Eric Moskowitz
@ericmoskowitz.bsky.social
Ex-Globe reporter; author of THE HARDEST, LONGEST RACE: Henry Ford & the Cross-Country Contest That Changed America, due June 2026. Cargo bike dad, postcard collector, Celtics fan, museum enthusiast, lifelongish Bostonian, erstwhile 5th-gen New Yorker.
Topps is trolling us all, 6-7, 6-7: my 6 yo spent $7 (of his own money) on a rack pack, pulled a 6’7” Lamelo Ball, discovered it was card #67, and danced gleefully all around the exit at Target, calling out six-sevvvven, six-sevvvven.
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Topps is trolling us all, 6-7, 6-7: my 6 yo spent $7 (of his own money) on a rack pack, pulled a 6’7” Lamelo Ball, discovered it was card #67, and danced gleefully all around the exit at Target, calling out six-sevvvven, six-sevvvven.
His two favorites — finding a boxer with his first name, and seeing an old-time soccer ball like the one on a new poster above his bed
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
His two favorites — finding a boxer with his first name, and seeing an old-time soccer ball like the one on a new poster above his bed
“Ooh! One-hundred-fifteen years old! They’re older than you, Dad!”
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Ooh! One-hundred-fifteen years old! They’re older than you, Dad!”
“Dad, what’s the oldest thing in here? Is there anything older than 19-zero-zero?” he asked, as we turned to these late 1800s cabinet cards of Boston Strongboy John L. Sullivan and Gentleman Jim Corbett
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Dad, what’s the oldest thing in here? Is there anything older than 19-zero-zero?” he asked, as we turned to these late 1800s cabinet cards of Boston Strongboy John L. Sullivan and Gentleman Jim Corbett
Not sure if it’s a dream, but I’ll take it 😍: Between Legos, a race-car crafts kit, and a trip to MyGym on this Veterans Day home, my 6yo … spontaneously asked if I wanted help cleaning my messy side of the bed, then found a binder of old sports cards/ephemera and voluntarily asked to peruse it
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not sure if it’s a dream, but I’ll take it 😍: Between Legos, a race-car crafts kit, and a trip to MyGym on this Veterans Day home, my 6yo … spontaneously asked if I wanted help cleaning my messy side of the bed, then found a binder of old sports cards/ephemera and voluntarily asked to peruse it
He wore his #9 jersey all day too
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
He wore his #9 jersey all day too
To be 9 is to cheer all night for a W *and* to hope at every TO that your sign might make the Jumbotron. Neither came to pass—the @celticsnba.bsky.social lost on a putback—but the sign’s a keeper, and he woke on such a high this morning. (He may also have still been buzzing from the whoopie pie)
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
To be 9 is to cheer all night for a W *and* to hope at every TO that your sign might make the Jumbotron. Neither came to pass—the @celticsnba.bsky.social lost on a putback—but the sign’s a keeper, and he woke on such a high this morning. (He may also have still been buzzing from the whoopie pie)
One of the quieter casualties of the shutdown: no park rangers handing out NPS trading cards this year at the JFK National Historic Site, on the busiest trick or treating street in North Brookline
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
One of the quieter casualties of the shutdown: no park rangers handing out NPS trading cards this year at the JFK National Historic Site, on the busiest trick or treating street in North Brookline
Successfully dismantling one of those mini IKEA bunk beds, building two twin beds, and relocating two kids who fell asleep in our bed into their new beds without waking them, all before midnight, calls for an egg cream (after a ‘Gansett)
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Successfully dismantling one of those mini IKEA bunk beds, building two twin beds, and relocating two kids who fell asleep in our bed into their new beds without waking them, all before midnight, calls for an egg cream (after a ‘Gansett)
I couldn't resist looking it up; that thread — a full decade ago, January — started with a flurry of news alerts (from ESPN, NBA, and ... Haaretz) about the Cavs parting ways with David Blatt, the pride of Framingham
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I couldn't resist looking it up; that thread — a full decade ago, January — started with a flurry of news alerts (from ESPN, NBA, and ... Haaretz) about the Cavs parting ways with David Blatt, the pride of Framingham
So great to see @garygulman.bsky.social at the hometown Shubert Theatre last night. His mom might’ve said “genug, Gar,” but I could’ve stayed twice as long
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So great to see @garygulman.bsky.social at the hometown Shubert Theatre last night. His mom might’ve said “genug, Gar,” but I could’ve stayed twice as long
Not above a free apple cider and a promotional box of cough drops, especially when it comes from someone in a waistcoat and tricorne
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not above a free apple cider and a promotional box of cough drops, especially when it comes from someone in a waistcoat and tricorne
Made sure to get this three-Daily-Pennsylvanian-alumni-in-one-frame shot with @stefanfatsis.bsky.social and @substockman.bsky.social at the signing table. (Maybe not a minyan, but is this a DP Alumni Association quorum? A question for the lexicographers, if not the DPAA bylaws…) Also, what a cover!
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Made sure to get this three-Daily-Pennsylvanian-alumni-in-one-frame shot with @stefanfatsis.bsky.social and @substockman.bsky.social at the signing table. (Maybe not a minyan, but is this a DP Alumni Association quorum? A question for the lexicographers, if not the DPAA bylaws…) Also, what a cover!
