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@gerry.life
Scottish by birth. American on purpose.

I take photos and write stories.

Still searching for the perfect pen, pencil, and paper combo.


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"I think I'm in love again, but if not you're the prototype." Great line from New Blue, the #jazz band that plays at #OMCA during the @cwc-berkeley.org monthly #writein.

#writersky #writingEvents #EastBay #music #Oakland #lyrics
August 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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@davidholper.bsky.social suggests it takes 3% of a population participating in #directAction to make change. I'd like to more about that source if you have it.
May 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"Seize the means of computation." - Cory Doctorow

#Writing to #Resist panel from @cwc-berkeley.org
May 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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"Coalitions are full of turkeys who voted for Christmas." - Cory Doctorow at #writing to #resist.

Speaks to the power of communities though. Those turkeys are following their communities. See this article I wrote slingshotcollective.org/11-mutual-ai...
a11 – Mutual aid is our secret weapon – Slingshot
slingshotcollective.org
May 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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New online opportunity for #writers, hosted by @chasej.xyz for @cwc-berkeley.org: a Zoom meetup to submit your writing. The registration link on Chase's page has lots of #writingResources and places to get published too www.chasej.xyz/submission-s...
Submission Support Group Info and Goodies – Chase J Anderson
www.chasej.xyz
May 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco.
May 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Writing to Resist” feat. Cory Doctorow, Carol Queen, and David Holper, May 18th, 2025

More Info: cwc-berkeley.org/writing-to-r...
Tickets: bit.ly/cwcspeakerse...

#CoryDoctorow #CarolQueen #DavidHolper #writingcommunity #writerscommuniity #writers
May 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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@keithgabourypoet.bsky.social is doing a surrealistic ode to the Bay Area. The reading will also feature the poetry of SB Stokes, Tony Aldarondo, and D. Scott Miller.
March 23 7:00-8:30 pm

#poetry #literaryEvents #BayArea #BayAreaEvents #EastBay #Berkeley

keithgaboury.com/event/still-...
Still Human Poetry Reading - Keith Gaboury
Come celebrate a surrealistic ode to the Bay Area at 2727 California Street, Berkeley. Still Human is Keith Gaboury’s newest poetry collection. The reading will also feature the poetry of […]
keithgaboury.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Part of the Cockcroft Walton atom smasher, National Museum of Scotland
February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Book Society book shop / wine bar
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Should hiring an editor be part of your 2025 writing journey? Join Gala Russ—book coach, author of eight romance novels, and mentor to emerging writers—as she demystifies the editorial process.

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bit.ly/cwcspeakerse...
February 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Relocated to California!
January 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Edinburgh at dusk
January 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Princess Square, Glasgow
January 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Glasgow City Center
January 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hillhead Underground
January 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hunterian museum, Glasgow
January 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Glasgow University
January 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Cloisters, Glasgow University
January 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM