Meredith ap Robert
@meredithaprobert.bsky.social
Welsh-descended Michigander. Writer. Celtic/Arthurian studies. Non-binary. Hufflepuff. #Cymruambyth
I've had this one knocking around my head for a while. Grateful to be able to share it with you:
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#nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQwriter #queer #childhood #memoir #satire
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#nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQwriter #queer #childhood #memoir #satire
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've had this one knocking around my head for a while. Grateful to be able to share it with you:
joelaprobert.com/i-realised-i...
#nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQwriter #queer #childhood #memoir #satire
joelaprobert.com/i-realised-i...
#nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQwriter #queer #childhood #memoir #satire
Rounding out my list of #Michigan off-the-beaten path is the Brooklyn Street Local LLC in Corktown, #Detroit. (I didn't take better pictures, because I was too busy enjoying the food.)
Check out the full list:
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#poutine #bestof #summer2025 #eatlocal
Check out the full list:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
#poutine #bestof #summer2025 #eatlocal
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Rounding out my list of #Michigan off-the-beaten path is the Brooklyn Street Local LLC in Corktown, #Detroit. (I didn't take better pictures, because I was too busy enjoying the food.)
Check out the full list:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
#poutine #bestof #summer2025 #eatlocal
Check out the full list:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
#poutine #bestof #summer2025 #eatlocal
Third on my list of #Michigan hors chemin: #Muskegon.
There's nothing like #LakeMichigan during the summer, but I can do without the crowds. Muskegon gives you two phenomonal options in close proximity: Muskegon State Park and Duck Lake State Park.
Read on:
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There's nothing like #LakeMichigan during the summer, but I can do without the crowds. Muskegon gives you two phenomonal options in close proximity: Muskegon State Park and Duck Lake State Park.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
September 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Third on my list of #Michigan hors chemin: #Muskegon.
There's nothing like #LakeMichigan during the summer, but I can do without the crowds. Muskegon gives you two phenomonal options in close proximity: Muskegon State Park and Duck Lake State Park.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
There's nothing like #LakeMichigan during the summer, but I can do without the crowds. Muskegon gives you two phenomonal options in close proximity: Muskegon State Park and Duck Lake State Park.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
#2 on my list of #Michigan summer 2025 favourites: #QahwahHouse of Grand Rapids, a welcome oasis on the city's northeast corner—a respite from the endlessly unimaginative big box chains that dominate the suburbs, with late night hours to boot.
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#2 on my list of #Michigan summer 2025 favourites: #QahwahHouse of Grand Rapids, a welcome oasis on the city's northeast corner—a respite from the endlessly unimaginative big box chains that dominate the suburbs, with late night hours to boot.
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
At the top of my list of #Michigan summer favourites: the #NorthCountryTrail. Like a Narnian otherworld, you hardly know it's there, but open the door and you'll find you've tumbled into a magical world right on your doorstep.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
At the top of my list of #Michigan summer favourites: the #NorthCountryTrail. Like a Narnian otherworld, you hardly know it's there, but open the door and you'll find you've tumbled into a magical world right on your doorstep.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...
I recently unearthed my high school journal, and turned the pages all the way back to the start: August 25, 2004.
My list of goals for my junior year of high school included everything from beating video games, to proselytizing.
#recoveringfromreligion
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My list of goals for my junior year of high school included everything from beating video games, to proselytizing.
#recoveringfromreligion
joelaprobert.com/both-wanting...
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I recently unearthed my high school journal, and turned the pages all the way back to the start: August 25, 2004.
My list of goals for my junior year of high school included everything from beating video games, to proselytizing.
#recoveringfromreligion
joelaprobert.com/both-wanting...
My list of goals for my junior year of high school included everything from beating video games, to proselytizing.
#recoveringfromreligion
joelaprobert.com/both-wanting...
Looking back two decades, I wonder what chance "a skinny kid with a funny name" ever had appealing to our better angels when we were already stewing knee-deep in decades of me-first materialism. It felt like a moment of transformation. Was it just an illusion?
