The moon is broken, and the sky is cracked. But we can still make something beautiful, together. Come on up to the house. <3 New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors. www.thimblelitmag.com thimblelitmag.square.site/product/thim...

Very cool normal and fine

TLM is open! Online / print / no fee / no payment / poetry / art / short prose. (I'm the EIC, co-founder, and managing editor. But you can just call me the HBIC.) www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/

Someone pointed out that any hand gesture for giving someone something is always palm-up. You don't give your heart with your palm down. That's not what that means

Thoughts of this rug consume me. Why does the pattern repeat? That’s bananas. Why does the elephant live in a desert next to a ball of yarn? (Click to see the whole thing.)

Got work up at Another Chicago Magazine a few months back and somehow missed it? Anyways, here is a scan I did with asemic writing. I love what the editor paired this with too. Big thanks!

New poem came out in As It Ought To Be MagazineBig thanks to Chase. It was a difficult poem to write, in part because it starts off funny (my toddler only collects brown fall leaves! we live in New England!) but then goes to a dark, dark place. The dark place happens offstage, but t/w nonetheless.

Bank of the Oise, 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12721/

The vibe is less hotdogs, more hotdog water. — it came to me in a dream

Still Life: Plate of Peaches by Paul Cézanne, 1879 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137481

If you cant afford art, or cant draw or whatever yourself, USE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES NOT AI.

Underrated genre of names: one-syllable names.

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

City with Animals by Max Ernst, 1914 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137194

Not to be a grinch, but the Patrick Stewart Christmas Carol sucks ass in a bad way. I love PatStew in TNG, obviously. And comparing to The Muppets versions is setting yourself up for dissatisfaction. But I’m right. It has no warmth. Boring AF. It’s route. The transformation scene is embarrassing.

Junk journal 2/5

Junk journal 1/5 From old cards Stuff I found Stuff I scanned

Title of my next chapbook or full length: SHAME CHUNKS THATS AS FAR AS IVE GOTTEN but I feel really good about it

Pushcart nomination, this year for an essay. Super grateful. <3

Already helped with the leftovers by topping vanilla ice cream with cranberry sauce. It’s marvelous.

Reminders for this holiday week ❤ No one has the right to comment on your body or food choices. -and- If they do and you don’t like it, let me know, and I will come over and EAT THEM.

Me looking for my wallet all over the house: Oh, so this is why people pray

Has…has anybody else noticed thimble’s instagram posts are like off the chain bonkers good? I can’t claim credit here, but I do a pretty job of bringing people together. A digitabulist is a collector of thimbles ❤ Jessica Purdy + Bryana Joy + Kathryn Haney Parsley www.instagram.com/p/DCmeAs7xGs...

Art brut bear

LOTR is a Thanksgiving trilogy. Star Wars (original and prequel) are Christmas trilogies.

Dermatology office: you’re here about the mole on your face? I mean, yeah, but damn.

Two of my poems made their way to poetry Reddit (a thing I never thought to check) lol See if you’re there too! www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/s/V... www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/s/O...

Working on a workshop to teach in a month or so as a fundraiser for Thimble Lit Mag. The people have spoken, and I’m teaching dynamos! It’s a form I invented but promise not to be weirdly precious about. Here as an example: “Tom Wambsgans Swallows” www.passengersjournal.com/volume-5-iss...

Underrated cheese: Swiss Overrated cheese: Brie (Is this how to use blue sky am I using it correctly?)