This week, we're reading about how young womanhood, and its implications for marriage, has evolved in media; the lessons to be learned from fish while navigating queerness (@elizabethendicott.bsky.social); and a deep dive on a ubiquitous font in Manhattan (@aresluna.org): buff.ly/6tBGqM0

I have a sexy little story in here!

“I want the reader to feel and understand that the game of basketball is sex.” —Mac Crane Writer @elizabethendicott.bsky.social interviews A SHARP ENDLESS NEED (Random House) author @Mcrane12.bsky.social. The novel depicts the early aughts queer experience in a small town.

This "Atlas Obscura goes Off Assignment" episode goes to extremes: the far north of Finnish summer, and a party at the bottom of the world in Antarctica. @annekorkeakivi.bsky.social & @elizabethendicott.bsky.social read their Witching Hour essays on the @atlasobscura.com podcast:

Nature demonstrates a world of gray areas, Elizabeth Endicott writes. Salmon move between salt and fresh water; pupfish burrow until it's safe to come out again; mummichogs mutate and sometimes even breathe air. Nature morphs again and again and again, and so can we.

I got to write about fish! and queerness! for one of my favorite! publications! @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/what...

E-bikes are safe, cheap, and gentle on the environment—but their true appeal is much deeper. Elizabeth Endicott on how getting one enriched her family's life:

Such a lovely story about the joy of e-biking!

Love this piece on the magic of riding an e-bike by @elizabethendicott.bsky.social, especially this part about how riding a bicycle can be a gateway to civic engagement. www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

I'm fostering a dog for the first time and jokes on me bc she is perfect. Somebody (Denver area) needs to adopt her so I don't fail on the first go. I genuinely didn't know a dog could be this laidback and easy - all she needs is a fenced backyard and an occasional tummy scratch.

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

To help ward off late-afternoon winter blues, I'd love to see your four-legged co-workers. Here's two of mine, caught sleeping on the job:

Wearing this forever and ever, as if it's armor.

Everything @mollyjeanbennett.bsky.social makes is magic, but this embroidered suit is going to be out of this world! 💫

Finished this quilted patchwork coat made entirely of scraps from other garments, alongside a few blockprinted patches collected from talented artists.

Dreamt my eyebrows had fallen off, then woke up and cried over summer camp registration so today I'm salvaging some peace by stitching small pieces of fabric together.

I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.

My favorite annual tradition: quickly and haphazardly drawing every book I read this year! Here's 2024.

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Read A Sharp Endless Need by @mcrane12.bsky.social in one voracious sitting. Started it while waiting at the gate for my plane and didn't look up despite jetways, escalators, and crowded aisles until it was over. Preorder for your future self!

Hi! I'm a writer (of fiction, memoir, etc) in Denver, Colorado. Textile artist, parent, reader, former Antarctic janitor. Hopelessly exuberant on the dancefloor. Always making things. Insatiably curious. Hello to the #writingcommunity I would love to connect!

Last night, just as I was falling asleep, I had an exciting idea re: a short story I've been working on... Woke up to this in my notes: "She leaves without. Fuming. She and the brother. Something happens." Cool cool cool.

It was such a humbling honor to be among so many brilliant minds at @sciencewriters.org this past weekend to accept a Science in Society Journalism Award!

I went to the mountains to finish a novel revision, but the views might be too good to focus?

Morning sustenance.