Lydia Netzer
@lydianetzer.bsky.social
Author of Shine Shine Shine and How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky. Editor, knitter, guitar player.
Last night I took my socks off before bed. This morning there are three socks in that pile. Is this the most banal Christmas miracle on record?
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last night I took my socks off before bed. This morning there are three socks in that pile. Is this the most banal Christmas miracle on record?
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Driving to Wisconsin from Virginia.
Minivans with antlers count so far: 0.5
Yuletide gaiety abounds.
Minivans with antlers count so far: 0.5
Yuletide gaiety abounds.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Driving to Wisconsin from Virginia.
Minivans with antlers count so far: 0.5
Yuletide gaiety abounds.
Minivans with antlers count so far: 0.5
Yuletide gaiety abounds.
How did I not know about this book?
December 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How did I not know about this book?
Seven #newmusic songs to try instead of Guns N' Roses:
"Above the Neck" by @sofiaisella.bsky.social
"So What" by #JaneRemover
"Thootie" by #IceSpice
"People Like You" by #MichalLeah
"Merry Go Round" by #CarolAdes
"Cup of Loneliness" by #MerceLemon
"Death Wish" by #BabyNova
"Above the Neck" by @sofiaisella.bsky.social
"So What" by #JaneRemover
"Thootie" by #IceSpice
"People Like You" by #MichalLeah
"Merry Go Round" by #CarolAdes
"Cup of Loneliness" by #MerceLemon
"Death Wish" by #BabyNova
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Seven #newmusic songs to try instead of Guns N' Roses:
"Above the Neck" by @sofiaisella.bsky.social
"So What" by #JaneRemover
"Thootie" by #IceSpice
"People Like You" by #MichalLeah
"Merry Go Round" by #CarolAdes
"Cup of Loneliness" by #MerceLemon
"Death Wish" by #BabyNova
"Above the Neck" by @sofiaisella.bsky.social
"So What" by #JaneRemover
"Thootie" by #IceSpice
"People Like You" by #MichalLeah
"Merry Go Round" by #CarolAdes
"Cup of Loneliness" by #MerceLemon
"Death Wish" by #BabyNova
Guns N' Roses put out a new song last week and here's everything you need to know about it:
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Guns N' Roses put out a new song last week and here's everything you need to know about it:
In *A Long Game* by Elizabeth McCracken, pubbed today, this really caught: She compares the practice of writing to lifting weights, remind us that doing a lot of reps with light weights won't help you improve. You have to lift heavy things, ripping your muscles apart in the process, to get stronger.
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In *A Long Game* by Elizabeth McCracken, pubbed today, this really caught: She compares the practice of writing to lifting weights, remind us that doing a lot of reps with light weights won't help you improve. You have to lift heavy things, ripping your muscles apart in the process, to get stronger.
Listening to "silver and gold" by Ella Woolsey and "Stacy" by Fiona Fiasco. Hypnotic and yet not muddy. Good writing music. #newmusicfriday
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Listening to "silver and gold" by Ella Woolsey and "Stacy" by Fiona Fiasco. Hypnotic and yet not muddy. Good writing music. #newmusicfriday
Hey @sanders.senate.gov is giving out free water at the #NoKings protest in Williamsburg VA! Thanks Bernie!
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey @sanders.senate.gov is giving out free water at the #NoKings protest in Williamsburg VA! Thanks Bernie!
Is the score for Highest 2 Lowest actually incidental music from the score of the musical Oklahoma? #highest2lowest #appletv #spikelee
September 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is the score for Highest 2 Lowest actually incidental music from the score of the musical Oklahoma? #highest2lowest #appletv #spikelee
Sorry I forgot Bluesky existed. Again.
August 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sorry I forgot Bluesky existed. Again.
So far in #edinburgh I've eaten amazing crisp beetroot tostadas, terrible soggy pizza, fantastic pancakes, and a life-giving ham-and-cheese panini.
August 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So far in #edinburgh I've eaten amazing crisp beetroot tostadas, terrible soggy pizza, fantastic pancakes, and a life-giving ham-and-cheese panini.
