About Me
Hi! I'm Maggie and I don't like long walks on the beach, but if you happen to have an idyllic lake in the countryside that has a wooden floating dock I can read on, let me know!
❧ Worshipping books since 1989. There's a story floating around of my first bookdragon episode where I absconded with our copies of Dr Seuss and Aladdin when I first figured out how to read at 10 months old and nobody was allowed to touch them or I'd throw the biggest fit a baby could.
❧ I've been reviewing books on my personal accounts for a while now and then one of my sisters who shall remain nameless thought I should expand my horizons (that heifer's always trying to expand my horizons). So here's a blog. And a back-up blog. And a bookstagram. And a book twitter. And a Facebook. And a Goodreads. And a LibraryThing. And a BookBub. And a bloglovin'. And a Pinterest. And I expanded my horizons, sis. Are you happy now?
❧ I put the + in LGBT+. I've been out for 5 years now and what a relief. The journey to being out and proud was long and tortuous and filled with a lot of self-hate. I come from a conservative family (both politcally and religiously) and aside from a long-dead great-uncle who was also closeted, I'm the only queer member of my maternal family. I am queer. I'm still learning about me, most recently that I am genderqueer (here is a great article on that if you're unsure on it) They/Them/Their pronouns are preferred at this time.
❧ I'm on the autism spectrum and use identity-first language (I am autistic, I don't have autism, it's not a purse I can leave at home when I don't want to have The Autism that day), I'm bipolar with a side of multiple anxiety disorders (raise your hand if you knew you could have more than one...), PTSD, an eating disorder, ADHD, and a personality disorder. Because we like things extra spicy here.
❧ I have an 8-year-old aussie-lab named Skädi Eris and a 14-month-old Great Dane named Andromeda Trance Gemini who is my service dog-in-training - you can follow her journey here.
❧ Knitting is right up there with reading. I usually do both at the same time. I knit hats and mittens for NICUs, orphanages, cancer treatment centres, and homeless shelters around the world (Brasil, Vermont, Ukraine, Virginia, and wherever the dart lands on the map).
❧ When I say "all the stitches", I mean it. knitting, crochet, hand embroidery, tatting, hand sewing, Romanian needlework, bobbin lace, weaving, macramé, machine embroidery, machine sewing, and I'm learning how to spin...
❧ I'm an advocate for S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, and Maths) because Earth without art would just be 'eh'.
❧ I volunteer as an editor on Wattpad and I volunteer as an online counselor for at-risk youth.
❧ I speak multiple languages, both from home and from DIY learning.
❧ I read whatever I get a hankering for. But I won't touch horror stories, like, ever.
❧ You can usually find me curled up in a closet or under my worktable with a dog or two and either reading or gaming.
❧ I'm both a nomadic soul and a homebody. It's complicated.
❧ Worshipping books since 1989. There's a story floating around of my first bookdragon episode where I absconded with our copies of Dr Seuss and Aladdin when I first figured out how to read at 10 months old and nobody was allowed to touch them or I'd throw the biggest fit a baby could.
❧ I've been reviewing books on my personal accounts for a while now and then one of my sisters who shall remain nameless thought I should expand my horizons (that heifer's always trying to expand my horizons). So here's a blog. And a back-up blog. And a bookstagram. And a book twitter. And a Facebook. And a Goodreads. And a LibraryThing. And a BookBub. And a bloglovin'. And a Pinterest. And I expanded my horizons, sis. Are you happy now?
❧ I put the + in LGBT+. I've been out for 5 years now and what a relief. The journey to being out and proud was long and tortuous and filled with a lot of self-hate. I come from a conservative family (both politcally and religiously) and aside from a long-dead great-uncle who was also closeted, I'm the only queer member of my maternal family. I am queer. I'm still learning about me, most recently that I am genderqueer (here is a great article on that if you're unsure on it) They/Them/Their pronouns are preferred at this time.
❧ I'm on the autism spectrum and use identity-first language (I am autistic, I don't have autism, it's not a purse I can leave at home when I don't want to have The Autism that day), I'm bipolar with a side of multiple anxiety disorders (raise your hand if you knew you could have more than one...), PTSD, an eating disorder, ADHD, and a personality disorder. Because we like things extra spicy here.
❧ I have an 8-year-old aussie-lab named Skädi Eris and a 14-month-old Great Dane named Andromeda Trance Gemini who is my service dog-in-training - you can follow her journey here.
❧ Knitting is right up there with reading. I usually do both at the same time. I knit hats and mittens for NICUs, orphanages, cancer treatment centres, and homeless shelters around the world (Brasil, Vermont, Ukraine, Virginia, and wherever the dart lands on the map).
❧ When I say "all the stitches", I mean it. knitting, crochet, hand embroidery, tatting, hand sewing, Romanian needlework, bobbin lace, weaving, macramé, machine embroidery, machine sewing, and I'm learning how to spin...
❧ I'm an advocate for S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, and Maths) because Earth without art would just be 'eh'.
❧ I volunteer as an editor on Wattpad and I volunteer as an online counselor for at-risk youth.
❧ I speak multiple languages, both from home and from DIY learning.
❧ I read whatever I get a hankering for. But I won't touch horror stories, like, ever.
❧ You can usually find me curled up in a closet or under my worktable with a dog or two and either reading or gaming.
❧ I'm both a nomadic soul and a homebody. It's complicated.
❧ all my links can be found here
❧ My contact information is:
Last thing, I actually really do love long walks on the beach, especially in the middle of the night, but you have to admit, that was a cute opening line.
❧ My contact information is:
Maggie Lowe
135 Pompei Drive
Poinciana, FL 34758
onceuponatimeireadabook@gmail.com
Last thing, I actually really do love long walks on the beach, especially in the middle of the night, but you have to admit, that was a cute opening line.
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