Holly Wade Matter
@weemallard.bsky.social
Writer. White-knuckle knitter. Superannuated Pre-Raphaelite stunner. Punk- and Goth-adjacent. My novel, Damned Pretty Things, is available from Aqueduct Press (and the usual suspects). I like perfume.
Pinned
An ideal to strive for.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
An ideal to strive for.
I have messed up this cardigan in many new and inventive ways, but I'm not going to rip it back because at least my mistakes are symmetrical.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have messed up this cardigan in many new and inventive ways, but I'm not going to rip it back because at least my mistakes are symmetrical.
Seriously!
That new Wuthering Heights trailer calling it the greatest love story of all time has me wondering if I read a completely different book with that title.
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Seriously!
I've lost my Malt O Meal mojo! So many lumps.
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Malt O Meal was the breakfast of our courtship when he came to visit me in Arkansas.
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When my younger sister was in grad school, Malt O Meal was the only food she could afford.
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I prefer Malt O Meal with a bit of butter and brown sugar.
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Malt O Meal was the breakfast of our courtship when he came to visit me in Arkansas.
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When my younger sister was in grad school, Malt O Meal was the only food she could afford.
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I prefer Malt O Meal with a bit of butter and brown sugar.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've lost my Malt O Meal mojo! So many lumps.
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Malt O Meal was the breakfast of our courtship when he came to visit me in Arkansas.
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When my younger sister was in grad school, Malt O Meal was the only food she could afford.
*
I prefer Malt O Meal with a bit of butter and brown sugar.
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Malt O Meal was the breakfast of our courtship when he came to visit me in Arkansas.
*
When my younger sister was in grad school, Malt O Meal was the only food she could afford.
*
I prefer Malt O Meal with a bit of butter and brown sugar.
Thanks to the tip from @naomind.bsky.social, we now have a burgeoning sweet-potato plant. When I was pretty young, my mother kept a similar plant on top of the piano and called it Gigantor.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thanks to the tip from @naomind.bsky.social, we now have a burgeoning sweet-potato plant. When I was pretty young, my mother kept a similar plant on top of the piano and called it Gigantor.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Watch a free mini-course about three knitting techniques that will instantly make your projects look better, and make you a more skilled knitter in less than an hour.
www.10rowsaday.com/free-knittin...
#knitting #knit
#crochet #crocheter
#handmade #beginnerknitter
#justknitting
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#knitting #knit
#crochet #crocheter
#handmade #beginnerknitter
#justknitting
Hoopla has got Fiddler on the Roof, but not for long. I watched it last night, at least 50 years after the first time, and loved it.
Topol, as well as being a great singer and actor, had plausible teeth.
Topol, as well as being a great singer and actor, had plausible teeth.
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hoopla has got Fiddler on the Roof, but not for long. I watched it last night, at least 50 years after the first time, and loved it.
Topol, as well as being a great singer and actor, had plausible teeth.
Topol, as well as being a great singer and actor, had plausible teeth.
Me: Oh my God, it's pink! I'm pregnant!
(Negative test for COVID, but they say to do it again in 48 hours, so I will.)
(Negative test for COVID, but they say to do it again in 48 hours, so I will.)
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Me: Oh my God, it's pink! I'm pregnant!
(Negative test for COVID, but they say to do it again in 48 hours, so I will.)
(Negative test for COVID, but they say to do it again in 48 hours, so I will.)
My beloved is on a quest for COVID test kits, Malt O Meal, and Mexican Fanta Orange - the necessities of my life today.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My beloved is on a quest for COVID test kits, Malt O Meal, and Mexican Fanta Orange - the necessities of my life today.
Tally sheet for the Marsali cardigan. This is far from my usual utterly inscrutable notes, though it doesn't look that way.
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tally sheet for the Marsali cardigan. This is far from my usual utterly inscrutable notes, though it doesn't look that way.
