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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 15/09/2026

Contra dances cure whatever ails us.

Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 21/08/2026

Yes he can be a struggle (My Struggle!). The Seasons quartet books are shorter and maybe more approachable. And I love the dark Morning Star books but they are not for everyone. But Strout (my fellow Mainer) is pure joy.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 21/08/2026

Agree about Elizabeth Strout on this, and would add Karl Ove Knausgard as a master of the mundane.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 11/07/2026

I like this guy and suspect he has a good chance of beating Susan Collins.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 19/06/2026

@pdforan.bsky.social I don't know you but this is a very powerful story. Thanks for writing it and Dawn, thanks for sharing it with us.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 30/05/2026

Wish I'd read this before I did NYT "Connections" for today.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My final piece on Graham Platner and the US Senate race. At almost 5000 words, it's long but based on several meetings with Platner and others. I'm not arguing with people online, so there are no comments. Life is too short to be stressed. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

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Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My Final Thoughts

NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 25/05/2026

I copied this--with credit--to share with a class in flash prose I'm teaching this summer. Thanks for posting!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 04/05/2026

War and Cease Fire Long Time Jest

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Karoline Leavitt being interviewed by FoxNews: “There will be shots fired” tonight.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 17/04/2026

Tom Waits new song! You can click on it in this article.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 14/04/2026

Grateful to WriteStats for this interview.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 14/04/2026

My sympathies. I also had a story rejected twice, only without the "oops" email in between. They just really wanted to make sure I knew how MUCH they rejected that story.

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

One is reminded of the story of King Croesus, who, before attacking Persia, consulted the oracle. The oracle told him that if he proceeded, he would destroy a great nation. What Croesus didn't realize was that the nation would be his own.

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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’ as Iranians Reject Threats

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 16/03/2026

I'm happy to report that my novel, titled DEAR GHOSTS, will be published by Unsolicited Press in October of 2027. Thanks to poet Julia Bouwsma for the title. It's set on a college campus, and although it's not a traditional ghost story, there is a ghost! (I'm refraining from posting a ghost GIF!)

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 15/03/2026

I loved this story. Didn’t want it to end.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

my living room is ready for guests. the only thing prohibiting entrance right now is i am blindly firing a 30.06 at my door. should i stop doing that, it will be perfectly safe to enter.

The strait of hormuz is open for transit defense secretary Pete hegseth said. The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping he said it is open for transit should Iran not do that

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 02/03/2026

My daughter sent this just now from Lapland. The only light here is from the moon.

Two images of deep snow and trees lit by a full moon.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 02/03/2026

This reminds me there are still good people around.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 16/02/2026

Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act

Contact Congress today!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 04/11/2025

Yay! I reached 1000 followers! Probably 100 of them are real people and to them I say Hi!!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/11/2025

I found Lucinda Williams "Sweet Old World" therapeutic. I acknowledges death, and love, and meaning in it all. It was playing when my younger sister died.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/11/2025

I am following the amazing Elysia now on Instagram and it's such fun to play like I'm in her glamorous life!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/11/2025

I need just one more person (or pretend person) to reach 1000 followers!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 26/10/2025

So glad I was able to see the beautiful show by Shanna McNair in the Emery Center at its closing, and to hear her read from her book SOUL RETRIEVAL. Shanna was a BFA student years ago who helped shape the program, and shape me as a writing teacher.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 23/10/2025

I just broke down and paid for a Word subscription.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 17/10/2025

Looks like it has served you well. 😊

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 17/10/2025

Maybe spring 88 as Fall 87 was my first semester. I do think I remember you!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 16/10/2025

I just connected who you are! Former student, right?

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 27/09/2025

Here is the town of Broto, Spain, from our hotel.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 10/09/2025

Where is my dead sister? I want to know.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 08/09/2025

Rustica is a beautiful new journal from central rural Maine. I'm happy to have my story "The Night It Happened" in it.

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 05/09/2025

==================== Mainers – Absentee Ballots Available for Request Online ==================== Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online. Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting. #Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting

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