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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting this, Kevin. Beautiful essay staring down an important question about why we write.

Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · 2d

Please check out my review of Alice Chadwick's gorgeous debut novel @necessaryfiction.com!

#booksky
@biblioasis.bsky.social
📖📝❤️

Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 2d

DARK LIKE UNDER by Alice Chadwick (@biblioasis.bsky.social). Reviewed by @wildsustenance.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/dark...

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Aug 30

Even this one?

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Aug 30

Serviceberries! I've tasted serviceberries in BC and found them so-so, but these ones I picked during a visit to Newfoundland are sweet, and delicious. Blueberry meets apple/pear, for me, although some describe the flavour as almondy.

#foraging #serviceberry #saskatoonberry #wildfoods

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Aug 10

I have this too! Foraged and eaten them many times but always with a little unsettled feeling. Another thing is that I eat them in smallish amounts, versus feasting on other species like chanterelles. Just in case, I guess! Maybe it will go away at some point

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jul 26

A word and idea extravaganza arrived this week from above/ground press.
Gratitude to @robmclennan.bsky.social
Excited to dive in 📖🤯✏️
#booksky

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jul 4

blackcap raspberries
dear disorderly angels
sweet aggregate bliss

#foraging
#raspberries
#wildfoods

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 24

I've never made them into powder for dye, but I'm intrigued. Hope you find a suitable replacement! 🌿

Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 23

Nice! I love nettle tea but have used younger plants out of caution, but maybe unnecessary caution. ☕

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 23

Cool, I'd love to see what you create with it! 💙🧡💚

Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 23

Stinging nettles thriving and exquisite, but already too big to harvest and consume. 🌿

#foraging
#nettle #stingingnettle

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 17

necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...

The Visitor – Necessary Fiction

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 17

"The experience of a young adult returning home after a long absence is not always a simple one. Warm feelings of nostalgia mingle with darker memories—the ones childhood so expertly preserves."

From my review of Maeve Brennan's The Visitor
Peninsula Press, 2025
@necessaryfiction.com
#booksky

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you have the time, read this passage aloud, then read the margin note left by a previous borrower.

#marginalia
#georgesperec
#amanasleep
#foundpoem

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 13

Sounds delicious! I've never made it before. My son and I made salmonberry fruit leather together once--really good. And sticky!

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 12

Each year the seductive beauty of the #salmonberry tricks me into believing it will be more delicious than it actually is.

With a few wild rose petals I picked too.

#foraging #salmonberries #booksky

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 10

A snare drum lay abandoned, its #skin torn beyond repair. An empty barrel had been rolled into the fountain and now bobbed gently from the force of two pigeons attempting to rest on it but taking flight as Ilya came near.

People walked by these things as though they weren’t there.

#vss365

Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Jun 10

Happy Tuesday :)

Your #vss365 #prompt for June 10 is #skin 🐚

From Old Norse skinn, the outer layer, the hide.

A boundary. A memory. A shield that feels.

Photo credit: Jarrod Erbe—Pexels

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 9

#small yellow flowers
surge across the crinkled cloth
spilling stamen stars

#vss365

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

A9. My TWS classmates are very skilled at invoking sound, smell, body sensations in their work. I think I probably overemphasize sight--what is the character noticing around them on a visual level. What draws their attention?
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

A7. Newer to my writing practice than most, and always wandering, wandering.
I keep track of "other ideas" on a Word doc or my phone. I fight no urges.
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

Identical needs @perkustooth.bsky.social
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

A4. I'm a compulsive re-reader, not just at the start of a writing session, but throughout, like every 30 minutes I go back and re-read a few passages, might edit for tone or flow, but mostly just trying to pick up on any vibes or images or themes unconsciously emerging. Trying to notice.
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

A5. Not so much a task as a mindset: remembering that my writing time is limited helps me focus and keep going, and to be productive while also trying to have some fun with the process.
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

Q3. If I have a deadline, that will focus my writing goals for the session. If no deadline, my goal is to make the piece better--can mean adding, deleting, changing, so I don't think too hard about word count.
#TWSOchat

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Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social · Jun 8

No, but good idea! I'd be interested to hear if others use this type of thing.
I think I just have a vague "make it good" voice in my head. That sometimes shrinks into a less ambitious "keep it going" voice.

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