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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

When you dog takes you to a beautiful place. Best Independence Day ever.

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If you haven’t read Lyz’s substack or any of her books, you’re missing out. I love her wry sense of humor and also her commitment to life as a liberal in a conservative state. open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/th...

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The Middle Kingdom

I am writing a book about the future of democracy

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Apple blossoms on Peters Hill at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. I’m glad I didn’t miss this fleeting beauty.

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The garden in April. Daffodils, hyacinth, tulips just pushing up, lambs ear… cold wind and freezing temps today. #springinnewengland

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan…” Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It’s deep winter here in New England. Please post photos of your garden, indoor or outdoor. Here’s a tree that gave me life this November during a family crisis. #trees #gardening #plants #herbs

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

First attempt at rag curls results in the 80s poodle look - sans perm chemicals. When I put them in last night and covered them with my new satin bonnet, Mark said I was turning into a perimenopausal Black woman. #goals Nice to see my #365feministselfie posse on BlueSky! #femme #queer #nonbinary

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Look what they found behind the shingles on the outdoor wall of our deck! We found a piece of wood that said “November 2004 Bobby and Michel fix this house.” Our carpenter said he should write a note that says “Bobby didn’t know what he was doing.”

Photograph of a wall stripped of its shingles. The remains of a door and a window have been uncovered.

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Retreat update: 18 or so free-writes typed and edited. Should give me some material for South Bank this year. I’m glad I brought the whole box — who knew which were the keepers? #poetslife #writingretreat

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

At the Sunrise Cabin at Woolman Hill, solo writing retreat. #cabininthewoods #poetsofbluesky

The view of a wooded hill dusted with snow through two arched windows.

A small sitting area with a wall of arched windows in a wooden cabin. In the foreground are shelves and a ladder up to the loft, which frame the sitting area. A pile of logs and a wooden box with “soap box” painted on it sit beneath the shelves and ladder.

A small round table with a navy blue cloth and a lamp on it. Two chairs with arched backs sit next to it. A wall-size window behind the table looks out on a snowy wooded hillside.

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"I read that every good story is a witch's hat-- the rising action climbs the black silk to the points, then slides down to the ever-widening brim, the rings of Saturn over an old lady's brow" - @jennmartelli.bsky.social , "400 Calories of Existential Horror", PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE

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Frances Donovan @francesdonovan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025