Joan Schweighardt
@joanschweighardt.bsky.social
Author: The Rivers Trilogy, The Last Wife of Attila the Hun (Ippy/ForeWord awards), Under the Blue Moon, and more. Editor: The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose and Poetry From the Pandemic and Beyond (University of Georgia Press, 2023)
This is me walking into the gym yesterday. I am passing a window that is totally black. Photographer Michael Dooley, walking behind, sees a distorted reflection of the street in the glass that is invisible to me, so he waits for me to get there to snap his snazzy photo. Perspective is everything.
October 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is me walking into the gym yesterday. I am passing a window that is totally black. Photographer Michael Dooley, walking behind, sees a distorted reflection of the street in the glass that is invisible to me, so he waits for me to get there to snap his snazzy photo. Perspective is everything.
New Mexico, Land of Enchantment today for sure. Welcome to Albuquerque, ballooners.
October 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New Mexico, Land of Enchantment today for sure. Welcome to Albuquerque, ballooners.
My colleague Faye Rapoport DesPres
has worked with an East European artist to create a magnificent kids' book called Toys at Night. If in Europe, it's available at www.goldfishbooksuk.com and Waterstone’s. Here in the US at this time you can only get it through Faye, www.fayerapoportdespres.com.
has worked with an East European artist to create a magnificent kids' book called Toys at Night. If in Europe, it's available at www.goldfishbooksuk.com and Waterstone’s. Here in the US at this time you can only get it through Faye, www.fayerapoportdespres.com.
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My colleague Faye Rapoport DesPres
has worked with an East European artist to create a magnificent kids' book called Toys at Night. If in Europe, it's available at www.goldfishbooksuk.com and Waterstone’s. Here in the US at this time you can only get it through Faye, www.fayerapoportdespres.com.
has worked with an East European artist to create a magnificent kids' book called Toys at Night. If in Europe, it's available at www.goldfishbooksuk.com and Waterstone’s. Here in the US at this time you can only get it through Faye, www.fayerapoportdespres.com.
Bee checking on apricot blossoms. March is now the cruelest month. Photo by @mjdools.bsky.social.
March 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bee checking on apricot blossoms. March is now the cruelest month. Photo by @mjdools.bsky.social.
This is a novel about a homeless man, and a woman who has a home but no one, any longer, to share it with. Author Kate Niles says about it, “This little book is a gem of tenderness ... I found myself wishing fervently that everyone everywhere would read it and change the world.”
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is a novel about a homeless man, and a woman who has a home but no one, any longer, to share it with. Author Kate Niles says about it, “This little book is a gem of tenderness ... I found myself wishing fervently that everyone everywhere would read it and change the world.”
Today begins the Year of the Snake: Shed your skin, prepare for transformation, remember your powers, strike if necessary.
January 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today begins the Year of the Snake: Shed your skin, prepare for transformation, remember your powers, strike if necessary.
Celebrating Cover Reveal Day for my dear friend and lifelong colleague @fayerd.bsky.social's 10 Anniversary Edition of her wonderful book of essays Message from A Blue Jay. I was honored to have been asked to write a foreword for the expanded edition of this great book.
August 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Celebrating Cover Reveal Day for my dear friend and lifelong colleague @fayerd.bsky.social's 10 Anniversary Edition of her wonderful book of essays Message from A Blue Jay. I was honored to have been asked to write a foreword for the expanded edition of this great book.
Post-storm patio pic. The light!
July 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Post-storm patio pic. The light!
My husband, Michael Dooley, is the photographer, not me. But as I am the recipient of his beautiful photos, I get to share them. Open and Transitioning.
July 2, 2024 at 3:04 PM
My husband, Michael Dooley, is the photographer, not me. But as I am the recipient of his beautiful photos, I get to share them. Open and Transitioning.