First day of flyering for #GooderThanGold at #edfringe and I stood near Bedlam Theatre and talked to women over 30. It was fun. My pitch: "This show is for women who take care of everyone else in their lives. What's that like?" Many responded: "Oh, so it's the story of my life then?"
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
First day of flyering for #GooderThanGold at #edfringe and I stood near Bedlam Theatre and talked to women over 30. It was fun. My pitch: "This show is for women who take care of everyone else in their lives. What's that like?" Many responded: "Oh, so it's the story of my life then?"
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am practicing #watercolor painting.
August 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am practicing #watercolor painting.
Late to the frenzy here, but I read this in like three urgent hours. Speculative fiction about motherhood and death: do go on, @helencphillips.bsky.social. Also, Viv is the most enchanting and still realistic just-turning-four-year-olds on the page. #booksky
August 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Late to the frenzy here, but I read this in like three urgent hours. Speculative fiction about motherhood and death: do go on, @helencphillips.bsky.social. Also, Viv is the most enchanting and still realistic just-turning-four-year-olds on the page. #booksky
No I will not be covering my entire body in deodorant.
July 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
No I will not be covering my entire body in deodorant.
The fact that I was conflating #yellowjackets and #yellowstone put me off both of them unnecessarily. I was like, why is Kevin Costner all over a show about missing teenage girls? Duh, it’s two shows, both of which I now love.
Sometimes when I am not paying attention, I make ridiculous judgments.
Sometimes when I am not paying attention, I make ridiculous judgments.
July 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The fact that I was conflating #yellowjackets and #yellowstone put me off both of them unnecessarily. I was like, why is Kevin Costner all over a show about missing teenage girls? Duh, it’s two shows, both of which I now love.
Sometimes when I am not paying attention, I make ridiculous judgments.
Sometimes when I am not paying attention, I make ridiculous judgments.
Just over here using a nighttime facial towelette in the daytime like a goddamn lunatic.
July 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just over here using a nighttime facial towelette in the daytime like a goddamn lunatic.
I really thought we’d be over calling everything a “journey” by now. And I’m disappointed in you specifically.
July 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I really thought we’d be over calling everything a “journey” by now. And I’m disappointed in you specifically.
Less than 3 weeks until Edinburgh! (Aug 12-17, Bedlam Theatre, @ 8pm)
“Blackly funny and brutally vivid, “Gooder than Gold” is a sharply observed memoir-come-to-life voiced by a master storyteller.”
— Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author
#edfringe #Fringe2025 #bedlamfringe #GooderThanGold
“Blackly funny and brutally vivid, “Gooder than Gold” is a sharply observed memoir-come-to-life voiced by a master storyteller.”
— Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author
#edfringe #Fringe2025 #bedlamfringe #GooderThanGold
July 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Less than 3 weeks until Edinburgh! (Aug 12-17, Bedlam Theatre, @ 8pm)
“Blackly funny and brutally vivid, “Gooder than Gold” is a sharply observed memoir-come-to-life voiced by a master storyteller.”
— Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author
#edfringe #Fringe2025 #bedlamfringe #GooderThanGold
“Blackly funny and brutally vivid, “Gooder than Gold” is a sharply observed memoir-come-to-life voiced by a master storyteller.”
— Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author
#edfringe #Fringe2025 #bedlamfringe #GooderThanGold
When you start a new season of a show, you get the option to “Skip Recap.” But I’d like the option for “Extra Recap” since I forgot every single thing that happened.
July 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
When you start a new season of a show, you get the option to “Skip Recap.” But I’d like the option for “Extra Recap” since I forgot every single thing that happened.
I read Hunchback. Ichikawa exercises a stunning amount of literary restraint. Right now I’m listening to Little Dorrit, in audio. The juxtaposition of the two novels is remarkable. Sometimes I feel I could just spend the rest of my life rereading Dickens. This was a reminder - that would be stupid.
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I read Hunchback. Ichikawa exercises a stunning amount of literary restraint. Right now I’m listening to Little Dorrit, in audio. The juxtaposition of the two novels is remarkable. Sometimes I feel I could just spend the rest of my life rereading Dickens. This was a reminder - that would be stupid.