Dr Julie Le Blanc 🎃

So excited to show my new website julieleblancwrites.com made by @Gerard_K_Hynes ! Feeling professional 🥰

Absolutely in love with the new cover for Paper Lanterns Issue 12 😍

Easy ways to help wildlife in summer: 🌞 Give the birds a drink 🌞 Top up garden ponds 🌞 Make a bee bowl 🌞 Grow nectar-rich plants 🌞 Don't mow wildflowers 🌞 Grow grass long 🌞 Say no to pesticides and weedkiller 🌞 More: bit.ly/2KQesqp

@BunniesKitchen @PodCastle_org ...ooh, allow me to flail excitedly at @JulieLB_writes 's "Devil's Lace"? It starts, "The demon and I had been crocheting for hours." diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-96b…

@QuiteVague @BunniesKitchen @PodCastle_org Thank you so much folks! 🥰 I'm so glad you liked it!

In 2012, three White men held down 16-year-old Corey Stingley after he stole merchandise worth $12. He may have been put in a chokehold and later died of asphyxia. To date, no one has been charged in his death. ✍🏾 @MegsNewz propublica.org/article/wiscon…

I wish schools taught this. Memorial Day began in 1865 when 10,000 former enslaved & a few white missionaries honored fallen Union soldiers. It was founded in memory of those who gave their life to end white supremacy terror, slavery, & human trafficking history.com/news/memorial-…

And just because it’s astonishingly beautiful, here is another letter #DylanThomas wrote to his wife, Caitlin. It’s dated July 17, 1936 & he’s travelled to Swansea for work & had to leave Caitlin behind. #DylanThomasDay

@NuzoOnoh Congratulations! ❤️

The forests of Ireland are looking a little bit prettier at the moment! . . Moore Abbey Wood’s, Monasterevin, Kildare.

Today's Poetry Thread: GOODNESS "May it happen for you." Feel free to add poems.

I received some wonderful news over the weekend regarding the 2023 LOCUS Awards and am just getting a moment to share. Forgive the longish thread ☺️ @AiJiang_'s "Give Me English" from the May/June 22 issue of @fandsf is a 2023 @locusmag Award Finalist for the Year's Best Story

Calling all performers!! Be part of the IamIrish Scratch Night this May! Showcase your talent at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London on Thursday 18th... For more info: Community@iamirish,org #Performers #Artists #Talents #Perform #IamIrish #IAmI

The power and beauty of a wild-grown Irish Atlantic rainforest oak.

In the last week or so, Sea pinks (Armeria maritima) are taking over the fringes along the Cliffs of Moher 😍 County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com Walking tours #cliffsofmoher #seapinks #Ireland

Tomorrow is AAPI Heritage Month, so this is your annual reminder that the continent of Asia includes South Asia and the Middle East! If your book roundups only include East Asian countries, then you're doing it wrong. Here's a map to help ⬇️ #AAPIHeritageMonth