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.
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
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.
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.
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:
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.
This painting was in the Flemish art exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum here in Salem MA this spring. I took a pic of this part bc I hated it, but was compelled to look at it.
June 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This painting was in the Flemish art exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum here in Salem MA this spring. I took a pic of this part bc I hated it, but was compelled to look at it.
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.”
Life here on MA’s North Shore is just so randomly amusing. Started my weekend talking to a pirate. Watched the National Park Service hustle to stop people from dangling too close to wharf water. And then today, we witnessed this joy. #nahantbeach
May 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Life here on MA’s North Shore is just so randomly amusing. Started my weekend talking to a pirate. Watched the National Park Service hustle to stop people from dangling too close to wharf water. And then today, we witnessed this joy. #nahantbeach
Pictures of last night, and now it’s raining again. Weekends in MA can only have 15 hours of sun over two days collectively.
May 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pictures of last night, and now it’s raining again. Weekends in MA can only have 15 hours of sun over two days collectively.
Haven’t been going in the last few years, but if I knew this was an option, I’d have considered it. No, I’ve never ridden a horse but I feel a marathon is a good place to learn. #bostonmarathon
April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Haven’t been going in the last few years, but if I knew this was an option, I’d have considered it. No, I’ve never ridden a horse but I feel a marathon is a good place to learn. #bostonmarathon
Pickleball sucks, and so does the person who wrote this. I hope all your pickleballs get flat and that you never “win” a match again.
April 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pickleball sucks, and so does the person who wrote this. I hope all your pickleballs get flat and that you never “win” a match again.
Just stared at this at the MFA Boston on Sunday. I think the painting you posted was next to it? I feel like there was a more prominent bee though.
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just stared at this at the MFA Boston on Sunday. I think the painting you posted was next to it? I feel like there was a more prominent bee though.
I‘m getting old so I wrote about Jim Morrison & Val Kilmer ofc. And then I found this in my attic when looking for something else entirely, so either of, or both of them, are haunting me. open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
April 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I‘m getting old so I wrote about Jim Morrison & Val Kilmer ofc. And then I found this in my attic when looking for something else entirely, so either of, or both of them, are haunting me. open.substack.com/pub/staceycu...
Nice still life painting, talented artist. I’m most interested in where you got that bread though. #peabodyessexmuseum #salemma
March 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Nice still life painting, talented artist. I’m most interested in where you got that bread though. #peabodyessexmuseum #salemma
This combo is the perfect dinner
March 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This combo is the perfect dinner
This bag is the reason I visit Ireland.
March 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This bag is the reason I visit Ireland.
If there is a razzie awarded for Irish soda bread, I’ll accept the prize in my kitchen. Speech prepared.
March 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If there is a razzie awarded for Irish soda bread, I’ll accept the prize in my kitchen. Speech prepared.
I send you Issac Higgintoot:
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I send you Issac Higgintoot: