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Paula Read
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Perpetual newbie.

PhD Creative Writing / Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol
@bristol_writing
@the-independent.com @undark.org @LitroMagazine @huffpost.com @panoramajournal.bsky.social

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The apples in the garden have been secretly working on peek-a-boo tattoos
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I don't care. The heart wants what it wants.
September 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Not me, I'm one of the good ones!"

Sit down and do the work, person I am assuming is a fellow white person.
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ask at the local stores, they might have some that they will otherwise just break down for recycling
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
They have places where they just churn them out on assembly lines.
August 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Different century, same vibe.
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
From the garden this summer for you.
August 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Describe your favourite film in the most misleading way possible.

Two down-and-out Chicago musicians explore complex identities in a Florida hotel.
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The new reality season of USA Live took a predictable turn this week, v. disappointed
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When they come to say bonsoir

Sound on
May 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Absolute orgy going on in the garden with these rose chafers on the Mexican orange blossom bush outside.

Brazen and abundant.
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On a scale of 1-10, how much do you hate this?
April 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We embarked on a garden renovation project three years ago. One of the goals was to make a place that would be pollinator-friendly for as much of the year as possible. The pasque flower isn't the very first to bloom, but look at all that pollen.
March 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The local solitary bees are on the hunt for good nesting sites. This one checked out a window sill but concluded we were unworthy.
March 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I planted this star magnolia two years ago. It's still small, but it's doing its best this spring.
That dense mass in the tree beyond is a Eurasian jay nest. They live here, too.

There are some good things, too.
March 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
White people: Show us the waaaaay!
March 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For those of you too young to remember the 1960s-70s-80s, you are in for a really fun time!
March 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hm, I saw this and didn't think he looks old so much as done with whatever was making him look puffy over the past couple of years.
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Me, neither
March 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today in Geneva, Switzerland
March 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Time to revisit this little gem on what happens when words/letters get banned.

ella minnow pea by Mark Dunn

#banned #books
March 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Loved that movie, and he was great. Thanks for reminding me!
March 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Can we please not promote this unlabelled AI BS posing as cute animal art?
Please?
March 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Seeing men my age, who grew up in the 1970s/80s, exhibit this adolescent masculinity really bums me out. We see you, 12-year-old wearing an old man body.

Honestly, guys, be a fucking adult, even if it's for the first time in your life.
March 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM