My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday were Anora, Wild Strawberries, Heathers and Hereditary.

I'm reading On the Calculation of Volume as part of Lit Hub's Best of the Best Summer Reading challenge, using it to read unread books already in my house. #FridayReads #Books #Booksky lithub.com/best-books-r...

Beautiful fishies

Some very good birbs. #Birds

Killed another plant. A succulent.

Had a protein bar and pretzels for lunch and popcorn for dinner at the Trylon. I might be overwhelmed.

This summer I've been reading from these lists on Lit Hub. The current one is current novels less than 200 pages. I'm trying to read books I already own that I haven't yet read. What are you reading next? For me it's On the Calculation of Volume, v 1 by Balle. #Books #Booksky

My #LastfourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday were Domino, Cleo from 5-7, Vanishing Point, and Showgirls. Also watched Jennifer's Body this week.

Currently reading: This Year in Showgirls Studies, The Autistic Burnout Workbook, and The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym with #NYRBwomen26 #Books #Booksky The Blahaj and platypus are helping.

As an unsupervised reader, I read this after I finished Peanuts. It was how I learned about Vietnam and Nixon.

Cannot exaggerate how much I am enjoying these two VERY different books: The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym with #NYRBwomen26 and The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies edited by Melissa Hardie, Meaghan Morris & @kanerace.bsky.social after showing at The Heights w/ Queer Cut #books #BookSky

"A woodland seduction scene between two middle-aged protagonists could only end in disaster." Loving the polite acid of Pym's The Sweet Dove Died. #NYRBwomen26 And so funny to contrast it with Jansson's Sun City!

Returned home from a date to find our 20 something children engaged with soccer: playing each other in Mario and Sonic Olympic soccer because the Belgium US game was so bad.

Just finished Vampires in the Lemon Grove, stories by Karen Russell, prompted by the "What the NYT Missed" list at Lit Hub, part of their Best of the Best summer 2026 Reading challenge. I've read five books from 3 lists so far, and loved them all. lithub.com/best-books-r...

Was up late watching movies and forgot to post the movies I watched! Also watched Point Break and Devil Wears Prada this week. A good week for fun movies. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

When I see news on what Mamdani is doing in NYC I think what mpls would look like if we hadn't been too racist and islamophobic to elect Fateh. How different would things be right now? And honestly, it gets me fired up. We will get these cruel, elitist people out. We can and will have what NYC has.

My first tarot card pulled was XIII Death. Will it happen today?

Sun City by Tove Jansson: "No one could see the snake strike--not even the shadow of a movement. There was only a faint bang, a plastic rag, and a shudder of satisfaction around the shatterproof cage." 👀 #NYRBwomen26

Tim Tellerton "was old in the wrong way, and confusing." Just one sentence and contains so much character. #NYRBwomen26

This was a fun bunch of movies: Weapons, Repo Man, The World's End, and Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains #LetterboxdFriday and #lastfourwatched but I think only one passed the Bechdel test.

Guess what's back in stock @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social ?

Writers! You should definitely buy David's book The Public Scholar! I'm reading a few pages each morning. It's like a smart, funny, realistic friend giving advice on how to take the small steps that add up to writing a piece and putting it out in the world. I woke up with an essay idea this morning!

Are you aware of the Lit Hub Best of the Best Summer Reading challenge? So far I'm trying to read the ones on the list that I own but haven't read--currently The Awakening by Kate Chopin. It's a banger; who knew? lithub.com/best-books-r...

Scruffy wet birbs and a sparrow/chickadee face off. #Birds

Half this book has me like, “Wow what an astute observation of human social dynamics, how lovely,” and the other half is just biting me my thumb and internally screaming.

How is every single line a banger???

I do enjoy Elizabeth having a giggle at Bingley’s sister flirting with Darcy for no reason if he’s supposed to marry Catherine de Bourgh’s daughter. That’s a fun little petty teehee.

Lmao not Mr Denny immediately being messy about Wickham’s conspicuous absence. He’s like, “Yeah, he’s a way on business *stage whispers* THE BUSINESS OF NOT HANGING OUT WITH DARCY lol.” Men are so messy.

Tonight I had tacos and ice cream with my family at the community dinner sponsored by @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social and Longfellow Rising, then buttered popcorn at @trylon.org for World's End, the last installment in the Cornetto trilogy. Amazing night.

The image on the side of this mulch truck is a choice

Continuing the themes of "things feel fucking tenuous" & "no one is coming to save us..." We want to live and work in a neighborhood with places people can gather & eat together, regardless of ability to pay. So we're experimenting, making that happen. Seeing what happens and what we learn.

Totally thought of you when I saw this, @kindlycrow.bsky.social and @yolandekleinn.bsky.social

Also currently reading: The Complete Poetry of John Donne. Good Lord, this man was filthy! I had no idea that dildos were a word/thing for so long. Today's fave line: "Saucy pedantique wretch, go chide" from "The Sunne Rising" #Books #Booksky

I've been walking by this a few days without noticing what it was, because I was seeing it upside down so the design looked abstract. When I stopped to turn around I realized what they are: a panoply of penises in yellow dry foam, signed by the artist.

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday were The Breakfast Club, Gotta Fuzz, Cisco Pike, and WTO/99. An excellent week of watching.

Cute and evil, side by side. Someone wasn't baffled by the squirrel baffler. Vexing. #Birds

Currently reading Sun City by Tove Jansson with #NYRBwomen26 About to start A Children's Bible by Lydia Miller, which has been on my shelf for years, because it's on the Best Books of Summer list/challenge at @literaryhub.bsky.social #books #booksky

The #birds are finding our feeder and liking our food selection. Goldfinch has some things to say.

Will you look at these adorable nerd birbs? #Birds

"Nobody," said the old man, "can be held responsible for the pranks of destiny " (44) This book is so good.

Two lil cuties at the feeder this morning. I had despaired at birds finding the feeder, but I think word has gotten around. #Birds

Two tiny cardinals at the feeder. I find the blurry photos amusing and chaotic. #Birds

Moved our bird feeder from the tree, where it got lots of action because most of the action was squirrels. Spot #2 wasn't getting birds. Moved it a couple feet away to less sun; still few birds. Yesterday, the birds found it.

Reading now: Sun City by Tove Jansson with #NYRBwomen26 and Bloodchild by Octavia Butler for Visionary Book Club at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social #booksky

Tove Jansson's Sun City is like a US Florida version of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont #NYRBwomen26

Just finished reading A Lady for All Seasons by @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social It was a delightful romp and a great summer read. Like A Gentleman's Gentleman, I had to keep reading to make sure these adorable nerds would be OK. They were!

I started off my day by flapping the wings of a giant protest loon made of trash that will eventually decompose back to the earth. Does it look fun? It is so much fun! Come experience the giant loon at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social

Aw, nuts.

My summer book season began Monday on June 1. First book, The ADHD Field Guide by Cate Osborn& Erik Gude. Good! Working theory: non-pink covered ND books are better than mostly pink ones. 2nd book: A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander. Working theory: that shade of lavender = trans ppl. #booksky

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.