Up at quarter after 4:00 am. I'm cold, and I'm sick. I really hope this is just a common cold. I have not had COVID and I want to keep it that way.
Between the funeral, the crowded gatherings afterward, and my sick bro-in-law, I've no one to blame but myself for not masking.
Between the funeral, the crowded gatherings afterward, and my sick bro-in-law, I've no one to blame but myself for not masking.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Up at quarter after 4:00 am. I'm cold, and I'm sick. I really hope this is just a common cold. I have not had COVID and I want to keep it that way.
Between the funeral, the crowded gatherings afterward, and my sick bro-in-law, I've no one to blame but myself for not masking.
Between the funeral, the crowded gatherings afterward, and my sick bro-in-law, I've no one to blame but myself for not masking.
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New word definition proposal: to trump meaning to grift, to cheat, to commit fraud upon someone. Used in sentences: "I am not about to let you trump me out of inheriting my uncle's library." "What kinda trump are you pullin?"
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
New word definition proposal: to trump meaning to grift, to cheat, to commit fraud upon someone. Used in sentences: "I am not about to let you trump me out of inheriting my uncle's library." "What kinda trump are you pullin?"
"And though I know the rhythm you'd prefer me dancing to
I'll turn my revolt into style"
Bill Nelson, "Revolt Into Style."
I'll turn my revolt into style"
Bill Nelson, "Revolt Into Style."
What is a song lyric that changed your life?
"No one can find the rewind button, girl, so cradle your head in your hands and breathe"
"No one can find the rewind button, girl, so cradle your head in your hands and breathe"
"it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive"
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"And though I know the rhythm you'd prefer me dancing to
I'll turn my revolt into style"
Bill Nelson, "Revolt Into Style."
I'll turn my revolt into style"
Bill Nelson, "Revolt Into Style."
Charts. We got em.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Charts. We got em.
Puss continues to crash into things. Yesterday she was able to get up on the box we call Puss Peak. And then she fell off it....
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Puss continues to crash into things. Yesterday she was able to get up on the box we call Puss Peak. And then she fell off it....
Drop something WHITE.
(And thin. And a member of the nobility.)
(And thin. And a member of the nobility.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Drop something WHITE.
(And thin. And a member of the nobility.)
(And thin. And a member of the nobility.)
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
Name a song that is more pure, more raw, more haunting than the “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightifoot…!
I’ll wait. Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. 😭😢🥺.
All true
All raw
I’ll wait. Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. 😭😢🥺.
All true
All raw
"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. The mysterious sinking is famously documented in Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST...
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya."
Our health insurance premium went up 20% last January. Today we learned that this January it's going up another 50%. I don't even know what to say.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Our health insurance premium went up 20% last January. Today we learned that this January it's going up another 50%. I don't even know what to say.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
I need this
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November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I need this
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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine is on the lookout for your weirdest writing and art! #sciencefiction
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November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Utopia Science Fiction Magazine is on the lookout for your weirdest writing and art! #sciencefiction
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The poor blind bunny is back from being boarded. She's hopping around, bumping into things, chinning other things, trying to get her bearing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The poor blind bunny is back from being boarded. She's hopping around, bumping into things, chinning other things, trying to get her bearing.
It's one fine story for sure.
Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's one fine story for sure.
American Duchess ... Doing what they do best.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
American Duchess ... Doing what they do best.
My strange powers are dancing, and hiding things.
(Not really. But I enjoy quoting the mysterious chicken from that "Which Pie Is the Best" episode of Weebl and Bob.)
(Not really. But I enjoy quoting the mysterious chicken from that "Which Pie Is the Best" episode of Weebl and Bob.)
Don't be frightened to display your talents
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My strange powers are dancing, and hiding things.
(Not really. But I enjoy quoting the mysterious chicken from that "Which Pie Is the Best" episode of Weebl and Bob.)
(Not really. But I enjoy quoting the mysterious chicken from that "Which Pie Is the Best" episode of Weebl and Bob.)