Yvonne Watterson
@yvonnewritesbskyso.bsky.social
Writer. Troublemaker. Picture taker. Song singer. Norn Iron born and bred. Only here for the craic. https://linktr.ee/yvonnewatterson Words at yvonnewatterson.com
‘Shipping News’ - I followed my grandparents from Ireland to America - and back again. I didn’t expect to find my own journey waiting there too. #ancestry #irishinamericca. LINK to Subtack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
I stopped writing for a while, personal and professional disappointments having convinced me I had less to say than I did. I don’t believe that anymore. From Seamus Heaney to the odd spectacularly bad haircut, I'm writing my way home on Substack. Come along. #writing yvonnewatterson.substack.com
For Mother's Day from faraway. xo "Sometimes there are things that cannot be fixed at all. My mother knows this. And still she abides." www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-mothers-da...
mother’s day. as always.
Each day we move a little closer to the sidelines of their lives, which is where we belong, if we do our job right. Until the day comes when they have to find a florist fast at noon because they had t...
yvonnewatterson.com
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
The Bass Player (published @newislandbooks.bsky.social ) is on the short list! @irishbookawards.bsky.social The book is a testament to the power of story-telling. May this recognition encourage all those seeking justice & truth. Humbled to have been part of this project. Thank you Stephen. Onward.
Baseball is basically rounders where I'm from. I love it. My team is the Boston Red Sox, so I also love Mookie Betts.The LA Dodgers moved heaven and earth to get him, and I hope he helps them get the 2025 World Series. Here's a piece from 6 post-seasons ago. #WorldSeries. tinyurl.com/yhw355k2
Why baseball is so alluring for this working class girl from Belfast
Rounders offered us respite from The Troubles in Belfast, baseball offers America an escape
tinyurl.com
As an Irish writer living near Guadalajara, Mexico, I'm extra excited about this collection of stories coming out on Thursday Oct. 23.
Scratch Books@scratchbooks.bsky.social · last yr.New title: Saints by Tim MacGabhann! Nine breathtaking tales shot through with the hallowed light of the miraculous, written in MacGabhann’s pyrotechnic exhilarating prose. Out 23rd October! Pre-order here: www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...
PRE-ORDER SALE! To celebrate the launch of SAINTS this Thursday 23rd October, get 25% off your pre-ordered copy! Just type Saints2310 at the checkout on or before 23rd October... www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...
Coming out in October this year, "The Bass Player" can be pre-ordered now. To save 40%, order by midnight on May 31 using discount code TRAVERS40: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cg... #BookSky @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @irishtimes.com
"Exhaust the little moment." www.yvonnewatterson.com/exhaust-the-...
exhaust the little moment
This little moment … quickly captured by my daughter’s dad after her 8th grade promotion ceremony, he had just figured …<p><a href="https://www.yvonnewatterson.com/exhaust-the-littl...
yvonnewatterson.com
Whether you liked Joe Biden or not, it takes a particular kind of person to exploit his health for profit. To every journalist writing books, every person in the White House and/or Trump family commenting on his well-being, what’s wrong with you? www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-more-onero...
“Each day we move a little closer to the sidelines of their lives, which is where we belong, if we do our job right.” - Anna Quindlen For #mothersday www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-mothers-da...
a mother’s days
Each day we move a little closer to the sidelines of their lives, which is where we belong, if we do …<p><a href="https://www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-mothers-days/">Continue reading <span cl...
yvonnewatterson.com
For Teacher Appreciation Week ... and for that teacher that made all the difference for you. #thankateacher www.yvonnewatterson.com/teacherappre...
every day is teacher appreciation day
There’s no word in the language I revere more than ‘teacher.’ My heart sings when a kid refers to …<p><a href="https://www.yvonnewatterson.com/teacherappreciationweek-2-2/">Co...
yvonnewatterson.com
On #WorldBookDay thank you to the mobile library of my childhood in 1970's Northern Ireland. It's where I became "a citizen of the republic of reading." Thanks to @scalzi.com for the inspiration. #libraries #mobilelibrary #booklover #reading www.yvonnewatterson.com/booklover/
How to Open a Book
Some years ago, science fiction writer, John Scalzi, penned a homage to the libraries of his life prompting me to do …<p><a href="https://www.yvonnewatterson.com/booklover/">Continue readi...
yvonnewatterson.com
Forever Spring. www.yvonnewatterson.com/happy-birthd... #stvincentmallay #spring #citytrees
Primavera Forever.
Edna St. Vincent Mallay, who brought us the candle burning at both ends, was born on February 22nd 1892, a woman …<p><a href="https://www.yvonnewatterson.com/happy-birthday-edna-st-vincent-mall...
yvonnewatterson.com
Just in time for Valentine's Day, a reprise of how we met ... www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty... #valentinesday
I thought I was beyond online dating. Then I took a chance
I prepared myself to be let down and lied to. But he loved Bob Dylan. The Harley was his.
irishtimes.com
RIP Garth — The Band's last man standing. I wrote a remembrance for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to David Browne for the late-game additions.
Garth Hudson, the Band's Keyboardist and Professor of Rock, Dead at 87
Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, has died at 87.
rollingstone.com
Goodness and mercy. I'd like to hear a whole more from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde ... www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...
"May I ask you to have mercy Mr. President..."
At a National Prayer Service at Washington's National Cathedral attended by President Trump and Vice President Vance, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: "The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. Th...
c-span.org
One of so many harrowing, heartbreaking stories from the embers of Pacific Palisades. lauranicolediamond.medium.com/what-is-lost...
What is Lost, and What Remains
One week after the Palisades Fire, for a three-generation family.
lauranicolediamond.medium.com
How Close To the Edge We Are ... In 2005, I read Joan Didion's "Year of Magical thinking." I didn't get it. Not really. Didion's personal tragedy was so far removed from my own life at the time shimmering with promise. My husband was still alive, and our little girl had just started 3rd grade.
Families who have lost everything due to the LA California wildfires need our help. 💔 The attached article has links to reputable organizations providing aid, and I’ve included more charity links in my thread. Every donation makes a difference. Please help if you can. ❤️ abc7.com/post/socal-w...
SoCal Wildfires: How You Can Help
Want to know how to help with the SoCal Wildfires? Check out this list of organizations that are helping support displaced families.
abc7.com
Growing up in Northern Ireland, I had always believed in America. It was the shining city on the hill, the last best hope on Earth. The Dream of it was mine for the taking. Watching on live TV the desecration of the people's house on #January6 confirmed that Dream would remain elusive.
I think I’ll just keep Christmas up for the rest of the year. Every good wish to you in 2025.
Read this and weep: Books that made writers cry. John Boyne, Edel Coffey, Ferdia Lennon, Sarah Gilmartin and a dozen other authors and critics on books that had a profound emotional effect on them www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Read this and weep: Books that made writers cry
John Boyne, Edel Coffey, Ferdia Lennon, Sarah Gilmartin and a dozen other authors and critics on books that had a profound emotional effect on them
irishtimes.com
New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.” www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy (Gift Article)
Even established democracies can fall to military juntas and despots. We can’t let that happen here.
nytimes.com
Unlike essays or newspaper articles I’ve written about #SeamusHeaney this is personal. With a nod to my old scrapbooking days, here’s my 2025 calendar - 12 photos of my favorite places & people with lines from my favorite poems. Every good wish for the new year. @irishlittimes.bsky.social
