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It's supposed to be visible in all of North America. Think we'll get a break in the clouds to see any of it, #PCSockmonkeyWriters?

#BloodMoon #LunarEclipseMarch2025
kaleidoscopesci.bsky.social Sandy Roberts @kaleidoscopesci.bsky.social · Mar 12
Total lunar eclipse coming on pi day! #EduSky
scifri.bsky.social Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Mar 12
In the early hours of March 14th, 2025, a total lunar eclipse will be visible across the entire continent.
March 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Quick reminder to any #PCSockmonkeyWriters who may see this - our Winter Potluck and Blind Book Exchange is today. Hope to see you there!
sockmonkeywriters.bsky.social PC Sockmonkey Writers Group @sockmonkeywriters.bsky.social · Nov 28
Okay, another catch up post on the blog. This one is to invite you to our Winter Potluck and Blind Book Exchange. Please read the post and visit the links to sign up. Hope to see you there! writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2024/11/2024...
Image: A dark green background with the neck and shoulders of four different red holiday sweaters, one in each corner, framing a small gingerbread cookie above a Red and Green gingerbread man holiday sweater on the left next to large words in alternating yellow and red that read: 2024 Winter Potluck & Blind Book Exchange". A yellow oval next to the word Winter and above the word Potluck contains small white text that reads: Sunday, December 1st. A rounded red rectangle under the word Exchange has white text that reads: Wear your ugly or funny holiday attire! White text in the center at the bottom reads: See the Google Calendar or the blog for more details and to sign up!
December 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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This link was shared in our #PCSockmonkeyWriters FB group not long ago and I thought I'd share it here for any of you who write sci-fi, especially with rockets: projectrho.com/public_html/...
Atomic Rockets - Atomic Rockets
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March 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Just a quick post to let you know that the weekly Zoom write-in will not be happening tomorrow, but will resume next week.

3rd Quarter Potluck and Write-In announcement coming soon!

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #ZoomWriteIn #WriteInCancelled
Deciduous trees with brown and orange leaves on them and on the ground around them in the background. An outlined cream square with Sockmonkey at the top and other words blocked by a brown cloud with the words "Cancelled This Week" in it over an underline with the smaller text "No sprints, mostly quiet" under it. The PCSockmonkeyWriters Est 2009 Polly Esther and Pierson logo is in the lower right corner.
September 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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There's a longer post on the blog, but it was decided that, since we're rebelling, our theme for the month should be Choose Your Own (Writing) Adventure. Yes, like the books.

Come join our community in a group adventure as we work on our individual adventures this month!
IMG: A backpacker at sunset with the words "November 2024 - RebelWriMo - Choose Your Own (Writing) Adventure in black above a small photo of a map with a digital camera, sunglasses, an open compass and an open notebook with a pen scattered on top of it. Below that in a black box in yellow letters is #PCSockmonkeyWriters.
November 3, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Here's the update post on our #PCSockmonkeyWriters November Trackbear Leaderboard, plus the invitation to our December Leaderboard (see post for ways to access the join code): writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2024/12/nove...
Picture of a line graph titled "Standings" with various colored lines climbing from 0% on 1 Nov to whichever place they reached by 30 Nov (which isn't shown but is the end of the lower line of the graph).
December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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It's been a bit busy around here, but I finally had time to post about our 2025 Winter Potluck and Blind Book Exchange. Please check out the post for more info, a shared recipe, and the date of our 1st quarter Potluck and Social! writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2026/01/2025...
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Polly Esther on the left with four smaller holiday Sockmonkeys next to her and Pierson the Sock dog on the right next to a plastic tote with notebooks in it. A roll of blue tickets sits on the table in front of them and a gray backpack sits on the table behind them.
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Quick new post on the blog w/an update about the 3rd quarter potluck PLUS dates for our final events of 2025. Hope you'll check it out and plan to attend (more details to come): writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/10/3rd-...

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #BlogPost #InPersonEvents
An off-white background with assorted fall leaves and plant matter scattered on it. A blurred leaf shape is in the middled with the words "Sockmonkey Writers 3rd Quarter Potluck Update" on it in white. There is a yellow rectangle in the upper right corner that reads "Plus upcoming event dates!" in black. The PCSockmonkey Writers Est 2009 logo with Polly Esther and Pierson is in the lower left-hand corner.
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Well, here we are at the beginning of April 2025, Sockmonkeys!

