Phoebe Wall Howard
@phoebesaid.bsky.social
Journalist. “Shifting Gears” autos/culture reporter on Substack, contributing columnist at Detroit Free Press and freep.com, documentary film associate producer. Tips: 313-618-1034 phoebe@phoebehoward.com phoebewallhoward.substack.com
Audio books are for walking and driving, when it's not possible to hold a physical book.
Currently listening to "In Pieces" by Sally Field. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Highly recommend.
(Grateful to have access to Hoopla through my public library.)
Currently listening to "In Pieces" by Sally Field. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Highly recommend.
(Grateful to have access to Hoopla through my public library.)
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Audio books are for walking and driving, when it's not possible to hold a physical book.
Currently listening to "In Pieces" by Sally Field. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Highly recommend.
(Grateful to have access to Hoopla through my public library.)
Currently listening to "In Pieces" by Sally Field. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Highly recommend.
(Grateful to have access to Hoopla through my public library.)
Sometimes Christmas comes in September.
The gift isn't wrapped under a tree.
It arrives in the form of email. ♥️
The gift isn't wrapped under a tree.
It arrives in the form of email. ♥️
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sometimes Christmas comes in September.
The gift isn't wrapped under a tree.
It arrives in the form of email. ♥️
The gift isn't wrapped under a tree.
It arrives in the form of email. ♥️
Your piece is powerful. Thank you for your work.
Reminder: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by investigative reporter David Grann (Doubleday, 2017) is riveting, important too.
Reminder: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by investigative reporter David Grann (Doubleday, 2017) is riveting, important too.
August 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Your piece is powerful. Thank you for your work.
Reminder: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by investigative reporter David Grann (Doubleday, 2017) is riveting, important too.
Reminder: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by investigative reporter David Grann (Doubleday, 2017) is riveting, important too.
Good morning from the Thumb Coast.
Life is a Rothko painting.
@puremichigan1.bsky.social @detroitnews.com @freep.com
Life is a Rothko painting.
@puremichigan1.bsky.social @detroitnews.com @freep.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good morning from the Thumb Coast.
Life is a Rothko painting.
@puremichigan1.bsky.social @detroitnews.com @freep.com
Life is a Rothko painting.
@puremichigan1.bsky.social @detroitnews.com @freep.com
Highly recommend Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: "Eyes of the Storm" exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. Incredible images, video. Powerful to see life through McCartney's lens.
@thebeatlespix.bsky.social
@thebeatlespix.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Highly recommend Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: "Eyes of the Storm" exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. Incredible images, video. Powerful to see life through McCartney's lens.
@thebeatlespix.bsky.social
@thebeatlespix.bsky.social
Learn to like dandelions.
Note: A Missouri appellate panel Tuesday (May 27) affirmed a trial court's $611M award for three people who claimed their cancer was caused by Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weedkiller.
Note: A Missouri appellate panel Tuesday (May 27) affirmed a trial court's $611M award for three people who claimed their cancer was caused by Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weedkiller.
May 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Learn to like dandelions.
Note: A Missouri appellate panel Tuesday (May 27) affirmed a trial court's $611M award for three people who claimed their cancer was caused by Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weedkiller.
Note: A Missouri appellate panel Tuesday (May 27) affirmed a trial court's $611M award for three people who claimed their cancer was caused by Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weedkiller.
Only this year did I discover that dandelions are related to sunflowers AND valuable to pollinators. Dandelions are in the Asteraceae family that includes asters, daisies, sunflowers.
Pass the word. (And please stop spraying poison in the yard.)
@gardeningwell.ie @parents4planet.bsky.social
Pass the word. (And please stop spraying poison in the yard.)
@gardeningwell.ie @parents4planet.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Only this year did I discover that dandelions are related to sunflowers AND valuable to pollinators. Dandelions are in the Asteraceae family that includes asters, daisies, sunflowers.
Pass the word. (And please stop spraying poison in the yard.)
