Mumbling Sage In Wisconsin
@mumblingsage.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Recovering doomscroller. Incurable optimist with hopefully-curable burnout. She/her. Most of my writing is sexy.
Concept: half of us here on BlueSky are wearing this shirt, with the Maryland code swapped out for "18 U.S. Code § 871."
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Concept: half of us here on BlueSky are wearing this shirt, with the Maryland code swapped out for "18 U.S. Code § 871."
(image sourced from: www.tumblr.com/bubblesandgu...)
(image sourced from: www.tumblr.com/bubblesandgu...)
Late to the party but I just remembered a formative read (or a for-mative read, get it?)
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Late to the party but I just remembered a formative read (or a for-mative read, get it?)
Let's say we photoshop the bottle in her left hand into a Lifeway kefir bottle (or a local brewery, I'm not picky), give her a local mascot plushie in the left hand, make the snail a fox, put Cutler Park or Main Street in the background? (I may be too narrowly focused on the city of Waukesha...)
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Let's say we photoshop the bottle in her left hand into a Lifeway kefir bottle (or a local brewery, I'm not picky), give her a local mascot plushie in the left hand, make the snail a fox, put Cutler Park or Main Street in the background? (I may be too narrowly focused on the city of Waukesha...)
#MondayReads Once again, I'm prioritizing library books that are due back in the next week or two. Historical fiction, a literary love story, and thought-provoking erotic romance (or romantic erotica?).
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#MondayReads Once again, I'm prioritizing library books that are due back in the next week or two. Historical fiction, a literary love story, and thought-provoking erotic romance (or romantic erotica?).
Me too, buddy.
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Me too, buddy.
About me being pretty good--a few hundred clients who found me through Fiverr agree!
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
About me being pretty good--a few hundred clients who found me through Fiverr agree!
#MondayReads
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#MondayReads
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
#MondayReads - I've been unwinding with some paperback Regency romances! (Both featuring women in blue dresses on their covers, by pure cosmic coincidence.)
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#MondayReads - I've been unwinding with some paperback Regency romances! (Both featuring women in blue dresses on their covers, by pure cosmic coincidence.)
A fascinating used bookstore find... What's 30+ pages and the ending of the story, after all?
(Luckily Colette's not exactly obscure, and I was able to put a larger collection of her stories on hold at my library to cover the gap).
(Luckily Colette's not exactly obscure, and I was able to put a larger collection of her stories on hold at my library to cover the gap).
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A fascinating used bookstore find... What's 30+ pages and the ending of the story, after all?
(Luckily Colette's not exactly obscure, and I was able to put a larger collection of her stories on hold at my library to cover the gap).
(Luckily Colette's not exactly obscure, and I was able to put a larger collection of her stories on hold at my library to cover the gap).
Guys... this feels incredible.
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Guys... this feels incredible.
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
#MondayReads Second time through this beautiful, painful, and compelling novel. 50 pages from the end and bracing myself. It's romantic, sensual, tragic, frightening, intoxicating. Not for everyone - heed content warnings - but I'm one of a cadre of readers devoured and heartbroken. McCann can WRITE
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#MondayReads Second time through this beautiful, painful, and compelling novel. 50 pages from the end and bracing myself. It's romantic, sensual, tragic, frightening, intoxicating. Not for everyone - heed content warnings - but I'm one of a cadre of readers devoured and heartbroken. McCann can WRITE
#MondayReads
Not every joke in HEARTBURN still lands, but the ones that do are delightful (or so well-aimed I winced). Haven't yet tried the recipes.
THE SEED KEEPER is part of the NEA's Big Read, a multigenerational saga of a Dakhóta woman reconnecting with the women who came before her.
Not every joke in HEARTBURN still lands, but the ones that do are delightful (or so well-aimed I winced). Haven't yet tried the recipes.
THE SEED KEEPER is part of the NEA's Big Read, a multigenerational saga of a Dakhóta woman reconnecting with the women who came before her.
September 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#MondayReads
Not every joke in HEARTBURN still lands, but the ones that do are delightful (or so well-aimed I winced). Haven't yet tried the recipes.
THE SEED KEEPER is part of the NEA's Big Read, a multigenerational saga of a Dakhóta woman reconnecting with the women who came before her.
Not every joke in HEARTBURN still lands, but the ones that do are delightful (or so well-aimed I winced). Haven't yet tried the recipes.
THE SEED KEEPER is part of the NEA's Big Read, a multigenerational saga of a Dakhóta woman reconnecting with the women who came before her.
#MondayReads Finished over the weekend: 2 books on writing mystery and suspense, 1 book of Gothic mystery and suspense.
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#MondayReads Finished over the weekend: 2 books on writing mystery and suspense, 1 book of Gothic mystery and suspense.
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
Prime Magazine WordPress theme
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September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Prime Magazine WordPress theme
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Writer Portfolio WordPress theme [there's a header text issue on larger-screen previews, but I like the color scheme and layout of this one enough to gamble on my ability to fix that with CSS]
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(full preview: en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/write...)
September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Writer Portfolio WordPress theme [there's a header text issue on larger-screen previews, but I like the color scheme and layout of this one enough to gamble on my ability to fix that with CSS]
(full preview: en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/write...)
(full preview: en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/write...)
Katib Writer WordPress theme
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September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Katib Writer WordPress theme
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VW Writer Blog WordPress theme (would you use a tag cloud when browsing an author website, maybe to look up stories by trope or subgenre?)
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September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
VW Writer Blog WordPress theme (would you use a tag cloud when browsing an author website, maybe to look up stories by trope or subgenre?)
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Expert Author WordPress theme
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September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Expert Author WordPress theme
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September 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#MondayReads for this week:
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
Once Dishonored by Mary Jo Putney
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
Two books on marriage in history, one on gay wolf soulbonding.
Details:
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
Once Dishonored by Mary Jo Putney
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
Two books on marriage in history, one on gay wolf soulbonding.
Details:
September 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#MondayReads for this week:
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
Once Dishonored by Mary Jo Putney
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
Two books on marriage in history, one on gay wolf soulbonding.
Details:
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
Once Dishonored by Mary Jo Putney
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
Two books on marriage in history, one on gay wolf soulbonding.
Details:
Photos taken seconds before things got too Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy for me to handle my phone
August 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photos taken seconds before things got too Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy for me to handle my phone
If accurate (the part about flipping the Senate isn't--she flipped a seat and broke the supermajority), this means there were over 3x as many volunteers for Drey as voters in the election.
wcmelepub.wcicc.com
wcmelepub.wcicc.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If accurate (the part about flipping the Senate isn't--she flipped a seat and broke the supermajority), this means there were over 3x as many volunteers for Drey as voters in the election.
wcmelepub.wcicc.com
wcmelepub.wcicc.com
#MondayReads
I finished three library books over the weekend and am continuing on a fourth. Brief recaps/reactions in thread.
I finished three library books over the weekend and am continuing on a fourth. Brief recaps/reactions in thread.
August 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#MondayReads
I finished three library books over the weekend and am continuing on a fourth. Brief recaps/reactions in thread.
I finished three library books over the weekend and am continuing on a fourth. Brief recaps/reactions in thread.
Some of this grass has strange mutated petals in different colors...they look nice.
August 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some of this grass has strange mutated petals in different colors...they look nice.
Out touching grass, or at least looking at it.
August 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Out touching grass, or at least looking at it.