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joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looking back two decades, I wonder what chance "a skinny kid with a funny name" ever had appealing to our better angels when we were already stewing knee-deep in decades of me-first materialism. It felt like a moment of transformation. Was it just an illusion?
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
What started as a bit of a rant turned into a lament.
That's the power of writing. It forces us to sit down with our thoughts and make sense of them. It makes us face what we're really feeling and name it.
Here's part 2 in Americans are the frog in the pot:
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
That's the power of writing. It forces us to sit down with our thoughts and make sense of them. It makes us face what we're really feeling and name it.
Here's part 2 in Americans are the frog in the pot:
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
August 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What started as a bit of a rant turned into a lament.
That's the power of writing. It forces us to sit down with our thoughts and make sense of them. It makes us face what we're really feeling and name it.
Here's part 2 in Americans are the frog in the pot:
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
That's the power of writing. It forces us to sit down with our thoughts and make sense of them. It makes us face what we're really feeling and name it.
Here's part 2 in Americans are the frog in the pot:
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
Wow! What a nice surprise when I opened Ninnau this morning. I knew they had picked up the article, but I didn't expect to be on the cover.
If you'd like to read the article (without squinting), you can check in out on @nation.cymru:
nation.cymru/feature/wale...
If you'd like to read the article (without squinting), you can check in out on @nation.cymru:
nation.cymru/feature/wale...
August 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Wow! What a nice surprise when I opened Ninnau this morning. I knew they had picked up the article, but I didn't expect to be on the cover.
If you'd like to read the article (without squinting), you can check in out on @nation.cymru:
nation.cymru/feature/wale...
If you'd like to read the article (without squinting), you can check in out on @nation.cymru:
nation.cymru/feature/wale...
Welcome to the next installment in Remade: An anthology of the world's end & new beginnings. The new beginnings are on the way. I promise. But for now, it's still the end of the world.
#speculativefiction #AmericanApocalypse #rapture #RemadeNovel
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#speculativefiction #AmericanApocalypse #rapture #RemadeNovel
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August 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Welcome to the next installment in Remade: An anthology of the world's end & new beginnings. The new beginnings are on the way. I promise. But for now, it's still the end of the world.
#speculativefiction #AmericanApocalypse #rapture #RemadeNovel
www.patreon.com/posts/136431...
#speculativefiction #AmericanApocalypse #rapture #RemadeNovel
www.patreon.com/posts/136431...
August 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I came across the remarks I gave at the 2009 #LGBTQ Panel at Calvin University.
Most of all, I'm grateful to be living the quiet life I craved all those years ago: to be married to a wonderful man, to have the support of a loving family, to have my "square inch."
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Most of all, I'm grateful to be living the quiet life I craved all those years ago: to be married to a wonderful man, to have the support of a loving family, to have my "square inch."
joelaprobert.com/rites-of-pas...
July 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I came across the remarks I gave at the 2009 #LGBTQ Panel at Calvin University.
Most of all, I'm grateful to be living the quiet life I craved all those years ago: to be married to a wonderful man, to have the support of a loving family, to have my "square inch."
joelaprobert.com/rites-of-pas...
Most of all, I'm grateful to be living the quiet life I craved all those years ago: to be married to a wonderful man, to have the support of a loving family, to have my "square inch."
joelaprobert.com/rites-of-pas...
July 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Amazing few days at @naaswch.bsky.social. Can't wait for the next!
July 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Amazing few days at @naaswch.bsky.social. Can't wait for the next!
July 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
When you call and your mother says, "One second, we're pulling into the drive" and find yourself waiting by the phone for half an hour ...
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
When you call and your mother says, "One second, we're pulling into the drive" and find yourself waiting by the phone for half an hour ...
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NEW POST
Between dissertations, I'm reconnecting with the joy of reading—and for me, that means revisiting some old favorites: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain.
#childrenslit #YA #YAlit #fiction #Wales #KingArthur
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Between dissertations, I'm reconnecting with the joy of reading—and for me, that means revisiting some old favorites: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain.
