Melissa Holbrook Pierson
@perfectvehicle.bsky.social
Writer, motorcyclist, gadabout-in-training
In memoriam Claudia Cardinale. Reprising my appreciation of "The Leopard," in which she was perfection itself, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In memoriam Claudia Cardinale. Reprising my appreciation of "The Leopard," in which she was perfection itself, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Interesting. Every class I teach is on a subject I often struggle with myself. Come struggle with me?
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Interesting. Every class I teach is on a subject I often struggle with myself. Come struggle with me?
This made me laugh out loud. There, that should take care of it! We'll live in the land of make-believe when he gets someone to fabricate better numbers. Hysterical.
August 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This made me laugh out loud. There, that should take care of it! We'll live in the land of make-believe when he gets someone to fabricate better numbers. Hysterical.
At least something good happened today. Book mail @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At least something good happened today. Book mail @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
Department of Subtle Understatement:
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Department of Subtle Understatement:
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
In tiny Shokan, NY, we were about 90 strong. Just a couple of us here (me on the right).
In tiny Shokan, NY, we were about 90 strong. Just a couple of us here (me on the right).
April 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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In tiny Shokan, NY, we were about 90 strong. Just a couple of us here (me on the right).
In tiny Shokan, NY, we were about 90 strong. Just a couple of us here (me on the right).
George Soros may ask for his money back, but anyway here's my sign.
April 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
George Soros may ask for his money back, but anyway here's my sign.
Who do I call to complain?
March 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Who do I call to complain?
And here's us, spectating as some painfully stupid but hatefully rapacious men blow up what others built and doesn't belong to them.
February 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And here's us, spectating as some painfully stupid but hatefully rapacious men blow up what others built and doesn't belong to them.
Pretty sure when the Magic 8 Ball gave me this answer *last* New Year's Eve it really meant *this* New Year. Yeah, that's it.
December 31, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Pretty sure when the Magic 8 Ball gave me this answer *last* New Year's Eve it really meant *this* New Year. Yeah, that's it.
The menu my mother came up with for Christmas 1965. I remember the holidays as absurdly over-the-top. And ending every 25th with a stomachache.
December 24, 2024 at 5:32 PM
The menu my mother came up with for Christmas 1965. I remember the holidays as absurdly over-the-top. And ending every 25th with a stomachache.
Good morning. A political metaphor in a painting? "Right and Left," Winslow Homer, 1909.
November 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Good morning. A political metaphor in a painting? "Right and Left," Winslow Homer, 1909.
Good morning from my backyard. I will post things of interest once I have them. Still jetlagged from the red-eye flight I took from that other place. I don't know the lay of the land here, but it sure looks nice.
November 12, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Good morning from my backyard. I will post things of interest once I have them. Still jetlagged from the red-eye flight I took from that other place. I don't know the lay of the land here, but it sure looks nice.