I joined the group chat now how do u mute the groupchat

The in-flight magazine still lives on Baltic Air!

We stopped in at the library at Linnaeus University and the Kalmar public library, because that's the kind of people we are.

Kalmar Castle.

maybe tryna be like nixon

Swapped out my voter sticker.

…ok, I'll ask what's a "knick"?

Malmö in the morning.

A random window near a theatre in Malmö.

I'm having the irresistible private giggles though, and y'all might get it, but maybe not: Remember the SCTV Halfwits Quiz show? With an irresistibly young Catherine OHara? Among the many very funny things was a joke--and this is not the same joke, exactly but it echoes: "Huckleberry ….…

Do it to save democracy, sure, but do it especially for the sticker.

Maps and more. ( @b3nd3r.bsky.social especially)

Oh #KidLitPostcardDay, as a kid I was full of worry, and carried more than binocs, canteen, and a sketchbook. Still am, still do. Available for pictures. Portfolio: lastwater.net Rep'd by Andrea Colvin Creative Agency #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

opposite(s) of "fine art" _________________

merge two movie franchises: DIRTY HARRY POTTER AND THE …

Anselm Kiefer, Ride to the Vistula, 1980 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135001

Indigo. Still glad to be here.

"There were other poems, but as the wine flowed and the men got drunker, no one was able to come up with anything else worth recording here." (TALE OF GENJI, chpt. XXXIII) Murasaki Shikibu's periodic explanations for omitting things are a great and recurring joy.

Tout à fait génial!

Throwback #Caturday : Mo, some years ago. I still miss him.

Is there some social media jargon for this particular relationship? Besides happiness and success, I mean.

A moment from THE TALE OF GENJI (Chpt. XXXII), making incense. There's a lot of perfume in the book, and I'm trying to think of another work that is as occupied with the sense of smell, among all the other senses. #Genji #incense #perfume #fragrance #smell

Oooo, Indiana Jones, ouch.

Weird that they're incapable of applying this kind of analysis to, say, rates of change of carbon in the atmosphere....

Is a female mannikin a womannikin? -- idle thought in the Vegas airport

Finally saw the red-eyed blue horse sculpture outside the Denver airport. Wasn't it you, @shmeppy.bsky.social , who told me to look for it a few years ago? (blurry night #PhoneSnap )

"Last night I dreamt I watched The Mandalorian again."

For the 95th birthday of the matriarch of my cousins' family, a piper came to play. (Thought of @seeshespeak.bsky.social !)

Jog along the water in Red Wing, MN. It's very pretty.

Ils ont pixelisé le chat de l'immeuble!!! (Crédit photo fils #1)

I saw this in HARPER'S a long time ago & loved it so much that, when I shared an office my first year teaching composition as a grad student, I taped it on the door. That copy is long gone, but, because someone put it on a blog, and a search engine was able to find it, I found it again.

SHORT HISTORY OF THE BOURGEOISIE
 This was the moment when, for five minutes,
without noticing it, we were immeasurably rich, generous and electric, cooled in July,
or if it were November,
wood flown in from Finland glowed
in our Renaissance fireplaces. Funny,

Hummingbirds! (extreme zoom #PhoneSnap )

Data Centers are the new fracking

A reason to believe.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you’ve seen live. Pete Seeger (twice!) Los Lobos Nanci Griffith Grateful Dead Taj Mahal Michelle Shocked Lyle Lovett Guy Clark Townes Van Zandt Richard Thompson Bill Morrissey Greg Brown Rough Shop Jake's Leg

A few random thoughts at about the ⅓ mark: •This is a leisurely read •I wish I had kept closer track of all those women in the beginning •Like Proust: Genji & Marcel are both creeps •Like Proust: a tantalizing window on a lost aristocratic world •Like Proust: a great pleasure to read

Claritin Flonase Benedryl Pataday Ibuprofen Mucinex Tylenol Every day!

I ❤️ Bluesky

#BringBackShame

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Sunday jog. I forget sometimes what a beautiful place this is, and then am reminded.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Gro--

Great art helps you see the world.

[Tom Waits voice] 🎶 I'm gonna love you 'Till the wheels come off Ohhhhh yeahhhhh 🎶

Nav He's out of his cage YES Yes Nav is out. It's okay though. He's just a little snake.

Walking under the cypress trees at Point Reyes.