Are you working on anything story related this month? Create your own goal on Trackbear then join our Regional Leaderboard.

A bit more info is in this blog post: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/04/writ... .

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Image: A peach background with a darker line graph on it with 5K, 10K, 25K and Words up the arrow on the left and April 1 - 30, 2025 written under the arrow at the bottom pointing to the right. Text at the top reads: Join our Trackbear Goals Leaderboard for April. There is an orange line going up from left to right diagonally with the PCSockmonkey Writers Polly Esther and Pierson logo between it and the bottom bar of the graph.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Winter Potluck and Blind Book Exchange sign-up links and information is up on the blog now: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/11/anno... Hope you can join us!
#PCSockmonkeyWriters #WinterPotluck #BlindBookExchange
Image: A white tile background with assorted illustrations around the edge. Starting in the upper left corner: A brown gift tag with a white snowflake on it; A green curly-cue; A light beige card with a tree on it that looks like it's taped in the upper right corner; The left half of a scribble star; 3/4 of a mug of cocoa with marshmallows on top; a smaller scribbled star; The PCSockmonkey Writers logo with Polly Esther and Pierson; A larger scribbled star; Words in green "Sat Dec 6th 1 - 3 PM"; A smaller scribbled star; A present wrapped in green starry paper with a white ribbon and a brown gift tag; A smaller scribbled star. Brown capital letters in the center, from top to bottom, read: "Winter Potluck & Blind Book Exchange"
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Just a quick graphical update to remind everyone about what's on the calendar this week. More information about pretty much all of them can be found in posts on the blog. I hope to see some of you at the potluck on Saturday!

#MidwayPieDayAndMugExchange #Potluck #PCSockmonkeyWriters
Beige background with blurred leaves behind the words "UPCOMING EVENTS" above four boxes with dated events in them: 13 November 5 - 7 p.m. Sockmonkey Hosted Write-in at Proctor Restaurant; 15 November 10 - 11 a.m. Sockmonkey Hosted Zoom Write-in; 15 November 1 - 3 p.m. MIDWAY PIE DAY and MUG EXCHANGE POTLUCK; 16 November 3 - 6 p.m. Write Time at Electric Coffee Cafe in Sumner" These are above the PCSockmonkey Writers Polly Esther and Pierson logo in the lower left corner and the words "Visit writinginpierce.blogspot.com for more details" in the lower right corner.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Okay, I mentioned it in a previous post, but here is the official blog post with sign ups for our Midway Pie Day and Mug Exchange Potluck. I hope some of you will join us!

writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025...

#MidwayPieDayAndMugExchange #InPersonEvents #PCSockmonkeyWriters
A beige background with a two touching branches with fall leaves on them across the top, three falling leaves along the outside edge and a fall themed holiday tableau along the bottom with green and yellow leaves in the back and an orange pumpkin in the middle with mushrooms, apples and black hats with buckles on them on either side. The PCSockmonkey Writers logo with Polly Esther and Pierson is in the right hand corner on top of the hat on that side. Different fonts in brown or orange in the center read: Midway Pie Day Potluck and mug exchange. Sat. Nov 15, 2025 1 - 3 p.m. See the post on our blog to sign up and for more details: writinginpierce.blogspot.com. Hope to see you there!
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Apologies for the short notice, but I hope some of you will be able to join us this Saturday, September 27th, 2025 from 1 - 3 p.m. for our 3rd Quarter Potluck.

Details and sign up forms can be found posted on our blog.

Hope to see you there!

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #WriteIns
Dark blue sky background with a few yellow stars in the middle and lighter blue clouds at the bottom. PC Sockmonkey Writer Third Quarter Potluck! is at the top. Text at the bottom in black reads: Sign up form links and more info can be found on our blog. Image in the center looks like a torn out sheet of lined paper with the PCSockmonkey Writers logo in the bottom center and the words "Whether you're writing, editing, plotting or letting a story sit for a bit, please join us so we can connect." above it in black. Upper left corner of the paper a yellow box with the words We're trying something new and this is our third in 2025! Right corner of the paper has a red paper clip. Lower left corner has an open book and lower right corner has a two tone ballpoint pen.
September 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Stop by the blog for an update on our 2nd quarter potluck: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2026/06/2nd-... . (Also if you want to see the rest of the whiteboard drawing!)

