Crystal Lake
@crystal-b-lake.bsky.social
Writer, editor, & English professor in Dayton, OH. Artifacts: How We Think & Write About Found Objects. Co-founder: the-rambling.com. From rural Appalachia & writing about it. Posts are my own. She/her.
Here’s a thing I’ve started to do: leave a little “Survival Kit” for our graduate student instructors in their offices before the first day of classes. It includes…
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here’s a thing I’ve started to do: leave a little “Survival Kit” for our graduate student instructors in their offices before the first day of classes. It includes…
It was such a joy today to get to fan girl all the way out and introduce our graduate student instructors in English to Catherine Denial, whose work has influenced so much of the work I’ve been doing these last several years with our grad program. 😍
August 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It was such a joy today to get to fan girl all the way out and introduce our graduate student instructors in English to Catherine Denial, whose work has influenced so much of the work I’ve been doing these last several years with our grad program. 😍
In my happy place.
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In my happy place.
I guess even the cats are angry hedge fund managers now, and nothing makes sense anymore.
April 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I guess even the cats are angry hedge fund managers now, and nothing makes sense anymore.
The irony that now we really do need someone in the government to “stop the steal.”
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The irony that now we really do need someone in the government to “stop the steal.”
Pretty sure Walter is also a kind of turkey…
November 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Pretty sure Walter is also a kind of turkey…
If you aren’t following @therambling.bsky.social yet, you might wanna do that before next week. #teaser
November 23, 2024 at 6:41 PM
If you aren’t following @therambling.bsky.social yet, you might wanna do that before next week. #teaser
Feeling homesick for deep snow in the holler.
November 21, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Feeling homesick for deep snow in the holler.
The Rambling’s been moving a little slow lately 🐌, but we are out of our shell now with a stunning new issue over at the-rambling.com. Please help us get the word out by sharing your faves!
January 27, 2024 at 1:27 AM
The Rambling’s been moving a little slow lately 🐌, but we are out of our shell now with a stunning new issue over at the-rambling.com. Please help us get the word out by sharing your faves!
In personal news, the kiddo continues to flourish at college:
![Screenshot of text that reads “I’m in bed with a cold compress o[n] my head and vaporub. We’re getting through it man.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ckrkm6mewnjxlkr35lye25uh/bafkreicfw6ncd7stscopxy57n3y3wasxfq5nzfgcphj5lectwx3lkb55vi@jpeg)
October 17, 2023 at 2:01 PM
In personal news, the kiddo continues to flourish at college:
Happy Friday the 13th to all those who celebrate.
October 13, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Happy Friday the 13th to all those who celebrate.
Empty nesters on a Friday night be like…
September 22, 2023 at 11:49 PM
Empty nesters on a Friday night be like…
Vacation was nice. Highly recommend.
August 7, 2023 at 3:05 AM
Vacation was nice. Highly recommend.
This art at the DMV is something.
July 27, 2023 at 1:48 PM
This art at the DMV is something.
The final scene 😍!!! If this is the last vision of I have of the “long eighteenth century,” it will have been a good one.
July 8, 2023 at 2:40 PM
The final scene 😍!!! If this is the last vision of I have of the “long eighteenth century,” it will have been a good one.
