Nancy Freund
@nancyfreund.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Wife, Mom & Mum. #T1D. Mostly vegan. Cambridge & UCLA & just started, CW PhD @Brunel! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇭 My mom painted the above. She was amazing.
Hit command-F & search for Sinclair. As in Charlotte Sinclair's Aurora Prize FIRST PRIZE story of new motherhood. It's a beauty. Page 170. She does #interiority like nobody's business. writingeastmidlands.co.uk/wp-content/u...
writingeastmidlands.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Hit command-F & search for Sinclair. As in Charlotte Sinclair's Aurora Prize FIRST PRIZE story of new motherhood. It's a beauty. Page 170. She does #interiority like nobody's business. writingeastmidlands.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Assumed this was AI and I was thinking well, then, Fine By Me... but if you read the comments it seems it's for real. Even better. DJ Padre Guilherme is on youtube.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Assumed this was AI and I was thinking well, then, Fine By Me... but if you read the comments it seems it's for real. Even better. DJ Padre Guilherme is on youtube.
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Last chance to book for 2 online workshops happening very soon.
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last chance to book for 2 online workshops happening very soon.
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
This Sunday 23rd as part of our workshop series, we are exploring Rhythm and The Ballad. Join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Anyone know who might publish a slightly fugue-state #lowbloodsugar poem I just wrote? It's got some profanity because it pretty much tracks my real-time, real-life glucose descent/ascent. Any #chronicillness mags or #T1D or #autoimmune or other submission ideas? I should know already, but I don't.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Anyone know who might publish a slightly fugue-state #lowbloodsugar poem I just wrote? It's got some profanity because it pretty much tracks my real-time, real-life glucose descent/ascent. Any #chronicillness mags or #T1D or #autoimmune or other submission ideas? I should know already, but I don't.
Wes Anderson! I heard about this exhibit in London on the radio, so I had to imagine all the visuals that might accompany the story. Had to look it up here. So many movies! So much #color! #puppets #candypink It's on till July. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-P...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wes Anderson! I heard about this exhibit in London on the radio, so I had to imagine all the visuals that might accompany the story. Had to look it up here. So many movies! So much #color! #puppets #candypink It's on till July. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-P...
Thanks for the nudge, @marinasofia.bsky.social
& your reminder that quite possibly the most important art progamme ever to be broadcast is Berger's Ways of Seeing which is available to watch for free on youtube. do yourself a solid and learn more in 2 hours than you thought ever possible www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
John Berger - Ways of Seeing - YouTube
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November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Thanks for the nudge, @marinasofia.bsky.social
Great little video on book cover design! So many iterations! I was halfway into it before noticing it was produced by/posted by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. How cool is that?
We all judge a book by its cover - so how do designers make sure theirs stand out?
This #WorkInPublishingWeek, hear from Bloomsbury's Deputy Creative Director, Greg Heinimann, as he explains the intricate process of creating a book cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pbq...
This #WorkInPublishingWeek, hear from Bloomsbury's Deputy Creative Director, Greg Heinimann, as he explains the intricate process of creating a book cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pbq...
Publishing | Greg Designs the Cover of a Book | Unpacking the Credits
YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
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November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Great little video on book cover design! So many iterations! I was halfway into it before noticing it was produced by/posted by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. How cool is that?
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When I 1st saw word online about the CONCEPT of a European Writers Salon, this is exactly what I imagined. And it's here! Happening in Paris! Sorry I couldn't make it this weekend, but what a fabulous thing to see in action, even if only in pictures this time. Rock on EWS! @saloneurope.bsky.social
This morning, we are having an ekphrastic workshop at ́Museé de l'orangerie led by writer Yara Zgheib.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When I 1st saw word online about the CONCEPT of a European Writers Salon, this is exactly what I imagined. And it's here! Happening in Paris! Sorry I couldn't make it this weekend, but what a fabulous thing to see in action, even if only in pictures this time. Rock on EWS! @saloneurope.bsky.social
Serious FOMO.
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Serious FOMO.
Most of the news, with or without closed captions, is hard to watch. Hard to hear. However, the incorrect caption I just read, showing the word "sickopants" is a tiny joy.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Most of the news, with or without closed captions, is hard to watch. Hard to hear. However, the incorrect caption I just read, showing the word "sickopants" is a tiny joy.
I’ve just learned from #paulainsworth on @saturdaykitchen that you can use a tomato vine in roast potatoes and veg like a bay leaf. Extra scent and flavor! I’m so thrilled.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I’ve just learned from #paulainsworth on @saturdaykitchen that you can use a tomato vine in roast potatoes and veg like a bay leaf. Extra scent and flavor! I’m so thrilled.
