Maggie Russell
@magpierussell.bsky.social
Financial Editor + Poet (when my immune system behaves).
Former attorney. Past VoPro organizer. 💙
Latest Substack: https://maggierussell.substack.com/p/on-doves-and-snakes-and-belonging
Editing & content: www.maggierussellwriter.com
Former attorney. Past VoPro organizer. 💙
Latest Substack: https://maggierussell.substack.com/p/on-doves-and-snakes-and-belonging
Editing & content: www.maggierussellwriter.com
Some writers buy themselves a pizza, others savor a special drink, I used to buy myself a new pen with each rejection. This year, I turned the haunting of rejection into literal ghosties. #writingcommunity #writesky #crafty
October 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some writers buy themselves a pizza, others savor a special drink, I used to buy myself a new pen with each rejection. This year, I turned the haunting of rejection into literal ghosties. #writingcommunity #writesky #crafty
Thanks to @theglobeandmail.com for the amazing obituary on my uncle, Mark Thompson.
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
August 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to @theglobeandmail.com for the amazing obituary on my uncle, Mark Thompson.
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
It felt really special to honor him, someone who worked so hard for the rights of workers, on Labor Day weekend. Safe passage Uncle Mark. 🩷 (Alt text folks- I’ll post a link to the article in a comment.)
Sealey by the sea. Brought my stack of poems (and journals) to the shore for a little reading and catch up. #Sealeychallenge #poetry
August 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sealey by the sea. Brought my stack of poems (and journals) to the shore for a little reading and catch up. #Sealeychallenge #poetry
Good morning ocean.
August 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Good morning ocean.
You are my hero!
August 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You are my hero!
Honey, come quick! Taylor Swift broke the internet!!
August 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Honey, come quick! Taylor Swift broke the internet!!
Thank you @theprosepoem.bsky.social for recognizing my piece Mountain Flower Homily and for the comments about our shared human experience of heaviness. Poetry is something that lifts all boats. Glad to be a part of it. #poetry #writerscommunity
theprosepoem.com/competition/...
theprosepoem.com/competition/...
August 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thank you @theprosepoem.bsky.social for recognizing my piece Mountain Flower Homily and for the comments about our shared human experience of heaviness. Poetry is something that lifts all boats. Glad to be a part of it. #poetry #writerscommunity
theprosepoem.com/competition/...
theprosepoem.com/competition/...
In the past, I’ve tried the #SealeyChallenge to get myself to try reading new poets or forms. This year, I’ve found reading poetry every day helps with stress.
Yesterday was mashed potatoes. So glad I have the challenge to get me to do this reading. Rita Dove in the car for 5 mins helped!
Yesterday was mashed potatoes. So glad I have the challenge to get me to do this reading. Rita Dove in the car for 5 mins helped!
August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In the past, I’ve tried the #SealeyChallenge to get myself to try reading new poets or forms. This year, I’ve found reading poetry every day helps with stress.
Yesterday was mashed potatoes. So glad I have the challenge to get me to do this reading. Rita Dove in the car for 5 mins helped!
Yesterday was mashed potatoes. So glad I have the challenge to get me to do this reading. Rita Dove in the car for 5 mins helped!
Starting the Sealey Challenge at the end of a rough week? Actually perfect. I’ve decided to count chapbooks for the challenge. Absolutely adored Adriana Cloud’s Instructions for Building a WindChime from @poetrysociety.org
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Alt text friends- see comments for poem text
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Alt text friends- see comments for poem text
August 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Starting the Sealey Challenge at the end of a rough week? Actually perfect. I’ve decided to count chapbooks for the challenge. Absolutely adored Adriana Cloud’s Instructions for Building a WindChime from @poetrysociety.org
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Alt text friends- see comments for poem text
#sealeychallenge #poetry
Alt text friends- see comments for poem text
Forgot to celebrate gotcha day for this pretty kitty - 2 weeks and 7 years ago I went to the shelter for a different cat who an hour earlier was adopted by someone else. Came home with this one. Despite her RBF, she is the friendliest little cuddler and yes does not miss a meal. #caturday
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Forgot to celebrate gotcha day for this pretty kitty - 2 weeks and 7 years ago I went to the shelter for a different cat who an hour earlier was adopted by someone else. Came home with this one. Despite her RBF, she is the friendliest little cuddler and yes does not miss a meal. #caturday
My spicy meatball for a brain disassembled today (tech issue, blood draw, family health) & this was the highly specific recipe it asked for recuperation.
Ocean Vuong book + Toblerone chocolate + a desperately old issue of @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social (true story, lit mags don’t have a shelf life).
Ocean Vuong book + Toblerone chocolate + a desperately old issue of @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social (true story, lit mags don’t have a shelf life).
July 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My spicy meatball for a brain disassembled today (tech issue, blood draw, family health) & this was the highly specific recipe it asked for recuperation.
Ocean Vuong book + Toblerone chocolate + a desperately old issue of @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social (true story, lit mags don’t have a shelf life).
Ocean Vuong book + Toblerone chocolate + a desperately old issue of @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social (true story, lit mags don’t have a shelf life).
