Bonnie Carlson
@bonnieinaz.bsky.social
I write short stories and novels, often about women and touching on social issues. Authors Guild member. I live in AZ where I hike and garden and care for my husband who has dementia. Thank goodness for our kitties!
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British PM Starmer hugged Zelenskyy. That’s how bad U.S. foreign policy has gotten—it’s driving the Brits to physical displays of emotion.
March 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
British PM Starmer hugged Zelenskyy. That’s how bad U.S. foreign policy has gotten—it’s driving the Brits to physical displays of emotion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
What a fabulous idea. “The particularity of a poem …reminds me how to look for repetition and snags elsewhere, to hear both text and subtext”
What a fabulous idea. “The particularity of a poem …reminds me how to look for repetition and snags elsewhere, to hear both text and subtext”
The Morning Ritual That Helps Me Resist the Algorithm
Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
What a fabulous idea. “The particularity of a poem …reminds me how to look for repetition and snags elsewhere, to hear both text and subtext”
What a fabulous idea. “The particularity of a poem …reminds me how to look for repetition and snags elsewhere, to hear both text and subtext”
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UK textie artist Rachel Wright who creates textile art using machine embroidery on calico with fabrics and Madeira rayons #womensart
February 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
UK textie artist Rachel Wright who creates textile art using machine embroidery on calico with fabrics and Madeira rayons #womensart
Here are my favorite babies.
February 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here are my favorite babies.
So sorry this has happened to you and to Floridian youth who won’t get two read these great books from the library
Welp. There's EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, marked as "remove from all libraries" as of October. 🙃
Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month.
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So sorry this has happened to you and to Floridian youth who won’t get two read these great books from the library
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"A crucial victory not just for authors’ right to write about difficult subjects, but for every reader’s freedom to access diverse perspectives and experiences."
The US District Court has declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional.
authorsguild.org/news/authors...
The US District Court has declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional.
authorsguild.org/news/authors...
Authors Guild Federal Court Victory: Arkansas Book Ban Declared Unconstitutional - The Authors Guild
In a decisive victory for authors, readers, libraries, bookstores, and publishers, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas has declared Sections 1 and 5 of Arkansas Act 372 uncons...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A crucial victory not just for authors’ right to write about difficult subjects, but for every reader’s freedom to access diverse perspectives and experiences."
The US District Court has declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional.
authorsguild.org/news/authors...
The US District Court has declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional.
authorsguild.org/news/authors...
Thanks for reminding me about this great hiking spot. Haven’t been in a few years. Beautiful
Spur Cross Ranch, Cave Creek, Arizona
📷 Minolta X-750
🎞️ Kodak ColorPlus 200
#filmphotography #phoenix #arizona #photography #mountain #kodak
📷 Minolta X-750
🎞️ Kodak ColorPlus 200
#filmphotography #phoenix #arizona #photography #mountain #kodak
January 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thanks for reminding me about this great hiking spot. Haven’t been in a few years. Beautiful
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New year, same meds: 50 mg of sertraline (generic Zoloft).
SSRIs have been a big help for me.
Sometimes I chirp about them -- and therapy, which was also a game-changer -- on social media to do my part to chip away at the stigma around mental health care, especially for men.
SSRIs have been a big help for me.
Sometimes I chirp about them -- and therapy, which was also a game-changer -- on social media to do my part to chip away at the stigma around mental health care, especially for men.
January 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New year, same meds: 50 mg of sertraline (generic Zoloft).
SSRIs have been a big help for me.
Sometimes I chirp about them -- and therapy, which was also a game-changer -- on social media to do my part to chip away at the stigma around mental health care, especially for men.
SSRIs have been a big help for me.
Sometimes I chirp about them -- and therapy, which was also a game-changer -- on social media to do my part to chip away at the stigma around mental health care, especially for men.
Not only ouchie but those cholla spines are barbed at the end and hurt to pull out, leaving a drop of blood. No touchie!
Another good day. I found a new favorite sunset spot in Arizona and got to see a lot of my favorite cholla, the teddy bear cholla. Looks fluffy from a distance, up close it's very much no-touchie-ouchie, thank you.
#photography #OrganPipeCactusNM #sunset
#photography #OrganPipeCactusNM #sunset
January 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not only ouchie but those cholla spines are barbed at the end and hurt to pull out, leaving a drop of blood. No touchie!
Reposted by Bonnie Carlson
Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
Saguaro - 100Words
By Sabrina Hicks An ancient rain sticks to creosote and sage the way my memory clings to childhood the way your ashes adorn these peaks circled by hawks the way...
100wordstory.org
December 28, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
100wordstory.org/saguaro/
I just read this thoughtful post on backstory in fiction and highly recommend it. Thanks, Barbara
“I understand that everything we believe, deny, desire, fear, choose, and do is shaped, in some way, by what took place in the past—yet I’m not a fan of backstory in novels.” Author Barbara Linn Probst explains why she often finds backstory to be intrusive, today at WU.
Tough-Love Approach to Backstory
I understand that everything we believe, deny, desire, fear, choose, and do is shaped, in some way, by what took place in the past—yet I’m not a fan of backstory in novels. Think about it. When we …
writerunboxed.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I just read this thoughtful post on backstory in fiction and highly recommend it. Thanks, Barbara
Struggling to get back to writing, reading the ever helpful Tiffany Yates Martin’s Intuitive Author. I’m still at this stage but working it through.
December 5, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Struggling to get back to writing, reading the ever helpful Tiffany Yates Martin’s Intuitive Author. I’m still at this stage but working it through.
Had to do a news cleanse after the election and block all political posts at the other place and here. Essential for my mental health. Instead, adopted this 8 month old bundle of joy. And our 13 year old big guy has accepted her.
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Had to do a news cleanse after the election and block all political posts at the other place and here. Essential for my mental health. Instead, adopted this 8 month old bundle of joy. And our 13 year old big guy has accepted her.