Mia McCullough

@brazenhussy

Playwright, artist, co-owner of a zero-waste store. Native NYer happily living in Chicago (it smells better here). Wishing we weren't fighting Nazis in 2026.

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Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· 15d

Brought a picnic dinner to the beach so we could watch the moon rise. Then came home and had a Michigan peach for dessert. Even though I generally feel like garbage in the summer, Chicago summers are still pretty unbeatable.

Dinner al fresco at the beach with someone else's dog. Pink and yellow glow at the horizon, blue lake with small waves, brown sand. Matching shaggy little dog. A plate and the end of a fork peer into the bottom of the frame.

A peach colored moon sitting on the horizon of lake Michigan, past the weathered breakwater.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· 18d

Happening at my small business right now. We've been asking for this door to be replaced for over a year now. For a multitude of reasons. This being one of them. #Chicago

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· 22d

This is my impulse. Not that you asked.

A cropped version of the photo this skeet replies to.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· 25d

I love it and miss mountain laurel so much. Probably my favorite wild flower. I love how you can invert the blossoms and turn them into fairy parasols.

A spray of Mountain Laurel blossoms on the bush. NY's Harriman State Park, June 2022.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· 25d

The part of my summer where my diet is fully 1/3 Michigan peaches has begun! #summertimebliss

A small blue plate with cut up ripe, juicy peach on it.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jul 6

Hydrangea flowers starting to pink up. #Bloomscrolling

2 hydrangea blooms surrounded by hydrangea leaves. The largest bloom in the center is starting to pink up. The other 2 are mostly pale green still.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jul 5

I ate 2 pints of berries yesterday. Today I'm starting off with 1/2 a pint. Might have to pick up more black raspberries today since they were SO good yesterday. One of the few foods I will gorge myself on. #summer

Closeup of recently rinsed blueberries in a yellow plastic bowl.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jul 1

Two of my favorite things about this beach are the trees that offer afternoon and evening shade, and all the dragonflies that dance and swoop overhead as I lie on my towel drying off.

Large trees shade a sandy beach on the western shore of Lake Michigan. You'll have to trust me when I say there are a few dozen dragonflies in the shot.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jun 25

Someone threw their (clearly subpar) coffee at our closed sign. Y'all, we get it. We're sad too. Your coffee tears are noted.

A handwritten "Closed" sign on the door of our now closed Market Cafe. Streaks of coffee drips remain from someone throwing their coffee at our closed cafe.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 31

Today was the final day of my cafe. I'm going to miss all of our amazing regulars.

An empty cafe, the furniture rearranged and many items from back of house moved into the space. The coffee bag covered ceiling is the only untouched bit of the room.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 30

I still cherish the memory of when the salt broke through the wall of the shed and buried several employees cars in the lot.

And aerial shot of the Morron Salt Shed on Elston when a wall collapsed and salt covered several cars in the parking lot.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 24

When you didn't realize you had a signed book by a beloved, deceased author in your home for the past 30 years. (My mother-in-law saw her talk at her alma mater ages ago and bought 3 of her books and got this one signed. Then she loaned it to us.)

A paperback book open to the title page. It reads: Octavia E. Butler, Wild Seed and it's signed by the frikkin author.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 23

Look at these goslings huddled together with their mom at Montrose Harbor.

A concrete walkway at the edge of a harbor. A pile of goslings huddle next to their mom by the edge of the water while Papa Goose stands guard.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 20

Forgot to send these.

A young adult raccoon with a sweet face standing on a gray rock, looking at the camera.

A young adult raccoon reaching her hands towards an offered nut.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 19

These hilariously 80s bangs are brought to you by Severe Bedhead. Morning everyone!

A brown and gray haired white woman, with part of her head shaved and very stand-uppy 80s bangs, smiles at the camera. Her pasty white arm shows the sheet creases of recent slumber. She has permanent sun damage on her chest (yes, I wear sunscreen religiously) and there is cleavage.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 16

Did I ever mention that my award-winning play CHAGRIN FALLS was published by Broadway Play Publishing this year? Probably not, bc I'm bad at marketing. My childhood classmate Mike Vigilio did the cover art. www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/authors/mia-...