So much fun last night to see @stefanfatsis.bsky.social discuss UNABRIDGED with @louisathomas.bsky.social at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social—part state of the dictionary, part participatory journalism romp in which he embeds at M-W, defines several words, voices “Meyer lemon” & accidentally goes viral
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
So much fun last night to see @stefanfatsis.bsky.social discuss UNABRIDGED with @louisathomas.bsky.social at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social—part state of the dictionary, part participatory journalism romp in which he embeds at M-W, defines several words, voices “Meyer lemon” & accidentally goes viral
As someone who’s spent many solo hours soaking up the details of old maps — for stories, for my book, and for fun — what a treat it was on a rainy day to chaperone a fourth-grade field trip to @bplmaps.bsky.social and see some of the Leventhal collection through their eyes
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As someone who’s spent many solo hours soaking up the details of old maps — for stories, for my book, and for fun — what a treat it was on a rainy day to chaperone a fourth-grade field trip to @bplmaps.bsky.social and see some of the Leventhal collection through their eyes
Be kind
Be useful
Words to live by from Lloyd Young (1968-2025) of @bostonglobe.com, struck by a car while cycling in his native Illinois.
Be useful
Words to live by from Lloyd Young (1968-2025) of @bostonglobe.com, struck by a car while cycling in his native Illinois.
September 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Be kind
Be useful
Words to live by from Lloyd Young (1968-2025) of @bostonglobe.com, struck by a car while cycling in his native Illinois.
Be useful
Words to live by from Lloyd Young (1968-2025) of @bostonglobe.com, struck by a car while cycling in his native Illinois.
Hard to get much more peak New England than stopping for lobster and steamers by the water — then spotting a signed photo of the Steamer himself on the way out of the restaurant
August 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hard to get much more peak New England than stopping for lobster and steamers by the water — then spotting a signed photo of the Steamer himself on the way out of the restaurant
And now back to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to pick up the book itself on pub day! Great to see such a nice crowd for @dougmost.bsky.social in conversation with @wbursteve.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
And now back to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to pick up the book itself on pub day! Great to see such a nice crowd for @dougmost.bsky.social in conversation with @wbursteve.bsky.social
Just biked to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to preorder LAUNCHING LIBERTY, with a requisite stop at JP Licks along the way @dougmost.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just biked to @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to preorder LAUNCHING LIBERTY, with a requisite stop at JP Licks along the way @dougmost.bsky.social
After the lights came up:
Him: “How many stars would you give it out of 10? I mean a trillion! I mean a quillion! I mean a quillion and 10!?”
Me: “Hmm, I dunno, how many would you give it?”
Him: “Uh, like a 6. No, a 10! … No, 6; it was kind of scary. Can we see the next one next year?”
Him: “How many stars would you give it out of 10? I mean a trillion! I mean a quillion! I mean a quillion and 10!?”
Me: “Hmm, I dunno, how many would you give it?”
Him: “Uh, like a 6. No, a 10! … No, 6; it was kind of scary. Can we see the next one next year?”
July 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
After the lights came up:
Him: “How many stars would you give it out of 10? I mean a trillion! I mean a quillion! I mean a quillion and 10!?”
Me: “Hmm, I dunno, how many would you give it?”
Him: “Uh, like a 6. No, a 10! … No, 6; it was kind of scary. Can we see the next one next year?”
Him: “How many stars would you give it out of 10? I mean a trillion! I mean a quillion! I mean a quillion and 10!?”
Me: “Hmm, I dunno, how many would you give it?”
Him: “Uh, like a 6. No, a 10! … No, 6; it was kind of scary. Can we see the next one next year?”
Fantastic Four, by the numbers, with a 6-year-old:
— 3 bathroom breaks
— 4.5 superheroes
— 7 seats sampled
— 115 minutes of stage-whispered commentary and questions for his 9-year-old brother
— 3 bathroom breaks
— 4.5 superheroes
— 7 seats sampled
— 115 minutes of stage-whispered commentary and questions for his 9-year-old brother
July 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Fantastic Four, by the numbers, with a 6-year-old:
— 3 bathroom breaks
— 4.5 superheroes
— 7 seats sampled
— 115 minutes of stage-whispered commentary and questions for his 9-year-old brother
— 3 bathroom breaks
— 4.5 superheroes
— 7 seats sampled
— 115 minutes of stage-whispered commentary and questions for his 9-year-old brother
“Dad, what are you taking a picture of?”
“Us biking!”
“A Viking?! Where?”
“No, us biking, because it’s so much fun!”
“Us biking!”
“A Viking?! Where?”
“No, us biking, because it’s so much fun!”
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Dad, what are you taking a picture of?”
“Us biking!”
“A Viking?! Where?”
“No, us biking, because it’s so much fun!”
“Us biking!”
“A Viking?! Where?”
“No, us biking, because it’s so much fun!”
I mainly collect postcards from the early 1900s, but this Boston “Public Gardens” (sic) card from the swinging sixties was too good to pass up
July 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I mainly collect postcards from the early 1900s, but this Boston “Public Gardens” (sic) card from the swinging sixties was too good to pass up
Encountered this the other day at the Edward Gorey House on the Cape and felt especially seen
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Encountered this the other day at the Edward Gorey House on the Cape and felt especially seen
Big day in the life of a (nearly) 9-year-old biker: when you get your first brand-new bike — and your first bike with gears! — you don’t wait to go for a ride, even if it’s 90F when you roll out of the shop.
*not shown: a stop at JP Lick’s, followed by a viewing of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
*not shown: a stop at JP Lick’s, followed by a viewing of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
June 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Big day in the life of a (nearly) 9-year-old biker: when you get your first brand-new bike — and your first bike with gears! — you don’t wait to go for a ride, even if it’s 90F when you roll out of the shop.
*not shown: a stop at JP Lick’s, followed by a viewing of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
*not shown: a stop at JP Lick’s, followed by a viewing of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure