Happy birthday, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986). Born down the road from me in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. #ArtSky #WisconsinSky

SUPPORT LOCAL MEDIA. Madison's WORT-FM is struggling (story c/o @isthmusmadison.bsky.social). isthmus.com/news/news/wo...

The Milky Way, as we've never seen it before. #PhotographySky www.livescience.com/space/astron...

How great that a Madison native, and former Madison Mallard, won the NL Rookie of the Year. #BaseballSky #WisconsinSky www.mlb.com/news/drake-b...

Veteran's Day. "My thought shall never be that you are dead: Who laughed so lately in this quiet place." - from Anna Gordon Keown's "Reported Missing" Poetry from the First World War: www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/litera...

50 years ago today.

First snow of the season. #WisconsinSky

My unexpected delightful poet discovery of the day: Lovelock Paiute tribal member Adrian C. Louis. #BookSky www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adrian...

It's National Native American Heritage Month. Read their work. Might I suggest... #BookSky

Thank you, librarians. Thank you. #BookSky lithub.com/in-praise-of...

I wrote a little about turkeys, the coming Thanksgiving holiday, and my family after my morning constitutional at Madison's Cherokee Marsh. www.cherokeemarsh.org/post/talking...

During the Day of the Dead celebrations, here's a story for those who like old time photography and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln (c/o @vox.com). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsx6...

Book nerds, Beowulf has barely survived several disasters. (Story c/o @lithub.com.web.brid.gy) #BookSky lithub.com/how-close-di...

Happy Halloween. My favorite kinda creepy poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44885/...

Thank you, Literary Arts Fund. apnews.com/article/lite...

Stop scrolling. Start hiking. apnews.com/article/natu...

Before moving to the Midwest, I had never heard of a meat raffle. I was the poorer for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPT...

A typical Wisconsinite will probably need to order about 4.2 million of these during a Packers game. #WisconsinSky www.carlsberggroup.com/newsroom/car...

Something to consider as you decorate this Halloween season. theonion.com/home-depot-i...

Progressive Wisconsinite, to be sure. #NoKings

As a writer, sometimes you read a book that explodes in your brain because it's wondrous, it has a singular voice that's both a praise song and a prayer, and reminds you that you, too, have a voice. That book for me right now is this one. #BookSky

This, but everywhere. #ArtSky www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Toni Morrison discusses photography. I like Toni Morrison. I like photography. #PhotographySky lithub.com/how-living-a...

Quon Barry, an English professor at @uwmadison.bsky.social, has a new book out - a horror novel set in Antarctica. @lithub.com.web.brid.gy recently chatted with her about it. #BookSky lithub.com/quan-barry-o...

I briefly wrote, some time back, about the great women making great beers in the great state of Wisconsin. #WisconsinSky #BeerSky 608today.6amcity.com/business/thi...

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

Were you aware that Wisconsin grows 60% of the nation's cranberries? We're the leading producer in the country. (story c/o Wisconsin Public Radio) #WisconsinSky www.wpr.org/news/cranber...

Seattle folks, my friends at @townhallseattle.bsky.social are hosting writer James Janko tomorrow night. Might I suggest you go? Janko's The Wire-Walker focuses on a relationship between a 16-year-old Palestinian tightrope walker and a Jewish Israeli juggler. townhallseattle.org/event/james-...

The @nytimes.com spent 36 hours in my town. #WIsconsinSky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Support local journalism. Around here that would include fine institutions like @madison.com @tonemadison.bsky.social @madisonmagazine.bsky.social @isthmusmadison.bsky.social @captimes.com @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social. lithub.com/how-the-coll...

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, a story I wrote a bit ago about Haakejanįheįga, wife of Ho-Chunk Chief Yellow Thunder. wiscnews.com/community/ba...

We lay together under the stars. We know ourselves to be part of mystery. It is unspeakable. It is everlasting. It is for keeps. - from Joy Harjo's "For Keeps" Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. #PoetrySky poets.org/anthology/po...

An @apnews.com photographer looks back on their time in Gaza. apnews.com/article/gaza...

Congrats to the 2025 MacArthur Fellows, including TWO from @uwmadison.bsky.social. www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

Interesting to note - the world's oldest Tilt-a-Whirl is down the road from me in Marshall, Wisconsin. #WisconsinSky www.facebook.com/UpNorthNewsW...

The Great Chicago Fire was today, in 1871. No one remembers, then, the Peshtigo Fire that also happened on that day in Wisconsin. It is the deadliest wildfire in American history. #WisconsinSky #TheMoreYouKnow www.wmtv15news.com/2025/10/08/o...

For journalism nerds - the 25 most influential magazine covers of all time (c/o the @nytimes.com): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

From one of the most inspiring upbeat people in Wisconsin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GeQ...

Happy Banned Books Week to those that celebrate. #BookSky bannedbooksweek.org

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Happy birthday, @pbs.org. It broadcasted for the first time on 10/5/70. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-7...

Book Nerd Update: I'm pretty excited that there's a new Thomas Pynchon novel coming out. I'm more excited that it's based in Wisconsin. #BookSky www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...

Go Brewers! #BaseballSky www.youtube.com/shorts/d4Fo_...

Wisconsin’s most famous son is heading to the silver screen: www.fastcompany.com/91402080/fra...

A new month means a new little essay I wrote about my favorite little nature spot in Madison: Cherokee Marsh. www.cherokeemarsh.org/post/october...

Keep it up, Stephen. #BookSky apnews.com/article/step...

The writing spots of Booker Prize-nominated authors. #BookSky www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...

I like sports. I like sports writing. I like knowing about the Kenya Ice Lions (c/o National Geographic): www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...

Shana tovah, to those that celebrate.