@runswstilettos.bsky.social
Writer, artist, former prosecuting attorney…and author of OF BAIRNS AND WHEELIE BINS and the FINNIGAN THE CIRCUS CAT children's books. It's never too late to make mid-course corrections! No DMs and no AI!
www.marytwagner.com
www.marytwagner.com
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Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly
Amazon.com: Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly eBook : Wagner, Mary T: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
Give the gift of understanding those British TV detectives to your BritBox obsessed friends for the holidays! Featured on the BBC! In paperback! #Britishslang #Britlish #linguistics #BritishDetective #crimedrama #books #BritBox #BBC #AcornTV #writingcommunity #IndiePub
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
Got my first AI spam marketing solicitation for a book not only that I didn’t write, but whose three-word title made no sense. I guess even robots get tired!! #spam #AI #marketing #books
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Got my first AI spam marketing solicitation for a book not only that I didn’t write, but whose three-word title made no sense. I guess even robots get tired!! #spam #AI #marketing #books
And you can read it for #FREE with your #KindleUnlimited subscription. Get a wiggle on before the next season of #Shetland begins! #ebooks #reading #Amazon #indiepub #britishslang #linguistics #Vera #BBC #Britbox #AcornTV
Give the gift of understanding those British TV detectives to your BritBox obsessed friends for the holidays! Featured on the BBC! In paperback! #Britishslang #Britlish #linguistics #BritishDetective #crimedrama #books #BritBox #BBC #AcornTV #writingcommunity #IndiePub
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly
Amazon.com: Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly eBook : Wagner, Mary T: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And you can read it for #FREE with your #KindleUnlimited subscription. Get a wiggle on before the next season of #Shetland begins! #ebooks #reading #Amazon #indiepub #britishslang #linguistics #Vera #BBC #Britbox #AcornTV
I don’t know who’s getting this for Christmas yet, but I bought two.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I don’t know who’s getting this for Christmas yet, but I bought two.
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I've been receiving so many messages from people here having their own "MELIA" in their home. Many looking like her too. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. Many think she's a forgotten soul. I know there's someone out there for her ❤️
516.785.5220
[email protected]
516.785.5220
[email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I've been receiving so many messages from people here having their own "MELIA" in their home. Many looking like her too. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. Many think she's a forgotten soul. I know there's someone out there for her ❤️
516.785.5220
[email protected]
516.785.5220
[email protected]
Thrift store treasure—a rare Soyer’s Relish Sauce bottle from the 1800s! #antique #thrifting #treasurehunt #AlexisSoyer #celebritychef #England #Prattware #ceramic #history #hautecuisine #cooking #gastronomy
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thrift store treasure—a rare Soyer’s Relish Sauce bottle from the 1800s! #antique #thrifting #treasurehunt #AlexisSoyer #celebritychef #England #Prattware #ceramic #history #hautecuisine #cooking #gastronomy
Yeah, this looks more like Winter! A very cold beauty. #winter #ice #cold #frozen #snow #shorrline #lakemichigan #greatlakes #wisconsin @lakemichigan13.bsky.social @greatlakeslady.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yeah, this looks more like Winter! A very cold beauty. #winter #ice #cold #frozen #snow #shorrline #lakemichigan #greatlakes #wisconsin @lakemichigan13.bsky.social @greatlakeslady.bsky.social
There’s a week of snow in the forecast, so here’s some Butter-and-Eggs from last summer to brighten your day! #nature #flower #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #yellow #butterandeggs #snapdragon #beauty #summer
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There’s a week of snow in the forecast, so here’s some Butter-and-Eggs from last summer to brighten your day! #nature #flower #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #yellow #butterandeggs #snapdragon #beauty #summer
Of trauma and loss and the simple healing power of making cookies. #trauma #loss #healing #therapy #mentalhealth #aging #growingup #cookies #baking #comfort #memories #realization #forgiveness
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2018/12/cook...
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2018/12/cook...
Cookie Therapy
I actually wrote this essay nearly ten years ago, and it's included in a couple of my books. The teenager in the story has become "all gro...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Of trauma and loss and the simple healing power of making cookies. #trauma #loss #healing #therapy #mentalhealth #aging #growingup #cookies #baking #comfort #memories #realization #forgiveness
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2018/12/cook...
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2018/12/cook...
In a shift from flogging my newest book, here's a link to a classic, just in time for the holidays! For any number of friends for any number of reasons... #indiepub #inspiration #reinvention #humor #secondchances #secondacts #women #essays #personalgrowth #love
www.marytwagner.com/blog/5-bffs-...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/5-bffs-...
5 BFFs who'd like WTSF for Christmas!
There's a chill in the air, the frost is on the pumpkin, and the holidays (and holiday shopping) are drawing near. EEK! Where did summer go? To help with knocking out the stocking stuffers, here's a.....
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December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In a shift from flogging my newest book, here's a link to a classic, just in time for the holidays! For any number of friends for any number of reasons... #indiepub #inspiration #reinvention #humor #secondchances #secondacts #women #essays #personalgrowth #love
www.marytwagner.com/blog/5-bffs-...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/5-bffs-...
Test your British-to-American detective skills with this short quiz! Chivvy, twigged, barney and clobber, are you up to solving these linguistic mysteries? #britishdetective #language #linguistics #english #britlish #humor #anglophile #britishslang #BritBox
www.marytwagner.com/blog/test-yo...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/test-yo...
Test your British to American detective skills!
Now that I've written " Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins : An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly," I find myself watching episodes of some British mystery that...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Test your British-to-American detective skills with this short quiz! Chivvy, twigged, barney and clobber, are you up to solving these linguistic mysteries? #britishdetective #language #linguistics #english #britlish #humor #anglophile #britishslang #BritBox
www.marytwagner.com/blog/test-yo...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/test-yo...
