My contribution to today's discourse has been to blow kisses to you all inside my mind. I hope it helped.

This could have been an email.

Periodic reminder that I wrote a couple of books, both in paperback. LAST CALL bookshop.org/p/books/last... THE MAN NOBODY KILLED bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I want you all to stop asking invasive questions. They spread their seeds everywhere and make it even harder for native questions to survive.

The alphabet was original in QWERTY order, but unfortunately the song was notoriously difficult to sing. Only a handful of countertenors have ever dared to try.

“I got your special Sunday mug,” he said, as he was fetching morning coffee from the kitchen. @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social

Run outside and look at the sky, children. See if the stars are spelling out my name. They've been practicing.

I see none of you signed up for Duchess Goldblatt's Summer Camp for the Emotionally Bedraggled this year.

I come to you today with your reminder that a double chin is God's glorious promise of abundance made manifest.

Private equity has been trying to snap me up and replace your favorite small batch, all-natural handcrafted Goldblattian goodness with sawdust and wood glue. No dice.

Still a friend to all humanity, etc. but I'm a lot quicker to lay down a bit of judicious blocking than I used to be.

Lumpy loves me still.

Leah Reich@leahreich.com · last mo.

Hi

Close the world. Get back in a book.

Give your tired mind the rest of the summer off. It's all reruns in there now anyway.

Joy unto you on this day of days, if your beating heart celebrates this sort of thing.

And lo! I hear the cry of my people.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2mo ago

why are people only ever described as "no-nonsense", what if you're a nonsense person, what then

I'm glad I can be here to impart helpful homemaking tips to you people.

Cut the heel ends off a hot morning and stack them individually in brown paper. Don't store your summer days in plastic. They'll mold.

Lovely night of food, friends, and music at City Winery NYC. Spirit of @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social was definitely present.

During a heatwave, I like to install a powerful fan in each room. I find their unending compliments and praise really take the edge off.

Two days left to submit to the first issue of our new literary magazine Six Stories a Semester!! New England fiction writers, send us your best short stories under 5000 words!

Book Shop of Beverly Farms@bfbookshop.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh, wow, new literary magazine just dropped: bookshopofbeverlyfarms.com/cool-stuff/s...

Pinch back your Sunday between finger and thumb as soon as it starts to fade. It will come back stronger and more bountiful.

The world is too much with me. Distract it with something shiny while I duck out the back.

Is this the cutest thing you've ever seen?

semifurrybear.bsky.social@semifurrybear.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A few weeks back, leading up to Independent Bookstore Day, I attempted to emulate Your Grace- imitation being the best sort of praise . . . I did create some interesting introductions to your Grace - having now sold 376 copies of your enlightening book.

Big congratulations to the great, greater, greatest @elizmccrack.bsky.social as she receives the 2026 PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story!

I'm having a harder time than usual staying ahead of the curve of crazy that's afoot.

I still need your stories, people of earth. Don't quit now.

Even some of our most reputable bookshops have started carrying nonfiction. Right out in the open where children and the morally enfeebled can see it!

If your work has any loose ends, tie them together to make a rope. Exit windowwards. Rappel down the side of the castle. Disappear into the mist.

Working on my magnum opus: the enemies list. I don't mind telling you some of these names are getting triple underlined tonight.