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Thanks. Here are some tulips.
A riot of pink, orange and yellow tulips
April 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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These dudes live in my neighborhood. They go for menace walks every morning, and sometimes they peek into people’s windows.
Three large turkeys strut down a neighborhood street.
March 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I made some banana muffins earlier. I put butterscotch chips in them, and they look like a toxic ooze. I haven’t tried them yet.
Melted butterscotch chips ooze out of the top of an underbaked banana muffin. Other underbaked muffins lurk in the background. They are all in wrinkled muffin cups in an old muffin tin.
March 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Eating soup and watching “Twisters”
A tabby cat rests on a blanketed lap in the foreground. The movie “Twisters” plays on a television in the background.
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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A grid of four film posters includes: “The Fall Guy” with a rating of five stars; “Maria” with 3.5 stars; “Looper” with 3.5 stars; and “Nightbitch” with 4 stars.
January 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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A lemon decorated as a pig with cloves for eyes, a penny in its mouth, and a twirly foil tail
January 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I’d never heard of lemon pig until 10 minutes ago and now I have one of my very own. Save us, lemon pig. You’re our only hope.
A lemon decorated to look like a pig
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 20: “Catch-22,” Joseph Heller
The cover of Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” is mostly dark blue. The title is at the top. On the lower half, on the left, is a red silhouette of a soldier. To the far right is a small black silhouette of an airplane. In the center are the words “a novel by Joseph Heller.”
December 12, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 19: “Bel Canto,” Ann Patchett
The cover of Ann Patchett’s “Bel Canto features a green-tinted photo group of people in formal clothing gathered in a room with a tall ceiling. They look like they’re having a nice time. A large musical staff is overlaid on the photo. The words “New York Times bestseller” are at the top of the cover, and a gold circular medallion in the top right reads “Winner Pen/Faulker award.” Below that is the title and a quote attributed to Robb Forman Dew of Washington Post Book World: “Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." The words “a novel,” the author’s name, and “author of ‘Truth and Beauty’ “ complete the text on the cover.
December 11, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 18: “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage,” Alfred Lansing
The cover of Alfred Lansing’s “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage” shows a three-masted Barquentine ship stuck atop ice in the water. The author’s name is at the top of the book, and below that and to the ship’s left is a quote attributed to the New York Times Book Review that reads: “One of the great adventure stories of our time.” The book’s title is printed on a black band across the lower part of the image.
December 10, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 17: “The Land Breakers,” John Ehle
The cover of John Ehle’s “The Land Breakers” features a small log cabin in a wooded mountain landscape. The image has a green tint, and the shadows and background are black. Above the image is a quote attributed to Harper Lee: “Exciting. Masterful storytelling.” The remaining text includes the book’s title, the author’s name, and “critically acclaimed author of ‘The Winter People’ and ‘The Journey of August King.’”
December 9, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 16: “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien
The cover of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” features an image of soldiers crossing a large expanse of water on a thin strip of land. At the top of the page is the author’s name. Just below that are the words “author of ‘In the Lake of the Woods’ and ‘Tomcat in Love.’” Below the line of men is the book’s title and a quote that reads: “marvel of storytelling... The Things They Carried) matters not only to the reader interested in Vietnam, but to anyone Interested in the craft of writing as well,*-—- New York Times”
December 9, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 15: “Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson
The book cover of Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead” features a close-up view of a worn, white-washed door with four panes. The image focuses on a cross made by the panes. The title sits at the horizontal piece of the cross. Below that are the words “a novel,” the author’s name, and “author of ‘Housekeeping.’” Between the title and the author’s name on the right is a gold foil medallion with the words “winner of the Pulitzer Prize.”
December 7, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 14: “The Eye of the World,” Robert Jordan
The book cover of Robert Jordan’s “The Eye of the World” features the title and the author’s name along with the following text: “Book One, The Wheel of Time,” “#1 New York Times best selling author,” and a quote that reads “Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal.” The artwork shows three figures on horseback riding across a landscape. In the background are some pine trees, and a moon looms large in the sky. In the foreground is a woman on a white horse. She carries a staff and wears an elegant blue dress. Next to her is a large man in elaborate armor, riding a large black horse. A young man wearing drab clothing and riding a brown horse follows behind them.
December 6, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 13: “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” John Irving
The book cover for John Irving’s “A Prayer for Owen Meany” features what appears to be a simple, angular gravestone with flourishes adorning its edges. Above the stone are the words “#1 international bestseller,” the author’s name, and “author of ‘A Widow for One Year’.” The book’s title is etched on the stone, and below it is a quote from Stephen King, from The Washington Post Book World: “Extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. A rare creation in the somehow exhausted work of late 20th century fiction. Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave (this] richly textured and carefully wrought world."
