ClareJGold 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤟

@clarewrites.bsky.social

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She/her. Typo Queen. American in the UK. Writer, Nerdfighter, recovering MG teacher, former Hollywood-ite, immigrant, compatriot, dyslexic, PIH booster, mama bear, film nerd, loud laugher. Here for #Nerdfighteria #AFCWimbledon #kidlit #romance #generosity

A book cover partially obscured by paper that’s been torn to reveal the title, “Where is the Lie?” And the author, CJ Gold, and the publisher, Hopeleaf Press. In the center are a man and a woman, back to back. There is a partially obscured handgun pointed at the woman’s chest.
Hand drawn image of the shoulders of two people standing back to back. The color overlay on the right side is red with a blue background while the other side is blue with a red background.
A white hand holding a palm sized sticker with a rainbow heart being held by hands of varyingskin tones. The person’s wrist has multiple bracelets, oneof which has the letters ‘DFTBA’ , which stands for Don’t Forget to be Awesome. The motto of Nerdfighteria.
A ceramic mug with a pale grey base and handle that moves to orange then black then grey then pale red in broad, paint-like strokes.
The roof of a hospital ward featuring a very large ceiling fan, the technical name of which is ‘big ass fan.’ The image is a little blurry because the fan is in motion.
A gravel road on the left side, runs in front of of a long, one-storey building with a cover porch across the front as well as a access ramp. The lower third if the building is painted dark blue, the rest white. This is the ward for mulit-drug-resistant atB patients at Lakka TB Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
A wall of infant beds and care units in the soon to be opened NICU at the Maternal Centre of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital in Kono, Sierra Leone.
From the promotional materials for the opening of the Maternal Centre of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital, Kono, Sierra Leone Looking to The Future The mothers and babies who come to the MCOE will find care grounded not only in world-class clinical expertise but in love, respect, and hope. This facility embodies decades of perseverance, partnership, and progress.
A tabby cat in the center of a small paved area surrounded by green bushes stretching their front paws out.
A television screen above a doorway in a ferry terminal that is showing a Tottenham Hotspur’s football match.
A small round photo of white male actor Josh O’Connor followed by the text: JOSH O'CONNOR PLAYS FATHER JUD DUPLENTICY Could you imagine yourself planning the perfect murder? No. Absolutely not. I'm too anxious. Most of the time, even if I make a plan to go and meet someone for dinner, I have second thoughts. I don't think I'd ever make it out of the door.
Environmentalist and media personality David Attenborough’s kindly face projected on a starry background
A white child with blonde hair around three years old with pigtails wearing a layered yellow dance suit meant to look like a duck.
An image of a portion of a wall mural showing painted curling waves in shades of blue over brown paint outlines to look like wood panels on a boat. The words, ‘Clare’s Corner, No Loitering’ are painted in black, block lettering over two of the wood-colored pieces.
As It’s Been Said, by Anne Sexton. Love and a cough Cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.
Logo for Best Friends Coffee and Spirits featuring cartoonish image of two smiling men holding cups of steaming beverages.
A white person’s hand holding a diet Dr Pepper and wearing a bracelet with the letters: DFTBA. Bonus info: this was taken in Indianapolis, IN and the letters stand for, ‘Don’t Forget To Be Awesome.’
A square, blue , hardback book cover showing a cartoon shark underwater holding a small wrapped gift while a little boy on shore runs away from the sight of the shark fun above the surface. The title of the book is ‘When Sharks Attack with Kindness’ by Andrés J Colmenares, published by Wawa, Wiwa.
A person’s hand holding a coffee cup. On their wrist is a homemade friendship bracelet with the letters DFTBA (abbrv for Don’t Forget to be Awesome in the Nerdfighter community around YouTubers Hank and John Green). The person’s jacket sleeve is visible. It is dark blue with bright yellow trim; the colors of the tier three English football club AFC Wimbledon who play their final home match of the season today.
