If you want to truly understand me, know that I am moving 7 hours away with my composters (emptied and rinsed) and 14 lb of ground goat (frozen).

If you need some hope today, I was just at a very, very busy intersection, and I saw a human stopping traffic to escort two Canada geese and their goslings across the road.

Read two poems from Jennifer A Sutherland’s new collection House of Myth and Necessity and listen to Episode 88 here: ofpoetrypodcast.com/2026/04/22/e... @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @jasutherland.bsky.social

Get yourself a neighbor who says they will take your compost when you move so you can move with your empty compost bins.

Sometimes I am genuinely flummoxed by the English language despite 18 literature courses in college, two graduate degrees in English/Writing, and many jobs as a writer and editor.

The tangents you can launch into while your body is at work taking in signals from its environment, transforming it and you—a two-way flow of connection. I love how @nematode.bsky.social's lyric essays in their Backyard Alchemy @riverriverbooks.bsky.social, 2026) do that! 🐛🌱❤️💫🌱🐛💖 📚💙

My computer rubbed against the wall of my office and wrote this poem.

I quit a job because of poor cybersecurity practices today. Take it seriously, people.

More great talks at @indexerscanada.bsky.social conference today. After the latest review by Elizabeth Bartmess on generative AI attempts at creating book indexes, compared with how ‘good’ the chatbots say they are, the bots could do with much more imposter syndrome. #IndexSky

Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive! If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email [email protected].

Reading this amazing book about the power of music. @nottinghilleds.bsky.social

A thick-headed fly 💛 🇬🇷 #NatureWithin

“…a collection of gorgeous, plainspoken, and raw personal essays…” Beautiful shout-out to J.D. Ho’s Backyard Alchemy by Elissa Gershowitz, editor at The Horn Book! Read the full post here: www.hbook.com/story/out-of... @nematode.bsky.social 📚💙

Hey we nudged up into the YA mass market bestseller list this week! Thanks to everyone for reading!

National Poetry Month: Prompt 4, from J.D. Ho—of feelings and place 💙 #NaPoMo #poetry @nematode.bsky.social

While you slept last night: ~100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 The Mid-Atlantic saw heavy traffic moving north/northeast, with migration hotspots from the Southeast to Ohio Valley and Southern Plains. The overnight rush continues this weekend. Details at cwg.live

No index. I know that's a small thing to complain about rn, but ffs!

Coming June 2026! Pre-order now and if you go through @uchicagopress.bsky.social you can take 30% off with code UCPNEW.

It is nettle soup season!

I have two new poems in Issue #2 of slips slips—this one features midlife dating and both members of my writing group, @nematode.bsky.social and @jgriffingraham.bsky.social 💜 “it's a play in a wooden O; a cypher; we are but the players, filling it an hour, short as spring, lush and too beautiful”

I am loving this book.

I could choose to be depressed about the state of the world today...or...I could write about ferns and music.

Ooh... this looks good.

LOOK what just arrived today, @loriweidenhammer.ca ! It’s gorgeous and so packed with information. Beautiful photos as well. Can’t wait to dive in 🌸🐝🌺🌻🐝🧑‍🌾

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

my 1st skull! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for liking my mall nostalgia poem! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

Moss 💚 #NatureWithin

Ah, @katyred.bsky.social sent this photo today. How amazing to be on your best friend's dining table with one of your other best friends, the amazing @jgriffingraham.bsky.social! Katy's weekend is sorted! @riverriverbooks.bsky.social

Galls 💗 #NatureWithin

Squeeee’s for the Bees 😂 🐝🌱 I’m excited to dive into this. Lori is one of the most unyielding champions for native bees around today and her revised book is now available in the US. Get your copy and see what the buzz is all about! ☺️🙏🏼

When you share a hotel room with me, you get a fresh pourover Ethiopian sidamo when you wake up.

This is a very good book.

I was too busy to take a pic last week, but gosh what a gorgeous book this is. JD’s going to be at #AWP, and if you are there too you should to listen to them read!

Driving to AWP today without my co-pilot. I know this is not the role cats usually fill, but he is the weirdest cat I've ever known.

Friendos at AWP and friendos not at AWP, do not miss this book by @nematode.bsky.social ! Just got my blurber copy in the mail yesterday and it’s a beaut!

This is a wonderfully nuanced interview! I had insomnia this morning, so I gave it a listen and it did NOT put me back to sleep!!!

Gung hay fat choy! Happy Year of the Fire Horse, which happens to be my sign. (So now you know how old I am!) Today my book launches in U. S. bookstores, so I feel it's and especially auspicious occasion! #victorygardensforbees #bees

Printing my excerpt to read!

I wrote a guest post for the @barnesandnoble.com blog! Check it out here.

I will be there!

I've been writing my new book for about 6 months, and only now is it finally feeling like an actual book with everything connecting up. It is very satisfying.

Hellebore. Daffodil.

The maples are starting to flower. Spring is coming.

The interesting (and new to me) challenge of creating two versions of an essay: one that can stand alone and be submitted to magazines and another that is woven with other essays so that it can be a chapter of a cohesive book.

This week's cover @thelancet.com

A delight to see the full set of new @riverriverbooks.bsky.social titles arriving to readers!

Big accomplishment of the day: packaging up copies of my book to send to my blurbers and two of my 7th grade teachers, who are still my friends. The book is dedicated to one of them. #teachersmakeadifference

So thrilled to have an article published in Harrowsmith magazine's spring issue! May citizen science spread like a plague on the land! Moo hoo haw haw haw! #bees Profile photo by @dragonbyte.ca

“It’s more complex to be in community than it is to be by yourself.” I really enjoyed listening to this rich conversation.