Gary Swafford
@garelitlover.bsky.social
My first love is my cat, Olympia, then literature, music, and cinema. In that order. I champion the arts I love and their creators. I'm the author of the short story collection, The Infernal, and Other Tales of Suspense, on Amazon.
Liberal. He/Him.
Liberal. He/Him.
Yes, we've got about six weeks of the year to go, but Olympia agrees with her daddy that Joyce Carol Oates' novel FOX is the best book of the year--by far!
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yes, we've got about six weeks of the year to go, but Olympia agrees with her daddy that Joyce Carol Oates' novel FOX is the best book of the year--by far!
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Historic Orpheum theater in downtown New Orleans. I'll be on stage about 7:45 pm.
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Historic Orpheum theater in downtown New Orleans. I'll be on stage about 7:45 pm.
At Anne Rice's New Orleans house in the Garden district for the first time in more than 20 years.
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
At Anne Rice's New Orleans house in the Garden district for the first time in more than 20 years.
So grateful to @joycecaroloates.bsky.social for turning me onto the great Italian writer Alberto Moravia.
I have a better edition of this one in storage, but I got this fun ppb at an antique mall.
I have a better edition of this one in storage, but I got this fun ppb at an antique mall.
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So grateful to @joycecaroloates.bsky.social for turning me onto the great Italian writer Alberto Moravia.
I have a better edition of this one in storage, but I got this fun ppb at an antique mall.
I have a better edition of this one in storage, but I got this fun ppb at an antique mall.
At least Olympia and her daddy are back on Bluesky! X was a big fail.
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
At least Olympia and her daddy are back on Bluesky! X was a big fail.
Yes, I've written a book. Actually, I've written several, but this short story collection, The Infernal: And Other Tales of Suspense, is what's available on Amazon if you care to take a look, and if you do, thank you.
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yes, I've written a book. Actually, I've written several, but this short story collection, The Infernal: And Other Tales of Suspense, is what's available on Amazon if you care to take a look, and if you do, thank you.
So much like my Olympia! I'm so very sorry for your loss. Trust me, I've lost many fur babies and I know how truly awful it is.
January 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So much like my Olympia! I'm so very sorry for your loss. Trust me, I've lost many fur babies and I know how truly awful it is.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
A very happy NEW YEAR from Gare and Olympia to you and Zance & Lilith!
I know the next few years is probably going to be a disaster, but maybe we can put our anxieties aside for at least one night to welcome the new year.
A very happy NEW YEAR from Gare and Olympia to you and Zance & Lilith!
I know the next few years is probably going to be a disaster, but maybe we can put our anxieties aside for at least one night to welcome the new year.
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
A very happy NEW YEAR from Gare and Olympia to you and Zance & Lilith!
I know the next few years is probably going to be a disaster, but maybe we can put our anxieties aside for at least one night to welcome the new year.
A very happy NEW YEAR from Gare and Olympia to you and Zance & Lilith!
I know the next few years is probably going to be a disaster, but maybe we can put our anxieties aside for at least one night to welcome the new year.
If Carter had been re-elected, I don't think that tens of thousands of American men, women & children would have died of AIDS. He was a merciful, caring human being who would not--could not-- have sat by for years and watched as people--some of them gay men--died horrible deaths.
December 30, 2024 at 12:40 AM
If Carter had been re-elected, I don't think that tens of thousands of American men, women & children would have died of AIDS. He was a merciful, caring human being who would not--could not-- have sat by for years and watched as people--some of them gay men--died horrible deaths.
Edward Hopper. The Solitude.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Edward Hopper. The Solitude.
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Joyce, how about this image for your BlueSky cover photo? Not Tenniel, but pretty good?
Joyce, how about this image for your BlueSky cover photo? Not Tenniel, but pretty good?
December 26, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Joyce, how about this image for your BlueSky cover photo? Not Tenniel, but pretty good?
Joyce, how about this image for your BlueSky cover photo? Not Tenniel, but pretty good?
We had seven at one time. Just four of them shown here. I miss them all so much! I'd like nothing better than to have them all back, each and every one.
December 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
We had seven at one time. Just four of them shown here. I miss them all so much! I'd like nothing better than to have them all back, each and every one.
Trying to get on with my day, but of course her highness Olympia decides that I'm a daddy pillow. Guess I'll relax a while.
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Trying to get on with my day, but of course her highness Olympia decides that I'm a daddy pillow. Guess I'll relax a while.
Great authors and friends Edmund White and @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Last spring?
Last spring?
December 8, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Great authors and friends Edmund White and @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Last spring?
Last spring?
@realgdt.bsky.social
I say to all Del Toro fans, if you really want to experience Del Toro's genius in full flower, listen to his commentary of Dreyer's Vampyr in the Eureka! edition of the film--sheer brilliance! Thank you for doing it. Somewhere Dreyer smiles.
I say to all Del Toro fans, if you really want to experience Del Toro's genius in full flower, listen to his commentary of Dreyer's Vampyr in the Eureka! edition of the film--sheer brilliance! Thank you for doing it. Somewhere Dreyer smiles.
December 4, 2024 at 1:17 AM
@realgdt.bsky.social
I say to all Del Toro fans, if you really want to experience Del Toro's genius in full flower, listen to his commentary of Dreyer's Vampyr in the Eureka! edition of the film--sheer brilliance! Thank you for doing it. Somewhere Dreyer smiles.
I say to all Del Toro fans, if you really want to experience Del Toro's genius in full flower, listen to his commentary of Dreyer's Vampyr in the Eureka! edition of the film--sheer brilliance! Thank you for doing it. Somewhere Dreyer smiles.
As my mother used to say: "The problem with a lot of people is that they can't stay out of other people's underwear."
November 22, 2024 at 4:35 PM
As my mother used to say: "The problem with a lot of people is that they can't stay out of other people's underwear."
Few things irk Olympia more than when an autumn leaf thinks it can disguise itself as a nun and slip past her, undetected. Never, ever underestimate her leaf finding expertise.
#deathtothecrinkle
#deathtothecrinkle
November 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Few things irk Olympia more than when an autumn leaf thinks it can disguise itself as a nun and slip past her, undetected. Never, ever underestimate her leaf finding expertise.
#deathtothecrinkle
#deathtothecrinkle
Me: "Excuse me--isn't that daddy's spot on the couch?"
Olympia: "No."
Olympia: "No."
November 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Me: "Excuse me--isn't that daddy's spot on the couch?"
Olympia: "No."
Olympia: "No."
This was my Angelique, 1995--2013. The most beautiful cat who ever lived. Slept on my chest all night long for 18 years. Would wake me in the middle of the night demanding to be petted back to sleep. When I woke up in the middle of that first night without her.....
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
This was my Angelique, 1995--2013. The most beautiful cat who ever lived. Slept on my chest all night long for 18 years. Would wake me in the middle of the night demanding to be petted back to sleep. When I woke up in the middle of that first night without her.....
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social