Brenda
@mytruantpen.com
I just talk about my life, and offer respite from well deserved anger.
Book ?: For a liberal arts major, I'm somehow deeply interested in geology. This was an excellent story. #bookaweek #geology #ifrockscouldtalk
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Book ?: For a liberal arts major, I'm somehow deeply interested in geology. This was an excellent story. #bookaweek #geology #ifrockscouldtalk
"Although I can still feel the sting of humiliation, being told early on that I was not a pretty ornament spared me from years of pinning my self-worth to external standards of beauty. " Ahh, yes. The gift of being a plain, if not actually ugly, girl. "Turning to Stone: the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks".
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Although I can still feel the sting of humiliation, being told early on that I was not a pretty ornament spared me from years of pinning my self-worth to external standards of beauty. " Ahh, yes. The gift of being a plain, if not actually ugly, girl. "Turning to Stone: the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks".
I think I did it better.
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think I did it better.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I have finished my first 30 or so cards. 1/5 of the way through? But Thanksgiving is always my biggest block of focus time for this activity, so I'm not getting cocky.
It's nice to watch the snow fall over the valley as I write. #cardpocalypse #thanksgiving #airbnb #sealingwax #fountainpen
It's nice to watch the snow fall over the valley as I write. #cardpocalypse #thanksgiving #airbnb #sealingwax #fountainpen
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I have finished my first 30 or so cards. 1/5 of the way through? But Thanksgiving is always my biggest block of focus time for this activity, so I'm not getting cocky.
It's nice to watch the snow fall over the valley as I write. #cardpocalypse #thanksgiving #airbnb #sealingwax #fountainpen
It's nice to watch the snow fall over the valley as I write. #cardpocalypse #thanksgiving #airbnb #sealingwax #fountainpen
The alchemist at work as darkness falls on Thanksgiving. 🍷🍸
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The alchemist at work as darkness falls on Thanksgiving. 🍷🍸
When someone you love starts using fountain pens, there will be subtle signs you can observe. #fountainpen #christmascard #ink
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When someone you love starts using fountain pens, there will be subtle signs you can observe. #fountainpen #christmascard #ink
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. I've got a brand new Christmas fountain pen, a hand selected ink, matching sealing wax pellets and a new wax heater, 150 custom designed cards, and just about a month to get them all in the mail with addresses and notes all done by hand. It's #cardseason
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. I've got a brand new Christmas fountain pen, a hand selected ink, matching sealing wax pellets and a new wax heater, 150 custom designed cards, and just about a month to get them all in the mail with addresses and notes all done by hand. It's #cardseason
I pulled out the old Stampin' Up stamps for some Thanksgiving postcards. These stamps hit differently now than they did in 2002 (although I didn't use most of them then either). #Thanksgiving #stamps #watercolors
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I pulled out the old Stampin' Up stamps for some Thanksgiving postcards. These stamps hit differently now than they did in 2002 (although I didn't use most of them then either). #Thanksgiving #stamps #watercolors
Book 61: I needed a mental and emotional rest and this book was beautiful, eloquent and had a truth to it. Just what I needed. app.thestorygraph.com/books/726593... #bookaweek
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Book 61: I needed a mental and emotional rest and this book was beautiful, eloquent and had a truth to it. Just what I needed. app.thestorygraph.com/books/726593... #bookaweek
TIL opium can prevent cholera!! #whitehousecookbook #1924
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TIL opium can prevent cholera!! #whitehousecookbook #1924
I'm quite pleased with how these paintings came out - much better than my usual "right which end of the brush goes in the water" sets. The Yeats poem is one my husband and I memorized together as newlyweds. It hits differently after 25 years. #watercolor #autumn #poetry #yeats
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm quite pleased with how these paintings came out - much better than my usual "right which end of the brush goes in the water" sets. The Yeats poem is one my husband and I memorized together as newlyweds. It hits differently after 25 years. #watercolor #autumn #poetry #yeats
Book 58: my husband nearly sprained his eyes rolling them at this book, but it was a clever, fun read so nyah nyah to him. This working mom wishes she was getting to study cantrips instead of brain rot to talk to her kid. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/0af853... @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Book 58: my husband nearly sprained his eyes rolling them at this book, but it was a clever, fun read so nyah nyah to him. This working mom wishes she was getting to study cantrips instead of brain rot to talk to her kid. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/0af853... @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
I'm reading through the Peanuts comics of the 70s right now, and Peppermint Patty really suffers with the requirement to conform. Way ahead of it's time.
