Margie Orford
@margieorford.bsky.social
random messages on an irregular basis
writer | feminist | she/her | PhD | agent:Cath Summerhayes @ Curtis Brown
writer | feminist | she/her | PhD | agent:Cath Summerhayes @ Curtis Brown
my father looking at his own River Styx days before he died at home. A long long life lived on his own terms. This mid-winter a blessing from his fierce atheist spirit, saying live on, love on, in all the complexity of the relationship between father and daughter. hamba kahle
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
my father looking at his own River Styx days before he died at home. A long long life lived on his own terms. This mid-winter a blessing from his fierce atheist spirit, saying live on, love on, in all the complexity of the relationship between father and daughter. hamba kahle
overwhelmed with gratitude that I am NOT at Glastonbury - given my pathological phobia of crowds, port-a-loos and competing sound systems
also these rude radishes from the garden
also these rude radishes from the garden
June 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
overwhelmed with gratitude that I am NOT at Glastonbury - given my pathological phobia of crowds, port-a-loos and competing sound systems
also these rude radishes from the garden
also these rude radishes from the garden
how many sleeps till Donald Trump is GONE
June 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
how many sleeps till Donald Trump is GONE
MEN & BIRDS
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
MEN & BIRDS
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
Dont know who made this work of utter documentary genius but I found it in my old photo file and had to share
a world gripped by violent and stupid and narcisstiic old men who think they are playing a video game is not a good one for those of us who align with the 'women and children' side of live
June 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
a world gripped by violent and stupid and narcisstiic old men who think they are playing a video game is not a good one for those of us who align with the 'women and children' side of live
summer flowers picked for solstice
June 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
summer flowers picked for solstice
slaying my deadline like Judith did Holofernes - all hail to Artemesia Gentileschi
June 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
slaying my deadline like Judith did Holofernes - all hail to Artemesia Gentileschi
It is so hard to be a person
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It is so hard to be a person
reunion with niece, nephew and Lion's Head clouds
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
reunion with niece, nephew and Lion's Head clouds
with my baby-love - I never imagined such devoted attunement with anyone until this, my first, grandchild appeared
May 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
with my baby-love - I never imagined such devoted attunement with anyone until this, my first, grandchild appeared
roses from my garden of good and sometimes evil
May 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
roses from my garden of good and sometimes evil
garden roses and reading Xiaolu Guo
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
garden roses and reading Xiaolu Guo
disco dancing at the edge of the volcano...my and my tiny queen taking on the millennium, New Year's Eve 2000
April 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
disco dancing at the edge of the volcano...my and my tiny queen taking on the millennium, New Year's Eve 2000
the entire purpose of husbands is to assemble one's IKEA knick-knacks as I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE
April 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
the entire purpose of husbands is to assemble one's IKEA knick-knacks as I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE
swinging while Tr*mp burns the world - what else to do but to look nonchalant?
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
swinging while Tr*mp burns the world - what else to do but to look nonchalant?
spring is sprung and a little bit picked
March 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
spring is sprung and a little bit picked
People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
March 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
I wake up every morning having mislaid the will to live...
spend the morning rummaging for it,
find it (usually) then
labour for money and
the emotions of others like mad all day till night
caring listening then
sleep, lose the will to do live again,
rummage, find, work, sleep, lose it
spend the morning rummaging for it,
find it (usually) then
labour for money and
the emotions of others like mad all day till night
caring listening then
sleep, lose the will to do live again,
rummage, find, work, sleep, lose it
March 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I wake up every morning having mislaid the will to live...
spend the morning rummaging for it,
find it (usually) then
labour for money and
the emotions of others like mad all day till night
caring listening then
sleep, lose the will to do live again,
rummage, find, work, sleep, lose it
spend the morning rummaging for it,
find it (usually) then
labour for money and
the emotions of others like mad all day till night
caring listening then
sleep, lose the will to do live again,
rummage, find, work, sleep, lose it
me and my baby girl in 1990. my girl who turned into a wise calm clever woman had her own baby girl. seeing your daughter become a mother, a portal one passes through from which there is no return, is a marvel. Seeing one's child become a parent, -to be able to be part of that, is a mricale
March 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
me and my baby girl in 1990. my girl who turned into a wise calm clever woman had her own baby girl. seeing your daughter become a mother, a portal one passes through from which there is no return, is a marvel. Seeing one's child become a parent, -to be able to be part of that, is a mricale
'I saw the murderers, and I saw the victims.
It was just courage, not compassion, that I lacked.'
Bertolt Brecht
It was just courage, not compassion, that I lacked.'
Bertolt Brecht
February 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
'I saw the murderers, and I saw the victims.
It was just courage, not compassion, that I lacked.'
Bertolt Brecht
It was just courage, not compassion, that I lacked.'
Bertolt Brecht
new, time sensitive psychoanlaytic embroidery design
February 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
new, time sensitive psychoanlaytic embroidery design
Re-reading Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN years after the first time. Now I see it is a hard-hitting documentary of the American present, of the annihilating cruelty and delusional "masculinity'' at the heart of the US that's being unleashed on the world again (image Penny Siopis)
February 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Re-reading Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN years after the first time. Now I see it is a hard-hitting documentary of the American present, of the annihilating cruelty and delusional "masculinity'' at the heart of the US that's being unleashed on the world again (image Penny Siopis)
latter day valentine hands
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
latter day valentine hands