Excited for the October #bsbookclub daily read-along! This month, we’ll be reading “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” a 1904 collection of scary stories by M.R. James. I found a copy at Powell’s in Portland. Join us! The full reading schedule is at #pleasingterror or 😱

I’m sorry to hear about your loss. We lost our 22-year-old cat last year and I still feel like I’m grieving. I recently drew a picture of her favorite cat toys—that I’ve been keeping in a box—as a way of letting go. I thought I’d share it with you.

Where to start with “Deutsches Requiem”? Like “Judas,” the story attempts to comprehend a reviled figure. Nice sly reference to Raskolnikov, another reviled literary character from Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” Today’s reading inspired me to spin a favorite Brahms clarinet quintet.🪞

Re “Judas,” only sort of. I visited Lund University in Sweden in September. It’s home to the Skissernas Museum, a cool and unique art museum that focuses on the artistic creative process. It has the world’s largest collection of sketches, cardboard models and prep work by international artists 🪞

Throughout “Tlön” I had a weird déjà vu that I’d read these ideas before. In 1989, in Doom Patrol #20, writer Grant Morrison lifted Borges’s ideas for “Orqwith” an imaginary world created by philosophers who wrote a fictional encyclopedia that later started invading into the “real” world. Hmm… 🪞

Excited for the July #bsbookclub daily read-along! For this month, we’re reading a bunch of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges. The majority of them can be found in “Labyrinths.” (That’s the book I have, so that’s what I’m reading.) Join us! The full reading schedule is at 🪞 or #borges

LOL. Duolingo for Eleanor. 🌌

Is it this collection? This is the one I have. I’ve always planned to someday read all of it, so this would be a great excuse to do so.

I'd argue a better pick for WA is the 2002 American remake of The Ring

Winchester House in San Jose, CA is mentioned on page 77. Designed by the widow of the rifle magnate, it’s a maze of 160 nonsensical rooms, doors to nowhere, stairs that stop at the ceiling, etc. She claimed to be directed by the ghosts killed by their firearms. I saw it in 2018. Worth a visit! 🌌

Excited for the June #bsbookclub daily read-along! This month we’re reading 1959 horror classic “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson. Join us! 🌌 #cupofstars

This month, I’ve been reading W. Somerset Maugham’s 1919 novel “The Moon and Sixpence” and really enjoying it

After all the conversations about the confusing family connections in “100 Years of Solitude,” my copy includes this helpful family tree. I’ve been regularly referring to it throughout the readings. 💯

Throughout all of 2025, the #bsbookclub is reading “Don Quixote” by Cervantes. I picked up a copy at my local bookstore yesterday. It’s the Ormsby translation. We’re only reading a few chapters each week, so it should be a chill read. Join us! #dq25 🫏 Follow the feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

For this month’s #bsbookclub we’re reading “Turn of The Screw” by Henry James, starting tomorrow. I remember reading this in high school and thinking the Victorian prose was super boring. Time to find out if my opinions have changed since I was seventeen, LOL. I wish I’d kept my notes! 🪛

Finished reading “Cat’s Cradle” and enjoyed it. The three befuddled children wrestling with their father’s legacy reminded me of “Succession.” The story unfolded in an unexpected way, as the narrator slowly became the main protagonist. No one steps up when a hero is required. Man destroys all. 🧊

Like seemingly everyone else in the gang, I’m trying to finish reading the conclusion of a previous book before we start “Gravity’s Rainbow” on Sunday. For me, it’s the superb “Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” 🚀🏍️⚙️🔧

Money plant drawing. Marker on paper. July 5, 2024