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I'm reading through the Peanuts comics of the 70s right now, and Peppermint Patty really suffers with the requirement to conform. Way ahead of it's time.
Book 57: after my sojourn in the Sahara, my mother sent me a book she taught to her sixth graders for many years. Sixth grade me would have loved it. 47 year old me enjoyed it, and could see it in a way that I couldn't in my youth. #bookaweek #sahara
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Book 57: after my sojourn in the Sahara, my mother sent me a book she taught to her sixth graders for many years. Sixth grade me would have loved it. 47 year old me enjoyed it, and could see it in a way that I couldn't in my youth. #bookaweek #sahara
I haven't uploaded my art in a hot minute, like since this summer, in part because I haven't been doing a ton of painting. With no nice weather and no baseball, it's time to get back into practice. I call this set "Yeah, it looks better with ink outlines" #watercolor
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I haven't uploaded my art in a hot minute, like since this summer, in part because I haven't been doing a ton of painting. With no nice weather and no baseball, it's time to get back into practice. I call this set "Yeah, it looks better with ink outlines" #watercolor
Enjoying the last long afternoon of autumn before the dark sets in. The shadows just don't do this in summer. They're soft and gentle. They take on a knife edge as the sun slips south. #middlesexfells
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Enjoying the last long afternoon of autumn before the dark sets in. The shadows just don't do this in summer. They're soft and gentle. They take on a knife edge as the sun slips south. #middlesexfells
The last posies of the year.
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The last posies of the year.
My local pizza place stepping up where the government has stepped down:
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My local pizza place stepping up where the government has stepped down:
I'm body doubling while my son writes an essay on "Their Eyes Were Watching God". I have thoughts:
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm body doubling while my son writes an essay on "Their Eyes Were Watching God". I have thoughts:
Book 55: The Magician of Tiger Castle. A delightful read that crosses eras of the world as the seasons slip from warmth to cold, light to darkness. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/6eb4ed...
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Book 55: The Magician of Tiger Castle. A delightful read that crosses eras of the world as the seasons slip from warmth to cold, light to darkness. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/6eb4ed...
One of my favorite spots on my usual running route is the underpass of I93 in the Stoneham Greenway - which was originally trolly tracks. The tunnel is the purview of amazing self-organizing #graffiti artists. Here are some recent works of art. #stonehamma #tricommunitygreenway
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One of my favorite spots on my usual running route is the underpass of I93 in the Stoneham Greenway - which was originally trolly tracks. The tunnel is the purview of amazing self-organizing #graffiti artists. Here are some recent works of art. #stonehamma #tricommunitygreenway
Me: this day can't get any better
Also me: "accidentally" passes by @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social Lovestruck Books. They have a wine bar
Also me: "accidentally" passes by @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social Lovestruck Books. They have a wine bar
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Me: this day can't get any better
Also me: "accidentally" passes by @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social Lovestruck Books. They have a wine bar
Also me: "accidentally" passes by @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social Lovestruck Books. They have a wine bar
I just freaking live the alta capella. If only they had brought the cornetti!!! #pifarro #shawm #sackbut #cornetto #altacapella
October 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just freaking live the alta capella. If only they had brought the cornetti!!! #pifarro #shawm #sackbut #cornetto #altacapella