Lee Wheeler
@ldwbooks.bsky.social
Reader. Dog mom. Photog. Astronomy nut. Dream believer.
Author of At Last, The Hot Magic of Small Things and And Doggo Makes Three.
Author of At Last, The Hot Magic of Small Things and And Doggo Makes Three.
The Diplomat is coming back for season 3 on Netflix tomorrow. I love love love that show. The writing is terrific. Keri Russell is excellent. I have to admit I didn’t know Rufus Sewell before this show, but I am now totally smitten.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Diplomat is coming back for season 3 on Netflix tomorrow. I love love love that show. The writing is terrific. Keri Russell is excellent. I have to admit I didn’t know Rufus Sewell before this show, but I am now totally smitten.
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I am sad to learn that Thomas Perry has passed away.
He was a master of the taut intellectual thriller. A line that never fails to make me laugh—He’s old in the way of a seven-foot rattlesnake.
This gift article is an excellent summary of his fascinating life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
He was a master of the taut intellectual thriller. A line that never fails to make me laugh—He’s old in the way of a seven-foot rattlesnake.
This gift article is an excellent summary of his fascinating life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I am sad to learn that Thomas Perry has passed away.
He was a master of the taut intellectual thriller. A line that never fails to make me laugh—He’s old in the way of a seven-foot rattlesnake.
This gift article is an excellent summary of his fascinating life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
He was a master of the taut intellectual thriller. A line that never fails to make me laugh—He’s old in the way of a seven-foot rattlesnake.
This gift article is an excellent summary of his fascinating life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Confession: I sleep with this book. Don’t worry—it’s the audiobook, and I have insomnia, The Same Bright Stars brings me so much joy that when I wake up in the middle of the night, I can easily slip into the world so artfully created by Ethan Joella and feel at peace.
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Confession: I sleep with this book. Don’t worry—it’s the audiobook, and I have insomnia, The Same Bright Stars brings me so much joy that when I wake up in the middle of the night, I can easily slip into the world so artfully created by Ethan Joella and feel at peace.
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects. https://n.pr/405DN8P
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first images are stunning — and just the start
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects.
n.pr
June 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly spot previously unseen astronomical objects. https://n.pr/405DN8P
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URGENT: Protections for #wildhorses and #burros have been stripped from the FY 2026 White House Budget Proposal. Please follow the link to learn more, then tell your Rep & Senators to prohibit killing healthy mustangs and burros and selling them without limits or oversight. bit.ly/4kxY7Yz
June 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
URGENT: Protections for #wildhorses and #burros have been stripped from the FY 2026 White House Budget Proposal. Please follow the link to learn more, then tell your Rep & Senators to prohibit killing healthy mustangs and burros and selling them without limits or oversight. bit.ly/4kxY7Yz
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When we first saw Casper being led around a kill pen before shipping to slaughter, he was tired, defeated, lost and frightened. Today, he is the magnificent #horse you see here, strong, happy, playful, completely honest and kind. This is what our work is all about. #rescuedoneright
June 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When we first saw Casper being led around a kill pen before shipping to slaughter, he was tired, defeated, lost and frightened. Today, he is the magnificent #horse you see here, strong, happy, playful, completely honest and kind. This is what our work is all about. #rescuedoneright
I just built a raised bed garden and the next day it grew a dog! Can’t wait to see what happens when I plant the beans.
May 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I just built a raised bed garden and the next day it grew a dog! Can’t wait to see what happens when I plant the beans.
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“Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.” Right in our backyard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.” Right in our backyard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
There’s a new Carl Hiaasen book coming out! Fever Beach drops on May 13th. I’m counting down the days like Christmas is coming. In celebration of the imminent arrival of Fever Beach, I decided to write a review of one of my favorite books. Read the review on IG www.instagram.com/p/DIO_v3aAX7...
