Margaret Moonshadow

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Writer. Best New Writing, Dos Passos Review, Danse Macabre, Atticus Review, Corvus Review, etc. (Also pub. under Meg) I write #flashfiction & #shortstories w/elements of #magicalrealism, #fabulism, #absurdism, and/or #horror. Much of my work is set in Florida. #Bipolar 2 #CancerSurvivor #diabetes type2. MFA. Seminary grad but "too creative" for ministry. lols. Freelance Writer/Editor. Mom. Pop culture junkie. American citizen. Working stiff.
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Does rage signify powerlessness.
White House Correspondents' Dinner to cozy up to drunk uncle spewing threats against the lügenpresse.
The more Patel rages, the smaller and smaller he appears. I mean that in a literal sense. lols. Some trick of the light.

I am a big fan of semicolons. They create a tighter relationship between items than a comma can.

"The book was from another life and she set it down."

The guideline says we should use a comma before that "and," because there are two independent clauses (grammatically complete thoughts) there. However, using a semicolon makes a stronger connection.

"The book was from another life, and she set it down." (That's good, and it follows the guideline, but . . . I think it can be better.)

"The book was from another life; she set it down." {That little change makes all the difference.)

#AmEditing #GUMmyStuff

What's the leaf equivalent of bloom scrolling?

#Photography

Edit: #LeafScrolling obviously...
Also: #LeafingThrough

#tbt The Victorian Manor (1991)

I was asked to teach my pictorial house quilt method, after sharing it with my quilt guild, which started me teaching other quilters. 🥰👏
10 years later, I created my Victoriana Quilt Designs website, and have been teaching through it, ever since. ❤️

#quilting #sewing

Today I am having one of those country music song situations...my ex late with alimony, an injury on the job, my good computer crashed and now I type this on my janky one. I just hope it's not quadrupled by problems at the airport when our government runs out of TSA funds. I want to go see my son in 'Bama. My sister and I are scheduled to fly out the first week in May.

I hope folks in the US remember this #MemorialDay, Since 9/11 - more service members and veterans die by suicide than combat every year.

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009846329/military-suicides-deaths-mental-health-crisis

I'm a veteran and I struggle with depression and PTSD. I lost one of my brothers-in-arms and groomsmen to drug abuse and suicide. There isn't a week that goes by where I don't think of him; today I write this through ... https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/202405272047.html

🔗 https://kjaymiller.com/microblog/20240527164710.html