Eleanor Birney

Author of The Green Baize Door - historical mystery about class, ambition, & betrayal. Mom. Civil attorney. INTJ. Avid reader. Amateur gardener. Houser of cats.

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

These Rare Artifacts Tell Medieval Women's Stories in Their Own Words - https://t.co/8Lzi6iw3Vg @smithsonianmag

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

oh my god

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Lots of confusion over what's the difference between a sport coat and a blazer. I'll explain the difference, why the blazer became known as blazer, and why this is not just an American thing. 🧵

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

"And it seems to me that there is nothing more likely to cure a woman of lust than marriage. Now I understand what the saint meant when he said that it was better to marry than to burn. In my experience, if you marry, you certainly won't burn." https://t.co/yQkSLdIqSe

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

Love this. My next cat is definitely going to be named Meone.

https://t.co/bEFWBQCt3C

[Sophie Bradley @SophieBauthor]

Events for #WritingCommunity #amquerying
MAR 16 #Revpit
Mar 25: #compit
#PromptsandComps is similar too

APR
6th #Moodpitch
8th #PitLight
#WMPitch
14th: #QIAPIT

MAY
＃APlpit
#SWANApit
#Flippit

JUN
12th #smoochpit
#PitchDIS

AUG #DVPit #DVArt
SEP #Latinxpitch
OCT #PitDark

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

Sound relationship advice from the NPS.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣

[Dwayne Betts @dwaynebetts]

My Times op-ed as a gift for everyone. So you can read me talking Freedom Reads and Rikers without a subscription. Share!

Check out this article from @nytimes. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/kmUnvDdEEq

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

Medieval woman scrawled her name and drew funny pictures in the margins of a book.

https://t.co/fZLXpae8Fz

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

I always wondered about this!

https://t.co/URbxc39tVb

[East Bay Yesterday @ebyesterday]

Trove of stolen photos reveals Oakland street life in the 1970s
https://t.co/xPs7rHEru4 via @SFGate

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

What it's like serving a life sentence in prison with no chance of release https://t.co/cURDY1m8Za

[Joy S. Jones @joyjonesink]

@nhannahjones @KenBurns #History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past." #JamesBaldwin

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

@LexiOHudson The "Jump to Recipe" link up tops allows you to skip the bio & go right to the recipe. Saves much frustration!

[Squidwords Sami Ellis aint here no mo fr fr @themoosef]

Sometimes young adult means YOUNG adult and it is kidlit for teens and sometimes young adult means young ADULT and it is fiction for new adults and publishing has decided they will never let you know which

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: If the punishment for breaking a law is a fine, then that law only exists for the poor.

[Eleanor Birney @EleanorBirney]

Too true.