Reading/To Read: -Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social. -The Incal by Jodorowsky & Moebius. -Wonder Woman: Origins & Omens by Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social, Aaron Lopresti, Terry Dodson @terrydodsonart.bsky.social & Rachel Dodson.

Today’s laundromat reading: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social

Reading/To Read: -Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. It'll take a while to go through and transcribe recipes. -Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social. -What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama. Trans, by Alison Watts @desertpea.bsky.social

Gargoyle V-Wing, Prepare For Liftoff! Outside The Antique Pavilion in Bouckville, one of a dozen-plus antique stores along NYS-20 in Bouckville.

No laundromat reading due to inclement weather. Instead, I am reading Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social before I go out and shovel for the second time.

Today’s laundromat reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.

Reading/To Read: -Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. -Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social -Rivers of London (GN) by Ben Aaaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, Andrew Cartmel, and Jose Maria Beroy.

This came in the mail today. Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. My first cookbook of 2026 and my first purchased cookbook in some time. I can't think of another cookbook focusing on izakaya food, so I hope I can get some use out of this one.

This week's laundromat reading: Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Julia Mar @marjulia.bsky.social . It looks different because I' at a different laundromat in a different town.

Drove an hour to Barnes & Noble to use up my Xmas gift card. Here's my haul: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social, Pure Invention by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social, Brewmaster by @pandasaurusgames.com, Underground by Haruki Murakami and a Hiroshige 2026 Calendar.

Reading/To Read: -Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Mar Julia @marjulia.bsky.social -The Courageous Princess: The Dragon Queen by Rod Espinosa @rodespinosa.bsky.social -Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

Today’s laundromat reading: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.

My New Year's Day laundromat reading: Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social. My first book of 2026. Happy New Year!

Reading/To Read: -Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social and Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social -Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social -The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Reading Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by @jimrion.com ) while looking out the back window landscape at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while drinking coffee and eating cranberry scones.

Reading/To Read: -The Forest of Girls by June Hur -Strange Houses by Uketsu, trans. by Jim Rion @jimrion.com -Justice League Dark, Vol. 1 by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin @mikeljanin.bsky.social

Brewery Ommegang outside Cooperstwown. The oldest of the craft breweries in the region, I’be been going there for at least 20 years. Brewer of Belgian beers and co-owned by Duvel, the brewery was built in the style of a Belgian farmstead .

A Christmas landscape taken out the back window from my table at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while having coffee and a croque madame.

I finally cooked a recipe from Mia Manansala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series! @mpmthewriter.bsky.social. It was Tita Rosie's Chicken Adobo from Arsenic Adobo and it was delicious.

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Provenance by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com

Another thread to highlight more of my favorite area businesses, as my previous thread got bollixed up. This is Jewett's Cheese House in Earlville. It's miles out of town down a back road and remember not to go on Saturdays, because that's when they're closed.

Reading/To Read: -Provenance by Ann Leckie @annleckie.com. -William of Newberry by Michael Avon Oeming @oeming.bsky.social. -Architecture Explained by Neil Stevenson.

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Heaven by Mieko Kawakami.

Tonight's laundromat reading: The Case of the Spellbound Child by Mercedes Lackey. One of her Elemental Masters Series books. @johannadc.bsky.social

Reading/To Read: -The Autumn Kingdom by Cullen Bunn @cullenbunn.bsky.social & Christopher Mitten @christophermitten.bsky.social -Let's Make Ramen by Hugh Amano & Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social -Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Reading/To Read: -Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com -The Case of the Spellbound Child by Mercedes Lackey -Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me, Marcio Takara and Arif Prianto.

Reading my recently obtained Elfquest: The Original Quest, Book 4 while drinking coffee at Stewart’s in Sherburne before heading off to finish my Christmas shopping.

Today’s laundromat reading: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social .

Taken from the back porch of La Maison Blanche in Norwich. I get the same view as my seat, but I was getting reflections in the window when I tried taking pics.

Took a drive up to Madison County (NY) with my aunts to finish my Xmas shopping. Not a great weather day for pictures, but I managed to take a few. We drove up to Hamilton and then went to Bouckville, Nelson, and Erieville. I had hoped to get to Cazenovia, but it was late in the day.

Reading/To Read: -Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social -Elfquest: The Original Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social -Red River, Omnibus Vol 2 by Chie Shinohara @viz.com

This is how you know you're in Central New York: Bags of Salt Potatoes. (Yes, there is a big salt packet included in the bag to boil the potatoes with.)

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Ditching Saskia by John Moore and Neetols @neetols.bsky.social

Reading/To Read: -Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com. -Batgirl Year One by Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon, Marcos Martin and Alvaro Lopez. -Ditching Saskia by John Moore and Neetols @neetols.bsky.social -Pachinko by Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social

Doing my laundromat reading tomorrow. . Sitting at La Maison Blanche in Norwich drinking coffee and eating madeleines while reading Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com on the first sunny afternoon in forever.

Reading/To Read: -The Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social and Christopher Baldwin @chrisjbaldwin.bsky.social. -Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux @brooklynzydeco.bsky.social -Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller.

No laundromat photo this weekend, but I am reading Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle @petersbeagle.bsky.social here at Deja Brew in Norwich.

Took advantage of the unseasonably good weather to take a road trip. Went to the Cooperstown Farmers' Market. IMHO the best indoor small-town market in central NY. I was restrained today, as I only bought tatsoi, frisee, mesclun, delicata squash, and daikon sprouts.

Reading/To Read List: -Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle -Avatar The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures by Aaron Ehasz @aaronehasz.bsky.social and a Cast of Thousands. -The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida @sonoko-machi39.bsky.social.

This week’s laundromat reading: When the Earth Was Green by Riley Black @restingdinoface.bsky.social.

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Elfquest: The Original Quest, Book 3 by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -Hirayasumi, Vol 2&3 by Keigo Shinzo -Elfquest: The Original Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social -JLA: The Hypothetical Woman by Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez -When The Earth Was Green: by Riley Black @restingdinoface.bsky.social

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips @seanphillips.bsky.social

Reading/To Read: -Hirayasumi, Vol 1 by Keigo Shinzo -Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips @seanphillips.bsky.social -Star Island by Carl Hiaasen @carlhiaasen.com -Elfquest: The Original Quest, Vol 2 by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social

Guess what was waiting for me at my LCS today? @elfquest.bsky.social

I made a low-effort dinner tonight and somehow used 12 different vegetables. 13 if you count pickled ginger. -Green curry with squash, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and hakurei turnip over riced broc/cauli. -Salad with arugula, cherry tomatoes, shallot, and mini-peppers. -Cuke spears with moromi miso.

This week‘s laundromat reading: Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin M Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social. -The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag @mollyostertag.bsky.social -Himawari House by Harmony Becker. -The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 14 by Kousuke Oono.

No laundry reading this weekend, so here’s a pick of my current read: Green Teeth by Molly O’Neill @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social. Taken at La Maison Blanche in Norwich NY.