Decompression zone.
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Decompression zone.
Recasting those who need health care as consumers who calmly shop for products is grotesquely false. Wrote this 15 years ago. Still true. #ACA #healthcare #insurance #medicareforall #Obamacare #TrumpCare #politics #medicine #universal #health
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2011/01/heal...
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2011/01/heal...
Health Care Manifesto
As the mother of three adult children with serious pre-existing medical conditions—one case of cancer and two of Crohn’s disease—I’d like to...
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Recasting those who need health care as consumers who calmly shop for products is grotesquely false. Wrote this 15 years ago. Still true. #ACA #healthcare #insurance #medicareforall #Obamacare #TrumpCare #politics #medicine #universal #health
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2011/01/heal...
runningwithstilettos.blogspot.com/2011/01/heal...
A short and subjective list of perfect movies…
GLADIATOR (original version, not the longer director’s cut)
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
JAWS
CASABLANCA
MORNING GLORY (Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams, who needs more?)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (nobody wears a grey suit like Cary Grant!)
GLADIATOR (original version, not the longer director’s cut)
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
JAWS
CASABLANCA
MORNING GLORY (Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams, who needs more?)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (nobody wears a grey suit like Cary Grant!)
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A short and subjective list of perfect movies…
GLADIATOR (original version, not the longer director’s cut)
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
JAWS
CASABLANCA
MORNING GLORY (Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams, who needs more?)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (nobody wears a grey suit like Cary Grant!)
GLADIATOR (original version, not the longer director’s cut)
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
JAWS
CASABLANCA
MORNING GLORY (Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams, who needs more?)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (nobody wears a grey suit like Cary Grant!)
Give the gift of understanding those British TV detectives to your BritBox obsessed friends for the holidays! Featured on the BBC! In paperback! #Britishslang #Britlish #linguistics #BritishDetective #crimedrama #books #BritBox #BBC #AcornTV #writingcommunity #IndiePub
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly
Amazon.com: Of Bairns and Wheelie Bins: An American guide to what those British detectives are saying on the telly eBook : Wagner, Mary T: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Give the gift of understanding those British TV detectives to your BritBox obsessed friends for the holidays! Featured on the BBC! In paperback! #Britishslang #Britlish #linguistics #BritishDetective #crimedrama #books #BritBox #BBC #AcornTV #writingcommunity #IndiePub
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You are NOT mending that navy jacket while I’m on duty!! #cat #cats #catshelping #tuxedocat #rescuekitty #sheltercat #sewing #sewingwithcats #mending
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
You are NOT mending that navy jacket while I’m on duty!! #cat #cats #catshelping #tuxedocat #rescuekitty #sheltercat #sewing #sewingwithcats #mending
Barren and cold as twilight (and a blizzard) approach, and yet little imagination is needed to think of warmth and Spring adventures once more!
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Barren and cold as twilight (and a blizzard) approach, and yet little imagination is needed to think of warmth and Spring adventures once more!
I went out to the forest for a pre-blizzard saunter, and look who I encountered! #nature #bird #birdwatching #heron #greatblueheron #winter #forest #wetland #marsh @wiscobirder.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I went out to the forest for a pre-blizzard saunter, and look who I encountered! #nature #bird #birdwatching #heron #greatblueheron #winter #forest #wetland #marsh @wiscobirder.bsky.social
The post-Thanksgiving-dinner nap is not just a human indulgence! #cat #cats #tuxedocats #catnap #thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The post-Thanksgiving-dinner nap is not just a human indulgence! #cat #cats #tuxedocats #catnap #thanksgiving
A grateful nod to Thanksgiving and the “modern family,” where kids, grandkids, ex, ex’s wife and ex SIL enjoyed a traditional turkey dinner with many thanks and no drama. Counting my blessings!
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A grateful nod to Thanksgiving and the “modern family,” where kids, grandkids, ex, ex’s wife and ex SIL enjoyed a traditional turkey dinner with many thanks and no drama. Counting my blessings!
Yes, darn it!
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yes, darn it!
Two days left to get a FREE DOWNLOAD of my award-winning guide to understanding your favorite British detectives on the telly! Runs through Nov. 27, so here it is on #Amazon for the taking! #books #indiepub #britishdetective #BBC #BritBox #crimedrama #linguistics
www.marytwagner.com/blog/bairns-...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/bairns-...
"Bairns..." is now in paperback!!
EXCITING NEWS!! I'm absolutely "chuffed to mint balls" to announce that "Bairns..." has won a First Place Award for Humor from the National Federation of Press Women in the organization's annual...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two days left to get a FREE DOWNLOAD of my award-winning guide to understanding your favorite British detectives on the telly! Runs through Nov. 27, so here it is on #Amazon for the taking! #books #indiepub #britishdetective #BBC #BritBox #crimedrama #linguistics
www.marytwagner.com/blog/bairns-...
www.marytwagner.com/blog/bairns-...
FREE DOWNLOAD thru 11/27 of my award-winning guide to understanding #British detectives on TV! Test drive the e-book before you buy paperbacks for your #BritBox obsessed friends for #Christmas! @profitableauthor.bsky.social @drippingwithwords.bsky.social @wordsri.com
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FREE DOWNLOAD thru 11/27 of my award-winning guide to understanding #British detectives on TV! Test drive the e-book before you buy paperbacks for your #BritBox obsessed friends for #Christmas! @profitableauthor.bsky.social @drippingwithwords.bsky.social @wordsri.com
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYH7W5GF