Saw two geese using a crosswalk this morning. Soon, they'll be riding bicycles.

Someone sent me this.

Really looking forward to seeing how LLMs are going to turn some of today's April Fools' Day jokes into genuine facts.

Using AI to write your stories and books is pathetic. Just do it the old-fashioned way and learn to doubt every word, fret over every edit, and eventually start to hate yourself for ever thinking you could be a writer to begin with.

Any shares of the link are greatly appreciated 💜

Today! 👏 Is! 👏 The! 👏 Day! Send us your P~F~CNF~FF~FCNF by midnight TONIGHT (3/13)! Surprise us! south85journal.com/submissions/

Thankfully, the post-AWP cold isn't too bad this year.

Up to teach at 8:30 is a heck of a way to reenter life after 4 days of AWP. (Living the [very, very tired] dream.)

Survived AWP. Only got stuck in one elevator.

Last night's @stanchion.bsky.social reading was so fun. Now it's time to actually start this AWP. If you see my awkward self, say hi!

Reading at this @stanchion.bsky.social event tonight. Come and hear my tale about a movie slasher struggling with his own mortality! #awp26

Reading at this @stanchion.bsky.social event tonight. Come and hear my tale about a movie slasher struggling with his own mortality! #awp26

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5

Got up early, showered, dressed and headed to campus with lots of extra time because of the falling snow. Forgot to bring a change of shoes. Been wearing snow boots for about 8 hours. My feet are so warm.

Jane has finished prepping for tomorrow's storm.

Made this silly Valentine's Day post for the writing center that I run:

💌 💌 💌 Watch CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994)

I have a piece with ghostlighting and the horse we rode in on in it in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Thanks so much @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including this one in Issue 40. gooseberry-pie.com/on-a-ghostli...

Happy friday the 13th. Avoid summer camps today.

This morning, I thought to myself, "You know, I'm pretty good at running in icy conditions," only to then trip on the sidewalk seam (no ice at all!) and spill across someone's driveway.

My favorite Super Bowl: this poem from Mary Ruefle 💙

The Washington Eliminated Post(s)

We've hit the first goal milestone and I just want to deeply thank everyone who has donated or shared! I am hoping to keep this going to truly help my parents rebuild, but this is so incredibly kind!

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

Cried a little in front of my creative writing students today, so that was fun.

Our garden Gromit is hard to spot after the storm:

I can confirm that your dollars (even the amount that you'd spend on canned goods) will go much farther at a food bank. They know how to source the food and have the community resources to deliver it. Most of the food at food shelves comes from food banks rather than food donations.

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

"The armed suspect reacted violently." An outright, barefaced and monstrous lie, conclusively disproven by irrefutable video evidence.

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."

This is going to be a fun night.

Just going to leave this here for anyone who needs to find it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR43...

Took an old 3500 word draft and cut it to 800. Also took a 400 word draft and expanded it to 1200. Sometimes a story has to sit a while before it tells me how long it's supposed to run. Or maybe I'm just stubborn and don't hear it sooner.

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

NEW: The January edition of ON THE SEAWALL, our first expanded quarterly. We invite you to stop by the "gallery" & have a look / ronslate.com

Make it viral.

Currently in the jury pool room with a hundred strangers. Lots of coughing and sniffles. I am one of two people wearing a mask. This is a microcosm of America.

Happy (almost) New Year!

Early morning scout.

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

You're cordially invited to spend An Evening with Stanchion. Please save the date, time & location for this special AWP offsite reading, open mic pitch party & celebration at the stunning Black-owned bookstore, record shop & community space @vinylnpages.bsky.social. Wednesday Mar 4th 8pm

Raking leaves on December 21st here in New England. Better late than never, I suppose.

the 4yo just said that uppercase letters are grown-ups and lowercase letters are babies

Coke admitted they had to generate 70,000 video clips for their latest Christmas slopvertising BY MY CALCS: - 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project - 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals - 1 month of 250 households - 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing futurism.com/artificial-i...

NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food. Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

Burying my head in student portfolios and trying to pretend for a few hours that 2025 hasn't been the absolute worst. (I feel like I may have posted something similar in 2024.)

One set of final grades has been submitted! Bring on the "why did I get a ____" emails that I will ignore for at least a few days as I grade my other class!

Did I freeze on this morning's run? Yes. Did I also use that run to finally figure out the ending to a dang flash story that has been haunting me for months? Yes.