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Emily Wahl
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Emily Wahl lives in Oregon, where she gardens obsessively, manages a small media production company, writes MG fiction, and gets constantly harassed by a cat for more treats. #AmQuerying #MGFantasy
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Image of Cover of Revenge of the Red Club, by Kim Harrington, with a drawing of the silhouette of a girl standing on a desk with multiracial fists held in the air around her, one holding a megaphone and one a pen, and a calendar in the background with a day marked by an X.
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis, with an aillustration of a woman standing on a roof of a house next to a pond and an ominous looking sky.
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, with an illustration of the main character, a boy, holding out his hand for his falcon to land on his glove.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I love this hellebore. It starts blooming in November and gives me some winter white even when it doesn't snow.

#bloomscrolling
Photo of a hellebore with white flowers in bloom.
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of cover of Hiking Oregon's Geology by Ellen Morris Bishop, with a photograph of a rock formation on the cover.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Colleen's dad makes her go fishing at the beginning of the story, and she's not happy about it.

But then, she's not happy about much of anything.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The reservoir was stocked with large-mouthed bass, and someone told her father this was the best time of year to catch them. He hadn’t fished much in the past, but lately he was fascinated and insisted the whole family join him. Jumping out of the car, he pulled fishing rods, nets, and lawn chairs out of the trunk. Her mother set up the chairs and nestled into one with a blanket draped over her lap, while Sheila pranced along the water’s edge. "C'mere, Colleen," her dad commanded, opening a bait box. "Now, this’s the kind the man at the store said would work best for bass," he told her, pulling out a little, plastic, rainbow-colored fish with three-pointed hooks at either end. She quickly tied it onto the line of a pole, her deft hands trained to thread needles, while he struggled with his wide, clumsy fingers to tie his own. Colleen looked over at the other people at the reservoir. A large, middle-aged couple sat in chairs beside a camper van, their poles resting in holders, and their lines lazily hanging in the water. They were sucking soda out of plastic cups the size of buckets while a radio loudly broadcasted a ballgame. Down the shore, a few young men noisily pushed a motorboat into the water from a trailer. After starting the engine, they hooted and yelled before blasting into the middle of the lake, where they started to chug cans of beer.
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Photo of David Attenborough sitting on rocks by the ocean with puffins near him in the background.
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I just love Orwell so much.

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Image of a blank open book with typewriter font text superimposed reading: "If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." George Orwell, 1984.
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, by Ella E. Clark, with rock art type illustrations of people spear fishing what are probably salmon.
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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My husband and I like to have Chestnut Soup every Christmas, ever since we had it in a cafe in Paris one holiday. It's delicious!

#FantasyIndiesDecember
Chestnut Soup 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 cup finely chopped celery 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 3 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs 2 whole cloves 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth 1 (14- to 15-ounce) jar peeled cooked whole chestnuts, crumbled (3 cups) 1/4 cup Sercial Madeira 1/4 cup heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Special Equipment cheesecloth; kitchen string Preparation Step 1 Melt butter in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, then stir in celery, carrot, and onion. Cover surface of vegetables with a buttered round of wax paper or parchment (buttered side down) and cover pan with lid, then sweat vegetables 15 minutes (to soften). Step 2 Wrap parsley, cloves, and bay leaf in cheesecloth and tie into a bundle with string to make a bouquet garni. Step 3 Discard buttered paper from vegetables, then add broth and bouquet garni and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 20 minutes. Add chestnuts and Madeira and simmer, covered, 3 minutes. Step 4 Purée soup in small batches (4 or 5) in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan. Stir in cream, pepper, and salt to taste and reheat soup over moderate heat, stirring occasionally. Cooks' note: Soup can be made 2 days ahead and cooled, uncovered, then chilled, covered.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of In Search of Ancient Oregon; A Geological and Natural History by Ellen Morris Bishop
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of cover of Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that Made England by Juliet Barker; with a medieval illustration of the battle depicting soldiers in ormor and archers fighting before a castle.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Did you know that before she became a hit children's book author and illustrator that Beatrix Potter pursued mycology and made beautiful, highly accurate illustrations of fungi?
Amanita excels (Armitt Museum and Library) illustration of fungi by Beatrix Potter
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of a The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor with an painting of Joan of Arc just before her execution in chains, surrounded by soldiers and a crowd in the background, and executioners at her side.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

12/30
Photo of the cover of Four Queens: The Provençal SIsters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone with a medeival painting of four aristocratic women and two men outside of a castle.
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

11/30
Photo of a cover of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir, with an 18th century portrait of Eleanor superimposed over a stained glass window.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

10/30
Photo of cover of Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson, with an illustration of a seagull on a beach with seashel, drifrwood, a cork, a bit of fishing net, and beach grass.
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of The Sea Around Us, by Rachel L. Carson. With blurb that reads: In this spectacular bestseller and winner of the National Book Award an eminent scientist presents fascinating revelations about the magic and mystery of the ocean. With a green tinted photo of the ocean with gulls flying over waves crashing against rocks.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of the cover of Rachel Carson's The Edge of the Sea, with a photo of a microscope on a beach with seashells.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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A photo of a tattered paperback copy of The Member of the Wedding, by Carson McCullers. With a blurb that reads, "Her famous novel of a young girl searching for a way out of a dark, confusing world." Pulp fiction type illustration of the MC, Frankie, with short, red hair, wearing a pink dress and holding a bouquet of pink flowers, sitting on a suitcase outside the front door of a house at night, looking sad and being comforted by her Black housekeeper, Berenice, who is a mother figure to her.
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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A photo of the cover of an edition of Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Love Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with a drawing of a magnolia branch in bloom.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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A photo of a hardback edition of Emma by Jane Austen with a cloth cover design of cream colored Empire style chairs motif on a teal background.
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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A photo of a hardback edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with a cloth covering design with golden swans and plant motif on a straw colored background
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe

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Photo of a cover of a book by Christine de Pizan, The City of Ladies. The cover illustration is a quote from the book in medeival script with an illumination of a bird in a plant to one side. The quote reads: "Men who have slandered the opposite sex out of envy have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are." A Penguin Book Great Ideas edition.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM