Althea the Cat is jumping from window to window in the sunroom to monitor the activities of the chipmunks outside. I had to move Godzilla out of the windowsill and onto the writing desk for his own protection.

The New York Times devoted 4 full pages this morning to the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s landmark album, “Horses,” with commentary on all 8 tracks from Michael Stipe, Florence Welch, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and others. Read it online here (gift article): www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wrote my way past a "stuck point" in the folk horror story I'm writing. The words are flowing again. Coffeehouse writing works. #amwriting

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Mia Goth looking very Pre-Raphaelite in Frankenstein 2025.

Transgender Awareness Week begins today, Nov. 13, and continues to Nov. 19. The week leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20, which memorializes people lost to transphobic violence.

It’s still Pumpkin Spice Season at our house.

This morning when Michael was leaving for work I stepped outside and told him he looks hot as hell, so watch out for bears. Then I noticed a construction guy in the driveway next to ours, working on the house next door. We nodded and said hello to each other as my hot partner drove off.

Feeling a deep melancholy tonight. Facebook gave me a “friend suggestion” of someone I used to know, back in the 1990’s. We were friends once, in real life. Back then, I flew with him to Washington DC for a conference on nonviolence and social justice activism. (continued)

In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.

Althea is princess of all comfy chairs and recliners in the house and also the sofa.

“Let us love, since that is what our hearts were made for.” ~ St. Therese of Lisieux

The album is BANGA, my favorite album by Patti Smith. faroutmagazine.co.uk/that-record-...

Althea has claimed the other chair in the front room by the turntable and Michael’s desk.

My grandmother worked at the Bell Bomber Factory (now Lockheed) in Marietta GA during World War II.

Patti Smith

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide. Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

Living writers who are heavily influencing my own writing nowadays: Haruki Murakami Patti Smith Charles R Rutledge David Gerrold Salman Rushdie

Tom Gauld continues to document my life

Looking forward to reading The Eleventh Hour, the new book by Salman Rushdie.

In the home office this morning. Althea is simultaneously supervising me and monitoring the birds in the front yard.

“Beware, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside but not to enquire about its health.” ~ attributed to Albert Camus

Cyndi Lauper delivered a powerful call to action during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark." Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF

Three cheers for The White Stripes and their well deserved induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

My favorite del Toro movies are Frankenstein, Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water, and Nightmare Alley.

4:43 am: a loud crash in another room, followed by Althea the Cat sauntering casually into the bedroom like nothing has happened.

Patti Smith performs her 2004 song “Peaceable Kingdom” accompanied on piano by Tony Shanahan. At the end she segues beautifully into the first verse of my favorite song by her, “People Have the Power.” youtu.be/SUlNixgSQIA?...

So ready to have my sexuality challenged all over again let’s roll those dice baby

Our book group met outside this morning, underneath the trees in the churchyard. Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Atlanta

Althea is watching “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” with us.

Althea likes to sit at the foot of the bed and look out the window at the birds in the trees.

A democratic socialist wasn’t supposed to be able to win a major office like New York City mayor over the objections of billionaires. Yet Zohran Mamdani and the movement behind him built a campaign far stronger than the oligarchs and their unlimited money.

I’m in bed reading The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein: The True Story, by @samouflage.bsky.social Sam Irvin. Althea the little black cat is curled up beside me, purring happily, occasionally flashing her little vampire teeth.

Looking forward to Godzilla Minus Zero, which will be the sequel to Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Happy Godzilla Day to all who celebrate! The original movie GODZILLA premiered in Japan on this date, November 3, in 1954.

Rest in Peace, Donna Jean. variety.com/2025/music/n...

If I were in Scotland I'd definitely attend this workshop next week at the University of Aberdeen, part of their series “Fear & Fascination: A Gothic Exhibition” @uoacollections.bsky.social www.abdn.ac.uk/events/22847/

With my epic story 'Tattered Wings' in 'The Savage Sword of Conan' #11 coming out this week I'm feeling in the mood for sword and sorcery goodness! If you've done anything in that vein feel free to share below! (Or honestly, just fantasy will do!) Here's a spread from the upcoming issue! :-)

Althea fell asleep on my lap, listening to the Grateful Dead cover Dylan’s “Queen Jane Approximately.”

The recliner by the window is now the property and throne of Althea. 🐈‍⬛

The United States is not an autocracy today. It still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the “No Kings” protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans… remain far too complacent about the threat.

The newest member of our household is named Althea, after the Grateful Dead song. One of her first official acts as princess of her new domain was to rub her catface all over the biography of Oscar Wilde I’m reading. She appears and disappears at will, so she might be a Mage.

Renovating the home office. Might need a new ladder for the bookcases. Got a specialist coming in next week to do vampire-proofing.

Hey guys remember to turn your clocks back an hour and set your seasonal affective disorder to "high” this weekend

Overlook with Georgia's highest peak Brasstown Bald in the distance. #scape #mountainscape #landscapephotography #trees #bluesky #brasstownbald #autumn #fall