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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙

@reeholliday.bsky.social
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Writer. Photographer. Community of Writers ‘20; KRWW ‘23; VSC ‘24. Tin House Winter Workshop’25. Apostate. www.rachaelholliday.com

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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Excited to have this piece about my sister Jody and cooking with my children published today at One Potato! Link in bio. And thank you to @penparentis.bsky.social for their support of artists who parent. onepotato.substack.com/p/the-solace...
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Join us and @taracampbell.bsky.social as we get weird with micros! www.smokelong.com/product/lets...
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“Let’s Get Weird!” with Tara Campbell - SmokeLong Quarterly
Unleash the unreal in your writing, both in fiction and creative nonfictions. We’ll explore multiple ways of stretching reality to turn common experiences into uncommon stories. Date: March 9 Time: 8p...
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I loved being in workshop with you, Helen!
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It’s the end of Tin House Winter Workshop and I feel like my mind and spirit have been magnified by 10. So grateful for an amazing instructor; generous cohorts; @almajor.bsky.social and everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social who work hard to make the amazing place it is. I feel utterly changed. 💕
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It’s so cute! New obsession.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Just Nugget and I enjoying @tinhouse.bsky.social karaoke night! 🎤
Woman with brown hair and glasses, and a striped cat cuddled in her arms
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Stacy @stacy31.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 25/01/2025
99.99% of the time you're going to be the first and last person to read it. If it ever gets in front of another human, it has already survived the insurmountable odds of your own self-rejection, and the odds become much more grim after that. Just go ahead and write whatever you want!
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Going to think about this poem for a long time.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
So thrilled to be part of the Tin House Winter Workshop in February, working with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal!
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Posting my 2024 reads, a bit late.
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
‘And then I saw it—what everyone not saying.’ Such a brilliantly written story from Banchiwosen Woldeyesus in @smokelong.bsky.social, all those things unsaid… 🐕 www.smokelong.com/stories/thes...
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These Things We Not Saying - SmokeLong Quarterly
At the church’s gate, until the town people surrounded them, the women not spoke the horrible truth. They not talked about the man’s wives who, when they saw him, dropped on the ground at his feet lik...
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Great read — hilarious and devastating.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Wow—every beautiful, haunting sentence. “You know then that she will have learnt the dual trick of ignoring her pain, and knowing that she deserves it.” @pleomorphic2.bsky.social epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
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FIBROMYALGIA IS A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION -
Widespread Pain Index (WPI) ≥ 7 and Symptom Severity Score (SSS) ≥ 5, or WPI 3-6 and SSS ≥ 9
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
A great evening at Brazos Bookstore — looking forward to reading Mark’s new book, starting this weekend. •Mark Haber •Lesser Ruins
Collage of three photos: one of a book titled Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber; one of two people in conversation; one is a flyer with the book event information on it.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
He makes working difficult but he’s cute while doing it.
Photo of a grey striped tabby cat resting his head on a person’s arm. This person — me— is trying to type on a computer keyboard.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
My sweet cat, Pippin ❤️
Headshot of an orange tabby cat looking up and to the side. His whiskers are highlighted by the sunlight.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Thank you, Matt!
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
I am thrilled that my CNF piece found a home at Motherwell Magazine! We just finished getting our oldest to college today, and so this feels like a great marker to the day. 💗 motherwellmag.com/2024/08/22/h...
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When parenthood meets a parakeet: lessons in compassion and loss
When a child's discovery of a blue bird transforms into an emotional journey, a mother confronts her values and the challenges of shielding her child from life's harsh truths.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
Twelve years of Girl Scouts. Alex has graduated up to adult scout. Very proud of all they’ve accomplished.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
Eclipse 2024
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
Home at last! 💖
Gulliver, a dog with white, grey and brown fur, and his mom (me) are so glad to be reunited ❤️
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Still driving…hopefully home tomorrow ❤️
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
So Great to catch up with Jonathan! And excellent dinner at Ripplewood Whiskey & Craft. A much appreciated repast after a long day.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 04/04/2024
Made it to my first stop in Ardmore on the long drive home. Missing the Vermont people and looking forward to being home at the same time.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Goodbye Vermont! I know it’s the Green Mountain State, but I’ll always remember it in shades of grey blue and gold. #vermontstudiocenter
Landscape of a golden pasture with trees and blue mountains in the background and overcast sky
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Goodbye Studio Goodbye Room Goodbye Friends Goodbye Houdini (okay, that didn’t rhyme) Leaving tomorrow, thankful for this time and space, but most thankful for everyone here 💖
Cohort of artists and writers At Vermont Studio CenterLarge black and white catPerson (me) giving a presentation, standing behind a podiumMe in my studio at Vermont Studio Center—person with medium length brown hair wearing a green sweater
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 31/03/2024
Bonfire, brews, and s’mores tonight 🔥
Photo of a fireClose up of a can of Switchback AleMarshmallow roasting on a stick
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 30/03/2024
Gorgeous day here and the pussy willows are beginning to bloom.
View of grey two story building with two large pine trees to its right side. Vivid blue sky.View of a pasture with mountains in the background and a bright blue sky filled with cloudsView of a pasture with mountains in the background and a bright blue sky filled with cloudsTwo branches of pussy willow—soft grey buds called catkins
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Decided to enjoy the sunshine today. Drove around and photographed covered bridges.
