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Gillian F. Barnes
@gillianfbarnes.bsky.social
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#Writer of #YA
Hired 🔫 for freelance blogging/strategy
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Eater of everything sweet and savory
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I need to start some sort of “Delicious Food I Make for My Family That My Child Will Not Even Try” channel 😒
Aparagus, jerk turkey, sweet potatoes, and potato frites on a plate
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Proof that:

1. I have a child.
2. My tree is up.

All without enough of her face to let AI be creepy.

Happy 🦃 day! On to the winter holls.
A child being lifted up to put a star on a tree.
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Well, #Friendsgiving is over and somehow we successfully packed 20 people into our condo AND had fun!
A turkey on a rack in the oven
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Some cool weather activities with the small one.
Snowflake cut outs of sugar cookies on a cutting board with a roller pin and cookie cutter. Sugar cookie decorations in a bunch of bowls on a cutting board that says “Home Sweet Home The Barnes’s Kitchen” — one cookie is being glazed. Sugar cookies and decorations in a two bowls on a cutting board that says “Home Sweet Home The Barnes’s Kitchen”.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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#Fall is too short, which is why I always take pictures of the palette 🍁
Top view of a large pumpkin on a step with a yellow/red leaf on top near the stem.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Welp, I set off my #FireAlarm for this. Worth it though 🍋 🍗
Pan seared chicken cutlets in a cream sauce on the stove with a wooden tool in front of two candles.
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I feel highly validated. Tonight @joe-hill.bsky.social said, “I believe outlines are the tools of the devil.” and that “Every fiction is a thought experiment.” Given I feel exactly the same ways about #writing, I suppose I will continue descending into my own chaos.
Joe Hill with a microphone on stage at a book launch.
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Just a horny 😈 night with @joe-hill.bsky.social (and Kara, and #BlackPhone2 earlier with @brentonbarnes.bsky.social
Two girls making mock horns on the side of author Joe Hill Two girls making mock horns on the side of author Joe Hill A boy making mock horns on the side of the Black Phone 2 poster
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Why is are #plants so freaking cool?
Balls on stems, green much spikiness Cool shaped peppers in red and orange Purple flowers, kind of like lilies without the Lilly pads
October 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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My girl in magical places 🌳
A little blonde girl in a jean and cream dress walking a spiral of rocks in front of smoke stacks (decommissioned). A little blonde girl in a jean and cream dress walking across half dead grass through a row of small trees on a blue sky day. A little blonde girl in a jean and cream dress walking across half dead grass next to a water trench on a blue sky day.
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Do you prefer your in-process #Ratatouille in black and white or color?
A picture of a pan of unbaked Ratatouille in black and white (spiral pattern). A picture of a pan of unbaked Ratatouille in color (spiral pattern).
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Got together with good friends today and this is us collectively telling Cancer to take a hike after a yummy brunch 🍳 🥯
Four friends being silly together Three friends flipping off a camera with another laughing at them.
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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It’s never too early to get a little #spooky 👻 🎃 💀
A messy hand painted wooden skeleton on craft paper with paintbrushes A messy hand painted wooden skeleton on craft paper with paintbrushes and a toddler hand. Hand painted wooden pumpkins, cats, and ghosts on paper towels, drying.
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This orchard didn’t come to play. Take note, this type of apple is called “Luda Crisp” 🤣

#Ludacris #Luda #Applepicking
A view of a row of pick your own apples with a sign that says “Luda Crisp” and “Sweet Zinger.”
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Who knew that an hour-long #tea experience with Monkey Cat and the kiddo could be so immersive!
A monkey cat stuffed animal sitting down in front of a porcelain teat set with polka dots.
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Just some views I liked.
A forest reflected in a river. Trees looking over a river. Looking out into a river with lily pads. A bunch of lily pads in a river.
September 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This kid is the best thing I will ever make.
A toddler flying a kite on the beach.
September 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Sometimes the littlest things light me up ✨
An antique wall of drying herbs above baskets. Old red and white floral wallpaper Large leaves with veins in the sunshine
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Learning with the little.
A child looking at a game on a table in the sun A child looking up at a display of window sash tools And antique kitchen staged with fake lobsters An antique living room with a pink couch and floral wallpaper and rugs
August 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Beauteous botanicals 🌼
Large green leaves in the sunshine Purple ball flowers growing in front of a white fence A purple starlike flower against a load of greens A pink flower with a butterfly in the middle of a garden in a historic district
August 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Just a little #snack.
Two plates of arugula with tomatoes, cheese, pesto, and balsamic.
August 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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#Pizza Fridays at home are honestly lovely.
A ham and arugula pizza sitting on a pizza pan on the top of a stove.
August 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Before and after 🍑
A group of ingredients in plastic, metal, and glass containers on a counter, ready to become peach crisp. A bowl of peach crisp in front of a pyrex of peach crisp on a green towel.
August 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Ad-hoc #dinner experiment 🧪 Good result! I had BBQ chicken on the brain, but wasn’t sure what to do for sides, so I went with dill/parsley rice and curry/garlic/ginger sour cream chickpeas.
BBQ chicken, dill/parsley rice and curry/garlic/ginger sour cream chickpeas on a plate in front of an outdoor porch.
August 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Pretty #kitty girl 🐈‍⬛
A tiger cat laying in a bay window
August 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM