Nancy Middleton
@nancymidd.bsky.social
East Coaster turned West Coaster
Reader 🤓 Writer ✍️
Reader 🤓 Writer ✍️
There aren’t many books you want to start reading again as soon as you finish. This is one of those books. 📚 #mustreads
October 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There aren’t many books you want to start reading again as soon as you finish. This is one of those books. 📚 #mustreads
Monterey's No Kings Protest had everything:
* amusing signage
* a dancing T-Rex
* bubbles
* a bagpiper
* Bob Marley music
* a conga line
But, most importantly, 6,000+ patriotic citizens who showed up and used their voices to celebrate and defend democracy. 🇺🇸
* amusing signage
* a dancing T-Rex
* bubbles
* a bagpiper
* Bob Marley music
* a conga line
But, most importantly, 6,000+ patriotic citizens who showed up and used their voices to celebrate and defend democracy. 🇺🇸
October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Monterey's No Kings Protest had everything:
* amusing signage
* a dancing T-Rex
* bubbles
* a bagpiper
* Bob Marley music
* a conga line
But, most importantly, 6,000+ patriotic citizens who showed up and used their voices to celebrate and defend democracy. 🇺🇸
* amusing signage
* a dancing T-Rex
* bubbles
* a bagpiper
* Bob Marley music
* a conga line
But, most importantly, 6,000+ patriotic citizens who showed up and used their voices to celebrate and defend democracy. 🇺🇸
Pretty sure my mom ghostwrote this cartoon for The New Yorker! 🍂🍁😁 #fallvibes #missingfall #californiaproblems
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pretty sure my mom ghostwrote this cartoon for The New Yorker! 🍂🍁😁 #fallvibes #missingfall #californiaproblems
The freedom to read is the freedom to think.
Ban ignorance, not books. 📖 #bannedbooksweek
Ban ignorance, not books. 📖 #bannedbooksweek
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The freedom to read is the freedom to think.
Ban ignorance, not books. 📖 #bannedbooksweek
Ban ignorance, not books. 📖 #bannedbooksweek
I’ve always loved the intro to Jane Smiley’s “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel” 😄 #happybirthdaytome #writingcommunity
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve always loved the intro to Jane Smiley’s “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel” 😄 #happybirthdaytome #writingcommunity
Six pages in and I’m already rereading sentences for their #truth and #beauty #amreading #richardpowers
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Six pages in and I’m already rereading sentences for their #truth and #beauty #amreading #richardpowers
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Took a private tour of the Western Flyer that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez. #steinbeckcountry #westernflyer #litcommunity
September 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Took a private tour of the Western Flyer that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez. #steinbeckcountry #westernflyer #litcommunity
Fell down the Tudor rabbit hole #fridayreads📚 #historicalfiction
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Fell down the Tudor rabbit hole #fridayreads📚 #historicalfiction
"you can spend your whole life in search of assured success....or you can find a source of purpose to return to again and again...." #writingcommunity #amwriting #historicalfiction
July 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"you can spend your whole life in search of assured success....or you can find a source of purpose to return to again and again...." #writingcommunity #amwriting #historicalfiction
And here’s another favorite #historicalfiction
July 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And here’s another favorite #historicalfiction
One of my favorite #historicalfiction reads
July 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One of my favorite #historicalfiction reads
“Putting in a Window,” by John Brantingham 😍 #poetry #poetryoftheday
July 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Putting in a Window,” by John Brantingham 😍 #poetry #poetryoftheday
Re-reading this classic that every woman should read at least once, and then revisit often #booksky #amreading
July 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Re-reading this classic that every woman should read at least once, and then revisit often #booksky #amreading
My 88-year-old mom protesting in upstate NY in the rain is the kickass energy we all need 💪 #Indivisible #Handsoff #goodtrouble
April 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My 88-year-old mom protesting in upstate NY in the rain is the kickass energy we all need 💪 #Indivisible #Handsoff #goodtrouble
I ❤️ you, California. This is how you handle a tyrant. More of this, please, from everyone. 💪
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I ❤️ you, California. This is how you handle a tyrant. More of this, please, from everyone. 💪
Trust me, just watch it.
January 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Trust me, just watch it.
December 8, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Seeing the Wicked movie makes me want to re-read all the Oz books 🌈 💫 🌈
November 24, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Seeing the Wicked movie makes me want to re-read all the Oz books 🌈 💫 🌈