These new Zweifel Truffle Cashews I got at the petrol station smell and taste exactly (somehow) like the dry gin martini my father drank every night after work, "olive and a twist, both, please." To this day I've never had a sip of one, so this Proustian moment is impossible to explain. Madeleine?
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
These new Zweifel Truffle Cashews I got at the petrol station smell and taste exactly (somehow) like the dry gin martini my father drank every night after work, "olive and a twist, both, please." To this day I've never had a sip of one, so this Proustian moment is impossible to explain. Madeleine?
This isn't a random thing. It's my friend Ken, a real person, a really GOOD person. And his partner Jude, who's really great too. I hope posting this might help. Feel free to share it further. That would be wonderful. youtu.be/WLHv0Z_7rHw
Ken Is Seeking A Living Kidney Donor | What I Am Looking For
YouTube video by Ken Polotan
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November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This isn't a random thing. It's my friend Ken, a real person, a really GOOD person. And his partner Jude, who's really great too. I hope posting this might help. Feel free to share it further. That would be wonderful. youtu.be/WLHv0Z_7rHw
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Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
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Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
I've studied much #poetry in academic settings, often super boring & I can say THIS 1st session on sonnets was a delight. Interesting, inspiring, organized, substantial. Can't wait for Rhythm & Ballad in session 2. TY, @saloneurope.bsky.social.
Next session 23 November - Rhythm and The Ballad.
Join us! 🖊 🖋
Join us! 🖊 🖋
Build your knowledge of poetic style and form with our very first course series✨
Have you ever wanted to write poetry but felt held back by your lack of formal knowledge? Or are you already writing poetry and would like a better grounding?
Have you ever wanted to write poetry but felt held back by your lack of formal knowledge? Or are you already writing poetry and would like a better grounding?
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I've studied much #poetry in academic settings, often super boring & I can say THIS 1st session on sonnets was a delight. Interesting, inspiring, organized, substantial. Can't wait for Rhythm & Ballad in session 2. TY, @saloneurope.bsky.social.
true.
You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
true.
Every school & summer camp & Rotary exchange & literary conference or retreat I've attended... it's the people who stick around afterwards - zoom, emails, socials, in person - who truly make the thing. Last night's mtg w/#LucyCaldwell's Short Stories 3 die-hards was brilliant. So smart! So generous!
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Every school & summer camp & Rotary exchange & literary conference or retreat I've attended... it's the people who stick around afterwards - zoom, emails, socials, in person - who truly make the thing. Last night's mtg w/#LucyCaldwell's Short Stories 3 die-hards was brilliant. So smart! So generous!
Sad I couldn't make it! I KNOW it was fabulous.
Moley holey. Gotta love this lot. @saloneurope.bsky.social
The online salon is on!
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Sad I couldn't make it! I KNOW it was fabulous.
Last night's EWS @saloneurope.bsky.social #poetry session w/French poet Julie Irigaray was GOOD! I'm glad I'm in the full course. Next one - November 23. #Alexandrine Metre has 12 syllables per line... Take that, #IambicPentameter of my youth! It's for all levels, so if you're tempted, join!
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Last night's EWS @saloneurope.bsky.social #poetry session w/French poet Julie Irigaray was GOOD! I'm glad I'm in the full course. Next one - November 23. #Alexandrine Metre has 12 syllables per line... Take that, #IambicPentameter of my youth! It's for all levels, so if you're tempted, join!
In high school we had a bar called Someplace Nice. In college we had a bar called Father’s Office. Now I’m a full-fledged grown up in a bar called Study Hall. I’m not with a load of drunk pals though… I’m with a good book. And a pen. So there’s that.
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In high school we had a bar called Someplace Nice. In college we had a bar called Father’s Office. Now I’m a full-fledged grown up in a bar called Study Hall. I’m not with a load of drunk pals though… I’m with a good book. And a pen. So there’s that.
I’m very good at finding my next #book for the European Writers Salon book club in fabulous bookstores, but I gotta admit I’m terrible at taking selfies. That’s “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman in front of Pegasus Books in Berkeley California.
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m very good at finding my next #book for the European Writers Salon book club in fabulous bookstores, but I gotta admit I’m terrible at taking selfies. That’s “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman in front of Pegasus Books in Berkeley California.
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“Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules” -Ashleigh Brilliant
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Rest in peace brilliant Ashleigh Brilliant. 1933-2025. Santa Barbara. Berkeley. London. 💙
“What we need is to realize how little we really need.”
- Ashleigh Brilliant.🌱
- Ashleigh Brilliant.🌱
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Rest in peace brilliant Ashleigh Brilliant. 1933-2025. Santa Barbara. Berkeley. London. 💙