My parents got married on this day, the 11th of November, at 11 minutes past 11 in the morning, in 1967. They were both in their early twenties. Don't they look young in this picture? Decades of life still ahead of them, & plenty of change, including becoming parents, twice. I will always love them.

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

I just realised that I only have about three copies left. They're really becoming a rarity.

How lovely to know that a copy of my pamphlet 'kinscapes' lives in the Scottish Poetry Library. spl.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha...

I think this may be the first sold-out event I'm going to be reading at – together with a host of wonderful poets. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stramash-b...

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.

In pictures: autumn colours in Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another pencil crayon study. This was quite tricky and it’s not really finished, but I’m really enjoying using real pencils.

Malen mit dem Kleinkind.

Irmtraud Morgner, Leben und Abenteuer der Trobadora Beatriz nach Zeugnissen ihrer Spielfrau Laura Magischer Realismus im real-existierenden Sozialismus.

"Beklaute Frauen" von L Schöler, weil sie beeindruckende Frauen vorstellt und auf die systematischen Fehler eingeht, die dazu führ(t)en, dass sie nicht die verdiente Anerkennung erfahren (haben). "Das letzte Bild" von A Jonuleit, die darin spannend, fiktional einen Cold Case aufklärt.

Sunday so far: a poetry rejection, a family wander in the beautiful wet, cooking a light meal for the tummy-troubled dog, and some pencil gymnastics.

Wenn ihr nur ein oder zwei Titel auswählen könntet: welches deutschsprachige Buch der Gegenwart (Sachbuch oder Fiktion) würdet ihr als unbedingt lesenswert empfehlen – und warum?

Viele Details mögen der Erinnerung an das eigene Leben verschütt gehen, aber die an die Liebe – ans Lieben und Geliebtwerden – bleibt.

Wenn ihr nur ein oder zwei Titel auswählen könntet: welches deutschsprachige Buch der Gegenwart (Sachbuch oder Fiktion) würdet ihr als unbedingt lesenswert empfehlen – und warum?

Mr Scott is ready for Remembrance Day. After many years of sadly (& for various reasons) not going to live (classical) music events, I was lucky to attend a concert at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh yesterday. Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Williams, & the world premiere of a piece by Cheryl Frances-Hoad 1/2

Our books are well-constructed, good and useful things, and if you buy one, it will enable us to make more. Recent titles include Steve Ely's 'Eely', Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour', and Rob Hindle's 'Sapo'. You can order them here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Das Kind 'liest' jetzt nicht nur Bücher, die es schon kennt, vor, es denkt sich auch Geschichten zu Bildern aus Büchern aus , die wir noch nicht angeschaut haben. Was mich daran erinnert und dazu anregt, selbst wild darauf loszufantasieren.

Today in the world of toddlerhood: robots and aliens meet Toniebox figures.

I was lucky enough to spend some time at SDU (and in Odense) when my husband worked there as a researcher. Lovely place, I can only recommend it.

A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book. That's why we have professionals. (And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)

Stell dir vor, du wirst Arzt, bist erfolgreich, rettest Leben, hilfst Menschen, nur um dir am Ende von deinen Eltern anhören zu müssen, warum du nicht wie dein Cousin Zohran Bürgermeister von New York geworden bist. Migra-Kids weltweit haben ein neues, unerreichbares Vorbild.

One month.

Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.

I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.

Love this poem by Rachel Burns 'i.m. of Kathryn Bevis' in the latest issue of The Candyman's Trumpet (@dreich.bsky.social).

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. — Marcel Proust

I always share when I come across this quote again:

For those lucky to have the means for gifts, mindful spending is power. Do we need more stuff, or could we spend instead on causes that need support? We don’t stop billionaires by pouring more money into their pockets. Collectively, we can shift the holiday spend to small business. Just imagine.

Carpe diem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0L...

I'm actually tearing up at this. Best news from the US in a long time.

In the cosmic scheme of things, this is more than highly irrelevant, but I'm waiting to hear about some poems I submitted to a cool magazine back in June, and I already know they've been shortlisted, but not whether they'll make the final cut. I think I'm just yearning for any happy news atm.

Die vier letzten Folgen dieser extra Langen Nacht sind jetzt verfügbar und auch Nummer 4 ist sehr hörenswert. Allein schon deswegen, weil sie uns daran erinnert, dass es in der DDR Menschen gab, die für ihren Wunsch nach Freiheit ins Gefängnis gegangen sind. www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

An alle, die gerade (und vielleicht schon länger) an einem Buch arbeiten und es ab und an mal hassen: Keine Sorge, das ist ganz normal.

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Kurt Schwitters, Untitled (Picture with Basket Ring), 1938 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135958

Deutscher Karikaturenpreis 2025

“Advice from this elderly practitioner is to forget publishers and roll a sheet of copy paper into your machine and get lost in your subject. Write about it by day and dream about it by night.” -- E.B. White

Uncomfortable, but done. I wish results were available straight after the X-ray. Should get a letter in about three weeks' time.

Es ist schon beeindruckend, was so ein Kleinkindhirn alles abspeichern kann (und was nicht). Aus dem Gedächtnis ich weiß nicht wie viele Kindergeschichten zumindest teilweise wortwörtlich 'vorlesen' – auch wenn wir das Buch eine Weile nicht angeschaut haben – auf Englisch wie Deutsch. Cool.

Toad wrote on a piece of paper: A LIST OF THINGS TO DO TODAY. Then he wrote: WAKE UP

Another year has gone by, and another mammogram appointment is scheduled for today. Wish me luck, everyone!

It could be a dragon, too. Not sure yet.

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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!

Wie ich diesen Engel und seinen behutsamen Fingerzeig liebe ...

Zeit für‘n Klassiker

An dem Tag, an dem mein Vater starb, habe ich ein Trauertagebuch begonnen, in dem ich seither Notizen mache, vor mich hin kritzele und auch mal etwas einklebe. Alles ist erlaubt. Nichts muss. Der gestrige Farbeintrag hat Spaß gemacht.