Somebody in my neighborhood got a rooster 😑

While leaving a voicemail just now, I literally interrupted myself by exclaiming, "Look! A squirrel!" #ADHD achievement unlocked? To be fair, it was a cute baby squirrel. But still.

Unexpectedly quiet afternoon = getting to listen to the #XPoNential Music Festival streaming on #WXPN. Stunning sets from Tune-Yards, Richard Thompson, and now Molly Tuttle. Super excited for Kathleen Edwards in a few minutes! Next best thing to being there.

The terrifying dream I had last night (which involved being chased by unknown pursuers, a portal in the form of an open window, and a handful of gods deciding whether to help me or not) ended with a different god (in the form of a blue stone or ball) admonishing me to respect my joy. Ok, then.

I run the Monday #notimetowriteclub sprints, and it's been so much fun to get to know such cool writers--we are all working on very different projects, but we never run out of things to talk about during our check-ins.

I have been putting off wearing my new progressive glasses because I have been convinced I would barf and/or fall over, not necessarily in that order. It's been an hour and neither thing has happened, but Eyeball Brain is working overtime.

Atlantic Ocean, my old friend—it had been far too long since I last saw your summer self.

Worth waking up early for this #sunrise. Impromptu solo getaways are the BEST!

Pretty sure I don’t want this joke anywhere near anything I intend to eat….

Come for the absolutely fearless groundhog and stay for the to-do list idea. Or maybe it's the other way around? Also, bonus fig content. #feralfreelancer #adhd #lifehacks #figtree open.substack.com/pub/theferal...

"Being vulnerable and choosing messy reality over imagined perfection has almost always been the right choice for my friendships. I haven’t consistently applied that lesson to my writing, though…maybe it’s time to start trying?" #amwriting #feralfreelancer #music open.substack.com/pub/theferal...

Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein. More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q #GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow @uofgravity.bsky.social

This week, I share one of my mind maps. As I've learned more about various forms of #neurodiversity, I've begun to understand why this kind of graphic processing really helps me. Do y'all do anything similar? #notimetowriteclub #amwriting #creativeprocess open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...

#ADHD #musician life: radio on playing 80s show, old-time fiddle tune on #Bandcamp playing on my phone, and a totally different tune in my head.

At long last! Finally! A new installment of my Feral Freelancer newsletter! This one is about what it's like to discover a creative block that one hasn't realized is even there.... open.substack.com/pub/theferal...

@sarareadauthor.bsky.social wrote this week's #notimetowriteclub newsletter, and it's sassy in all the best ways. #amwriting #booksky #writersofbluesky open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...

Epic blep! #cats #catsofbluesky #orangecat

I’d say rather this confirms that Chicago is canon

In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

Y'all know what this moment needs? MELODRAMATIC HARPSICHORD open.spotify.com/track/4rvWKl...

I love when the Chicago Manual of Style gets sassy: "The 'rule' prohibiting terminal prepositions was an ill-founded superstition based on a false analogy to Latin grammar" (CMOS 18, 5.186). Begone false analogies and pompous Latin grammar snobbery! #amediting #academicwriting #CMOS

The State Farm insurance app indicates that it is appropriate for ages 4+. I pity the kindergartener who has to use it.

Dear barometric pressure: please stop wiggling around like an antsy toddler. #migraine #weather

I leave it a few days and here’s what happened!

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

If you are an academic and you don't have this book, GET IT NOW! If you don't need it now, you will need it later (or someone you know will).

It made my day just now to see that the #nytimes has chosen an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem for its #poetrychallenge! My secret Millay scholar self is totally squee-ing right now, even if "Recuerdo" isn't my favorite of her poems. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Apparently today is one of those days when I'm tired enough that I grab my calculator (yes, I still have one) thinking it's my phone. #funburn

This week's #notimetowriteclub newsletter is out! #amwriting #amediting #booksky

Meanwhile, here’s somebody who’s NOT busy…. #cats #orangecat #catsofbluesky

We are sitting in a local coffeeshop (shoutout to #GritCoffee) and just decided that No Time to Write Club is like the dive bar of writing groups: show up a couple of times and you’re a regular 🤪

A new perspective on the figs.

I'm thrilled (pun intended!) to get to moderate the talkback for Nic Gareiss and Allison de Groot's #dance / #banjo performance at #UVA tonight as part of the Queer Souths Initiative! ihgc.as.virginia.edu/ihgcs-queer-...

Growing fast!

I love that I can sort of hear bands at the #tingpavilion from my apartment. Listening to #StVincent distorted by distance makes me really wish I could have gone to the show!

Tiny fruits!

Today’s fig leaf.

This week’s #notimetowriteclub newsletter is about the ways we #writers can show up for #democracy, INCLUDING our special event this Sunday 4/13 from 1–2 ET! Learn more in the newsletter, and press on against the greedy vandals! #amwriting #booksky notimetowriteclub.substack.com/p/no-time-to...

Life in 2025. #cats #hellscape #resist #owlkitty #matrix

Not a good look, indeed. Why am I not surprised?

Today’s #fig leaf. No visible damage from last night’s temperatures around freezing.

Yesterday’s #fig leaves—there are now two—one in the back!

You know something about your life when you have to stop and consider whether "TNR" refers to "trap/neuter/release" or "Times New Roman" 🤣 #amediting #editorswithcats #cats #feralcats #feraleditors

Day 2. #figtree #spring

I am so excited that my fig tree is showing signs of life! So here’s the start of what I intend to be an almost-daily #fig leaf tracker. #figtree #spring

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Go Wisconsin!!!

If you're concerned about plans to end consumer protections (the kind the #CFPB was designed to support), here's a way to send letters to your House representative about specific bills. Even though the link focuses on rural people, this is not just a rural issue! actionnetwork.org/letters/whos...

You never know when those moments of communion around #entrepreneurship and #smallbusiness are going to happen--I just had a lovely conversation with my dentist about how similar our bottlenecks are even though we do very different kinds of work! #amcoaching #amediting

I just saw an awesome sticker on a Tesla: "Bought before the plot twist" 😂