Lucia Blackwell

Editor, @seattletimes Content Studio. Word nerd. Dining enthusiast. #Adoptee. Wishful thinker.

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

@MollieKatzen Doritos. Chocolate cake. Bourbon. 🥃

[David Gutman @davidlgutman]

Book battles are raging across the nation, but none have carried the kind of stakes as the one in Dayton, Washington, a one-stoplight farming community where the only library could be the first in the nation to close because of book disputes.

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[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Thousands of sports fans will turn their eyes to Seattle this week. Will they see a sparkling city with mountains and water in every direction or one tagged with graffiti, litter and cascading crises of homelessness? https://t.co/D9w0956W1y

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

"There is no 'privacy' about a human being’s existence. This discovered daughter is yours in genetic terms but not yours in a sense of ownership. She has agency, ideas, her own interests, her own right to be heard, seen, welcomed..." https://t.co/HrPoRV54jg

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Morning musings about lost time and perspectives gained. #adopteevoices https://t.co/xCnnfRwmst

[Adoptees On @adopteeson]

To commemorate Adoptee Remembrance Day 2022, we recorded a live event with the Adoptee Voices writing groups and ten adoptee writers who are sharing a collection of their poetry and prose with us. #AdopteesOn #ARD2022 #AdopteeVoices https://t.co/drYvZivw98

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

New Scrivener project with just two scenes: first and last. Now to fill all that lives between. Portable desk for changing views. Birds to keep me company. Sentry duty for squirrel incursions. Candle lit.Tea poured. #writinglife

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

However this ends, it’s super fun to watch it unfold (despite those blinding uniforms). #gohawks

[Seattle Seahawks @Seahawks]

Buckle up we got ourselves a game.

@LumenField x #GoHawks

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

The #MtRainier vent/cloud saga has been just what my timeline needed. And @waEMD responses are a treasure. 🏆

[WA Emergency Management @waEMD]

Live look of the @USGSVolcanoes scientists still on Mt. Rainier as buzz continues over clouds vs. steam. It's still just a cloud, folks.

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Birthdays can be complicated for #adopted people. For anyone who’s curious about how that might play out on a birth parent’s birthday, I’ve written a piece that offers a peek at just one adopted person’s view — mine. #adopteevoices https://t.co/9A5TC6EwGu

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Facts vs. myth. In this case, SCOTUS went with myth. @seattletimes Danny Westneat revisits the well-reported facts. Support local news. It matters. https://t.co/2RyPggczjL

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

I love weather stories from @c_clarridge. The basics are covered, but with extra nuggets of goodness and an unmistakable voice: "Get ready to make the most of Tuesday." https://t.co/fxtSrJo4Jj

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Adoptee voices are as richly textured and varied as the patchwork of histories and experiences we carry with us. The latest #AdopteeVoices e-zine, “Body,” offers up a heaping helping of perspectives (mine included). I invite you to take a look. https://t.co/wOT7vPvAgI

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Adoptees are not props. Some thoughts as my daughter marches to support something I thought we'd settled long ago. #adopteevoices https://t.co/Hfvwfiyqza

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

@haleyradke Oh, so sorry. Sending all the good thoughts I can fit in this tweet basket 💐💕☀️🏝📚🦄🌈🌸💫🎶

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Love this interview quote from Paul Tran, author of "All the Flowers Kneeling": "I think of each poem like a primary source document of what I’ve learned along the way, to get to that life that I believe I can build for myself, that life I deserve." https://t.co/qwqgC8hLXq

[Adoptee Literary Festival @AdopteeLitFest]

We have one more surprise for you! Join us at 7:00 p.m. EDT tomorrow for the premiere of "SIZZLE REEL: ADOPTEE STORYTELLERS" featuring even more incredible voices you should know 🔥 Last call to register free for tomorrow's Adoptee Literary Festival: https://t.co/i2pMZBl0kP

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

If you are looking for me Saturday, I'll be in my soft pants in front of my computer, taking in these amazing @adopteelitfest panel discussions (Fiction! Memoir! Poetry! Journalism! YA! And Nicole Chung!) and feeling the virtual connections. Join us; it's free!

[Adoptee Literary Festival @AdopteeLitFest]

The Adoptee Literary Festival is SATURDAY, April 9! Made possible thanks to our incredible all-volunteer team. Gratitude to our Sponsors & Partners @PENamerica @WIRoBooks Adoptee Voices @adopteeson @starlingscoll & special thanks to @Loyaltybooks our official indie bookseller!

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

There’s more to life than cupcakes and the birthday song. But sometimes cupcakes and the birthday song are the more to life. #adopteevoices https://t.co/5mt5aPgHmD

[Lucia Blackwell @LuciaBlackwell]

Sunday morning musings on rejection -- and what it might feel like to let it go. #adopteevoices #adoptee https://t.co/UA17SrkyVr