Dog shoots man www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

Custom pecked holes #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #birds #custombirdhouses

The great in great white shark is appropriate www.usatoday.com/story/pets-a...

It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list! acwise.net/what-have-yo...

Boston needs more alligators www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...

November sunrise

October 29th brings the 29th apple review over hill and dale, to the blog's house we go. Today's apple review -- The Roxbury Russet.

Un-build the dams and they'll come (back) #salmon #fish www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...

Pink fire bush in the forest

AI bubble?

My hometown. Salem going to the cats. Black cats winning Halloween #blackcats www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/20/m...

The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe’s, alleging the grocery chain’s new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/15/b...

Ancestry.com went wild with its update, slicing my ancestry into 18 regions. On one side, I'm now % of Southern Greece, North & Central Greece, Northwest Balkans, Southwest Balkans, Albania, Western Balkans, Romania, Slovenia, Eastern Czechia, Southern Poland, Ukraine, Russia,Acadia, Sardinia. Yikes

Not sure if I should take this as a bad or good sign #deadcrow

First up on iTunes today.

The day started pretty great anyway

If you’re looking for a ghost story that will make you cry, apparently my new novella will do the trick. Summer in the House of the Departed is about death and grief and trying our best to solve the mysteries of the afterlife. If you liked it, please help spread the word.

By order of the Peaky Blinders

Wildflower meadow

What are these purple berries?

The fall is golden

Stone-skimming scandal in Scotland. No sport, even the most obscure, is immune to cheating www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

So old that I was there when the Seaport was all grass parking lots where you could park all day for four bucks. #oldinBoston

Ghosts and strange rituals and melancholy vibes. Please check it out and help spread the word.

Oh dang, I forgot this came out today. Check it out. A bunch of really great stories including, “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” by yours truly. ☺️

Late summer reminder that apples are already in and are indeed good for you. They've even helped @chuckwendig.bsky.social. So there's that. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/w...

Our trusty 14-year-old Honda Civic with 259k miles is history. Served us well. Picked up a new EV. Needed to buy it before the $7500 tax credit disappears Sept. 30 and tariffs send prices skyrocketing. Bought a Chevy for the first time! Equinox EV is the lowest priced EV with 300+ plus range.

Navigating the streets of Boston in the first week of September...

The real A.I. danger, Thomas Friedman #AI www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Moving into Boston? Congrats. Now memorize this: 🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive. 🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive. 🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive. 🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive. 🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.

Horseshoe crabs molt, not a die-off www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/m...

Can't even get on an airplane without being sucked into debates on what counts as "literature"

A third way, beyond high rents or mortgages www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

I’m sorry I made you guys cry with “And I Will Read to You About Butterflies” the other day. Here, try this one. It totally won’t make you cry this time. Promise. *crosses fingers behind back*

Every now and then I figure I should remind people that I have two short story collections out in the world. 📖📖

Rountree gives us the type of story we’ve come to expect from him: rich, poignant, and delightfully bittersweet. I loved it.” — Chris Panatier, author of The Redemption of Morgan Bright psychopomp.com/product/summ...

Friendly Reminder: You can’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive. You can’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive. You can’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive. You can’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive. You can’t drive a moving truck on Storrow Drive.

Coyotes rule the urban night #coyotes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/n...

Like me when I'm prepping for a colonoscopy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s... #birds #poopingbirds

This is unfair to all fluff ball bunnies. Shouldn't these horned devil bunnies be called Frankenstein's MONSTER bunnies and not Frankenstein bunnies? #bunnies #devilbunnies #monsterbunnies www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Old Thom the orca is back and welcome in Massachusetts waters youtu.be/XvNxmLVH1Yc?...

What's my best choice now that AOL is shutting down its dial-up service? I'll mostly miss AOL's melodic modem sounds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...

Don't learn to code www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...

This wandering manatee off Cape Cod may not be aware of our large great white shark population. Head back south... www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Ospreys need to be a little more careful www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/w...

My favorite kind of wasps amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...

Goose crosses state lines. Heading south to Florida? #Goose #GoGooseGo www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/26/m...

Stalking the perfect peanut. For the perfect food, peanut M&Ms www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/d...

I coulda been a contender www.newsweek.com/massive-grea...

Why we live here in New England, near the coast www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...