The Goatman affixeth his seal upon the ARCs. HOLLOW FOLK coming 9/29

Day 10 of my annual leave and I really could get used to this

the Wigleaf Top 50 is out! it's always a joy reading for this and always a struggle to pick favorites to nominate when there are so many great stories out there. congratulations to the winners and everyone who made the long list! you don't make it easy, that's for sure

There's no such thing as modesty when your tits are being manhandled and mangled #mammogram

Health care professionals, do not ask people to sign a blank screen where they literally have no idea what they're agreeing to and then get pissy when they insist on reading it first

Thank you Roi Faneant for publishing Spirals, a poem in the shape of a tornado, spiral galaxy, and life falling through a drain. Read it on your computer. Not easy to write. Wasn't easy for RF publish. I love RF so much and feel so blessed. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/spirals...

Have always loved this photo of my son

I love @barbarabyar.bsky.social’s newsletter. What a life she has lived and is continuing to live! A true inspiration. I want to read the short story—or even a novel—based on this event! substack.com/@barbarabyar...

Heat open.substack.com/pub/barbarab...

I have cleared out and cleaned for the first time in 20 years and am about to paint my kitchen drawers and I think I deserve a medal of some sort, really.

10 tester pots later, I KNEW there was a reason I painted everything magnolia!

The price of food...holy shit

Gym has AC so think I'll be spending the day here

Ever since the free schoolbook scheme was brought in, small independent booksellers have been struggling. Many relied on schoolbook sales to stay afloat. Support your local independent booksellers so they can remain in business. You'll miss them when they're gone!

hasn't started to rain yet, but I can smell it

A bit anxious about this storm, lads. Sky dark as hell and the approaching thunder is heavy.

My stupid garden pigeons are not seeking cover and all hell is about to break loose here. Thunder from all sides

We've got thunder here in Kerry. Finally this heat will break hopefully

Got the washing in

When the birds start going mad, it's either a hawk or a storm

Better get the washing in

Open the window, don't open the windows. Open the curtains and windows on the cool side of the house, close them on the sunny side. There's not a hope I'm going to do anything but sweat to hell today. I feel sorry for the critters.

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Not the way I wanted to find out sun cream expires...

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I was walking the dogs this afternoon, down by the river and this young woman passed me and she had on the most beautiful summer dress. So I said, hiya, as you do when passing someone (unless you're a rude cunt) and then I said...

Not sure why I'm not eating an ice cream

Today is full of magics. You don’t need to read about others experiences, you don’t need to capture your own to share. Today, just bathe in it all. Harvest your own omens, revel in whatever blessings the day offers. Refuse to be part of the mediated spectacle. Find your own primal wonder. #Solstice

Blessings to you on this solstice

10pm

If you said to me, Barbara, you can have anything in the world right this instant, I'd say, thank you, I'm good with this chunk of delicious watermelon

I'm old enough to remember when peasants didn't put up with this shit

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haha. wtaf, the house I grew up in, a small, 4-bed cape cod sold for 600k? It's a block away from the shorefront but still.

I'm off work for 2 weeks and I think I'll go to the movies and read books on top of painting half my house and writing.

If there's one certainty in life, it's that you will always meet oncoming traffic exactly at the pothole

I'm here to testify that yes, cheese does go bad...

A world-class education is now completely free — MIT has opened its entire vault of more than 2,500 courses to the public online. source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2026). About Us: MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT Open Learning. 😊

Writing is hard work

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Some excellent book mail! Can’t wait to dig in. You can get these gems by @barbarabyar.bsky.social and @tcboudreau.bsky.social from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @stanchion.bsky.social, respectively.

Seeds

Someone please write this book

Received my physical copy of @barbarabyar.bsky.social’s incredible debut novel from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social.

words cannot describe how much I despise trillionaires

we really should start boycotting any company that uses AI. Impossible? Maybe. But the future is looking pretty grim if we don't do something. I would literally pay subscription fees for AI-free sites and apps