Donna Talarico
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Donna Talarico
@donnatalarico.bsky.social
Writer, higher ed storyteller, lit mag founder (Hippocampus). Co-ed, Getting to the Truth: The Craft & Practice of Creative Nonfiction. In-progress YA memoir. Curious. Loves diners, road trips, ephemera, wordplay, crosswords & board games.
My only resolution this year is for it to be the year $hit**gets done.

**The $hit that’s been put off far too long. Only I can change it. ⚡️⚡️
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I don’t know why but seeing this pumpkin on a fire hydrant while it was flurrying made me happy. Had to go outside to capture it. But does someone want to tell the pumpkin it’s illegal to park there? #lancasterpa #citylife #citystreets
December 20, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Left a work timer running during my Thanksgiving road trip. Oops! Thankfully from Google Drive timestamps I can get a read on when I actually stopped before leaving last Tues. 🤣
December 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Lost my mom 13 yrs ago today; she was 51. I'm 46 and as our ages get closer to meeting, it's harder to grapple w/ just how young she was. Grief is there every day, but milestone dates hit hard. Here's a pic of her as a DJ in '82 in the Poconos. I share it every year, but first time on BlueSky.
November 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Happy accident. The empanada
baskets weren’t in front of the right labels so instead of ham and cheese I got pizza — and this pepperoni is AH-mazing. I will
def order this again. (in hindsight, the baskets seem to have just shifted down one to account for an empty space in the lunch rush.)
November 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Good mail day!! PAX Unplugged badges have arrived!

(This is a massive board/card game con, and it will be my second year, but this time Kevin’s coming and we’re doing the whole weekend.)
November 15, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Made a nonfiction pub starter pack, but there’s a minimum of accounts so I added a few editors for now just until more solely-CNF mags, pubs, podcasts & events join BlueSky! go.bsky.app/ALZoHKu
November 15, 2024 at 5:44 AM
It's not too late to register for tonight's How-To Tuesday from Hippocampus Mag, "Writing Hard Stories: Navigating Trauma, Family & Other Difficult Topics in Memoir" w/ Melanie Brooks at 7pm ET. It'll be recorded if you can't make it or want to rewatch! hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...
January 16, 2024 at 9:11 PM
At Lancaster Amtrak station. Philly-bound for the board game con Pax Unplugged! It will be my first time.
December 1, 2023 at 12:22 PM
Reminder: Hippocampus Mag's first How-To Tuesday is TONIGHT! And it's all about flash creative nonfiction -- true stories told succinctly. Learn how to do it and what editors are looking for w/ Rae Pagliarulo & Wendy Fontaine. hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...
November 7, 2023 at 4:51 PM