Wooden covered bridge in VermontInterior of the covered bridge showing wooden beamsAnother wooden covered bridge in drivable conditionWooden covered bridge with a red roof
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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
As chosen by Judge Adele Evershed @adlibby.bsky.social The FFF Competition Twenty Winning Flash Fiction! The Tree Wife by Charles Prelle @charlesprelle.bsky.social cprellewriter.wordpress.com freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
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Competition Twenty Winning Flash Fiction: The Tree Wife
The day she became a tree her husband planted her in their garden. From the Royal Horticultural Society website he learned it’s important to dig your hole deep enough for the roots of your tree to set...
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
Snowy Day ❄️ Not as dramatic as forecasted but still a novelty to me after living by the Gulf Coast for many years.
A white wooden two story house covered in snowA yellow wooden house surrounded by a fence and covered in snowA scene of a street recently plowed, snow drifts on either side and a red two story building in the background.A scene of a snow covered bridge with a snowy and icy river below it.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
More Houdini—and a forecast I’m not looking forward to 🥶🥶🥶
A large and very handsome black and white catA weather forecast showing a drop in temperatures and upcoming big snow storm
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
Beautiful sunset tonight…
Looking at a bridge dusted with snow, at snow covered buildings with an orange and pink sunset behind them.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Nice! Redbuds are lovely.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Are those cherry trees?
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Missing my cats, but fortunately there is this amazing guy here.
Photo of a large black and white cat gazing into the distance.Photo of a large black and white cat wondering why I’m taking so many photos of him.Photo of a large black and white cat, side view of supreme floof.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
It snowed during the night—first time my car has experienced it. ❄️
A white car covered in a blanket of snowLooking out a window at a snow covered field and a few trees with snow on their limbs.Looking out a window at a river and snow covered ground and trees with snow on their limbs. There is a large red building in the background with snow on its roof.Looking out a window at a snow covered field and a few trees with snow on their limbs.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 18/03/2024
View for the next two + weeks. Last fall I was awarded a fellowship to attend a residency at Vermont Studio Center but I really thought something would happen to keep me from going. Glad I was wrong!
Looking out a window at a view of a river with a little waterfall, and a bridge with a large red building in the background.
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
Road trip this week—my oldest and I took the long way (Texas to Philly) as I head to my upcoming fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. They are flying back home while I continue onward.
Images from Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
1. The Cherokee National History Museum. A two story large red brick building with many windows. 
2. A brown haired woman stands next to a museum display of her relative, Henry Starr, a bank robber and early Hollywood stuntman.
3. A colorful artwork of Bigfoot.
4. Welcome sign for Tahlequah Oklahoma.
5. A view of the back of a teenager looking at a museum displayFive photos collaged into one layout.
1. A large bust or sculpture of George Washington Carver
2. A view of Cumberland Gap
3. The Undercliff Cafe in Missouri. It is a restaurant tucked into a cliff. 
4. Sign for the George Washington Carver National Monument 
5. Picture of the tall Arch in St. Louis with several trees that have white blossoms.Scenes from the Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia 
1. A large painting of Poe on the side of a brick building 
2. Interior shot of one of the rooms Poe rented while in Philly
3. A view of the cellar presumed to have inflicted his story, “The Black Cat.”
4. Exterior shot of the house, a tall brick building with many windows and cream colored shutters
5. A statue of a raven perched atop a tall pole, positioned so that a shadow of the raven falls on the side of the house
6. A photo of the National Historic Site sign
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Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
"What a thing each year how the green shimmies / itself from the ground. Sap-spurred, seeds / syllable themselves into viridescent / sentence." Jory Mickelson's "How the Green Shimmies" Read now: psalteryandlyre.org/2024/03/04/h...
close up of a fern about to unfold, "What a thing each year how the green shimmies / itself from the ground. Sap-spurred, seeds / syllable themselves into viridescent / sentence." "Jory Mickelson's 'How the Green Shimmies'"
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Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙 @reeholliday.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
This is my cat tattoo that I have on my back left shoulder.
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
"Be merciless with your words. Write in a way that the readers feel your words poke and prickle under their skin." Great advice from Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, as I start focusing on my micro for #NFFD microfiction competition!
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EPOCH @epochliterary.com · 01/01/2024
Happy New Year! We are OPEN for electronic submissions, through January. Send us your fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and translations. We pay between $100 and $500 depending on length. epoch.submittable.com/submit
The bird of thanks, appreciating your submission
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Jesse Lee Kercheval @jesselkercheval.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
In March, 2020, locked down in Montevideo, Uruguay, I wrote: "I now have 76 colored pencils! So, what should I do with them? Can I possibly learn to draw or cartoon?" Now finishing my graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL which will be published by @fieldmousepress.bsky.social ial this coming year.
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Hello, Blue Sky! We're "welkin on sunshine" to be in this new place. Those of you who stare REALLY HARD at our profile might notice something exciting... #FlashFiction #Microfiction #WritingCompetition #AmWriting
The Welkin Mini: for micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2024. 1st prize = £50 gift voucher. 2nd prize = £20 gift voucher. HC = £10 gift voucher.
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Fly @flockofwords.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
A thousand years ago this Chinese gentleman went from pragmatic cat employer to doting cat slave with no regrets.
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