Fiction Writer NC
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Writer, gardener, cat person - living in North Carolina US wishing the world had progressed positively by now
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I don’t know how cold it got overnight, bur the pepper and tomato plants’ leaves look like cooked spinach today. Only one plant survived and it lives against the house… brick (below the siding and hidden behind the plant) probably kept it warmer. 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don’t know how cold it got overnight, bur the pepper and tomato plants’ leaves look like cooked spinach today. Only one plant survived and it lives against the house… brick (below the siding and hidden behind the plant) probably kept it warmer. 🌱
The nasturtiums do not care about cold nor frost; they bloom and fluff their delicious leaves and keep going! 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The nasturtiums do not care about cold nor frost; they bloom and fluff their delicious leaves and keep going! 🌱
Despite some cold nights, this tomato plant continues looking lush and covering itself in ripening fruit. Will need to save some seeds and hope for similar future cold tolerant plants! 🌱
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Despite some cold nights, this tomato plant continues looking lush and covering itself in ripening fruit. Will need to save some seeds and hope for similar future cold tolerant plants! 🌱
I have this one, too, in which you have a short story alongside others. The owl year of the Autumn Nights anthology!
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I have this one, too, in which you have a short story alongside others. The owl year of the Autumn Nights anthology!
So, I picked some dried magnolia fruit. The red seeds are tucked away in a cool dry space to wait for planting next year.
Check out how the red seeds were each attached by little “threads” and dangled from the dried fruit/cone/thingy. 🌱
Check out how the red seeds were each attached by little “threads” and dangled from the dried fruit/cone/thingy. 🌱
September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So, I picked some dried magnolia fruit. The red seeds are tucked away in a cool dry space to wait for planting next year.
Check out how the red seeds were each attached by little “threads” and dangled from the dried fruit/cone/thingy. 🌱
Check out how the red seeds were each attached by little “threads” and dangled from the dried fruit/cone/thingy. 🌱
This huge magnolia tree is covered in mature red seeds! Might need to take some and try to grow trees next year.
September 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This huge magnolia tree is covered in mature red seeds! Might need to take some and try to grow trees next year.
Wish I could sue the people who moved, abandoned their cat, refused to come back when the microchip company contacted them (2x), & left this poor baby homeless. I have spent a lot $ just keeping him fed/meds.
Would love for the county to press charges! Broken system, tho.
Some humans suck.
Would love for the county to press charges! Broken system, tho.
Some humans suck.
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Wish I could sue the people who moved, abandoned their cat, refused to come back when the microchip company contacted them (2x), & left this poor baby homeless. I have spent a lot $ just keeping him fed/meds.
Would love for the county to press charges! Broken system, tho.
Some humans suck.
Would love for the county to press charges! Broken system, tho.
Some humans suck.
In the Libby app looking for a new audiobook, and this cover catches my eye. I start to read the description, and see one of my favorite authors (T. Kingfisher) is quoted / endorsed this book. I borrowed it immediately, and look forward to giving “Strange New World” by Vivian Shaw a listen!
September 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In the Libby app looking for a new audiobook, and this cover catches my eye. I start to read the description, and see one of my favorite authors (T. Kingfisher) is quoted / endorsed this book. I borrowed it immediately, and look forward to giving “Strange New World” by Vivian Shaw a listen!
When the window to the soul has an actual window reflected in it
August 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When the window to the soul has an actual window reflected in it
I brought this new-to-me chair into the house 60 seconds before taking the photo. When I took the photo, Chicken The Cat had been on the chair 15 seconds. How she shed that much hair in 15 seconds I do not understand. #cats 🙀
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I brought this new-to-me chair into the house 60 seconds before taking the photo. When I took the photo, Chicken The Cat had been on the chair 15 seconds. How she shed that much hair in 15 seconds I do not understand. #cats 🙀
They often land-leave-return to the same perch, making it slightly easier to take their photo.
June 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
They often land-leave-return to the same perch, making it slightly easier to take their photo.
I love how this bird pecked one peanut, then chose another which had already broken open.