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There’s a new Carl Hiaasen book coming out! Fever Beach drops on May 13th. I’m counting down the days like Christmas is coming. In celebration of the imminent arrival of Fever Beach, I decided to write a review of one of my favorite books. Read the review on IG www.instagram.com/p/DIO_v3aAX7...
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A drunken bet that only one man can survive… this is ‘The Wager and the Bear.’
April 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A drunken bet that only one man can survive… this is ‘The Wager and the Bear.’
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Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
March 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do you have a library card?
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
Do you?
Do
You
Do it
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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
Tanner is a 120 pound lab. I always say his body had to be that big to hold his enormous heart. He greets every person and creature with love.
Compassion is the crown jewel in the character of a truly noble man.” — Abraham Lincoln
Compassion is the crown jewel in the character of a truly noble man.” — Abraham Lincoln
March 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tanner is a 120 pound lab. I always say his body had to be that big to hold his enormous heart. He greets every person and creature with love.
Compassion is the crown jewel in the character of a truly noble man.” — Abraham Lincoln
Compassion is the crown jewel in the character of a truly noble man.” — Abraham Lincoln
Happiness is a big stick.
February 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Happiness is a big stick.
I took the photo of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt two years ago and have tried several times to write a review. Nothing I wrote could do it justice.
This book will make you smile and laugh and cry.
Full review in IG www.instagram.com/p/DGkuDIKRMS...
This book will make you smile and laugh and cry.
Full review in IG www.instagram.com/p/DGkuDIKRMS...
February 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I took the photo of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt two years ago and have tried several times to write a review. Nothing I wrote could do it justice.
This book will make you smile and laugh and cry.
Full review in IG www.instagram.com/p/DGkuDIKRMS...
This book will make you smile and laugh and cry.
Full review in IG www.instagram.com/p/DGkuDIKRMS...
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These three young bulls have officially graduated to Ithumba, taking a big step towards their wild future. Now, they’ll explore Tsavo, form new bonds, and learn from the elephants around them.
See their journey: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/mukutan-choka-loldaiga-graduate
See their journey: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/mukutan-choka-loldaiga-graduate
January 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
These three young bulls have officially graduated to Ithumba, taking a big step towards their wild future. Now, they’ll explore Tsavo, form new bonds, and learn from the elephants around them.
See their journey: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/mukutan-choka-loldaiga-graduate
See their journey: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/mukutan-choka-loldaiga-graduate
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Another 3 days of Santa Ana winds coming today. Severe fire weather will test the existing fire lines put in by heroic firefighter crews. Let's pray for no new starts or flare ups with the wind. We still have no power, but we have a home and each other and all animals are well. bit.ly/4fYJyKu
California Wildfires: Major Weather Event Tomorrow Will Test The Incredible Progress Firefighters Have Made.
Also, no... Oregon engines were not turned away.
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January 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Another 3 days of Santa Ana winds coming today. Severe fire weather will test the existing fire lines put in by heroic firefighter crews. Let's pray for no new starts or flare ups with the wind. We still have no power, but we have a home and each other and all animals are well. bit.ly/4fYJyKu
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If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
January 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
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From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
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SoCal friends:
Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
SoCal friends:
Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
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For those evacuating with pets in LA: Hilton’s Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Tru and Canopy brands are all 100% pet friendly. Even cats! And a lot of hotels are waiving pet fees atm. Good on u Hilton! Pun intended: that’s hot.
January 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For those evacuating with pets in LA: Hilton’s Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Tru and Canopy brands are all 100% pet friendly. Even cats! And a lot of hotels are waiving pet fees atm. Good on u Hilton! Pun intended: that’s hot.
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I wrote the latest cover story for The Atlantic. It's about the far-ranging implications of one simple statistic: Americans have never spent so much time alone, and surging solitude is warping our society.
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
January 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I wrote the latest cover story for The Atlantic. It's about the far-ranging implications of one simple statistic: Americans have never spent so much time alone, and surging solitude is warping our society.
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...