Etelka
@etelkal.bsky.social
Writer in Chicago. I covered comics for NPR for a long time; doing other stuff these days. Bylines: Inc., The New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the LA Review of Books. https://etelkawrites.com/
I want an important chiffon... and that beast as a pet. Another find from @nicknumber.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I want an important chiffon... and that beast as a pet. Another find from @nicknumber.bsky.social
Love me some Yayoi Kusama! "Spotted" on Tumblr.
August 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Love me some Yayoi Kusama! "Spotted" on Tumblr.
There's always Caturday
August 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There's always Caturday
"We know too much about people in these days; we hear too much. Our ears, our minds, our mouths are stuffed with personalities." --Portrait of a Lady
July 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"We know too much about people in these days; we hear too much. Our ears, our minds, our mouths are stuffed with personalities." --Portrait of a Lady
"You think we can escape disagreeable duties by taking romantic views--that’s your great illusion, my dear. But we can’t. You must be prepared on many occasions in life to please no one at all--not even
yourself.” -- Portrait of a Lady
yourself.” -- Portrait of a Lady
July 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"You think we can escape disagreeable duties by taking romantic views--that’s your great illusion, my dear. But we can’t. You must be prepared on many occasions in life to please no one at all--not even
yourself.” -- Portrait of a Lady
yourself.” -- Portrait of a Lady
I just learned Chicago has a whole magic scene. I've never been to a magic show, but this guy's act sounds super fun!
July 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I just learned Chicago has a whole magic scene. I've never been to a magic show, but this guy's act sounds super fun!
After a crazy long wait to get this game, I've gotten to play it at last. I'm no game critic, but I would call it a cross between D&D and tabletop strategy...? I like that it's not all about killing things, and the art is great.
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
After a crazy long wait to get this game, I've gotten to play it at last. I'm no game critic, but I would call it a cross between D&D and tabletop strategy...? I like that it's not all about killing things, and the art is great.
Rereading Portrait of a Lady. "Isabel's chief dread... was that she should appear narrow-minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should really be so."
June 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Rereading Portrait of a Lady. "Isabel's chief dread... was that she should appear narrow-minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should really be so."
It was moving, and a little surreal, to learn of Brian Wilson's passing at a concert by those guys who did that one song... great show, anyway
June 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It was moving, and a little surreal, to learn of Brian Wilson's passing at a concert by those guys who did that one song... great show, anyway
Not sure whether I'm drawn to this because of its technical virtues, or I just like looking at books
June 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Not sure whether I'm drawn to this because of its technical virtues, or I just like looking at books
I love this painting by Sidney Sime. It's apparently from the 1920s, but it feels contemporary. And charmingly creepy, of course. Unfortunately, his work is wildly uneven - see more of it here: museumcrush.org/the-forgotte...
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I love this painting by Sidney Sime. It's apparently from the 1920s, but it feels contemporary. And charmingly creepy, of course. Unfortunately, his work is wildly uneven - see more of it here: museumcrush.org/the-forgotte...
Yeah, why? WHY?!? Love this city gal (seen on tumblr.)
June 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah, why? WHY?!? Love this city gal (seen on tumblr.)
Finished The Age of Innocence. Poor ole Newland Archer... "Her life -- of which he knew so strangely little -- had been spent in this rich atmosphere that he already felt to be too dense and yet too stimulating for his lungs."
May 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Finished The Age of Innocence. Poor ole Newland Archer... "Her life -- of which he knew so strangely little -- had been spent in this rich atmosphere that he already felt to be too dense and yet too stimulating for his lungs."
So here we have Beyond Beef sautéed with onions and seasoned with baharat and cumin seed, on top of mini naans and hummus. It was better the second day.
May 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So here we have Beyond Beef sautéed with onions and seasoned with baharat and cumin seed, on top of mini naans and hummus. It was better the second day.
Muhammara dip is great! Roasted red peppers and toasted walnuts - yum. I make it with 1 Tbsp pomegranate molasses and 3 tsp Aleppo pepper. Recipe: rainbowplantlife.com/muhammara/#r...
May 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Muhammara dip is great! Roasted red peppers and toasted walnuts - yum. I make it with 1 Tbsp pomegranate molasses and 3 tsp Aleppo pepper. Recipe: rainbowplantlife.com/muhammara/#r...
Today on Tumblr. This weekend let's all get good and boiled! Thanks, @nicknumber.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today on Tumblr. This weekend let's all get good and boiled! Thanks, @nicknumber.bsky.social
I don't review books anymore, but I still have lots of review copies doing jobs around my house. I want to donate these, but I honestly don't know where I'll put the Sodastream when I do.
May 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I don't review books anymore, but I still have lots of review copies doing jobs around my house. I want to donate these, but I honestly don't know where I'll put the Sodastream when I do.
Muriel Rukeyser from the Poetry Foundation website. I first read a phrase in the second stanza as "cellphone islands" 😆
May 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Muriel Rukeyser from the Poetry Foundation website. I first read a phrase in the second stanza as "cellphone islands" 😆
Today on Tumblr...a film for our time, if only it wasn't lost
May 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today on Tumblr...a film for our time, if only it wasn't lost
I like this piece by Toomas Vint. The artificiality makes the overblown lushness seem kind of sinister. It's like the whole scene was drenched in lime Jell-O.
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I like this piece by Toomas Vint. The artificiality makes the overblown lushness seem kind of sinister. It's like the whole scene was drenched in lime Jell-O.
I was psyched to discover the word Antilibrary (see previous post). Mine does various jobs around the house. Like kitchen table laptop stand.
May 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I was psyched to discover the word Antilibrary (see previous post). Mine does various jobs around the house. Like kitchen table laptop stand.
Spotted this killer window box today. Yellow flowers always look so...glowy
May 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Spotted this killer window box today. Yellow flowers always look so...glowy
From the Mary Cassatt show at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco last fall. Mother and child are separate entities, but the boundary between them is permeable.
May 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
From the Mary Cassatt show at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco last fall. Mother and child are separate entities, but the boundary between them is permeable.
Another find from the ramen section at H Mart, courtesy of the bf
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Another find from the ramen section at H Mart, courtesy of the bf
