I think it’s wrong this isn’t a word, because I think it as I move through this status every day

The humpbacks were putting on a show today off of the Cape

There are good covers, and then there are GOOD COVERS …and @mickimcelya.bsky.social got the latter…this one has to be seen in person for the full neon effect!

Killington peak, ~4200 ft.

I was digging around trying to find the origin of MA's meal break law, and I found the 1958 act allowing me to have a union, today.

This lamp is….

Here is what I am doing this academic year (work in progress):

I am pretty obsessed with my exuberant hydrangeas

Spotted at a weird antique mall

Secret viewing spot for Boston’s #tallships

I also have an aspiring headrest

This poodle is not a lap dog but desperately wants to be

Maybe my favorite photo of my daughter? She currently wants to be a geologist :) Maquoketa Caves, near Dubuque, Iowa

Maquoketa Caves, Iowa

Woo yes!

Fellow authors: without any context, what’s the first line of your current WIP?

We stopped to visit Warren the Dambo troll in Clinton, Iowa. He’s great.

I was looking for some census examples to assign to students, and I found a listing for this 25 year old woman in Dakota territory in 1880 whose occupation is listed as "Lady at Large."

Prairie Lights, Iowa City, and @dygottlieb.bsky.social and Kate Grandjean sitting next to each other (with Team Kate and Never Thursday writing groups…😍)

Crucial detail: these are the 70s songs

I don’t know what this pose is all about

Here are the cassettes my 17 year old son picked out today…

……… does anyone know how to get burrs out of poodle hair? He went for a joy run through the woods.

Windmills along I80 for as far as the eye can see

I read at a museum yesterday that 40% of Iowa’s power comes from wind.

Maybe my favorite Rockwell.

I wrote an emotional FB post in tribute to my officemate this year at Brown 2026, @jmadelman.bsky.social. I’m too misty to re-create it here, but safe to say this year cemented one of the best friendships I’ve found in this crazy world of academia, and I’m going to miss you next year, buddy.

I can’t decide if I’m disgusted or if I kind of want these

Last night featured a festive #Brown2026 event hosted by RI Historical — complete with Revolutionary era printing tech! @theotherrbg.bsky.social @jmadelman.bsky.social @sethrockman.bsky.social (not pictured @katytelling.bsky.social and @kawulf.bsky.social )

She asked me to take a poll: should her dragon be named Oceana or Wave?