R.J. Anderson (shhh I'm writing)

Maud Lewis sits at a small table in a brightly decorated room, smiling warmly while holding a paintbrush and a small object in her hands. She wears a floral apron over a green dress and a headscarf. Around her are painting supplies, including jars, brushes, and a dark container on the table. The walls and nearby surfaces are covered with colorful folk-art paintings of flowers, animals, and simple scenes, filling the small space with bright reds, yellows, greens, and blues. Sunlight from the right side illuminates her face and the cluttered painting area.

If there was a surface, Maud Lewis painted on it.
She turned her small home into a colourful work of art.
While she was born with birth defects, she never let that stop her from capturing the beauty she saw in the world.
This is her story.

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Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Eeeeee, congratulations! Excited to read!

Yay! I think you will really like it!

Excellent choice, I just started How Dare You?! (c-drama) and am absolutely living for it

Annoying fact about Icelandic: We have no word that is equivalent to the English word "chuckle".

Our resident Great Blue Heron has been weathering the blizzard with aplomb. I spotted it knee-deep in snow in Central Park's Loch during the height of the storm. 💙🩶💙 #Herons #CentralPark #birding

Paladin. Also count me unsurprised. www.idrlabs.com/dungeons-dra...

peek = 🫣

peak = 🗻

pique = 👀

😑

It's been approximately forever since I watched a drama but I started #IDOL_I last night on a whim and ouch this is TOO REAL (in a good way so far though). On to Ep. 2!

W: Two Worlds!

Oh??? 👀 I was not interested in it as a retelling of GWtW but--

A Blue Jay giving a mid-flight glance over his/her shoulder while showing those beautiful blue feathers.

I do remember and congratulations!

LeighAnna Schesser! peacockjournal.com/leighanna-sc...

☺️ I'm happy to hear that!

If you enjoyed my Nebula-nominated YA paranormal thriller ULTRAVIOLET and/or its companion QUICKSILVER, and you aren't subscribed to my Very Occasional Newsletter, you might want to get on that before Friday AM... I've got a little holiday gift for my subscribers. rj-anderson.com/newsletter-s...

Is this how it looks from the QueryManager side? Fascinating! And proves that the much-debated (among querying authors that is) "Maybe Pile" exists after all...

I want to focus on my new book this month, so I’m off social media until December. Don’t burn the place down while I’m gone!

Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.

Evidence of at least one man in 1968 knowing what you should buy a woman to make her happy :)

Blue Jays
Cody Houle ~ Anishinaabe
2025

It’s 7:30, I’ve had all the outside lights on since 6 pm, and I have had two kids come to the door. TWO.

Just give extra candy to all the blue tigers and three-eyed birds. For me.

Also, I Love Yoo came back to Webtoons after a year and a half??? There may be hope for Purple Hyacinth after all.

It’s xikers day! This has been a banner month for #kpop, my word. My “newer songs” playlist is stuffed.

You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands

Website for bank, insurance, airline, or buying tickets of any kind: Did you get that code I sent you

Me: Yeah, here you go

Website: Sweet, you're logged in

Me: Great is it cool if I go to the bathroom

Website: Yeah bro of course

Me: And you're not gonna log me out right

Website: Who is this

Confused and dismayed mostly, didn’t know a thing about it until the letter showed up in my inbox