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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Gathering Moss” has definitely made me a bigger fan of mosses than I expected I would be by the end... Solid read! 📚 🌱

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day to our absolute darling one-year old, Luna 🐾

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This poor, lil catbird HUCKED herself into our window the other day - but luckily after some TLC from us and a rest on our table, she flew off safe and sound!…

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fellow folk w/ Scottish ancestry: “The Anthology of Scottish Folktales, Volumes 1 & 2” (collected & edited by Donald Smith) are fascinating, fun reads! (For adults only, FYI). Several tales are in Scots, which is an enjoyable brain twister for non-native speakers. Do recommend! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🧚‍♀️🦄🧌🌳🌲🪾🌊⛰️📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

WEYWARD x THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY x NOAH KAHAN’s “The Great Divide: Last of The Bugs” album ⏳✨spec-fiction w/ magical realism 👩🏻‍🦰 a messy, resilient FMC (30+ & midsize, for once) 🕰️ multiple timelines & POV 🧐 Easter eggs! 💜🌍 & world shifting questions w/o easy answers… #WIPPIT #A #Spec #UP #WF #FBW

Grid collage of a purple-tinted series of photos, showing a futuristic setting that touches on timelines from the 1940s-present day. Center face is a red headed pale-skinned woman holding up tarot cards covering half their face.

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Fellow mental healthcare workers: READ THIS STAT. This week happens to be my 16th work anniversary, and so I found Florie St. Aime’s book as incredibly timely, human, as well as equally validating and challenging (in the best way). Took me weeks to read because it deserves savoring. 10/10 ⭐️s! 🙏 📚

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: the cover of “Anti-Oppressive Psychotherapeutic Practice” resting on a tartan blanket background]

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For fellow descendants of Celtic & Nordic ancestry, especially those interested in epigenetics or ancestor veneration work: check these two books out! Fascinating. 🧬 🤯 🌊 ⛰️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇳🇴 (P.S. special shout out others in maternal haplogroup “Ursula” 👋 😉 Remember though, we’re all cousins in the end. 🌍)

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: the covers of the two books “The Seven Daughters of Eve”, and “The Blood of the Isles”, both by Brian Sykes, resting together on a tartan blanket background

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Today was for bravery: I submitted an application to my first ever writers workshop with @mccormackwc.bsky.social 🤯 Mostly posting here to help celebrate & cheer on any of my fellow applicants. What an opportunity! No matter what: keep dreaming, & creating, all. Onwards!📚 📖 ✍️ 🌍

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

An overdue introduction! Meet our newest family member (and my frequent writing buddy/supervisor), our 10 month old kitty Lunaria Geilis - aka Luna. She’s been home for four months as of today, and we are beyond lucky & in love. 🐈‍⬛ 💜 🌙

A black kitten, with big golden-green eyes, sitting upright in a sunny window bed.

A black kitty, on a desk, with one paw up on a computer monitor, trying to investigate the moving wallpaper.

A black kitty, fast asleep, in a grey felted cat hut which is decorated with purple felted flowers and green leaves around the entrance.

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hey writers (new and new at heart!), looking to brush up on your grammar & line work? Consider “The Elements of Style” by EB White & William Strunk Jr, 4th edition. Despite how much practice, it’s normal to have a bit of ye old “writer’s drift” from time to time… 😉 Happy writing & editing! 📚 📖 ✍️

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: the cover of the aforementioned books resting on a tartan blanket background]

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

After a traumatic loss activates a dormant gene which manifests ancestral memories, a 22nd century, disabled archivist must decipher the scope of her history & grief—before the past she has discarded, and rising authoritarian threats in the present, decide the future for her. #QuestPit #W #A #U #S

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Another craft book rec for you this week: Nisi Shawl & Cynthia Ward’s 2005 (and very relevant) guide, “Writing the Other.” Make sure to read this one, and keep it on your shelf for future reference! 📚 📖 ✍️

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

For my fellow writers, here’s a few great craft books I’ve been (re)reading of late... Verlyn’s “Several short sentences” is a particular favorite, but all are very useful tools. Happy writing/editing! 📚 📖 ✍️

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Read @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social ‘s latest two publications over the weekend, and oooof they were the equal hopecore & call-to-keep-moving that my soul needed. *Highly* recommend! 🙏

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Been getting a lot more into folklore lately, and figured going with The Epic of Gilgamesh (one of the oldest surviving myths we have) would be a good call. Turns out, yes! Super interesting, & I like this translation (which includes a great introduction, and a series of essays after the story). 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ahhh this was so, so good!! Historian Sarah Clegg does it again with this fantastic lineage of not only myths but how they helped shape our modern day grapplings with gender & womanhood, healthcare, and human rights. Highly recommend. 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

And last for today, more research: while published in ‘15 it’s still rather good. Whether you’re interested in learning more about early eastern-American psych/sociology (which is eerily relevant to current events…), if you love witchy history, or ye just want a good read: pick this one up. 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Some book research: this 19th century work (printed posthumously after the author’s death, following an illness) is an interesting dive into how some of that time’s (largely Christian) Scots collected & understood their ancient folklore and, especially, witchcraft. A curious read, indeed! 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This one is a reread but it that still holds up: Madeline Miller’s “Circe”. Love how each of the characters’ feels grounded & relatable without dulling any of the magic of the story - and the prose is delightful. So, so good. 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Next one I LOVED is Allyson Shaw’s “Ashes & Stones”: an absolute recommend - esp. as a witchy person of Scottish descent, & a fellow chronically ill/disabled (amateur) author, the weaving of history with Shaw’s lived experiences was a honest, rich tapestry I will be keeping sacred on my shelf. 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Been in a rough health/workload/world overwhelm for a bit now, so editing the book has taken a pause… but for now, here’s some great recent reads, starting with: historian Sarah Clegg’s “The Dead of Winter”. Solid keeper for ye lovers of folklore, and the history of Yule & adjacent holidays.🎄❄️ 🌙 🧙‍♀️

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

*Fabulous* book on Scottish folklore, magic, mythologies, and culture. Especially if you have Scottish ancestors/heritage that you’re seeking to (re)connect with: snag this one for yer library. So so good. 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

SOLID spooky (and any) season read! A keeper. Thank you to the Witches of Scotland campaign! 🙏 🧙

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Latest read: ✅ (And while much has changed since it was first written in 1962, too many themes still echo with us in today’s America . . . sigh. Solid read, though. Thank you as always, Mr. Baldwin) 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Latest read - quite good! Solid mix of facts and feelings, without being dismissive of the state we’re in… Would recommend. Thank you, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social & its contributors!! 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I’m savoring the creative rest - and, keep seeing reminders of my book! Stumbled on this lil hero outside our apartment, which reminds me of the Celtic proverb: “Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine”/“We all live in the shelter of each other.” Wishing you all are well and taking good care. 💜

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

✨If any of these are your vibe, we should be friends ✨ Here’s a peak at some of the research I’ve been absorbing over the last year in prep for my upcoming manuscript THE SHAPE OF LEAVING (completion set for summer 2025). Have you read/enjoyed any of these? Any similar ones I should add? 👀 📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🧵 1/4: Something’s taking shape. It began with a question I couldn’t stop circling, and turned into a story that had to be written. Now it’s a novel (or the beginnings of one) woven from memory, broken time, and the people who carry them...

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

File on in for a wee tip, my fellow newbies . . . a handy guide to consider adding to your toolbelt is “Save the Cat! Writes a Novel” by Jessica Brody. It’s full of guidance for new, & seasoned, writers across genres. Can rec. Thank you Jessica for helping democratize storytelling! 📚

Picture of the book “Save the Cat! Writes a Novel” by Jessica Brody

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

67,485 words. 93 degrees, w/ all the fans going. Still writing. ☀️✍🏼 A bit over halfway through my manuscript and I am sweating in more ways than one! This novel is stretching me, surprising me, and really starting to sound like the story I can’t stop thinking about.

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Welcome to the first teaser of my upcoming manuscript, The Shape of Leaving: ✨moodboard edition✨

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Alrighty: I’m done with clients for the day, so we got some more writing time. Got the candle burning at both ends - ha - and the playlist is pumping. Let’s goooooooo! ✍️📚

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is . . . timely, *and* is something us healthcare workers have been (((screaming))) would happen if he got reelected. 🤦‍♀️ @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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K.M. 🛋️📚✍️ @kdscribbles.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Got a screenshot of the last TikTok I got to see before features stopped working (left), & then the final banner that came on the screen (right) five minutes later. It’s dark out now, but remember it never stays that way forever. Ground yourselves, continue to reach for one another, & be kind. 🕯️📱

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