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Susan Palwick
@spalwick.bsky.social
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Writes SF/F. Weaves. ND. Retired social worker, former healthcare chaplain and English professor. Proud member of the Christian Left. Married with cats.
Currently in treatment for aggressive B cell lymphoma. She/her.
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Happy announcement! My story "Yarns," which originally appeared in Asimov's, has been selected for THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025. I am extremely chuffed and in brilliant company, as you can see. Preorder link in first comment.
Cover and TOC for THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Back to cat photos! Our older cat, Caprica the ginger tabby, loves crossing her paws, all lady-like. Young'un tortie Alara, who adores Big Mama Caprica, now does the same. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Tortie cat sleeping with front paws crossed in front of her.
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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This elliptical is occupied. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Medium-haired tortie cat sitting on left foot pedal of an elliptical machine.
March 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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New scarf just off the loom. Pamina has claimed it because it goes so well with her fur and eyes. Fashionista kitty! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky #weaving #craft #fiberarts
A maroon and tan handwoven clasped-weft scarf displayed on a drying rack. A tortie cat sitting next to a maroon and tan scarf. The golden tan yarn matches her eyes and some of her fur.
March 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The state of the couch. #proofofcat #cats #catsofbluesky
Three cats on a couch: ginger tabby and short-haired tortie sitting down, long-haired tortie jumping onto the back.
March 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Cat, bisected. #proofofcat #cats #catsofbluesky
Ginger cat with white paws and bib lying in front of a glass deck door. She is bisected by the shadow of the doorframe.
March 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Here you go, Cat!
Cat on ledge looking down stairwell.
March 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Alara prepares to pounce on the wily watch reflection! #proofofcat #cat #cataofbluesky
A tortie cat, with outstretched paw, stalking a watch reflection on a carpet.
March 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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My latest weaving project, clasped weft on a Clover Sakiori loom. The process is very relaxing, and the fabric should be very soft, although I'm still adjusting to the new-to-me loom. #weaving #loom #craft #fiberarts #yarn #creativity #makingstuffastherapy
A Clover Sakiori loom with a beige and red clasped-weft project.
February 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Yawn sequence. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Cat with mouth closed. Cat with mouth open and tongue lolling. Cat with mouth WIDE open and TEETH!
February 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Hiding

#proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
The hind half of a longhaired tortie cat sticking out from under a bedspread.
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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BlueSky! You haven't seen my cats in days! I know you've missed them! #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Alara, a short-haired tortie cat. Pamina, a long-haired tortie cat. Caprica, an orange-and-white creamsicle short-haired cat.
February 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I started a new dishtowel for my husband. This is the fourth towel (all with different weft colors) on this long warp. I may have room for a fifth. #weaving #loom #craft #fiberarts #slowcloth
A red and orange twill towel on a loom.
February 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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A friend sent me two balls of gorgeous alpaca yarn from Peru. I'm weaving the yarn into a lovely plainweave scarf, a simple project that's a nice vacation for my brain in these dismaying times. #weaving #loom #craft #yarn #fiberarts
Multicolored yarn, used as both warp and weft on a rigid-heddle loom, creates a lovely variegated fabric.
February 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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One of the stranger feline configurations. #proofofcat #cats #catsofbluesky
Two cats on a bed, stretching away f on each othee, hind paws touching,
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Caprica salutes you. Good night, BlueSky. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
A ginger tabby raising her paw to her head as if in a salute.
February 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Alara blessing Caprica. #proofofcat #cats #catsofblueskya
A tortie cat with her paw on the forehead of a ginger tabby.
February 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Caprica washes my hand. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
A ginger cat, her pink tongue showing, washing a human hand.
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Three cats on a bed. #proofofcat #cat #cataofbluesky
Like the post says, three cats on a bed, a ginger tabby sandwiched between two torties.
February 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Wishing a blessed Imbolc and St. Brigid's Day to all who observe! To honor the first stirrings of spring, one of my twenty-six air plants is producing a pup! This never gets old. #plants #gardening #spring #renewal #wheeloftheyear
Three shelves of air plants, resting on colored glass bottles, in a bathroom window. Air plants need indirect light, so the frosting is ideal. An air plant with a pup, circled in purple, just beginning to grow.
February 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Here's a dishtowel I'm weaving for my husband. #weaving #loom #fiberarts #craft
A dishtowel in red and gold being woven on a loom.
February 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Cats, just because. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Three cats lounging together on a bed.
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I need to go upstairs and go to bed, but someone's lying on my arm. If you listen, you'll hear her purring. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Ginger cat lying on a human's arm to pin said human in place.
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Alara looks up. #proofofcat #cat #catsofbluesky
Tortie cat gazing upwards.
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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New pendant. I'm not sure how secure the wirework is (although the stone's also glued in place), but I like the piece. I'll sell it -- I hope -- at a small craft fair in April.

Fine silver, pink scolecite, cubic zirconia. 1.75" inches long, including bale. #craft #jewelry #metalclay #makingstuff
Pendant: oblong piece of fine silver with wood grain design, decorated with a small orange cubic zirconia set into the metal and a piece of pink scolecite stone lashed to the oblong piece with wire.
January 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM