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J.S. Lampe
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Pragmatic Idealist. Nurse. Thinker. Storyteller. I sometimes write down the thoughts I have, but usually not in 300 words or less. All views expressed are my own and do not represent my employer in any way.
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social this morning. Peaceful protest is powerful.

I also encourage writing or calling your members of congress.
- get back in session
- negotiate to re-open the govt
- confirm Adelita Grijalva

They work for us. Not the other way around.
October 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’ve become one of those women who stashes a pair of reading glasses in every room. The trick is to have glasses so pretty they look like decor. 🤓

#MidlifeMusings #WomenInMidlife
September 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
5/5 and last, only because I loved that when I read about her, the description said “…she may be regarded as a late bloomer. The publication of Jumping the Queue in 1983 was THE BEGINNING of an intensely creative period of Wesley's life.”

Mary Wesley
Novel: Jumping the Queue
Age: 70/71
August 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
4/5
Hank Phillipi Ryan
Novel: Prime Time
Age: 55
August 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
3/5

Hilary Boyd
Novel: Thursdays in the Park
Age: 62
August 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2/5
Alka Joshi
Novel: The Henna Artist
Age: 62
August 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Day 6: 10 Female writers first published after 50

Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 54
Novel: Secret Life of Bees

*published memoirs in her late 40’s
**bonus points for also being a nurse

💙📚 #booksky #womeninmidlife #writersofbluesky #nurse
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Day 4: 10 Female writers first published after 50

Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry
Age when published: 65

💙📚 #booksky #writersofbluesky #femaleauthors #WritersOfBluesky
August 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Day 4: 10 Female writers first published after 50

Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing
Age: 69
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Day 3: 10 Female writers first published after 50

Anna Sewell: Black Beauty
Age: 57

💙📚 #booksky #womeninmidlife #writersofbluesky
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
10 Female Authors first published after 50.
#2 Annie Proulx
First book: Heart Songs and Other Stories) came at 57
She the Pulitzer Prize for The Shipping News (one of my favorites) and also wrote Brokeback Mountain.

💙📚 #femaleauthors #writersofbluesky #booksky
August 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In anticipation of my 50th birthday in 10 days (and celebration of my writing efforts), I am featuring 10 female writers who published their 1st novel after 50.

Name: Laura Ingalls Wilder
First published: age 65
Book: Little House in The Big Woods

💙📚 #booksky #femalewriters #writersofbluesky
August 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
You are allowed to be a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time.

Image: “Open House” unknown artist photographed at Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, CA by yours truly

#SelfCompassion #GrowthThroughFailure #MidlifeMusings #writersofbluesky
August 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Just finished Carrie Soto is Back. I really loved this book. The MC is so very flawed you can’t help but root for her to change. TJR is a such skilled story-teller.

The Midnight Library… just reached the midpoint. Reading it old-school style with a hard copy. 🤩

💙📚 #booksky #wwwwednesday
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Anybody else love an indie bookstore? Stumbled on this one when we stopped for lunch on our way home from the mountains. Story on the Square in McDonough, Ga.
💙📚 #booksky #bookstore

storyonthesquare.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
As for the woods’ excitement over you
That sends light rustle rushes to their leaves
- from “Directive” by Robert Frost

💙📚 #booksky #poetry
July 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost from The Road Not Taken
💙📚 #booksky #poems
July 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
All the Missing Girls - what a wild and twisty ride!

Carrie Soto is Back - First book to make me cry in years. 🥹

Lillian Boxfish… since I’m re-reading I’m taking my time.

My review of Community Board by Tara Conklin will be up later this week!

💙 📚 #wwwwednesday #booksky #bookreviews #bookclub
July 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I signed because I still hold these truths.

www.weholdtruths.com#sign
July 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And then there’s Maude? Or is it Any Warhol?
July 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’ll be posting my review of Community Board soon!

Lillian Boxfish is be a re-read of favorite and I can’t wait to break down the story elements!

#wwwwednesday #booksky
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Not all Medicaid is called Medicaid. This is a list of state Medicaid programs that are called something else. Dems should be running ads/taking out billboards in red districts in these states to make it clear what is on the line. And alongside it the careless words of McConnell & Ernst.
June 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Casselberry, FL at a strip mall… way bigger than I expected! And still growing! #resist #nokings #protectdemocraxy
June 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I misplace my phone so often that I should have the cover of “oh the places you’ll go” as my screen saver. 🤦🏼‍♀️
May 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM