Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm STILL having phone calls about the insurance nightmare from water damage we found in June. Patience is thin, admittedly. But I get off the phone today and husband, listening in the background, says "when you get angry, your Philly accent goes extreme." Go Birds? 021
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Glass half empty: wallow in self pity after catching a nasty virus to finish out the summer Glass half full: being glued to a sofa provides inspiration to catch up on submissions.static.klipy.comBenjammins: Rose-Tinted GlassesALT: Benjammins: Rose-Tinted Glasses 131
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Genuine question for book agents: why list a genre in your submission options if you have no intention of representing it? 230
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Right on time for August, Philly approaching full swamp mode today. 010
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 17/07/2026If @tacobellquarterly.org rejects my submission after eleven months, it'll still be the second most painful thing associated with the words 'Taco Bell' this year. 0101
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Every time we get a thunderstorm now, I'm extremely tense because all I can think about is the possibility of water damage. I can't decide if this makes me paranoid or mature. 050
Reposted by LisaWild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Read the full intro note & the rest of the issue here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34 Thanks to @lisadellaporta.bsky.social for setting the scene! 031
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'm thrilled to have my short piece 'Colors' out in the new issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social today. Plus, I was honored to be asked to write the introductory note for the whole issue. Click through to read both here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34/wildroofjournal.comIssue 34 091
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Before and after. The shrinking of greens hits harder when you grow them yourself. 090
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Painting walls comes with three distinct phases: I don't know if I like this color. Oh man I actually hate this color. I have exhausted myself from painting, do not care anymore, and now will live with this color for the next ten years. 1100
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Tonight I met a goat named Teddy, roughly the size of a Great Dane. He peed on my foot but I love him anyway. 060
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Building is at capacity and standing room only at the Upper Merion Township meeting about a proposal to build 5 data centers. Zoom streaming link is also at capacity - at 600 people. 040
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Catching up on my movie backlog through the rainy weekend. I have survived Wuthering Heights. Why was this made. No. 160
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Where can you recycle AA batteries anymore? Target and Whole Foods both cut their programs. 110
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I have work out in New Letters' just released issue. 'Libras' is the most personal thing I've had published to date and I would love for you to read it. www.newletters.org/current-issu...newletters.orgCurrent Issue – New Letters 181
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 07/05/2026COVID wastewater positivity is currently at its lowest level since 2021, so I am blitz-scheduling all the repair people to work on the house repair backlog. Bathroom fan, replacing a window that was leaky after this winter, etc. 1130
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Just realizing I have scheduled PT on May The 4th. Is it bad form to wear a wookie onesie to your appointment. Will all the sports jocks think I'm cool. 120
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I can't decide if this is an odd or brilliant choice given the specialty, but the waiting room at the gynecologist has SVU on. 030
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 28/04/2026It's an important election year in Philly, which means I have canvassers knocking on my door at all hours. Officially at the stare-through-the-window-and-close-the-blinds-while-making-eye-contact part of the campaign. I know who I'm voting for. I have never missed a primary. Please go away. 040
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Past me thought it was a good idea to sign up for a semester-long course on Tuesday nights after work. Present me is absolutely brain melted after 5pm and just wants to lie down on the sofa and stare at the wall. 060
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 11/04/2026They keep talking about needing to check for noxious gasses coming from the astronauts and every time I hear it I giggle because inside I am a 5th grader. 050
Reposted by LisaJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Nuremberg was an important symbol of German nationhood so I say with 100% sincerity that this is a job for Philadelphia 1896190970
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Surprise book store cats are the best book store cats. 080
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I woke up to two acceptances in my inbox this morning, which is the dream, except that today is April Fools day, and I have been preconditioned to believe everything is a lie. 0110
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I am 'had to explain Rathergood.com to a coworker today' years old. 030
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 31/03/2026How long does it take you to eat a loaf of home made bread? Asking for a friend 😅 100
Reposted by LisaDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 17/03/2026This post is very popular on Reddit today and I figured some people here might like to see it TL;DR a woman was detained by ICE and later one of the detaining officers reached out to her in and attempt to take her on a date He said she he found her attractive because she was "cute" and "obedient" 28874260
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 09/03/2026This week, in the state park in the town I grew up in, they found human remains. Then two days later the coroner issued a retraction - sorry, actually it was a deer. How.media.tenor.coma man says " it 's not the same thing " in a star talk videoALT: a man says " it 's not the same thing " in a star talk video 020
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Sage advice for anyone else in their 30's surviving shoveling this winter: get the XL heating pad. Not the little wimpy one with an auto shut off. The one sized like a bath mat that could burn your house down if left unattended. 030
Reposted by LisaSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy. 11585203714523
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I read this in one sitting and can't stop thinking about it. Usually I have a hard time connecting with translated books - something feels awkward and distant. But this time that may have even improved the read. 050
Reposted by LisaMichael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social · 08/01/2026"Just go with it because it will be worse if we fight back" is not a good strategy when confronted with an authoritarian regime. 23912
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 26/12/2025My last acceptance of 2025 is live today on The Bookends Review: thebookendsreview.com/2025/12/26/c... 0142
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Do you -also- listen to weird new age pseudoscience on YouTube ? Then maybe this one's for you. I have a new poem out today in Stink Eye Magazine: stinkeyemagazine.com/lisa-dellapo...stinkeyemagazine.comLisa DellaPortaOn the baffling fallacy of the Reiki crystal quantum healing woman (ASMR) Undergrad, masters, then doctorate:a herculean effort to prove my dedication.In the day, I am a nonbeliever, adevotee… 010
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 18/12/2025When a pillow is unavailable, apparently a kindle will do. 1131
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Alice Wong was so important to so many of us. A huge loss for the disabled community. But I'm comforted by how vocally we seem to be mourning her: what better way to honor a writer than to urge people to read their work. 0346
Reposted by Lisadan sinker @dansinker.com · 10/11/2025How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted. 255150794047
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 03/11/2025It's always good to drive through the middle of Pennsylvania and get a reminder of why I live in Philadelphia 060
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I know it's ancient tech at this point, but I will never not be wowed by xrays. It's your bones! You can see INSIDE TO YOUR BONES. What a time to be alive. 8542
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Broke my foot and I'm anticipating a lot of stationary time to kill in the near future. Send me your recs for the last excellent book you read or movie you watched. (Nothing medically scary, please 😅) 421
Reposted by LisaJaws 🦈 @gonejoshin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Rubbing a cats stomach is a form of self care 650635
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I'm a lifelong jinx for the Phills and my act of goodwill to the people of Philadelphia is that I did not watch any of the games last night, just lurked on social updates. They did all that on their own. 💀 040