DMShepard is North of Normal for Winter

#1stLinePit #A #M Golden Girls X White Lotus X Jawbreaker: The cruise reception was a plastic surgeon’s wet dream. There had been enough filler and Botox used on the faces in this room to iron the wrinkles out of an elephant’s backside.

This weekends #Satsplat is reunions. Write and/or post pieces that somehow incorporate reunions. All genres welcome. I'll drop the discussion question soon. Let's do it. Much love and respect to you all.

Incredible view of Denali on the flight north to work today. #cometoworkwithme #womeninstem #Alaska #arcticcircle

@HIElectricLight Stay safe and thank you!

9p #BigIslandOutage update: Damage assessments were conducted in accessible areas in Kaloko, Holualoa, South Point, Volcano Village, Mauna Loa Estates, Royal Hawaiian Estates, and Nanawale Estates. In total, 30 damaged or broken poles were identified. hwnelec.co/aUVS50YuzLw

@JeNicholeWrites Oh I freely admit it! It's fun to watch the people who know me read the characters and try to figure out which one is me 😊

Unpopular opinion: every book a writer writes is about them in one facet or another and they’re scared the right people will eventually read and know. 💅

@JeNicholeWrites Awe, thanks dear 😘

@dmshepard13 You so talllll Lady! lol. Beautiful and tall. 😉

5’3” and three quarters baby. 👊🏼

This weekends #Satsplat theme is love and romance. Write and/or post pieces that somehow incorporate love and romance. All cross genres welcome. I'll drop the discussion question soon. Let's do it. Much love and respect to you all.

This weekends #Satsplat theme is the 1980s. Write and/or post pieces that somehow incorporate the 1980s. All genres welcome. I'll drop the discussion question soon. Let's do it. Much love and respect to you all.

Spring may be just a few weeks away, but we're still in a deep freeze up north at work. #arcticcircle #arcticadventures #womeninstem #writinginspiration

@DyerbolicalDB Loved him in Demon Knight

On his birthday... Name a Billy Zane role that is not from Titanic.

"So shiny," Liz whispered as she walked across the room, #enchanted by the gilded mirror hanging against the wall. She slapped the glass with her palm, leaving a smear of gore. "Show me my reflection, stupid!" she screamed, hitting over and over. #vss365 #Vampire

@Based_Jedi It's amazing how young Warwick Davis was in this movie

Tonight's movie with nephew: Willow (1988) Introducing him to these classic films is so much fun.

@craytusjones Kashmir, Led Zeppelin

What are some of your favorite poems you've ever read, seen, played or heard? Lyrics count. #Satsplat

Jason just broke through your door 🚪 Show me your reaction with a GIF 😱

Roasting tomatillos and Anaheim peppers for tonight's dinner of pozole. Happy Valentines day! What are you doing for dinner? #ValentinesDay2026 #pozole

This weekends #Satsplat theme is poetry. Write and/or post pieces of your poetry. All genres welcome. I'll drop the discussion question soon. Let's do it. Much love and respect to you all.

They called it “exposure.” A term that sounds clinical, maybe even benign—like sunlight or fresh air. But in practice, it meant this: a newborn baby, often a girl, carried outside the city and left alone in the wild to die. In ancient Athens, this wasn’t considered murder. It was routine. A matter-of-fact part of life. People talked about it openly—as if it were no more controversial than choosing when to plant crops or how to balance the household budget. It was framed as economic necessity, sometimes even responsible parenting. The decision belonged to the father. The law backed him up. So did tradition. And it wasn’t equal. Not even close. Girls were abandoned far more often than boys. A son could carry on the family name, inherit land, perform sacred rituals, and care for aging parents. A daughter? She came with a dowry, couldn’t inherit in the same way, and was seen—across all levels of society—as a financial liability. Wealth didn’t shield her. One ancient writer said it plainly: “Everyone raises a son, even if he is poor. But a daughter? Even the rich expose her.” There was no illusion of mercy. No comforting story to soften the cruelty. Some babies might have been taken in by strangers or trafficked into slavery, but that was a fluke—not the plan. Most died, slowly and alone—of cold, hunger, or animals. And everyone knew it. The practice didn’t just thin out the population. It carved a deep message into the cultural bedrock: that female life was optional. Conditional. Disposable. Generations were raised with that belief quietly embedded in their worldview. Mothers? They had almost no say. Once the baby was born, it was laid at the father’s feet. Literally. That was the custom. He looked down and decided: raise or discard. It’s a part of classical civilization that doesn’t show up in the gleam of marble statues or the echo of great speeches. While Athens was laying the intellectual foundation for democracy, philosophy, and reason, it was also drawing a hard line—before a girl could even cry out—about who mattered and who didn’t. © Women In World History #archaeohistories

@HABlackwood7 On my way!

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This weekends #Satsplat theme is Outer Space. Write and/or post pieces that somehow incorporate outer space. All genres welcome. I'll drop the discussion question soon. Let's do it. Much love and respect to you all.

Where are all the writers and readers hiding? Come out of your shell and say hi, I want to follow you!