A hand holding a proof copy of published play Chagrin Falls by Mia McCullough. The cover image is dominated by a cow's eye. There is a reflection in the cow's eye of a dejected Vietnam War Era American soldier. Beneath the eye is a large, old penitentiary. At the top of the photo, barbed wire frames the eye.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 8

Check out these white-bordered lilac flowers.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· May 6

Saw the corners turned on a copy of one of my plays at the library. Evidence that perhaps someone has read it! A nice little ego boost on a Tuesday.

A library copy of the play ECHOES OF ANOTHER MAN by Mia McCullough published by Broadway Play Publishing. The corners of the cover are curled indicating that someone has actually read it! In the background are other plays on the library shelf.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Apr 25

I saw a lot of cute cats on this trip, but these two were the handsomest. Oreo in NJ and George in MD. #Caturday

A bespectacled woman with wet dark hair wearing a tank top and a hoodie and a regal looking black and white cat with a black nose, chin and ears, plus green eyes both look at the camera.

A light brown tabby cat with a pink nose is lounging on a white comforter.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Apr 7

Doodling/drawing with pen and colored pencils is how I started coping during the pandemic. It continues to soothe me. I hope you're all finding the thing that calms down your nervous system.

The beginnings of a drawing. Pen and pencil on paper. The primary image so far is a yellow, orange and red star with flares emanating from it.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Mar 23

My partner has started seedlings in these soil blockers inside party trays and I keep thinking they're cake. I guess the point is, stop taking about cake Josh, or I'm going to start eating dirt. In

Two small tables with party trays on them with soil blocks for seedlings. It looks like presliced cake inside the trays.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Mar 21

I stood right there (or nearby) in 2022. It's on the east side of the park, ya? Part way up the right road where all the dead trees are. When was your photo taken?

A gray and reddish mountain just up into a blue sky full of cumulus clouds. A steely green waterway is at the base of the mountain and in the foreground is the reddish pink soil and rocks. Glacier National Park.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Feb 28

A friend who drives from Manitowoc Wisconsin to Chicagoland every 2 weeks has been watching the proNazi signs disappear over the past 6 months. This sign was the last holdout and it, as of 2/16, has been ripped down. So maybe people are wising up. Maybe there's hope.

The remains of a Trump 2028 sign are on a 3 foot fence in a yard on a corner lot in suburban Wisconsin. Most of the sign has been peeled off.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Feb 27

A brief moment at the beach the other day. Daisy Lou got to be off leash outside the backyard for the first time in a LONG TIME. Chunks of ice littered the sand like jewels, but I didn't take a pic of that. You had to be there

The afternoon sun shines through the branches of a large, old bare elm (I think) tree. In front of the tree is a line of rocks and a sand fence at the edge of the beach. A yella dog/American Dingo in a harness stands near the fence, the shadow of the tree limbs falling across her. The dingo looks off to the North.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Feb 26

Stopped by the animal shelter yesterday and learned that 2 of my fosters were adopted and the 3rd one is being fostered by an intern who may decide to keep her. So relieved and happy.

The black adolescent cats lying on a pink crocheted blanket looking up at the photographer.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jan 27

I made the ramen happen. Here's to always having frozen broth in the freezer.

A steaming bowl of ramen. Noodles, egg, shrimp, radish, and broccoli all peek out. Chopsticks rest across the brim, ready.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jan 26

Passion fruit flower. I love the variations of people hues. #Bloomscrolling

A large purple passion fruit flower. It had 10 lilac colored petals. In the center is a yellow ovary and anther. The stigma radiate out from the center in chaotic wiggles that start as a pinkish people at the center and morph into periwinkle by their curly ends. Bright green leaves are in the background.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jan 2

Lower Peninsula (just south of Indian River) a few days ago.

Cross country ski tracks running though a forest in Northern Michigan.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Jan 1

I'm not feeling good about mine....

A fading blue background with the word mortifying on it. Merriam-Webster says it's my word of 2026.

Mia McCullough@brazenhussy· Dec 31

I fostered for 8 weeks this fall. Very much hoping they find a home.