#childrenslit #YA #YAlit #fiction #Wales #KingArthur
joelaprobert.com/nostalgia-th...
June 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW POST
Between dissertations, I'm reconnecting with the joy of reading—and for me, that means revisiting some old favorites: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain.
#childrenslit #YA #YAlit #fiction #Wales #KingArthur
joelaprobert.com/nostalgia-th...
Between dissertations, I'm reconnecting with the joy of reading—and for me, that means revisiting some old favorites: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain.
#childrenslit #YA #YAlit #fiction #Wales #KingArthur
joelaprobert.com/nostalgia-th...
Grand Rapids is weird. Today it’s all breweries, hipsters, and overpriced apartments. But growing up, it was Bland Rapids: so boring that corporations would come to town to trial new products. If the straight-laced people of Grand Rapids, will buy it, anyone will!
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
June 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Grand Rapids is weird. Today it’s all breweries, hipsters, and overpriced apartments. But growing up, it was Bland Rapids: so boring that corporations would come to town to trial new products. If the straight-laced people of Grand Rapids, will buy it, anyone will!
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...
Powering through funding apps.
May 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Powering through funding apps.
A week in #Wales by train! (And a bus ride, or two.)
Working on a follow-up post for a week in Wales by car. What did I miss that I need to include?
#Cymru #LandOfMyFathers #Travel #SkyWriters
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
Working on a follow-up post for a week in Wales by car. What did I miss that I need to include?
#Cymru #LandOfMyFathers #Travel #SkyWriters
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
May 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A week in #Wales by train! (And a bus ride, or two.)
Working on a follow-up post for a week in Wales by car. What did I miss that I need to include?
#Cymru #LandOfMyFathers #Travel #SkyWriters
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
Working on a follow-up post for a week in Wales by car. What did I miss that I need to include?
#Cymru #LandOfMyFathers #Travel #SkyWriters
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
New post.
Thoughts from the 60th Annual International Conference on Medieval Studies.
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Thoughts from the 60th Annual International Conference on Medieval Studies.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New post.
Thoughts from the 60th Annual International Conference on Medieval Studies.
joelaprobert.com/thoughts-fro...
Thoughts from the 60th Annual International Conference on Medieval Studies.
joelaprobert.com/thoughts-fro...
I fear that what I saw at Toronto Pearson was a vision of the future: One in which travel and mobility become a privilege of the elite, the overwhelmingly white business class unaffected and unconcerned about travel restrictions and civil rights.
Read on:
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Read on:
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
May 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I fear that what I saw at Toronto Pearson was a vision of the future: One in which travel and mobility become a privilege of the elite, the overwhelmingly white business class unaffected and unconcerned about travel restrictions and civil rights.
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
Read on:
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
In Canada's busiest airport, I've found a quiet corner. Tables empty. Outlets free. Empty seats at the bar. Just workless workers and captains of industry, keeping one another company in a world that’s waiting, between resignation and rebellion, for whatever’s next.
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
May 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Canada's busiest airport, I've found a quiet corner. Tables empty. Outlets free. Empty seats at the bar. Just workless workers and captains of industry, keeping one another company in a world that’s waiting, between resignation and rebellion, for whatever’s next.
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
joelaprobert.com/toronto-pear...
Counting down the days until we can go back has me daydreaming about traveling across Wales. 🐉
Some of my favorite moments were undoubtedly crossing Cymru by car, but it's absolutely possible to make a solid and spectacular week by train and by bus. #travel #wales
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
Some of my favorite moments were undoubtedly crossing Cymru by car, but it's absolutely possible to make a solid and spectacular week by train and by bus. #travel #wales
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
April 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Counting down the days until we can go back has me daydreaming about traveling across Wales. 🐉
Some of my favorite moments were undoubtedly crossing Cymru by car, but it's absolutely possible to make a solid and spectacular week by train and by bus. #travel #wales
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...
Some of my favorite moments were undoubtedly crossing Cymru by car, but it's absolutely possible to make a solid and spectacular week by train and by bus. #travel #wales
joelaprobert.com/a-week-in-wa...