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Julia Skinner, PhD

@bookishjulia.bsky.social

Author, fermenter, food historian, writing coach, Library Science PhD, culinary educator, forager, maker of everyday magic. Wrote Our Fermented Lives. Agent: Ekus Group linktr.ee/juliaskinner

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Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · last wk.

I run group meditations where we imagine ourselves as part of a mycelial network, so we can tap into that mycelial wisdom and see how best each of us can serve (and be held by) the collective. If I ran one online would you come?

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 2w ago

I made a scholarship in honor of my best friend. If you’re a creative person who doesn’t fit cleanly in any box, and who wants to build a sustainable writing practice, please apply! The winner receives access to my 4 week live workshop this November! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Danielle Holliday scholarship for misfit creatives

Named for chef and creative spirit Danielle Holliday, who had a multidisciplinary creative drive and never fit cleanly into any category, this scholarship gives two misfit creatives free access to my ...

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Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m running a live class on fermentation and magic in Cork on 11/10. I’m also thinking of running the same class online. Think: how I use ferments in my spells/magic, daily fermentation as a simple mindfulness practice, how I build a sour jar (w/ vinegar, hence the ferment), etc. Would you join?

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cork friends, I’m teaching medieval calligraphy (specifically uncials) at the My Goodness restaurant above Quay coop on October 23. All materials are provided, but you have to book with me to save a spot (it’s 25 Euro, 20 if you’re a night coop member or pay cash). DM me if you want to come!

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3w ago

Look I’ve never been diagnosed as neurodivergent but I just finished writing, illustrating, and designing a short story collection specifically about the history of fermentation, so I leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD@greenleejw.bsky.social · 4w ago

Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller. Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch. No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2 🗃️🧪

Meme. Painting of St. Hildegard, from the shoulders up. She is dressed up in her nunnish finery. Her wimple is white and very creased, so that she looks a bit like a mummy and her veil is the dusky black of that suggests it's been through the wash many times. She has something like a crown on her head, with little spikes that look for all the world like duck feet. The saint's eyebrows are hard lines like windshield wipers, & her nose is ski-jump smooth. Her head is surrounded by a nimbus of blue with a white outline, set against an orange background. She is looking up and towards your right, as if she's watching a possum that's about to drop onto the person sitting next to you. Her mouth is set in a tight smile. She's likely thinking about sex again. And maybe not just eel sex. Hildegard provided us with the first written description of the female orgasm, so it's quite possible that she's got that on her mind. Meme text reads: "Medieval Eel Truth: It's all about the Bingen's, baby!"
Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m noticing wayyyy more people setting up and last-minute canceling or changing dates lately. I’m not sure if this is a Cork thing or a thing happening everywhere? It’s happened with both men and women. I love going on dates but not respecting my time is a big red flag!

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · last mo.

Both a timely and evergreen reminder to fellow journalists: Make PDFs of all your pieces as they come out so you have them even if/when things go offline. If you haven’t been, go back and grab what you can now then get in the practice of capturing as things go live.

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · last mo.

For a year or more, I’ve been wanting to send cozy letters, little trinkets, pressed plants, and other tiny revelations from my walks, travels, and my own garden. So this fall I’m starting. Sign up for the waitlist below. Get cool mail from wherever I am in the world. forms.gle/3Y6vWhW3kBcD...

Dispatches from Daily Life mail club

Hi friend! Thanks for your interest in my new mail club, where I'll share little pieces of my daily life as lived on two continents and through lots of walks. Every month, you'll receive mail that'...

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Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · last mo.

One of my ‘I’m wealthy’ goals has been to set up a scholarship fund in honor of my best friend. Then I realized I already give scholarships and there’s no reason I can’t name them. Anyhow the Danielle Holliday Scholarship for Misfit Creatives will be opening soon. I think they’d be proud.

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Had the sads this weekend but the whole thing turned around when two separate folks (a newsletter reader and a writing client) reached out to tell me how much they love my work and how much it’s helped them. If you’ve been waiting to send a nice message to an author or teacher, this is your sign!

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I love the messy and generative early stages of a new project. I’ve written most of the intro text to my next writing project in the margins of a teetering stack of books I’m revisiting from grad school and the sense of elation I feel is like nothing else on earth.

Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wonderful to talk with @bibliocook.bsky.social about all things food preserving for the Irish Examiner. If you’ll be at Cork on a Fork, come watch my demo on the 16th! www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...

How to make the most of seasonal gluts

Learning how to preserve fruit and vegetables while they're fresh and bountiful is an economical, sustainable and mindful way of holding on to nourishing and delicious foods even when they're out of s...

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Julia Skinner, PhD@bookishjulia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ve spent the day at Kitty ER with Bonk, where I have received not great news that I don’t really want to share online. But if you’ve been wanting to book a class or 1:1 session with me, get some Reiki, or just send me a tip or something for my work, now is a time I’d really extra appreciate it!

FoodPrint@foodprintorg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fermentation is HOT but so many food preservation practices are not new — a fact that guides @bookishjulia.bsky.social’s latest book, “Essential Food Preserving.” She outlines how to use the tools of our ancestors to transform fresh, seasonal ingredients into ones that taste great and keep longer:

Beyond fermentation: A new book explores the many methods of food preservation

While fermentation may be the food trend of the moment, Julia Skinner's new book explores the full spectrum of food preservation techniques.

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Éibhear Ó hAnluain@eibhear.gibiris.org · 7mo ago

Can we please, I beg you all, stop naming laws after sympathetic victims? It is so much easier for politicians to work some nasty things into them. "This law will effectively remove important rights in very many situations." "So you want there to be more unfortunate children like Angela, then?"