Went in for one book came out with a week’s worth of @sealeychallenge.bsky.social options (renewable online!). Hooray for libraries!
July 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Went in for one book came out with a week’s worth of @sealeychallenge.bsky.social options (renewable online!). Hooray for libraries!
I found the poem Absence has a grammar by @fionalarkin.bsky.social today (in searching for mentor poem on word structure), & after reading about the lost & missing in the Texas flood, it seems resonant. sharing in case it builds a bit of shelter for anyone.
🩷 photo from @poetrysociety.bsky.social
🩷 photo from @poetrysociety.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I found the poem Absence has a grammar by @fionalarkin.bsky.social today (in searching for mentor poem on word structure), & after reading about the lost & missing in the Texas flood, it seems resonant. sharing in case it builds a bit of shelter for anyone.
🩷 photo from @poetrysociety.bsky.social
🩷 photo from @poetrysociety.bsky.social
Stumbled on this piece by @ghostlyverse.bsky.social in The Skipjack Review. Really glad to have read it on today, of all days. Happy Fourth of July.
July 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Stumbled on this piece by @ghostlyverse.bsky.social in The Skipjack Review. Really glad to have read it on today, of all days. Happy Fourth of July.
Couldn’t figure out why my dog had not been in his bed this morning… then I found the Void Goblin…
#blackcats #voids delayed ? Or early #caturday
#blackcats #voids delayed ? Or early #caturday
June 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Couldn’t figure out why my dog had not been in his bed this morning… then I found the Void Goblin…
#blackcats #voids delayed ? Or early #caturday
#blackcats #voids delayed ? Or early #caturday
Gosh there are some bangers in this collection. This one really spoke to me.
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gosh there are some bangers in this collection. This one really spoke to me.
True! Yours is an expert!
June 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
True! Yours is an expert!
I don’t always agree with @aoc.bsky.social on policy but ya’ll - this truly genuine smile at a constituent being safe and free is the level to which all politicians should aspire.
It’s not a high bar: Just care more about us than your polls, please.
Especially the folks at risk.
It’s not a high bar: Just care more about us than your polls, please.
Especially the folks at risk.
June 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I don’t always agree with @aoc.bsky.social on policy but ya’ll - this truly genuine smile at a constituent being safe and free is the level to which all politicians should aspire.
It’s not a high bar: Just care more about us than your polls, please.
Especially the folks at risk.
It’s not a high bar: Just care more about us than your polls, please.
Especially the folks at risk.
All I’ve wanted all week is to curl up on the couch with a blanket and read poetry. Pretty excited that my shipment from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social rolled in right at (theoretically) quitting time on Friday.
#booksky
#booksky
June 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
All I’ve wanted all week is to curl up on the couch with a blanket and read poetry. Pretty excited that my shipment from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social rolled in right at (theoretically) quitting time on Friday.
#booksky
#booksky
This smile belongs to Kenny G, world’s chillest dog, who is available for anyone needing a smile today at Metro Nashville Animal Care & Control .
I just can’t with this lil dude; he’s way too cute.
#dogs #dogrescue #adoptabledogs
I just can’t with this lil dude; he’s way too cute.
#dogs #dogrescue #adoptabledogs
June 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This smile belongs to Kenny G, world’s chillest dog, who is available for anyone needing a smile today at Metro Nashville Animal Care & Control .
I just can’t with this lil dude; he’s way too cute.
#dogs #dogrescue #adoptabledogs
I just can’t with this lil dude; he’s way too cute.
#dogs #dogrescue #adoptabledogs
After last night’s flash flood, we found this little nestling mourning dove in a bad spot on the road. So many great wildlife rescue places helped get him to Walden’s Puddle wildlife rehab.
waldenspuddle.org
waldenspuddle.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
After last night’s flash flood, we found this little nestling mourning dove in a bad spot on the road. So many great wildlife rescue places helped get him to Walden’s Puddle wildlife rehab.
waldenspuddle.org
waldenspuddle.org
started using this powder on our dog’s food at the recommendation for dealing with his tartar. After 6 mo, vet said he had enough progress to forgo dental cleanings (he’s reactive, the vet is difficult, so we were motivated!). It’s cheap (about $30 for 4 or so months). It apparently tastes great.
June 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
started using this powder on our dog’s food at the recommendation for dealing with his tartar. After 6 mo, vet said he had enough progress to forgo dental cleanings (he’s reactive, the vet is difficult, so we were motivated!). It’s cheap (about $30 for 4 or so months). It apparently tastes great.
Re: use of the Army against #LAprotests the nutshell series=books summarizing law & developments in concise nuggets. includes military law (e.g., when military CANNOT be used against civilians). Most recent edition is $$ $ but this one (see comment) goes for less than $10 on Amazon and eBay.
June 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Re: use of the Army against #LAprotests the nutshell series=books summarizing law & developments in concise nuggets. includes military law (e.g., when military CANNOT be used against civilians). Most recent edition is $$ $ but this one (see comment) goes for less than $10 on Amazon and eBay.
May 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM