C. Spencer
@bycamillespencer.bsky.social
Buddhist. Storyteller. Homosexual. Original Valley Girl. Word nerd.
Substack: bycspencer.substack.com/
Website: cspencerauthor.wixsite.com/books
Substack: bycspencer.substack.com/
Website: cspencerauthor.wixsite.com/books
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C. Spencer
@bycamillespencer.bsky.social
· Dec 31
A lot happened in 2023. But my book coming out in March was a biggie!
It’s actually a perfect new year’s excuse for self gifting. Just sayin’. tinyurl.com/52rj4j5k
I’m grateful for the community, support, and ability to tell stories—whether in words or pictures.
To an incredible 2024! ✨
It’s actually a perfect new year’s excuse for self gifting. Just sayin’. tinyurl.com/52rj4j5k
I’m grateful for the community, support, and ability to tell stories—whether in words or pictures.
To an incredible 2024! ✨
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Thank you to Fredricka Whitfield and @cnn.com for having me on today to talk about the recent political attacks on gender-affirming medical care for adolescents with gender dysphoria.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you to Fredricka Whitfield and @cnn.com for having me on today to talk about the recent political attacks on gender-affirming medical care for adolescents with gender dysphoria.
Lake Warner Boat Ramp
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 2025
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 2025
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Lake Warner Boat Ramp
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 2025
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 2025
Snapshots of December.
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Snapshots of December.
The holidays really bring out people’s inner cruise ship director from hell.
Trying my best not to throw myself overboard.
Trying my best not to throw myself overboard.
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The holidays really bring out people’s inner cruise ship director from hell.
Trying my best not to throw myself overboard.
Trying my best not to throw myself overboard.
Love these two. I so recommend this podcast and app.
NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 This time Brother Phap Huu & Jo Confino explore the lifelong journey of self-forgiveness and how to forgive ourselves. 🙏🏽
On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/hAWd
More here 👉🏽 plumvillage.org/podcast/self...
#mindfulness #Buddhism #zen #ThichNhatHanh #PlumVillageApp
On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/hAWd
More here 👉🏽 plumvillage.org/podcast/self...
#mindfulness #Buddhism #zen #ThichNhatHanh #PlumVillageApp
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Love these two. I so recommend this podcast and app.
Reposted by C. Spencer
Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
Lauren Thehough rebuilds a van, packs up her dog Woody, and sets out to meet America as it really is.
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
Christmas Tree Farm
Hadley, Massachusetts
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Christmas Tree Farm
Hadley, Massachusetts
Hadley, Massachusetts
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Welcome to that weird stretch between one holiday and the next.
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Welcome to that weird stretch between one holiday and the next.
Reposted by C. Spencer
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Topics covered at Thanksgiving:
• Childhood trauma
• Boundaries
• Inflation
• ICE
• Racism and the fear of existence
• Camera settings and remotes
• Childhood trauma
• Boundaries
• Inflation
• ICE
• Racism and the fear of existence
• Camera settings and remotes
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Topics covered at Thanksgiving:
• Childhood trauma
• Boundaries
• Inflation
• ICE
• Racism and the fear of existence
• Camera settings and remotes
• Childhood trauma
• Boundaries
• Inflation
• ICE
• Racism and the fear of existence
• Camera settings and remotes
Field Notes
Observation: Blue jay perched outside my window for several minutes; did not make eye contact.
Notable traits: Unafraid of announcing itself. Discreet in its judgments.
Conclusion: A fellow queer.
Observation: Blue jay perched outside my window for several minutes; did not make eye contact.
Notable traits: Unafraid of announcing itself. Discreet in its judgments.
Conclusion: A fellow queer.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Field Notes
Observation: Blue jay perched outside my window for several minutes; did not make eye contact.
Notable traits: Unafraid of announcing itself. Discreet in its judgments.
Conclusion: A fellow queer.
Observation: Blue jay perched outside my window for several minutes; did not make eye contact.
Notable traits: Unafraid of announcing itself. Discreet in its judgments.
Conclusion: A fellow queer.
This looks amazing.
"Wuthering Heights" | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Warner Bros.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This looks amazing.
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My daughter: If you could go back to any age, where would you go?
Me: 35. I was so pretty then, and I didn't even appreciate it.
Today's reframe: When life gives you a rainy day and a holiday weekend, pull out your camera and remind yourself that age 55 can be just as good as 35. Appreciate now.
Me: 35. I was so pretty then, and I didn't even appreciate it.
Today's reframe: When life gives you a rainy day and a holiday weekend, pull out your camera and remind yourself that age 55 can be just as good as 35. Appreciate now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My daughter: If you could go back to any age, where would you go?
Me: 35. I was so pretty then, and I didn't even appreciate it.
Today's reframe: When life gives you a rainy day and a holiday weekend, pull out your camera and remind yourself that age 55 can be just as good as 35. Appreciate now.
Me: 35. I was so pretty then, and I didn't even appreciate it.
Today's reframe: When life gives you a rainy day and a holiday weekend, pull out your camera and remind yourself that age 55 can be just as good as 35. Appreciate now.
Sometimes love starts like this: A shared table. A word left uncorrected. And someone who doesn’t look away.
Milk for Breakfast is a queer serial about the long breath before closeness.
Part 9 is live. The one where the title finally makes sense.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
Milk for Breakfast is a queer serial about the long breath before closeness.
Part 9 is live. The one where the title finally makes sense.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sometimes love starts like this: A shared table. A word left uncorrected. And someone who doesn’t look away.
Milk for Breakfast is a queer serial about the long breath before closeness.
Part 9 is live. The one where the title finally makes sense.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
Milk for Breakfast is a queer serial about the long breath before closeness.
Part 9 is live. The one where the title finally makes sense.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
Let the ex miss the version of you she mistreated.
Let the friend show up with takeout and moral clarity.
Let the maybe be a yes.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 8.
Queer. Serial. Complicated.
Start with Part 8 or binge from the beginning: bycspencer.substack.com
#LGBT #Serial #Fiction
Let the friend show up with takeout and moral clarity.
Let the maybe be a yes.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 8.
Queer. Serial. Complicated.
Start with Part 8 or binge from the beginning: bycspencer.substack.com
#LGBT #Serial #Fiction
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Let the ex miss the version of you she mistreated.
Let the friend show up with takeout and moral clarity.
Let the maybe be a yes.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 8.
Queer. Serial. Complicated.
Start with Part 8 or binge from the beginning: bycspencer.substack.com
#LGBT #Serial #Fiction
Let the friend show up with takeout and moral clarity.
Let the maybe be a yes.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 8.
Queer. Serial. Complicated.
Start with Part 8 or binge from the beginning: bycspencer.substack.com
#LGBT #Serial #Fiction
The smallest gestures have started to mean too much.
A cider tasting shouldn’t feel this charged—but it does. Milk for Breakfast, Part 7 keeps them circling what neither will name.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#Queer #Fiction #Serial #Novel
A cider tasting shouldn’t feel this charged—but it does. Milk for Breakfast, Part 7 keeps them circling what neither will name.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#Queer #Fiction #Serial #Novel
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The smallest gestures have started to mean too much.
A cider tasting shouldn’t feel this charged—but it does. Milk for Breakfast, Part 7 keeps them circling what neither will name.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#Queer #Fiction #Serial #Novel
A cider tasting shouldn’t feel this charged—but it does. Milk for Breakfast, Part 7 keeps them circling what neither will name.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#Queer #Fiction #Serial #Novel
When the quiet sets in, the past has a way of finding its way back.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 6, out now.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#LGBTQ
#WritingCommunity
Milk for Breakfast, Part 6, out now.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#LGBTQ
#WritingCommunity
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When the quiet sets in, the past has a way of finding its way back.
Milk for Breakfast, Part 6, out now.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#LGBTQ
#WritingCommunity
Milk for Breakfast, Part 6, out now.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#LGBTQ
#WritingCommunity
She said, “Tell me when to stop.”
I didn’t.
Milk for Breakfast: Part 5 just dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#SerialFiction #QueerRomance #OngoingNovel #LGBTQFiction
I didn’t.
Milk for Breakfast: Part 5 just dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#SerialFiction #QueerRomance #OngoingNovel #LGBTQFiction
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
She said, “Tell me when to stop.”
I didn’t.
Milk for Breakfast: Part 5 just dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#SerialFiction #QueerRomance #OngoingNovel #LGBTQFiction
I didn’t.
Milk for Breakfast: Part 5 just dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/bycspenc...
#SerialFiction #QueerRomance #OngoingNovel #LGBTQFiction
“Do you always study people this closely?”
“Only when I’m curious.”
Installment 4 is up now.
Read Milk for Breakfast at:
bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
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“Only when I’m curious.”
Installment 4 is up now.
Read Milk for Breakfast at:
bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
Like. Subscribe. Share.
October 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Do you always study people this closely?”
“Only when I’m curious.”
Installment 4 is up now.
Read Milk for Breakfast at:
bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
Like. Subscribe. Share.
“Only when I’m curious.”
Installment 4 is up now.
Read Milk for Breakfast at:
bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
Like. Subscribe. Share.
You ever have someone walk into a room and everything recalibrates? Yeah. That.
Installment three is out now.
The drama continues in Milk for Breakfast → bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
Installment three is out now.
The drama continues in Milk for Breakfast → bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
September 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
You ever have someone walk into a room and everything recalibrates? Yeah. That.
Installment three is out now.
The drama continues in Milk for Breakfast → bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
Installment three is out now.
The drama continues in Milk for Breakfast → bycspencer.substack.com/p/milk-for-b...
It’s easy to dismiss queer language as frivolous because it can be unserious, memeified, or too online. But there is nothing frivolous about building meaning out of what the world left blank.
Queer Language: Borrowed Grammar, Made-Up Words, and Chosen Family | Highbrow Magazine
Sometimes it sounds like inside jokes and borrowed vowels, like made-up grammar and pet names that mean everything and one thing at the same time. Sometimes it sounds like chosen family. Sometimes it ...
www.highbrowmagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s easy to dismiss queer language as frivolous because it can be unserious, memeified, or too online. But there is nothing frivolous about building meaning out of what the world left blank.
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM