Brenda
@mytruantpen.com
I just talk about my life, and offer respite from well deserved anger.
TIL opium can prevent cholera!! #whitehousecookbook #1924
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TIL opium can prevent cholera!! #whitehousecookbook #1924
A woman with a too-small fridge approves of refrigerator temperatures outside the night before her big party. #mocksgiving
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A woman with a too-small fridge approves of refrigerator temperatures outside the night before her big party. #mocksgiving
Book 60: digital book in front of the fire. I deeply love Bujold. The last few years of her writing feel like someone tidying the worlds of her creation and indulging in favorites before her next adventure. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/22f5d3...
Testimony of Mute Things by Lois McMaster Bujold
This one is a prequel, falling between "Penric's Fox" and "Masquerade in Lodi" during Pen's Marte...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Book 60: digital book in front of the fire. I deeply love Bujold. The last few years of her writing feel like someone tidying the worlds of her creation and indulging in favorites before her next adventure. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/22f5d3...
I have read all of these (including Black Dogs) and own as many as possible in physical form. I do think Jackalope Wives stands out from the crowd and would love a copy of the Orcs book. My son loves Orcus and really wants a map.
And that's it for Ursula Vernon/ @tkingfisher.com's currently published books of fiction! I believe there are at least two new books (Wolf Worm and Daggerbound) scheduled to come out next year (plus the Nine Goblins reprint, and maybe the next Paladin book)
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I have read all of these (including Black Dogs) and own as many as possible in physical form. I do think Jackalope Wives stands out from the crowd and would love a copy of the Orcs book. My son loves Orcus and really wants a map.
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Today marks the UK release* of @tkingfisher.com's latest book Snake-Eater, which (depending on how you define it) is her 50th book of fiction! In honor of this milestone I wanted to do a little retrospective of her 50 books
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today marks the UK release* of @tkingfisher.com's latest book Snake-Eater, which (depending on how you define it) is her 50th book of fiction! In honor of this milestone I wanted to do a little retrospective of her 50 books
Book 59: the idea of living in a little house in the desert with a dog and a garden that could keep you is enough to go on. How is @tkingfisher.com releasing half a dozen books this year, all with distinct plots and characters? #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/f3211e...
Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
In an isolated desert town, a young woman seeking a fresh start is confronted by ancient gods, ma...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Book 59: the idea of living in a little house in the desert with a dog and a garden that could keep you is enough to go on. How is @tkingfisher.com releasing half a dozen books this year, all with distinct plots and characters? #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/f3211e...
I'm quite pleased with how these paintings came out - much better than my usual "right which end of the brush goes in the water" sets. The Yeats poem is one my husband and I memorized together as newlyweds. It hits differently after 25 years. #watercolor #autumn #poetry #yeats
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm quite pleased with how these paintings came out - much better than my usual "right which end of the brush goes in the water" sets. The Yeats poem is one my husband and I memorized together as newlyweds. It hits differently after 25 years. #watercolor #autumn #poetry #yeats
Book 58: my husband nearly sprained his eyes rolling them at this book, but it was a clever, fun read so nyah nyah to him. This working mom wishes she was getting to study cantrips instead of brain rot to talk to her kid. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/0af853... @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Book 58: my husband nearly sprained his eyes rolling them at this book, but it was a clever, fun read so nyah nyah to him. This working mom wishes she was getting to study cantrips instead of brain rot to talk to her kid. #bookaweek app.thestorygraph.com/books/0af853... @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social
I'm reading through the Peanuts comics of the 70s right now, and Peppermint Patty really suffers with the requirement to conform. Way ahead of it's time.
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I'm reading through the Peanuts comics of the 70s right now, and Peppermint Patty really suffers with the requirement to conform. Way ahead of it's time.
Sometimes when I read an online forum, I really wonder what assumptions of reality drive the questions I see. Like... how do you THINK the world works so that your question makes any kind of sense at all? What would a valid answer even LOOK like?
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes when I read an online forum, I really wonder what assumptions of reality drive the questions I see. Like... how do you THINK the world works so that your question makes any kind of sense at all? What would a valid answer even LOOK like?
Book 57: after my sojourn in the Sahara, my mother sent me a book she taught to her sixth graders for many years. Sixth grade me would have loved it. 47 year old me enjoyed it, and could see it in a way that I couldn't in my youth. #bookaweek #sahara
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Book 57: after my sojourn in the Sahara, my mother sent me a book she taught to her sixth graders for many years. Sixth grade me would have loved it. 47 year old me enjoyed it, and could see it in a way that I couldn't in my youth. #bookaweek #sahara
Every time you cancel a subscription, be sure to put that money back towards the news in some way. @npr.org and the @economist.com are two organizations still fighting the good fight of journalism.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Every time you cancel a subscription, be sure to put that money back towards the news in some way. @npr.org and the @economist.com are two organizations still fighting the good fight of journalism.
Lost in the noise - a medical research lab was bombed this weekend: Harvard Medical School explosion investigation continues – NBC Boston share.google/XplYUDMrR6w2...