An image that contains a section of a fading wall mural. There are multiple colors of blue swirls at the top, coming over an area painted to look like the boards of a boat. On one ‘plank’ are the words ‘CLARE’S CORNER,’ and underneath it a further statement, ‘NO LOITERING.’
An illustration drawn on a beige wall in black ink. There is a cran depicted as a pirate under the title ‘Crustaceans Evolve’ making the statement: It’s crab time suckers! Beneath the crab are drawings of woodlice and a shrimp.
White, wide mouthed cup with white foam that has a brown line image of a wren on a branch with a few leaves painted on.
Quote from BBC news regarding judges overturning Trump’s illegal orders to stop foreign aid: It is one of many interventions by judges trying to stop or pause a wave of Trump administration orders.
A red coffee cup on a red saucer. The cup has milk foam art that displays the characterized face of a bear smiling.
A red plastic basket with white food paper that contains two pupusas, a mound of cooked plantains, and a small side of chopped cabbage covered in tomato salsa.
Pink camelia flowers on a green bush in bright sunlight
A jute bag emblazoned with an ‘A’ is cursive script and the words, ‘Jane Austen’s House.’ The bag sits on a small table with papers, a stoneware mug, and a pen. In the background is a wall of shelved books.
A rainbow striped mug with the AFC Wimbledon crest on it.
A sticker in the blue, white and yellow colors of British football team AFC Wimbledon with the letters DFTBA above the word Nerdfighteria followed by two arms crossed with hands, palms facing in, in the ‘Live long and prosper’ v-shape and a star on either side.
A woman in sunglasses on the left, next to a man in a red t-shirt, with a white beard and a red baseball hat that says ‘Yes I am. Are you being good?’
A two lane road through sparse woods in autumn colors, red and orange, with a blue sky and sun shining down.
Two feet with socks; the socks are cream colored with an argyl-like print in shades of purple.
A dinner plate decorated with a painted turkey with a few scrap of food left.
Pale blue socks on pointed feet with yellow and orange flowers
Two feet slightly turned out with the heels and toes together clad in ‘awesome socks’ decorated with a blue, white, pink and yellow sky pattern.
A person wearing an AFC Wimbledon away kit top with a WoWSA pin and a Wimbledon football scarf with the DFTBA Nerdfighteria logo on it.
A white woman wearing a dark green knitted hat decorated with fuzzy ‘baubles’ and a felt star at the top.
A 4-year-old girl in pigtails under a yellow feathered duck-bill-hat and a yellow dance costume with ruffles and white tights leaning with one arm against the trunk of a tree.
GET TO KNOW MY FAVORITE things for every like, i will post one thing i love
A screenshot of a fake Keanu Reeves bluesky account showing the account follows this one.
A long, stone wall of memorial and burial plaques across a wall in Bath Abbey.
A selfie of a woman with wavy red hair wearing a rainbow sunhat and holding a pair of glasses.
A carousel with giant sea creatures instead of horses. Featuring the front of a wooden and metal angler fish with spiked teeth.
1. What do you hate to be called? 2. What long-closed restaurant do you miss most? 3. Would you rather watch the birds or the bees? 4. what's your most nonsensical hear me out? 5. would you go to space? 6. can you keep plants alive? . what did you gravitate toward at the playground? 7 8. are you a stickler for finishing what you started? 9. last thing that made you go "what the fuck?" 10. what was your first mobile phone? 11. which class in school did you most resent? 12. tv show you haven't watched yet even though you think you'll like it? 13. least bad household chore? 14. nail polish? 15. is your handwriting legible? 16. best part about traveling? 17. an album you've been obsessed with 18. light mode or dark mode? 19. are you afraid of sticker committment? 20. favorite genre of weird youtube/tiktok video? 21. share a strongly held opinion you have about something no one cares about
A wooden kitchen table with an open laptop, mug of coffee and several kinds if biscuits. Behind it is a sink and a window that looks out on a barn.
Black iron gate in a stone gateway featuring three carved skulls and a sign for St Olave’s Church.
On the left is a large portrait of a dancer in a yellow costume, a full skirt and layer, embroidered top, by John Singer Sargent. On the right is a small screen that plays a black and white film of the dancer in the same outfit.