Tim Mayers
@drtrmayers.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Writing Studies. Writer of scholarship, poetry, and long fiction. Fan of Crystal Palace Football Club
Thanksgiving football
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thanksgiving football
Another pencil ready for retirement to the nub jar. This particular one helped me scratch out over 100 pages in the birding notebook
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Another pencil ready for retirement to the nub jar. This particular one helped me scratch out over 100 pages in the birding notebook
That feeling when you find a record you’ve been looking for for a couple of years. Long in the Tooth Records & Books, Philadelphia.
August 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That feeling when you find a record you’ve been looking for for a couple of years. Long in the Tooth Records & Books, Philadelphia.
40 years ago today, this masterpiece was released into the world.
June 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
40 years ago today, this masterpiece was released into the world.
Lancaster shows up, 4,000 strong!
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Lancaster shows up, 4,000 strong!
This probably doesn’t end well.
June 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This probably doesn’t end well.
Another one bites the dust. #BlackwingPencils
April 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Another one bites the dust. #BlackwingPencils
The university where I teach doesn’t have the most picturesque campus, but it has its moments.
March 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The university where I teach doesn’t have the most picturesque campus, but it has its moments.
I try not to let National Pencil Day pass without doing at least a little bit of writing in one of my journals. Stay sharp, everyone!
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I try not to let National Pencil Day pass without doing at least a little bit of writing in one of my journals. Stay sharp, everyone!
Tried to catch a glimpse of the eclipse sunrise, but the clouds and the horizon weren’t really cooperating.
March 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tried to catch a glimpse of the eclipse sunrise, but the clouds and the horizon weren’t really cooperating.
Day 1, Spring 2025. The beard probably needs a trim, but then again, maybe the Grizzly Adams look is appropriate in these frigid temperatures.
January 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Day 1, Spring 2025. The beard probably needs a trim, but then again, maybe the Grizzly Adams look is appropriate in these frigid temperatures.