Stacey Curran
@staceycurran.bsky.social
Finally grew into my teeth. Writing: Boston Globe Mag, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, McSweeney’s, Belladonna, Boston Accent, Weekly Humorist, & my ‘90s back packing journal. Anyone want to talk about meningiomas/craniotomies/epilepsy? I’ll try to make it funny.
Sometimes, people get way too close. I do not enjoy it. #epilepsyawarenessmonth open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
There is a Person Climbing on Me In This Coffee Shop During Epilepsy Awareness Month
Personal space, please
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November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sometimes, people get way too close. I do not enjoy it. #epilepsyawarenessmonth open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
The alarm system is about to go off and tell everyone to get out of the street in Salem. October is over. Good night. #halloween #salem #Massachusetts
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The alarm system is about to go off and tell everyone to get out of the street in Salem. October is over. Good night. #halloween #salem #Massachusetts
Did not come up with my highly scientific two heavy pumpkins, three clothes pins, a rock, and tucking the metal stand under what feels like wood rot keep-this-ghost-standing-system just to face 36 mph winds on the day of the big dance. #salemma
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Did not come up with my highly scientific two heavy pumpkins, three clothes pins, a rock, and tucking the metal stand under what feels like wood rot keep-this-ghost-standing-system just to face 36 mph winds on the day of the big dance. #salemma
The lack of fall foliage so far, at least down here on Derby Wharf in #SalemMA, is a wicked bummer. #Massachusetts #october
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The lack of fall foliage so far, at least down here on Derby Wharf in #SalemMA, is a wicked bummer. #Massachusetts #october
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Undocumented immigrants aren’t taking away healthcare, Trump is. A few months ago, I wrote about the cruelty of Trump’s Medicaid cuts & the impact on gun violence survivors. I wanted to tell the story of the real harm on real people, brought to us by Trump. #MomSky open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
A Medicaid Story
As we have learned the hard way, a lot of people in this country have an incredibly narrow view of Medicaid and what it does.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Undocumented immigrants aren’t taking away healthcare, Trump is. A few months ago, I wrote about the cruelty of Trump’s Medicaid cuts & the impact on gun violence survivors. I wanted to tell the story of the real harm on real people, brought to us by Trump. #MomSky open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
Look at this bug. It is perfect. It flew away because I tried to sneak around it, but I’m a clomper.
September 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Look at this bug. It is perfect. It flew away because I tried to sneak around it, but I’m a clomper.
If you try brain altering substances, for medical or recreational purpose, you may understand. #epilepsy open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
I Got My Hair Cut In a Marble Disco Last Night
Every Time I Try a New Epilepsy Medication My Dreams are Wild, and Wildly Realistic
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September 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you try brain altering substances, for medical or recreational purpose, you may understand. #epilepsy open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
Are you just about to get up and go to the bathroom? Do you have a cat? Somehow they know your intention and want to thwart it. I hope you have teacher bladder like me because you owe this animal at least 15 lap minutes.
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Are you just about to get up and go to the bathroom? Do you have a cat? Somehow they know your intention and want to thwart it. I hope you have teacher bladder like me because you owe this animal at least 15 lap minutes.
I have never watched “Dancing with the Stars” but you better bet that every time they announce a new cast, I need to see who’s on it.
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have never watched “Dancing with the Stars” but you better bet that every time they announce a new cast, I need to see who’s on it.
We are your potted plans and yes, we played dead for two weeks, but we are back baby!
The 4 lisianthuses that once shared these pots rotted and disintegrated, except the one in the second picture that I moved out front into the chaos of the pollinator front yard. But baby, that one has ascended.
The 4 lisianthuses that once shared these pots rotted and disintegrated, except the one in the second picture that I moved out front into the chaos of the pollinator front yard. But baby, that one has ascended.
August 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We are your potted plans and yes, we played dead for two weeks, but we are back baby!
The 4 lisianthuses that once shared these pots rotted and disintegrated, except the one in the second picture that I moved out front into the chaos of the pollinator front yard. But baby, that one has ascended.
The 4 lisianthuses that once shared these pots rotted and disintegrated, except the one in the second picture that I moved out front into the chaos of the pollinator front yard. But baby, that one has ascended.
Just saving money by making coffee at home.
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just saving money by making coffee at home.
Yes, it’s August 20th but if I wait until even September 20th, they will be gone. I’m just getting prepared.
August 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yes, it’s August 20th but if I wait until even September 20th, they will be gone. I’m just getting prepared.
I barely tell you anything Spotify, but here we are, connecting deeply:
August 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I barely tell you anything Spotify, but here we are, connecting deeply:
If you try to pluck a chin hair even one day too soon, it’s going to resist, and the more you try to tweeze it, the more it’s going to curl up like gift wrap ribbon. Get the timing right.
August 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you try to pluck a chin hair even one day too soon, it’s going to resist, and the more you try to tweeze it, the more it’s going to curl up like gift wrap ribbon. Get the timing right.
We used these as seaweed water balloons as kids, and the only reason I didn’t belt someone with this was not adult restraint, it was because I was alone.
July 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We used these as seaweed water balloons as kids, and the only reason I didn’t belt someone with this was not adult restraint, it was because I was alone.
I just tried to take a pic of the basement toilet medicine cabinet and they both came out like this. Not trying again.
July 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I just tried to take a pic of the basement toilet medicine cabinet and they both came out like this. Not trying again.
We are driving through Manchester-by-the-Sea and I still marvel how they managed to get us all to add that preposition, just so no one would dare ask them if they were from Manchester, NH.
July 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We are driving through Manchester-by-the-Sea and I still marvel how they managed to get us all to add that preposition, just so no one would dare ask them if they were from Manchester, NH.
Mike Huckabee is a gobshite.
July 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mike Huckabee is a gobshite.
Today I am dressed like Maude, if Maude had access to Old Navy.
July 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today I am dressed like Maude, if Maude had access to Old Navy.
it is #DonutDay, so I'm resharing my essay about my complex relationship with them. Happy Donut Day!
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My Stylish Fashion Accessory? It's a Pocketbook Donut
(An actual photo I took of donuts.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
it is #DonutDay, so I'm resharing my essay about my complex relationship with them. Happy Donut Day!
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So are they besties again next week?
June 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So are they besties again next week?
Decorated the house meticulously, but every May-October we are like, “F#*% it, this is fine.”
May 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Decorated the house meticulously, but every May-October we are like, “F#*% it, this is fine.”
Has anyone ever had a garden hose that actually fits the spigot and doesn’t shoot water every where? Does such a thing exist?
May 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Has anyone ever had a garden hose that actually fits the spigot and doesn’t shoot water every where? Does such a thing exist?
As weather worsened in MA today, it became obvious that last Fri, when the sun was out, one of you put beach chairs in the car, put away the winter coats, pulled out the flip flops & got a pedicure. Only hubris can yield such wicked conditions. Taking my shovel out to break this spell. #noreaster
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
As weather worsened in MA today, it became obvious that last Fri, when the sun was out, one of you put beach chairs in the car, put away the winter coats, pulled out the flip flops & got a pedicure. Only hubris can yield such wicked conditions. Taking my shovel out to break this spell. #noreaster