Anne Midgette
@classicalbeat.bsky.social
Writer, recovering music critic.
The cat actually smiled for the photo. #catsofbluesky
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The cat actually smiled for the photo. #catsofbluesky
I was looking for images of 18th-century silver online as reference for my book-in-progress, and now there's an excited eBay seller out there who thinks I'm about to make an offer on a mustard-pot.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I was looking for images of 18th-century silver online as reference for my book-in-progress, and now there's an excited eBay seller out there who thinks I'm about to make an offer on a mustard-pot.
Well, Game 5 is off to a brisk start. #worldseries #ohcanada
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Well, Game 5 is off to a brisk start. #worldseries #ohcanada
Turns out I was right about the Kennedy Center trees (see last Skeet). It was the last administration that decided to take them down, because they were old and the root systems were affecting the structural integrity of the building. Let's see what the current administration does to replace them.
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Turns out I was right about the Kennedy Center trees (see last Skeet). It was the last administration that decided to take them down, because they were old and the root systems were affecting the structural integrity of the building. Let's see what the current administration does to replace them.
When I heard the @kennedycenter.bsky.social had cut down half the trees on the terrace, I was prepared to be upset - until I looked for myself after a concert on Saturday and saw how sickly the remaining trees are looking. 54 is old for a willow. Maybe it was just their time.
October 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
When I heard the @kennedycenter.bsky.social had cut down half the trees on the terrace, I was prepared to be upset - until I looked for myself after a concert on Saturday and saw how sickly the remaining trees are looking. 54 is old for a willow. Maybe it was just their time.
I raised a windowblind that we usually keep closed, and the cat thinks I got him a new streaming service. #catsofbluesky #cats #easilyamused
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I raised a windowblind that we usually keep closed, and the cat thinks I got him a new streaming service. #catsofbluesky #cats #easilyamused
Peak August, unlocked. (No, I didn't bake it, but I bought it at the local orchard, which has its own virtues.)
August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Peak August, unlocked. (No, I didn't bake it, but I bought it at the local orchard, which has its own virtues.)
Possibly my favorite AI mis-call ever.
June 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Possibly my favorite AI mis-call ever.
"What have you done with the sun?!"
May 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"What have you done with the sun?!"
Channeling the movie FLOW
March 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Channeling the movie FLOW
Good morning from the windowcats.
March 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Good morning from the windowcats.
If I were still a critic, I would be at this (free!) concert to check in with the National Symphony Orchestra's morale and vibe in the midst of the Kennedy Center upheaval. Sadly, I'm traveling today, but I hope someone checks in, and that the concert is packed.
February 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If I were still a critic, I would be at this (free!) concert to check in with the National Symphony Orchestra's morale and vibe in the midst of the Kennedy Center upheaval. Sadly, I'm traveling today, but I hope someone checks in, and that the concert is packed.
I wonder it the maps draw on some central data base and auto-refresh ...
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I wonder it the maps draw on some central data base and auto-refresh ...
We are officially living in crazy land. (h/t @joshuafoust.com)
February 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We are officially living in crazy land. (h/t @joshuafoust.com)
Our yin/yang cats.
January 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our yin/yang cats.
In which AI states that a 9x12 pan is bigger than 2 8x8 pans, and then shows its work and proves that 2 8x8 pans are, in fact, bigger. C'mon, AI, this should be easy for you. (For the record, I didn't ask AI; it just helpfully put in its two cents, not even answering the question I DID ask.)
January 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In which AI states that a 9x12 pan is bigger than 2 8x8 pans, and then shows its work and proves that 2 8x8 pans are, in fact, bigger. C'mon, AI, this should be easy for you. (For the record, I didn't ask AI; it just helpfully put in its two cents, not even answering the question I DID ask.)
"SNOW! SNOW! Snowsnowsnowsnow -- shoes? Shoes! SHOES!" Or, learning impulse control at 13: a short story in one picture.
January 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"SNOW! SNOW! Snowsnowsnowsnow -- shoes? Shoes! SHOES!" Or, learning impulse control at 13: a short story in one picture.
My son took that same shot of ME a couple of years ago.
January 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My son took that same shot of ME a couple of years ago.
I got the perfect mother-son selfie with the 13-year-old.
January 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I got the perfect mother-son selfie with the 13-year-old.
The Platonic ideal of the catnap.
January 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Platonic ideal of the catnap.
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
To my utter enchantment, I have just (re)discovered that my long-ago typewriter, which got so much use in high school and college, actually came with an emoji key.
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 AM
To my utter enchantment, I have just (re)discovered that my long-ago typewriter, which got so much use in high school and college, actually came with an emoji key.
I have a scaredy cat. He runs from his own shadow and hides from groups of people even when those people are just family members whom he likes individually.
November 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM
I have a scaredy cat. He runs from his own shadow and hides from groups of people even when those people are just family members whom he likes individually.
This may have been making the rounds already, but I saw it this morning and it made me cackle. H/t @rbendig.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
This may have been making the rounds already, but I saw it this morning and it made me cackle. H/t @rbendig.bsky.social
Yes, I enthusiastically second this skeet. Also, tangentially, there is a cafe in Kathleen Ferrier's home town on the Solway Firth in the UK that's named after her ("Mrs. Wilson's") and full of memorabilia, and I got a huge kick out of it.
November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Yes, I enthusiastically second this skeet. Also, tangentially, there is a cafe in Kathleen Ferrier's home town on the Solway Firth in the UK that's named after her ("Mrs. Wilson's") and full of memorabilia, and I got a huge kick out of it.