Grandma just bought her first electric. media.sweetwater.com/m/products/i...

My wonderful friend, Maggie Whittum, had a massive stroke at 33. She was an actor before and she's an actor now. Her film about her journey is ready for post-production. Please consider pitching in for those expenses if you can. seedandspark.com/fund/tgnw#st...

Obsessed with this: youtu.be/r9jwGansp1E?...

“I cannot be more emphatic: This is an enormous problem that’s not getting enough attention,” said Nat Malkus, a senior fellow studying education policy at the American Enterprise Institute. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Werewolf bar mitzvah!

Don't miss this dynamite story from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and @emilyrinkema.bsky.social! They're both great writers and when they collaborated, 🔥🔥🔥 happened. cutleafjournal.com/content/kill...

Book mail! Looking forward to reading this mystery from @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social

ICYMI

Can't wait to turn 70 later this year! "Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield." Muriel Spark -Memento Mori

It is currently raining in Savannah. Glorious news!

@warnock.senate.gov Senator Jon Ossoff, we need compassionate leaders to stand up and lead the country in a general strike. We're counting on you.

I checked Brawler out of the library since I'd already read all but two stories in The New Yorker.

GO BLUE!

Cool to see that Small Scale Sinners won the Pen/Faulkner! I reviewed it for @necessaryfiction.com necessaryfiction.com/reviews/smal...

My husband's final poem. Our Rascal and Buster are pictured.

My sister and I used to get so tickled when our legally blind father, complete with dark glasses and cane, told people he was blind. And now I feel compelled to tell people that my David died. Like my father, I want to make sure you won't mistake me for someone who's fully functional.

Boiler up!

I start grief counseling this evening. Thursday, it'll be one month since David died, and I'm finding myself weepier these past few days. The shock of his sudden illness is beginning to wear off and now I can begin grieving. God, I miss him so much. Prayers and good thoughts gratefully accepted.

Our flags are at half-mast here in Georgia.

Lots of interesting news here: asme.memberclicks.net/national-mag...

My grandson Will finished 5th in the Georgia Independent School spelling bee finals today. He dedicated his success to his Gramps, AKA my husband who died February 12th. ❤️

My husband David had a sudden, catastrophic health event and died last week. It feels impossible, but it's true. We had been looking forward to attending our first AWP together. Hope everybody who's going has a wonderful time. I will attend vicariously--looking forward to photos, etc.

forgot the most important of the genre

I enjoying reading and reviewing this great story collection. Thanks to Jeff Chon and Jason Teal at Heavy Feather Review! heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/02/02/g...

Just signed up for this September writing retreat with @kathyfish.bsky.social and Nancy Stohlman! Woo hoo! mailchi.mp/ac8585353954...

NYC swears in Mamdani and the IU marching band's playing at the Rose Bowl--great start to 2026!

During 2026, I'm going to be sharing my brief book reviews on Substack. I posted the first one today: sarahholloway.substack.com/p/patricia-l...

Wrapping present? Holiday baking? Give yourself a treat and listen to this while you do. youtu.be/30Y5BqK5f34?...

Here's my most recent review. I love this collection! necessaryfiction.com/reviews/smal...

This is a wonderful collection! I suggest you put it on your TBR list. (I wrote a review of it that will be out soon.)

"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.

I love Train Dreams too much to see the movie.

They all said Louise was not half bad It was written on the walls and window shades And how she'd act the little girl A deceiver, don't believe her that's her trade

ICYMI amid yesterday's detritus, CJ put out a new issue!!!

So the real Cheney's been dead for several days, so not too soon to share this great story from @amystuber.com www.thecommononline.org/dick-cheney-...

Community organizing is where it's at! So proud of my daughter Emma who put together a great event today here in Savannah. Wonderful to learn more about local nonprofits doing important work.

Really looking forward to this event. Melissa is such a talent and also such a generous friend to me in @smokelong.bsky.social workshops.

Check out this marvelous triptych from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ! ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

Ooh, just got an EM telling me that Excuse Me for Moonwalking by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is on its way to me and my TBR!!

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/

Last night’s “SNL” took inspiration from Netflix’s latest true-crime hit, “The Perfect Neighbor,” Paula Mejía writes. But it “probed a different, more mundane topic: the division of household labor."

So many poets! So little time.

In honor of her new book, you should read “The Noises from the Neighbors Upstairs: A Nightly Log” by @ambersparks.bsky.social - it’s so damn good! www.smokelong.com/stories/the-...

If you haven't seen/heard Sam Sax's poem on poem-a-day today, check it out! poets.org/poem-a-day

Disney is a collaborator. So are members of the Supreme Court and the heads of US departments. Among others. I think it's important to use the word "collaborator." IMO, once a collaborator, always a collaborator.

My thought is not to boycott Disney et al. until Kimmel is back on the air. I intend to boycott them for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I can find plenty of screen entertainment from non-collaborators!

I'm starting the Core Sequence of the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults (basically a Great Books program) at the Graham School Oct. 3. I'm psyched!

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

Lower the flag for Robert Redford. He used his wealth and status for good. RIP.