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Even if no one else appreciates the genuineness of my grin this morning. #hardle

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January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Our Ralph turned 15 this weekend. Seen here having the obligatory breakfast celebration of scrambled egg and croissant.
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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📢 Big news: our match is now TRIPLE! No one should be hungry or alone in NYC, especially our older neighbors. 💙 Last chance to make a tax-deductible gift by midnight! 🎁 Every donation is matched 3X! 👉 Donate today: https://donate.citymeals.org/page/91738/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=YESOC3X
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ralph and Leo don’t like wearing coats and they won’t go out in costume on Halloween.

But they’ll take treats anytime.
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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in my capacity as a YLS alumnus I agree we have to throw in the towel on this
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read most recent edition of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social over long weekend. As usual, my TBR (or TB located/purchased) list expanded. Any book budget overruns I blame on @nonsuchbook.bsky.social, who pointed me to Slightly Foxed several years ago.

Who am I kidding? I have no book budget.
September 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Annual village fireworks almost directly overhead last night. Created little cave in bathroom with musical distractions to ride out with dogs. This is how to check a that 14.5 yo dog’s hearing.
August 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Talk” for #NYRBwomen25 is like being stuck on Hampton Jitney in traffic, sitting in front of over-educated, under-occupied 29 yo’s. Or rather, on a LIRR local in 1965, stuck eastbound with creaky air-conditioning.

I feel simultaneously old and young. @joiedevivre9.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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August 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Extreme heat is dangerous for older adults, putting them at higher risk for serious health issues. Citymeals ensures our recipients have meals on hand when it’s too hot to cook or go out. Read more: www.citymeals.org/blog-post/su...
Citymeals on Wheels
Delivering meals and companionship to older New Yorkers in need.
www.citymeals.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m considering a class action v. @nytimes.com for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
July 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Seek (or just poke around) and ye shall find.
June 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great new issue. Have just ordered new Stein bio from @blackwells.bsky.social, along with the newJess Kidd, some Donal Ryan, Fortnight in Sept, and the autobiography of Alice B (which I vividly remember reading in my first apartment, 40+ years ago).
Gertrude Stein’s literary experiments; celebrity mystics; the compromises of G. W. Pabst; a tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa; Toni Morrison’s books – and much more www.the-tls.co.uk/issues/cu...
June 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@joiedevivre9.bsky.social @onebrightbook.bsky.social @nancykayshapiro.bsky.social @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social Need recovery suggestions. Think Laurie Colwin, Maggie Smith, Day of Jackal, Maigret, Amy Bloom short stories, Hope and Glory, David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
June 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Waiting for this marriage to actually end. How many red flags did she need?
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What I’m doing in lieu of actually making the bed. As usual, Binet’s compulsive readability creeps up on she who was only going to do the equivalent of a couple of chapters.
May 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On uptown B train. After guy with music on speaker left, violinist started playing—in space of 3 minutes—Hava Nagila, Lara’s Theme from Dr Zhivago, and the theme music from The Godfather. It’s quiet now.
April 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Jane Gardam, author of Old Filth and The Hollow Land, dies aged 96
April 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.
Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rul...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Reject the SAVE Act. The vote is today. Call!
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Terrific piece in @theatlantic.com by @xochitl1977.bsky.social on generational financial security, the anxiety of not having such comfort, and the frequent cluelessness of those who do (or do now) about those who don’t.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
www.theatlantic.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Possibly best hand ever.
April 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Today in NYC. Blocks after block after block.
April 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Got an email at 8:56 am EDT that Pinckney on Hardwick and the Helen Garner diaries have been “despatched”!
As if things aren’t bad enough. Let me play around and see if I can get an order through. A large order. And if they accept my pre-orders then they have to ship them right?
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM