There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.

My favorite nerd got me an exquisite anniversary gift. Love ya, C

Got our Counter Culture Halloween mystery packs of coffee! I’m excited to try them / peel the stickers off the bags

NO BLURB We simply invite your inspection, for instance, of the miraculous dialogue about hog-calling on Pages 67-74.

Snuck through the bushes to take this moody pic of the combination laundromat / carwash

Does your dental hygienist continually tell you to ‘close your mouth a little’ or are you normal

Still a few good ‘maters hanging around

Out today: BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025, edited by... me! So so many great stories in here. I can't wait for you to discover them and their talented writers.

happy sweater season

Just a little stationery fyi: Pentel energel refills fit into Muji gel pen bodies. (sometimes Muji refills are hard to come by)

Why is Charlie Brown only getting rocks?! I’ve been mad about this my whole life

I have a sizable zit on my forehead. I am a bog witch of a certain age where pimples should not happen!! Wtf

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

Had to pay a visit to my favorite chair at the cafe before it’s put away for the season. Having a black sesame matcha latte which is delicious

Apparently, this is a pond. It’s mahoosive

One of my fave superpowers is to walk up while he’s been looking for something for a while, point & say “is that it,” be right then stroll away

I love the radicalized frogs so much.

Went to the pancake house in the woods where I rebelled & got pumpkin-stuffed French toast

Flowers for no reason is the best reason

Not gonna lie toddlers absolutely nailed it with naps, buttered noodles, and rejecting authority

The cats and I are gawking at the hot pink clouds

Finally finished a huge jar of knockoff Brazilian bum bum cream I got from Costco two years ago. Please clap

Y’all taking too long! I’m just gonna do my own thing ~my one tree

The Screaming Leaf Blowers: a descent into madness—a memoir that is coming soon to a B. Dalton near you

Latest antique store acquisition: dental diagrams printed on a glass plate (I thought the left was an x-ray but it’s not). Always looking to get weird stuff

The indignity of having a dingleberry cut off of one’s booty-floof

Me to my stove whose digital display is acting wonky / missing a partial digit

Small but mighty book haul from yesterday’s adventures

Related / unrelated, going to the Big Chicken was an event when I was a kid. Kauffman’s in Bethel, PA. Love to be enthralled by a giant chicken icon bbq joint

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

After breathing deep, lungfuls of mountain air we kicked around Peterborough, NH. Bought some books. Stared at more leaves. Pizza and beer. Good day

I’m sitting on a rock in the woods up in the mountains and I regret to inform you that hiding out in nature is very restorative

I’ve interrupted an important grooming session. Sylvie is giving scram! Beat it! Get outta here, ya bother me!

Sometimes I remember there’s a skeleton inside me and I get freaked out a little

Drac’s little buddy Igor gets a drink of his own

Love to be gaslit by an eyelash. I couldn’t find it all last night only for it to appear this morning plastered to my eyeball

Ain’t dyin. Ain’t done workin. Disappointed in AI slop. We love you, Dolly

My shirt has white micro-dots on a black background. Every two minutes I think I’ve dropped something on myself. It’s gonna be a long day

Dracula is the meal, for once

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature

I love finding things in used books. Lorna, from your library to mine

I know it won’t last but it being 85° right now is whack

He’ll give you the moon

I put some whipped cream on my pancakes and a certain gremlin heard it

October Things

Back to the Bunnyverse

Getting in a quick drink

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

did not expect to start the day shift with a pspsps