Amy Dickinson
@askingamy.bsky.social
"Ask Amy" advice columnist, NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist, literacy advocate, NYT bestselling author, and proprietor of the Freeville Free Library. Author of the One Good Thing newsletter on Substack
Once described a girl as "a chunkier Reese Witherspoon..."
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Once described a girl as "a chunkier Reese Witherspoon..."
Giant leaf
Small terrier
Small terrier
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Giant leaf
Small terrier
Small terrier
I'll take Paul Lynde for the win
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'll take Paul Lynde for the win
Rural campaigning looks like this:
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rural campaigning looks like this:
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
When I googled "Platner's tattoo, AI coughed up a lot of flower pot tattoos off of Insta.
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
When I googled "Platner's tattoo, AI coughed up a lot of flower pot tattoos off of Insta.
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
Don't know your style but I got a suede barn jacket at Zara for under $100 (don't recall the exact price). Is it a piece of junk? So far, no.
It's this one:
(And I look exactly like this person striding across a city street in my new barn jacket.)
It's this one:
(And I look exactly like this person striding across a city street in my new barn jacket.)
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Don't know your style but I got a suede barn jacket at Zara for under $100 (don't recall the exact price). Is it a piece of junk? So far, no.
It's this one:
(And I look exactly like this person striding across a city street in my new barn jacket.)
It's this one:
(And I look exactly like this person striding across a city street in my new barn jacket.)
WARNING:
My tap shoes arrived today
My tap shoes arrived today
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
WARNING:
My tap shoes arrived today
My tap shoes arrived today
So basically I've been in Tanzania. Last night's sunset featured zebras loping across the plain. Heading home, which means I have a few more hours before I feel compelled to learn what's wrong with Keith Olbermann this time.
September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So basically I've been in Tanzania. Last night's sunset featured zebras loping across the plain. Heading home, which means I have a few more hours before I feel compelled to learn what's wrong with Keith Olbermann this time.
RIP wonderful Robert Redford; a man with talent and integrity and ... handsome as all get out.
I love the way he was
I love the way he was
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
RIP wonderful Robert Redford; a man with talent and integrity and ... handsome as all get out.
I love the way he was
I love the way he was
Love Parker Posey.
This dress, not so much
This dress, not so much
September 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Love Parker Posey.
This dress, not so much
This dress, not so much
Enjoyed lunch with @maris.bsky.social , whose book of essays is trenchant and funny - and also pairs well with egg salad and Kampucha
September 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Enjoyed lunch with @maris.bsky.social , whose book of essays is trenchant and funny - and also pairs well with egg salad and Kampucha
God bless geraniums
Best plants I know
They keep bloomin
With no groomin
Never quitting
Til they're sitting
In the snow
Best plants I know
They keep bloomin
With no groomin
Never quitting
Til they're sitting
In the snow
September 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
God bless geraniums
Best plants I know
They keep bloomin
With no groomin
Never quitting
Til they're sitting
In the snow
Best plants I know
They keep bloomin
With no groomin
Never quitting
Til they're sitting
In the snow
I'm glad I have a bunch of fading flowers to catch this morning's gorgeous light.
September 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm glad I have a bunch of fading flowers to catch this morning's gorgeous light.
My terrier and I occasionally switch personalities
August 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My terrier and I occasionally switch personalities
I live on this road (our red barn is up there on the right).
Most days I feel so lucky to live in this landscape -- and especially on days like this.
Most days I feel so lucky to live in this landscape -- and especially on days like this.
August 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I live on this road (our red barn is up there on the right).
Most days I feel so lucky to live in this landscape -- and especially on days like this.
Most days I feel so lucky to live in this landscape -- and especially on days like this.
He looks like Lawrence Olivier!
July 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He looks like Lawrence Olivier!
On my way back from buying firecrackers, I passed this group of elders in front of their assisted living home, celebrating Independence Day by making good trouble.
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On my way back from buying firecrackers, I passed this group of elders in front of their assisted living home, celebrating Independence Day by making good trouble.
A few months ago I opened a little cinema in my hometown
and show movies on Friday nights.
Everything is free and people bring snacks and drinks to share.
My poster game is very strong this week.
and show movies on Friday nights.
Everything is free and people bring snacks and drinks to share.
My poster game is very strong this week.
July 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A few months ago I opened a little cinema in my hometown
and show movies on Friday nights.
Everything is free and people bring snacks and drinks to share.
My poster game is very strong this week.
and show movies on Friday nights.
Everything is free and people bring snacks and drinks to share.
My poster game is very strong this week.
Yesterday I gave every child in my elementary school a great book to take home for the summer. In each class we talked about our favorite kinds of stories and read together. Each child received a different book, and it was fun to pair each book to each child.
WOW -- ❤️
WOW -- ❤️
June 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yesterday I gave every child in my elementary school a great book to take home for the summer. In each class we talked about our favorite kinds of stories and read together. Each child received a different book, and it was fun to pair each book to each child.
WOW -- ❤️
WOW -- ❤️
Happy publication day to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social - her indomitable, defiant and infectious spirit inspires SO MANY and I can't wait to read her book!
June 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy publication day to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social - her indomitable, defiant and infectious spirit inspires SO MANY and I can't wait to read her book!
If you need to see an adorable terrier demonstrating impressive Get Off My Lawn energy toward a wayward Mallard duck ....
Here you go
Here you go
June 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If you need to see an adorable terrier demonstrating impressive Get Off My Lawn energy toward a wayward Mallard duck ....
Here you go
Here you go
I've opened a little free cinema in my hometown.
Movies on Fridays!
Movies on Fridays!
June 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I've opened a little free cinema in my hometown.
Movies on Fridays!
Movies on Fridays!