we were taking it down. What a sweet present :)
January 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Found a lovely wee nest in the Christmas tree as we were taking it down. What a sweet present :)
Went to see Nosferatu. Beautiful to look at. But I was never scared or sad or angry. It never once engaged my emotions.
December 27, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Went to see Nosferatu. Beautiful to look at. But I was never scared or sad or angry. It never once engaged my emotions.
Sold my creepy wee doll story. That's two new stories coming out in the new year.
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Sold my creepy wee doll story. That's two new stories coming out in the new year.
Reminiscing about one of my favorite days this summer, walking the Colchester Causeway in Vermont.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Reminiscing about one of my favorite days this summer, walking the Colchester Causeway in Vermont.
I miss my garden. But at least I'm getting a lot more writing done.
November 16, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I miss my garden. But at least I'm getting a lot more writing done.
Currently reading this book. You?
#HistoryBookChat
#HistoryBookChat
November 10, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Currently reading this book. You?
#HistoryBookChat
#HistoryBookChat
A few days after that photo was taken in Aruba, I was back in Vermont, trying not to die :) But it *is* so very beautiful.
November 10, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A few days after that photo was taken in Aruba, I was back in Vermont, trying not to die :) But it *is* so very beautiful.
Cold, cold, cold. Gonna get a fire going but I really wish I was in a warm, sunny place.
November 9, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Cold, cold, cold. Gonna get a fire going but I really wish I was in a warm, sunny place.