Just spotted this very scruffy kitty passing by my window.

Wee bit floody out there

Claire Oshetsky infinitely original and surprising and Lauren Groff devastating but Allegra Goodman and a (wish I had a) slice of apfelküchen will delight and maybe heal you

They were young when they first saw the place, wildly in love, and so poor they could only afford one of two dwellings in the valley... the antique house in foreclosure, a breath away from letting the weeds muscle it back into the earth. Lauren Groff, Brawler #sundaysentence

2/4 seasons

Happy Friday, good people And puppos, too

After the storm Good morning, Chicago

Carl Sandburg’s iconic 1914 poem “Chicago” recently gained fresh relevance when a judge read it aloud in a court ruling addressing DHS use of force. That inspired our arts desk to ask some well-known Chicagoans to recite it, with help from Bill Kurtis, Sandra Cisneros, Colston Loveland and others.

When your library holds come all at once #books #booksky ⏰📚⏰

The entire neighborhood is at the playground, happy summer day, Chicago 🌞

Guys all I'm going to say is everyone should just be nice to Judy Blume. She's the best.

Mise en place

They cried because of the magic and the contradictions, because time had passed and time was left...because the city around them had conspired to break a hundred thousand hearts; and because they and everyone else had to float upon this sea of troubles, watertight. - Mark Helprin #sundaysemtence

Good night Chicago

Good night Chicago

@roscoebooks.bsky.social does really good shelf talkers. Thanks for the rec ❤️📚 #books #booksky

Wendell Berry

Spring came early as if in apology for the fierce winter... For a few days in spring and fall Chicago seems almost fit for human habitation. - Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat By The Door #sundaysentence #booksky #books

Paul Tazewell costume exhibit at MSI, magical

Good morning, Chicago

Helicopter hovering and road closures this morning as the neighborhood prepares to pay respects to Rev Jackson

Englewood Girl Scouts had to sell 2,100 cookie boxes to fund troop — they’re at 20,000 now. blockclubchi.co/4kVkoAw

Good morning, Chicago

Damned - thou saucy witch! Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights #sundaysentence

Somehow made it to the top of the hold list (did library buy hundreds of copies?), delightful Virginia Evans. The Correspondent

Oh hey snow

Out and about, lovely place and meaningful community organization #nourshinghope #chicago

I am almost certain I read this as a teen, but certainly did not remember how appalling Cathy and Heathcliff actually were 😂. Do we have a McSweeneys piece from the Lintons' perspective yet? " #wutheringheights "

Out and about, springtime style #chicago

In the end, all we need in life is someone who loves us, a bed with nice big pillows, a few cans of cold beer, and tomatoes that still taste like something. Beatriz Serrano, Discontent #sundaysentence

Train a comin' #chicago

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

Happy #caturday

In "Report," my newest essay published by The Missouri Review, a hidden painting comes to light in a Kraków courtyard and reveals much about children and war. missourireview.com/report-by-mi...

Hours after Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times, Gregory Bovino emailed him to ask he continue working past retirement:  "In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much yet left to do!!" he wrote.

Good morning, Chicago

Good morning, Chicago A dusting of new snow, but the birdsong heralds spring We are turning a corner

Her ruin suited her, like crushed silk. Maria Reva, Endling #sundaysentence #books #booksky

My new poem appears in @salvationsouth.com #poem #IceOut #poetry www.salvationsouth.com/colder-than-...

Good morning, Chicago

Seu Jorge singing his Portuguese versions of the David Bowie songs he sang in The Life Aquatic, done here as a tribute to Bowie ten years after his death. This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in a while.

Moonrise

Holy wow the moon tonight

Wake up, wake up, the world is hard and it rushes on regardless of your heart, and people never take the shape you want them to, people are stubborn about that, about being themselves, even when they're trying to be someone else. #SundaySentence, Donal Ryan, Strange Flowers. Gorgeous novel.

Out and about, the sunshine is a mercy #chicago

The day was already well worn, and there was something hypnotic in the stillness, the hush, the way that beyond the further hedge, the world ended in a soft white nothing. Andrew Miller, The Land in Winter #sundaysentence

Ok have never been number 1000+ on a library waitlist before

Happy Friday

Raising a glass of fruit wine to the marvelous Moira Rose ❤️🍷. Thank you, Catherine O'Hara