Wren Wallis
@invisibleinkie.bsky.social
Writer of SFF, tutor, gamer, your freelance internet mom. Not an expert, just bossy.
It's my 50th birthday & I spent the afternoon sailing Boston Harbor on a replica 1812 privateer. Now I'm drinking gin cocktails & yelling at my family about the Georgian-era British Royal Navy, & later there will be fireworks over the harbor & we'll watch Master and Commander.
Legendary birthday.
Legendary birthday.
July 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
It's my 50th birthday & I spent the afternoon sailing Boston Harbor on a replica 1812 privateer. Now I'm drinking gin cocktails & yelling at my family about the Georgian-era British Royal Navy, & later there will be fireworks over the harbor & we'll watch Master and Commander.
Legendary birthday.
Legendary birthday.
I think it's possible I have too many big feelings about the sea.
February 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I think it's possible I have too many big feelings about the sea.
Today's mood is: crying about Mary Ann Patten, I guess.
February 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Today's mood is: crying about Mary Ann Patten, I guess.
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I love my WoW guild. This from a beleaguered @invisibleinkie.bsky.social in Massachusetts:
February 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I love my WoW guild. This from a beleaguered @invisibleinkie.bsky.social in Massachusetts:
Is "I want ice cream" a valid reason to send one's husband out in a bomb cyclone or nah?
February 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Is "I want ice cream" a valid reason to send one's husband out in a bomb cyclone or nah?
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It's not just fine but amazing to make amateur art. Humans are artmakers. You don't have to be professionalized as an artist, you don't have to make art of professional merit. Just create!
February 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It's not just fine but amazing to make amateur art. Humans are artmakers. You don't have to be professionalized as an artist, you don't have to make art of professional merit. Just create!
My main question is why so many of these guys look like moldy potatoes.
February 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My main question is why so many of these guys look like moldy potatoes.
Sorry, I felt morally obligated to repost without the typo. I do also have great thinks about my husband, though.
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Sorry, I felt morally obligated to repost without the typo. I do also have great thinks about my husband, though.
A great thing about my husband is that I can say to him, "I have ordered donuts because I'm mad at the cat," and he both knows what I mean and agrees it was a completely reasonable course of action.
February 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A great thing about my husband is that I can say to him, "I have ordered donuts because I'm mad at the cat," and he both knows what I mean and agrees it was a completely reasonable course of action.
Socratic debate with the child in homeschool this morning until he finally yelled:
I DON'T CARE. I WANT TO RUN IN A FIELD AND HUNT WITH MY FINGERS. I DON'T CARE IF SOCIETY COLLAPSES. I WANT TO LIVE IN A FOREST AND EAT BIRDS.
so I feel I am fulfilling my highest responsibilities as an educator.
I DON'T CARE. I WANT TO RUN IN A FIELD AND HUNT WITH MY FINGERS. I DON'T CARE IF SOCIETY COLLAPSES. I WANT TO LIVE IN A FOREST AND EAT BIRDS.
so I feel I am fulfilling my highest responsibilities as an educator.
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Socratic debate with the child in homeschool this morning until he finally yelled:
I DON'T CARE. I WANT TO RUN IN A FIELD AND HUNT WITH MY FINGERS. I DON'T CARE IF SOCIETY COLLAPSES. I WANT TO LIVE IN A FOREST AND EAT BIRDS.
so I feel I am fulfilling my highest responsibilities as an educator.
I DON'T CARE. I WANT TO RUN IN A FIELD AND HUNT WITH MY FINGERS. I DON'T CARE IF SOCIETY COLLAPSES. I WANT TO LIVE IN A FOREST AND EAT BIRDS.
so I feel I am fulfilling my highest responsibilities as an educator.
In the service of homeschooling preparation, this morning I am reading about the legal case United States vs. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton, which I mostly just wanted to tell you because there is a case called United States vs. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton.
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
In the service of homeschooling preparation, this morning I am reading about the legal case United States vs. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton, which I mostly just wanted to tell you because there is a case called United States vs. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton.
Well since you're asking I guess I WOULD in fact like to take a comically luxurious train tour through Wales and Cornwall. I don't suppose you have a spare sixteen-to-twenty-thousand dollars lying around that I could have?
www.belmond.com/trains/europ...
www.belmond.com/trains/europ...
February 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Well since you're asking I guess I WOULD in fact like to take a comically luxurious train tour through Wales and Cornwall. I don't suppose you have a spare sixteen-to-twenty-thousand dollars lying around that I could have?
www.belmond.com/trains/europ...
www.belmond.com/trains/europ...
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Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
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Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
I also told my husband miserably last night, "I can't breathe through my face," which was not what I'd meant to say and yet also accurate.
January 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I also told my husband miserably last night, "I can't breathe through my face," which was not what I'd meant to say and yet also accurate.
I know what the phrase "productive cough" means technically, but I always feel a little guilty when my cough is not productive.
"Yeah no it mostly just disrupts me at work and interrupts conversations.
"Right, yes, also no phlegm."
"Yeah no it mostly just disrupts me at work and interrupts conversations.
"Right, yes, also no phlegm."
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I know what the phrase "productive cough" means technically, but I always feel a little guilty when my cough is not productive.
"Yeah no it mostly just disrupts me at work and interrupts conversations.
"Right, yes, also no phlegm."
"Yeah no it mostly just disrupts me at work and interrupts conversations.
"Right, yes, also no phlegm."
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Another lawyer interviewed in the piece:
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another lawyer interviewed in the piece:
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"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
My child, gazing at her computer: "The Pope died?"
Me: "Yes."
Child: "Who's the Pope?"
> One hour later...
Child on Discord to friend: "Did you know the Pope died?"
[Friend reply inaudible]
Child: "That's what /I/ said!"
Child: "But he was important. Like a church boss guy."
Me: "Yes."
Child: "Who's the Pope?"
> One hour later...
Child on Discord to friend: "Did you know the Pope died?"
[Friend reply inaudible]
Child: "That's what /I/ said!"
Child: "But he was important. Like a church boss guy."
April 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My child, gazing at her computer: "The Pope died?"
Me: "Yes."
Child: "Who's the Pope?"
> One hour later...
Child on Discord to friend: "Did you know the Pope died?"
[Friend reply inaudible]
Child: "That's what /I/ said!"
Child: "But he was important. Like a church boss guy."
Me: "Yes."
Child: "Who's the Pope?"
> One hour later...
Child on Discord to friend: "Did you know the Pope died?"
[Friend reply inaudible]
Child: "That's what /I/ said!"
Child: "But he was important. Like a church boss guy."
I am... /pretty/ sure that's supposed to be an exclamation point?
April 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am... /pretty/ sure that's supposed to be an exclamation point?
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What if Elon is the first autistic person RFK has ever actually met and that’s why he assumes we don’t pay taxes or go on dates
April 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What if Elon is the first autistic person RFK has ever actually met and that’s why he assumes we don’t pay taxes or go on dates
They gave me this very nice single room at the end of the hall, and everyone who came in to see me put on a new mask and a disposable plastic gown at the door, both of which they promptly disposed off on leaving.
April 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They gave me this very nice single room at the end of the hall, and everyone who came in to see me put on a new mask and a disposable plastic gown at the door, both of which they promptly disposed off on leaving.
The first solid food you are allowed to eat in the hospital after three days of IV fluids and lemon Italian ice is the best food you will eat, even if it is terrible. These home fries are completely unseasoned and taste slightly metallic and I love every one of these little potato angels.
April 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The first solid food you are allowed to eat in the hospital after three days of IV fluids and lemon Italian ice is the best food you will eat, even if it is terrible. These home fries are completely unseasoned and taste slightly metallic and I love every one of these little potato angels.
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Well, have you? Saved the daylight?
Because I'm here to tell you, if you don't, you'll miss out when I eat the Sun.
Because I'm here to tell you, if you don't, you'll miss out when I eat the Sun.
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Well, have you? Saved the daylight?
Because I'm here to tell you, if you don't, you'll miss out when I eat the Sun.
Because I'm here to tell you, if you don't, you'll miss out when I eat the Sun.