Erin Alberty
@erinalberty.bsky.social
Utah news reporter for Axios. Gardener, word puzzler, Pulitzer winner, mom. Happiest in the mountains.
My husband and I planted cacti on this brutally hot, shadeless roundabout so drivers would actually see the hazard and stop speeding. Hubs got the pots & watered them for two summers. Last night some bros on scooters crashed into this one, cackled with laughter and ran away.
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My husband and I planted cacti on this brutally hot, shadeless roundabout so drivers would actually see the hazard and stop speeding. Hubs got the pots & watered them for two summers. Last night some bros on scooters crashed into this one, cackled with laughter and ran away.
Uh-oh. This isn't likely to end well.
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Uh-oh. This isn't likely to end well.
He's enjoying multiple views of the ice today.
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
He's enjoying multiple views of the ice today.
I put a mouse toy on Dijon, and he pretended it wasn't there until his sister Enola came into the room.
Now he's putting on a big show of fighting the mouse.
Now he's putting on a big show of fighting the mouse.
September 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I put a mouse toy on Dijon, and he pretended it wasn't there until his sister Enola came into the room.
Now he's putting on a big show of fighting the mouse.
Now he's putting on a big show of fighting the mouse.
And now he comes running whenever he hears someone getting ice out of the freezer
September 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And now he comes running whenever he hears someone getting ice out of the freezer
It doesn't fit. It is parked all the way back. But it doesn't fit.
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It doesn't fit. It is parked all the way back. But it doesn't fit.
It started as a tum-tum wrestling match.
September 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It started as a tum-tum wrestling match.
Spicy Snowflake Denim Cubes and Second Brother Rabbit Ding ... Not sure Google Translate is up for this.
August 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Spicy Snowflake Denim Cubes and Second Brother Rabbit Ding ... Not sure Google Translate is up for this.
I swear to God, this is my whole life now.
It's like every account I ever made has suddenly become inaccessible.
It's like every account I ever made has suddenly become inaccessible.
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I swear to God, this is my whole life now.
It's like every account I ever made has suddenly become inaccessible.
It's like every account I ever made has suddenly become inaccessible.
I have found the Elixir of Life, and it is in Door County, Wisconsin.
August 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have found the Elixir of Life, and it is in Door County, Wisconsin.
"Do You Want Me to Try ONE LAST TIME? ... Let me know — and I’ll take one final, careful shot at it."
"Sure, take one final, careful shot at it."
9th try:
"Sure, take one final, careful shot at it."
9th try:
August 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Do You Want Me to Try ONE LAST TIME? ... Let me know — and I’ll take one final, careful shot at it."
"Sure, take one final, careful shot at it."
9th try:
"Sure, take one final, careful shot at it."
9th try:
It keeps acknowledging the errors and offering to generate "a clean version." It now offers corrected versions when I don't even ask it to.
Here's its fifth try:
Here's its fifth try:
August 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It keeps acknowledging the errors and offering to generate "a clean version." It now offers corrected versions when I don't even ask it to.
Here's its fifth try:
Here's its fifth try:
Yeah, here's what I got. Richard B. Johnson, 1965-1989?
August 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yeah, here's what I got. Richard B. Johnson, 1965-1989?
Here is Lake Michigan.
August 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here is Lake Michigan.
Now we're at the point where he runs to the sink with great excitement whenever he hears ice cubes clinking in it.
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Now we're at the point where he runs to the sink with great excitement whenever he hears ice cubes clinking in it.
This is the longest game of Battleship I've ever seen. #pioneerday #pienbeerday
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the longest game of Battleship I've ever seen. #pioneerday #pienbeerday
Dragon & her friend have turned the Witch House into a lemonade stand of sorcery! One mocktail has a syrup of handpicked serviceberries & tarragon, another of watermelon & habañero, they made their famous monster cookies & I contributed my Aunt Fran's Drömmar!
July 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Dragon & her friend have turned the Witch House into a lemonade stand of sorcery! One mocktail has a syrup of handpicked serviceberries & tarragon, another of watermelon & habañero, they made their famous monster cookies & I contributed my Aunt Fran's Drömmar!
He's viewing the ice from a new angle today.
July 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
He's viewing the ice from a new angle today.
the AI suggested questions omg
July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
the AI suggested questions omg
My kid wanted to play napkin hangman while waiting for dinner at the tavern in Crooks, South Dakota.
She picked the word "cosmology."
She picked the word "cosmology."
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My kid wanted to play napkin hangman while waiting for dinner at the tavern in Crooks, South Dakota.
She picked the word "cosmology."
She picked the word "cosmology."
A kitty who knows he's not supposed to be on the table.
June 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A kitty who knows he's not supposed to be on the table.
I'm watching mutton busting at the Utah gay rodeo, and it is the funniest thing I've ever seen. There's a guy dressed as a chicken, and the sheep clearly have no comprehension of their role. One refused to run & just flopped to the ground with a kid on its back. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. 😂
June 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm watching mutton busting at the Utah gay rodeo, and it is the funniest thing I've ever seen. There's a guy dressed as a chicken, and the sheep clearly have no comprehension of their role. One refused to run & just flopped to the ground with a kid on its back. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. 😂
Why I hate living: I open a story that promises video of a newborn dolphin, and instead I get video of Trump & Musk.
June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Why I hate living: I open a story that promises video of a newborn dolphin, and instead I get video of Trump & Musk.