*because he takes me on dates to the pickleball court in the dark*

i think i know how priests feel seeing their congregation filled with parishioners just for christmas eve service bc i’m a librarian and it‘s school break and i‘ve never seen any of these people before

i just called a spreadsheet my magnum opus

last night i sang from memory what my bf called a deep cut from the hymnal lol i love delighting him

i am once again asking to take pictures and travel rather than have a career

fav pics from this morning

sunday school was the best primer for becoming a librarian

christmas morning walk

not gonna post all my gifts, just this one

on christmas eve eve, us four siblings would have a party, swap things we already owned as gifts. chad played the mannheim steamroller cd, i brought snacks bought with babysitting money. we made our own little tradition, free of our parents. kids know how to make what they need like that

nothing quite as humbling as an 8 y/o offering you his skate helper and then when i decline saying, “you sure?”

acting so nonplussed handing over my credit card to get four new tires the day before christmas eve

he asked an internet friend about pipes for me, i asked an internet friend about camera bird feeders for him. modern day gift of the magi

i’m just saying if i was a sponge i wouldn’t live in the ocean

i think this is more of an essay than a tweet but you guys i was just doomscrolling and i saw a clip of this person i knew in college who is now in this crazy cult and i can’t tell you the rest i don’t think bc who knows what the legalities are but i’ll find out and then write what i can

“Shh, this is God’s house,” I said to my son as we walked into the library

stayed up late into the night reading poems and drinking water which i think is the same as resting

omg there’s teens in the teen space

taking my kids as my plus one to a christmas party at the library after hours and they feel like the most special kids alive

library patrons bringing us cards and treats like we’re their teachers 🥹

thanks for the money for christmas presents mom and dad the boys and i got a dryer

i admitted to him i’ve always loved sports movies and we discovered both our favorites were baseball. then he told me the two kinds of bunts that don’t affect your batting average and i smiled as he told me the stuff he studied when he was a kid and i told him i used to read the back of sports cards

it is very hard to lose your capabilities after being fiercely independent. how it feels to not have the energy to do something you could handily do before. to have to call someone for something past you could have done yourself. it’s watching yourself become unhelpful to your own self, being unable

i would love to have my bf review my book one day. he’s so thoughtful and his taste is exquisite. he can write about art in a way most people can’t articulate. i am always seeking out people who can use language to describe what i go nonverbal over. i am always looking for new ways into appreciation

got my bf to try audiobooks like the librarian i am

she didn’t like to be mad, but sometimes she had to be to make a point. but these days it was getting harder to fake. she would break so easily into smile and then the point was lost and she realized maybe she didn’t need to make a point after all what was the point even

early afternoon on the farm

there’s some birds in the reeds if you’re quiet, he said and she hushed

for my bf’s birthday we got this barn on the water

happy 45th to my favorite artist

if i have to wear this bra for one more minute i‘m gonna scream

first time trimming my bf’s beard hell yeah i’ve been training for this

you guys i’ve been in and out of doctors offices all year and the experience is always generally the same nonsense but today i had this doctor who listened to me completely and knew what my gene mutation was and didn’t treat me like i‘m crazy omg finally

i never want the christmas season to end bc when else do we get to break into familiar song at the store

i kissed my man so good after he came to therapy with me

i’m at this middle school choir concert and this dad brought a pad to put on top of the folding chair like ok bro i see you at having done this shit before a few too many times

going into work when you get to be the boss hits different

dating a sagittarius: so sorry your birthday present is gonna be a little late

my son asked me what i want for christmas and i sent him the link to a 1996 sipp n sport on ebay

so glad to live in a time where we no longer get charged for long distance calls omg can you imagine if i paid by the minute

i usually post an end of year thread with all my publications so i will but this one is very short. i spent too much of 2025 focused on paid work, not enough on my creative work. i will revert back to what matters most in 2026, i promise. if i could be anything, it would be a writer.

just when i thought i couldn’t admire steve edwards any more, he goes and writes something like this

you ever cum while my morning jacket plays? 10/10 no notes

benson, you beautiful little slut

every monday can be cyber monday if you’re online enough

made a roux like it was nothing yesterday, think i’m finally wife material

black friday where we bought nothing but things to eat

he called me a smart redneck, himself a classy dirtbag. it fits, of course. i’m wearing a souvenir camping blanket, he has the finest taste and looks like he hitchhiked here

we’re officially in the holiday season my bf is playing me christmas carols on the piano shirtless and i’m requesting all the ones with my name in it

when i was a kid we’d go to my grandpa’s house on thanksgiving after delivering the biggest newspapers of the year. it was the only time all year i‘d see my cousins and my mom had this rule that we couldn’t wear jeans on the holiday so my cousins would greet me with WHY ARE YOU WEARING KHAKIS