December 5, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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The only surprise is that “Ice Cream Piano” didn’t crack my top 5.

(hi @wilcohq.bsky.social)
A screenshot from a Spotify Wrapped 2024 tally. The photo is the band Vampire Weekend. The top artists listed are Vampire Weekend, Wilco, The Shins, Waxahatchee, and Father John Misty. The top songs are “Classical,” “Chateau Lobby,” “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” “Jesus Etc,” and “California Stars.”
December 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 12: “Moby Dick,” Herman Melville”
The book cover for “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville features the words “Moby-Dick or The Whale” above the author’s name. Below that is a rendering of a huge white whale breaching above a very rough ocean in front of a whaling boat. The ship is perched on top of a wave that is about to crash down on a smaller rowboat. The sky is orange. Below the artwork are the words “foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick,” and below that the Penguin Classic logo divides the words “Penguin Classics” and “deluxe edition.”
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 11: “Peace Like a River,” Leif Enger
The book cover of “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger features the title and the author’s name superimposed over a backlit, blue-tinted image of a horse and rider amidst trees.
December 3, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 10: “The Fifth Season,” N.K. Jemisin
The book cover for “The Fifth Season” by N.K. Jemisin features a greenish stone wall adorned with a swirling decorative piece flecked with gold inlay. The book’s title is at the top. Below is text reading “Every age must come to an end,” which is just above the author’s name. A quote to the right of the decorative flourish, from Salon.com, reads: “One of the most celebrated new voices in epic fantasy.”
December 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 9: “Rebecca,” Daphne du Maurier
The book cover of “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier features the author’s name in a large font. The book’s title is just below, in a considerably smaller size. The artwork on the cover is rendered in a post-modern, psychedelic, Pushpin Studios-esque style. In the foreground is a woman with red hair wearing green. Behind her, a man and a woman wearing blue stand behind a miss-covered stone railing on an expanse of lawn that leads away from the dark, towering mansion behind them.
December 1, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 8: “Bridge to Terabithia,” Katherine Paterson
The cover of “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson features two figures in silhouette against a backdrop that looks like a pink and yellow aurora in the center of a starry blue sky. The figure on the left stands on a grassy bank under a tree, while the figure on the right swings toward them on a rope swing from a tree on the opposite side of a gap. A small dog is on the ground under the tree on the right. At the top left is a gold medallion indicating that the title won the Newbery award for children’s literature. The title, “special 40th anniversary edition” and author’s name are printed in white.
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
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Book 7: “Infinite Jest,” David Foster Wallace
The book cover of David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest” features the book’s title in large yellow letters above the words “National bestseller,” the author’s name, and “with a forward by Tom Bissell.” Below, in much smaller font, are the words “ ‘Uproarious...Infinite Jest shows off Wallace as one of the big talents of his generation, a writer of virtuosic talents who can seemingly do anything.’ -New York Times.” All of the text is against a backdrop of a blue sky with some white clouds.
November 30, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookChallenge
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Book 6: “Theodore Rex,” Edmund Morris
The book cover for “Theodore Rex” by Edmund Morris features a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt on a yellow backdrop. He has short dark hair and a mustache and wears thin metal-rimmed eyeglasses and a black suit. At the top of the book are the words “New York Times Bestseller.” To the left of the portrait is a quote from the Washington Post: “In Edmund Morris, a great president has found a great biographer… Every bit as much a masterpiece of biographical writing as ‘The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt,’ which won the Pulitzer Prize.” The book’s title, the author’s name, and the words “author of ‘The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt’ and ‘Colonel Roosevelt’” complete the cover.
November 28, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
#blueskybookclub

Book 5: “Dune,” Frank Herbert
The book cover for “Dune” by Frank Herbert features the words “an unparalleled achievement of imagination” above the title and the author’s name. The text sits above a desert landscape, with a craggy rock formation in the foreground. A small figure stands on the outcrop. There is a city in the distance and a mountain range beyond it. A sun looms large in the sky.
November 27, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed w you or influenced you. 1 book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
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Book 4: “The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King,” Rich Cohen
The book cover of “The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King” by Rich Cohen features a stylized banana on a vibrant blue background. The banana is peeled, and the title makes up its flesh. In place of a branding sticker is a portrait of a bald Caucasian man in a suit. He wears glasses and stands in front of what appears to be a pile of bananas. Below the stylized banana is the author’s same and the words “author of ‘Tough Jews.’”
November 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM