As of today my kid's an adult so please speak into my ear trumpet.

Sidewalk showdown

Someone left their sneakers on this lumber pile but while approaching I thought they had fallen off backwards.

I mean, we don't quite understand what's going on in real life so to know exactly what's happening in a book feels not to be the point.

Whenever I'm angry and want to go to bed, I remember that piece of advice, "Never go to bed angry," and get even angrier.

Heard an owl in a tree just before dawn. Saw another in the road a little while later.

Every morning, the dustbins would form a semi-circle under her apartment just off the Champs-Elysées & serenade her. Did this image make it into Paris Fantastique? Oui ou non? Pre-order from @confingopublishing.bsky.social for free b&w photo postcards.

Periodic reminder bc why the hell not that submissions/nominations are open for The Best American Science and Nature Writing. Guidelines and submission link are here, pls RT/share with writers and editors! www.jaimegreen.net/basn

at the window Joe Brainard, one of ‘30 One-Liners’

The Tenants Oil and acrylic on canvas

Think I'll sit on the porch today playing mandolin tunes in hopes there's a banjo or fiddle player new to the neighborhood and they stroll by.

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Listen to @bookbent.bsky.social discuss her path to writing her debut novel, THE BELLES, on the Debutiful podcast with @vitcavage.bsky.social! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/05hC... @atriabooks.bsky.social

landscape with miniature landscape

This upside-down can of soup must be a trap the pigeon has set for me but I can’t figure out how it works

Spent some time last night and this morning with the late, great Ellen Meloy, following bighorn sheep across the desert and across the pages of EATING STONE, and I would not mind being there for real at the moment.

Tales From The Keane Compound #540

Smh even the local zombies are relying on meal delivery these days

Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

Good thing there’s a sign because this spot really screams “entry”

Movie reboot idea: Shane, but it's SHAME who comes riding into town after a long absence to kick the greedy barons out of the valley and remind people they are part of a society and owe it to others to act like it.

Huge congratulations and joy to @bookbent.bsky.social, whose debut novel THE BELLES is published by @atriabooks.bsky.social today. I will be picking up my copy on my way to the train this afternoon!

well which is it, Abby T?

Do what makes you

Brad Kolodner's gourd banjo is the perfect accompaniment to my open windows on this rainy Sunday morning

Is it a work or is it a work in progress, and how can we tell?

Behold the gasping maw

The herd gathers just after dawn

Ground rules

This has been getting shared all over, as it should be, but I'm grateful for @tmcallister.bsky.social's openness about what is a more typical experience for writers than the rare instant blockbuster career. It is certainly a whole lot closer to mine.

Crop circle

Squeezing out the last porchable evenings of summer

DONE. Do this. It only takes a sec.

Boston-area folks, I am so excited to host a conversation with my dear friend @ambersparks.bsky.social about her new novel HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social on October 16. I hope you'll join us! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

might set a new record today for how early I brew my "10am" cup of coffee

My debut novel about toxic female friendships and the consequences of conformity comes out from Atria/S&S in 1 WEEK!!! 💀

Merry Allston Christmas!

Silliness which popped into my head while cycling along the River Stort towpath yesterday. Like many I do like the edge of things. It’s not a romantic magic though, the edge is not the edge to those living there. (posted yesterday, but didn’t like using a meme. Today I’m not so fussy)

An example of how we’ve let LLM companies dictate the terms of this conversation. using this Image that implies machines and LLMs are capable of feelings and then using this term “slur” to describe insulting…a complicated search algorithm.

Surprising place for a midden

Concerned that we are losing the necessary ratio. 15% of teachers/faculty should be irretrievably strange eccentrics. Every learning experience should have some element where in later life you can reflect with former classmates about how bizarre at least one (1) class per year was.

Oh, I'll tell you what you can do with AI Companion. You can get in the damn sea.

Here is my foreword for a lovely thing.

Important corrective to how we often talk about higher education and college students in America. Some facts and figures (see NYT article at end for further elucidation): 43 percent of (19 million) undergrads attend community college 75 percent of community college students enrolled part time 1/

Nice.

freshening up the ol' office door for a new year