'Kind of shocked that someone would blow up a lab': Harvard students react to explosion in campus building
Investigators are still searching for two suspects following an explosion at Harvard Medical School early Saturday that appeared to be intentional.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lost in the noise - a medical research lab was bombed this weekend: Harvard Medical School explosion investigation continues – NBC Boston share.google/XplYUDMrR6w2...
Dear Internet,
If my 17 year old son wakes up at noon, consumes approx 5000 calories, and goes to bed voluntarily at 7:30 when he could be playing Overwatch, what are the odds he wakes up 2 inches taller?
- A concerned mother because he's already tall
#teenagers #growthspurt
If my 17 year old son wakes up at noon, consumes approx 5000 calories, and goes to bed voluntarily at 7:30 when he could be playing Overwatch, what are the odds he wakes up 2 inches taller?
- A concerned mother because he's already tall
#teenagers #growthspurt
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Dear Internet,
If my 17 year old son wakes up at noon, consumes approx 5000 calories, and goes to bed voluntarily at 7:30 when he could be playing Overwatch, what are the odds he wakes up 2 inches taller?
- A concerned mother because he's already tall
#teenagers #growthspurt
If my 17 year old son wakes up at noon, consumes approx 5000 calories, and goes to bed voluntarily at 7:30 when he could be playing Overwatch, what are the odds he wakes up 2 inches taller?
- A concerned mother because he's already tall
#teenagers #growthspurt
Book 56: I am not easily spooked. I like to read horror novels in desolate log cabins by myself as the snow falls. This might be the creepiest, scariest book I've ever read. app.thestorygraph.com/books/66c63b... #bookaweek #horror #covid19 #stopasianhate
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
In this explosive horror novel, a woman is haunted by inner trauma, hungry ghosts, and a serial k...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Book 56: I am not easily spooked. I like to read horror novels in desolate log cabins by myself as the snow falls. This might be the creepiest, scariest book I've ever read. app.thestorygraph.com/books/66c63b... #bookaweek #horror #covid19 #stopasianhate
Me: buys every kind of sparkly, glow in the dark, sheen, color changing watercolor paint on the market.
Also me: mostly just uses indigo.
#watercolors #buyingandpaintingaredifferenthobbies
Also me: mostly just uses indigo.
#watercolors #buyingandpaintingaredifferenthobbies
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Me: buys every kind of sparkly, glow in the dark, sheen, color changing watercolor paint on the market.
Also me: mostly just uses indigo.
#watercolors #buyingandpaintingaredifferenthobbies
Also me: mostly just uses indigo.
#watercolors #buyingandpaintingaredifferenthobbies
I haven't uploaded my art in a hot minute, like since this summer, in part because I haven't been doing a ton of painting. With no nice weather and no baseball, it's time to get back into practice. I call this set "Yeah, it looks better with ink outlines" #watercolor
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I haven't uploaded my art in a hot minute, like since this summer, in part because I haven't been doing a ton of painting. With no nice weather and no baseball, it's time to get back into practice. I call this set "Yeah, it looks better with ink outlines" #watercolor
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Now that the heartbreak is a few hours distant: What a season. What a team. The Jays got all the way to Game 7 of the World Series against a team most people thought was unbeatable, and were a blast to watch. Love you guys; have a well-deserved rest and we’ll see you next year.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Now that the heartbreak is a few hours distant: What a season. What a team. The Jays got all the way to Game 7 of the World Series against a team most people thought was unbeatable, and were a blast to watch. Love you guys; have a well-deserved rest and we’ll see you next year.
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Fires. The military occupation. The ongoing paramilitary occupation. Repeated attacks on peaceful demonstrations by local cops. Continued hardships as the studios don't do more production in the city. Los Angeles is struggling this year. This win means a lot.
Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fires. The military occupation. The ongoing paramilitary occupation. Repeated attacks on peaceful demonstrations by local cops. Continued hardships as the studios don't do more production in the city. Los Angeles is struggling this year. This win means a lot.
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Average anti-Bluesky op-ed: this app is solely an echo chamber for left-wing politics
Average Bluesky post: baseball has taken everything from me
Average Bluesky post: baseball has taken everything from me
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Average anti-Bluesky op-ed: this app is solely an echo chamber for left-wing politics
Average Bluesky post: baseball has taken everything from me
Average Bluesky post: baseball has taken everything from me
Are they going to be selling so many copies of that necklace from here on out?
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Are they going to be selling so many copies of that necklace from here on out?
I am not going to watch a single additional baseball game for like three months, maybe four. This is BS.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I am not going to watch a single additional baseball game for like three months, maybe four. This is BS.
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Every 20th post on my feed is not baseball related an I’m confused as hell as to what the he’ll they’re talking about.
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Every 20th post on my feed is not baseball related an I’m confused as hell as to what the he’ll they’re talking about.
I look forward to being able to breathe involuntarily again. #worldseries
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I look forward to being able to breathe involuntarily again. #worldseries