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #BlogPost #PotluckUpdate
Brown background with two Polaroid style photos at slight angles in the center. Upper photo shows Polly Esther and Pierson with the title Mascots in repose on the white part of the photo's border. The lower photo is partly covered words written on a white board and a drawing of a sockmonkey with the title Whiteboard Welcome on the photo border. "Sockmonkey 2nd Quarter Potluck Recap" is in white text in the upper right and "Is Now Up On The Blog" is in white text in the lower left on the brown background. The PC Sockmonkey Writers Polly Esther and Pierson logo is centered at the bottom.
June 19, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Hi Sockmonkeys!

A quick photo post with permission and a few more details up on the blog here: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2026/03/sock....

Two of our fellow Sockmonkeys met up at Book Bash in Graham last Sunday and were willing to share a photo.

#BookishEvents #PCSockmonkeyWriters
Image: An off white background with bamboo style green leaves in each corner and rounded leaf drawings on each side with the words "Sockmonkey Writers In the Wild!" at the top and "More details on the blog @ Writinginpierce.blogspot.com" at the bottom next to the PCSockmonkey Writers Est 2009 Polly Esther and Pierson logo in the lower right hand corner over the leaves. This surrounds a photo of Rayna L. Stiner in a maroon coat on the left and Jen Edwards in a black shirt and green and black sweater on the right. Photo by Jen Edwards.
March 7, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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One of our Sockmonkey writers posted a question on the Discord looking for suggestions for possible weekend writing meetups this November. The newest post on the blog has the pertinent details: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/10/sock...

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #InPersonEvents #LookingForInput
Sockmonkey Hosted In Person Writing Group Looking for Input and More Local Writers
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October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Sorry to get this up late, things have been busy here.

If you're able to stop by, feel free to join one of our Sockmonkey Writers for Write Time sponsored by A Good Book Bookstore between 3 and 6 p.m., Sunday, September 21, 2025.

#WriteTime #PCSockmonkeyWriters #CoffeeShopeWriteIns #WriteIns
Beige background with a fall leaf graphic along the top and the bottom. September 2025 is typed above the Write time swimming Dinoshark confetti image. Below that reads Write Time at Electric Coffee Cafe over a red box with 9/21 3 - 6 p.m. in it in white text. Below that in smaller letters are the words See WritingInPierce.Blogspot.com for more info.
September 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Hi all! I need to step away from the PC and give my back a break, but I wanted to share the link to the newest blog post inviting you to our 1st Quarterly Sockmonkey Writer Get Together and Potluck! Hope you'll join us!: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2025/03/our-...

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Our 1st Quarterly Potluck and Writer Get Together of 2025!
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March 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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It's almost November, Sockmonkeys! To streamline things & make it accessible to the largest number of Sockmonkey Writers, I have linked to the poll on our blog: writinginpierce.blogspot.com/2024/10/help.... I hope you'll pop in and answer the quick poll. I'll be closing it on Sunday 10/27/24.
IMG: Beige background with three curved rectangles in the center. The top on is lighter beige with the word Question all in caps. Overlapping that on the right edge, vertically, is a light brown rectangle with a light question mark in it. Under the first bubble but overlapping the brown one is a speech bubble with the words "What should we as a region call our November challenge?" in it. The PCSockmonkeyWriters Est 2009 logo with Polly Esther and Pierson is in the lower right corner of the post.
October 24, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Hi Sockmonkeys!
Reminder about the Sockmonkey writer hosted Zoom session from 10 - 11 a.m. Sat 9/7.

The link is in our Facebook group & Discord. Don't use either & would like to attend? Please email the pcsockmonkeywriters gmail & I'll email it to you.

#PCSockmonkeyWriters #amwriting
IMG: A photo of a grove of trees with yellow leaves on their branches and on the ground around them. In the center is a cream colored box outlined in black. The black text inside reads: Sockmonkey Writer Hosted Zoom Writing Session Sat. 10-11 a.m. . Below that there is a black line with smaller text underneath that reads: No sprints, mostly quiet. Over the lower right corner of the box is the group logo of Polly Esther and Pierson with PCSockmonkey Writers Est 2009 in blue letters around it.
September 7, 2024 at 5:41 AM