Elissa Altman
@elissaaltman.bsky.social
Author of Permission (3/25), Motherland, Poor Man’s Feast, Treyf, many essays. Author, teacher, editor, musician. Ever hopeful. 🕊️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
Poormansfeast.substack.com
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Christians, my ass.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Christians, my ass.
She is 90 years old today.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
She is 90 years old today.
From the website of the in-facility doctor where my mother was in skilled nursing care until yesterday. I would have scratched out his name but then I thought: why bother?
I’m looking at you @bcdreyer.social
I’m looking at you @bcdreyer.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From the website of the in-facility doctor where my mother was in skilled nursing care until yesterday. I would have scratched out his name but then I thought: why bother?
I’m looking at you @bcdreyer.social
I’m looking at you @bcdreyer.social
Bay Area friends:
Join me tonight at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 6 pm for a conversation about Permission, and the stories we are and aren’t “allowed” to tell—now more then ever.
Rumor is that there will be a Lamott sighting….
Join me tonight at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 6 pm for a conversation about Permission, and the stories we are and aren’t “allowed” to tell—now more then ever.
Rumor is that there will be a Lamott sighting….
September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Bay Area friends:
Join me tonight at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 6 pm for a conversation about Permission, and the stories we are and aren’t “allowed” to tell—now more then ever.
Rumor is that there will be a Lamott sighting….
Join me tonight at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 6 pm for a conversation about Permission, and the stories we are and aren’t “allowed” to tell—now more then ever.
Rumor is that there will be a Lamott sighting….
I am physically ill.
August 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I am physically ill.
Fergus is helping me write my next book.
July 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Fergus is helping me write my next book.
Dinner last night: Hetty McKinnon’s pad Thai salad—so good.
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Dinner last night: Hetty McKinnon’s pad Thai salad—so good.
I tried to cook healthy the other night but manicotti showed up.
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I tried to cook healthy the other night but manicotti showed up.
Day 2 out of 3 racing to NY from CT to try and reverse Village Care Max’s negligent and abusive decision to cut my 89 year old mother’s aide service despite the fact that she is 100% housebound, can’t walk unassisted, can’t transfer, etc. This is legalized elder abuse.
@elderlawadvocate.bsky.social
@elderlawadvocate.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Day 2 out of 3 racing to NY from CT to try and reverse Village Care Max’s negligent and abusive decision to cut my 89 year old mother’s aide service despite the fact that she is 100% housebound, can’t walk unassisted, can’t transfer, etc. This is legalized elder abuse.
@elderlawadvocate.bsky.social
@elderlawadvocate.bsky.social
I have a profound need to sit on a beach in Truro and stare out at the water. For maybe a month or so.
May 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I have a profound need to sit on a beach in Truro and stare out at the water. For maybe a month or so.
Current situation.
Also, we have two Subarus.
Also, we have two Subarus.
May 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Current situation.
Also, we have two Subarus.
Also, we have two Subarus.
Officially not-quite-summer.
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Officially not-quite-summer.
The world may be falling apart, but it’s still beautiful.
Tonight, from my front porch.
Tonight, from my front porch.
April 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The world may be falling apart, but it’s still beautiful.
Tonight, from my front porch.
Tonight, from my front porch.
Pinch me please. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
March 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pinch me please. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
A gorgeous morning at the home and garden of Ellen Ogden, in Manchester VT.
March 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A gorgeous morning at the home and garden of Ellen Ogden, in Manchester VT.
Your evening Fergus.
He likes to be in the room with the stove.
He likes to be in the room with the stove.
March 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Your evening Fergus.
He likes to be in the room with the stove.
He likes to be in the room with the stove.
Fergus loves everyone but he hates Nazis.
And he says “Good morning, everyone.”
And he says “Good morning, everyone.”
March 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Fergus loves everyone but he hates Nazis.
And he says “Good morning, everyone.”
And he says “Good morning, everyone.”
He’s trying to figure out why people can be so cruel, and all I keep saying is “Fergus, we’re not all like that.”
#whorescuedwho
#whorescuedwho
March 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
He’s trying to figure out why people can be so cruel, and all I keep saying is “Fergus, we’re not all like that.”
#whorescuedwho
#whorescuedwho
Join me and @joannarakoff.bsky.social in conversation on 3/11 at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social , on PERMISSION pub day! 👇🏻
March 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join me and @joannarakoff.bsky.social in conversation on 3/11 at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social , on PERMISSION pub day! 👇🏻
And then the power went out in a large portion of New England. (I’m around 25, in CT)
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And then the power went out in a large portion of New England. (I’m around 25, in CT)
Fergus found the prosciutto
March 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Fergus found the prosciutto
I hate taking selfies because 1) I hate selfies and 2) I hate having my picture taken by anyone including myself. Maybe with the exception of Andrea Gentl.
But tonight’s my launch for Permission at Hickory Stick Bookshop, and so I figured, meh, why not.
But tonight’s my launch for Permission at Hickory Stick Bookshop, and so I figured, meh, why not.
March 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I hate taking selfies because 1) I hate selfies and 2) I hate having my picture taken by anyone including myself. Maybe with the exception of Andrea Gentl.
But tonight’s my launch for Permission at Hickory Stick Bookshop, and so I figured, meh, why not.
But tonight’s my launch for Permission at Hickory Stick Bookshop, and so I figured, meh, why not.
My mother, who can barely walk after a catastrophic accident in 2016, receives 25 hrs/week of in-home aide care provided by NY State, which is 50% funded by Medicaid. She lives on a monthly allowance of $850; we provide her food, etc.
She will likely lose her care and be unable to stay in her apt.
She will likely lose her care and be unable to stay in her apt.
February 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My mother, who can barely walk after a catastrophic accident in 2016, receives 25 hrs/week of in-home aide care provided by NY State, which is 50% funded by Medicaid. She lives on a monthly allowance of $850; we provide her food, etc.
She will likely lose her care and be unable to stay in her apt.
She will likely lose her care and be unable to stay in her apt.