June 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I love how this bird pecked one peanut, then chose another which had already broken open.
Love these fliers!
June 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Love these fliers!
I remembered to replenish the (unsalted) peanuts on the front steps, and this lovely Blue Jay came for lunch.
June 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I remembered to replenish the (unsalted) peanuts on the front steps, and this lovely Blue Jay came for lunch.
This may look like an adorable yellow-and-white tiger baby snoozing in a closet nook, but she is actually in a nook with her butt next to a floor vent basking in the A/C wind.
June 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This may look like an adorable yellow-and-white tiger baby snoozing in a closet nook, but she is actually in a nook with her butt next to a floor vent basking in the A/C wind.
I have left the back yard to the pollinators this season, and spotted a yellow flower out in the yard. Turns out it is a squash-like plant out in the jumble of grasses.
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I have left the back yard to the pollinators this season, and spotted a yellow flower out in the yard. Turns out it is a squash-like plant out in the jumble of grasses.
Chicken the cat loves lying in the sun. Unfortunately, there is an abandoned cat who terrorizes Chicken if she tries to go out on the porch. This is the first day in months she has felt the sun on her.
IDK why the other cat is not out there bullying as usual… may be due to hot weather.
IDK why the other cat is not out there bullying as usual… may be due to hot weather.
June 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Chicken the cat loves lying in the sun. Unfortunately, there is an abandoned cat who terrorizes Chicken if she tries to go out on the porch. This is the first day in months she has felt the sun on her.
IDK why the other cat is not out there bullying as usual… may be due to hot weather.
IDK why the other cat is not out there bullying as usual… may be due to hot weather.
But I don’t want to consider another book! Cannot listen to this new James Oswald book from North Carolina USA.
Guess I’ll just have to order the physical book to read.
Guess I’ll just have to order the physical book to read.
May 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
But I don’t want to consider another book! Cannot listen to this new James Oswald book from North Carolina USA.
Guess I’ll just have to order the physical book to read.
Guess I’ll just have to order the physical book to read.
My yard sale find this weekend. The crafter who made them used to gather dried bits along the roadside.
My favorites are the raccoons in front.
(Yes, all are quite stabby but I shall use them to decorate the house and yard.)
My favorites are the raccoons in front.
(Yes, all are quite stabby but I shall use them to decorate the house and yard.)
May 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My yard sale find this weekend. The crafter who made them used to gather dried bits along the roadside.
My favorites are the raccoons in front.
(Yes, all are quite stabby but I shall use them to decorate the house and yard.)
My favorites are the raccoons in front.
(Yes, all are quite stabby but I shall use them to decorate the house and yard.)
I own more than 5 #pencils. Will the Admin be sending their masked police to seize my extra pencils? Or is it only 11-year-old girls who are limited to 5 pencils?
(Real Q: When are these bad actors & traitorous dingbats going to be removed from US office and face consequences?!)
(Real Q: When are these bad actors & traitorous dingbats going to be removed from US office and face consequences?!)
May 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I own more than 5 #pencils. Will the Admin be sending their masked police to seize my extra pencils? Or is it only 11-year-old girls who are limited to 5 pencils?
(Real Q: When are these bad actors & traitorous dingbats going to be removed from US office and face consequences?!)
(Real Q: When are these bad actors & traitorous dingbats going to be removed from US office and face consequences?!)
Silver Hill Satsuma from my eldest daughter with a blossom on it!
April 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Silver Hill Satsuma from my eldest daughter with a blossom on it!
These irises have lasted (and spread) for years. 🌱
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
These irises have lasted (and spread) for years. 🌱
Errands day! Stopped in at Sonder Coffee in Wendell, NC
(Try their Vanilla Rose Latte w house-made rose syrup & dried rosebuds on top.)
(Try their Vanilla Rose Latte w house-made rose syrup & dried rosebuds on top.)
March 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Errands day! Stopped in at Sonder Coffee in Wendell, NC
(Try their Vanilla Rose Latte w house-made rose syrup & dried rosebuds on top.)
(Try their Vanilla Rose Latte w house-made rose syrup & dried rosebuds on top.)