@gardeningwell.ie @parents4planet.bsky.social
Pass the word. (And please stop spraying poison in the yard.)
@gardeningwell.ie @parents4planet.bsky.social
Heard David Enrich, @nytimes.com business investigations editor, interviewed on @msnbc.com and pulled into @barnesandnoble.com to buy "Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful." Spotlights free speech, silencing dissent.
@harpercollins.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Heard David Enrich, @nytimes.com business investigations editor, interviewed on @msnbc.com and pulled into @barnesandnoble.com to buy "Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful." Spotlights free speech, silencing dissent.
@harpercollins.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
No pen. No paper. No laptop.
Off the grid for one week.
Highly recommend.
Same time zone.
Different language.
Back soon.
Great stories in the works.
Off the grid for one week.
Highly recommend.
Same time zone.
Different language.
Back soon.
Great stories in the works.
March 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
No pen. No paper. No laptop.
Off the grid for one week.
Highly recommend.
Same time zone.
Different language.
Back soon.
Great stories in the works.
Off the grid for one week.
Highly recommend.
Same time zone.
Different language.
Back soon.
Great stories in the works.
Opened email this morning to find these images — sent from Saint Clair, Michigan — with a note: We’re getting a 25% tariff on the sunrise because it comes from Canada. 🇨🇦 🌞
March 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Opened email this morning to find these images — sent from Saint Clair, Michigan — with a note: We’re getting a 25% tariff on the sunrise because it comes from Canada. 🇨🇦 🌞
Gorgeous start to this Monday in Michigan.
Note: That’s Canada across from Lake Huron. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Note: That’s Canada across from Lake Huron. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Gorgeous start to this Monday in Michigan.
Note: That’s Canada across from Lake Huron. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Note: That’s Canada across from Lake Huron. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
How things are going.
March 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
How things are going.
Good morning from Fort Gratiot, Michigan. This is a view of Lake Huron. Temp: 1 degree.
February 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Good morning from Fort Gratiot, Michigan. This is a view of Lake Huron. Temp: 1 degree.
Happy Valentine's Day from Tabitha and Samantha, sisters adopted two years ago from Animal Control when their mom went into hospice. So incredibly loving and snuggly. #adopt
February 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Happy Valentine's Day from Tabitha and Samantha, sisters adopted two years ago from Animal Control when their mom went into hospice. So incredibly loving and snuggly. #adopt
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts re: all-female management team:
“It’s something that happened organically. I was seeking out the best, and that’s how it happened.. And honestly, it’s an eye that I don’t have that I’m able to lean on in certain situations. That’s something I value heavily.”
“It’s something that happened organically. I was seeking out the best, and that’s how it happened.. And honestly, it’s an eye that I don’t have that I’m able to lean on in certain situations. That’s something I value heavily.”
February 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts re: all-female management team:
“It’s something that happened organically. I was seeking out the best, and that’s how it happened.. And honestly, it’s an eye that I don’t have that I’m able to lean on in certain situations. That’s something I value heavily.”
“It’s something that happened organically. I was seeking out the best, and that’s how it happened.. And honestly, it’s an eye that I don’t have that I’m able to lean on in certain situations. That’s something I value heavily.”
Well, at least the president didn't offer condolences to the Great State of Kansas this year. Note: Chiefs HQ in Missouri.
February 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Well, at least the president didn't offer condolences to the Great State of Kansas this year. Note: Chiefs HQ in Missouri.
As Ford Motor Co. names a new CFO, analysts wonder privately if Sherry House could be a future CEO of the iconic automaker.
Story here:
phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/ford-cfo-s...
Story here:
phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/ford-cfo-s...
February 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As Ford Motor Co. names a new CFO, analysts wonder privately if Sherry House could be a future CEO of the iconic automaker.
Story here:
phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/ford-cfo-s...
Story here:
phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/ford-cfo-s...
Highly recommend “A Complete Unknown.”
Now more than ever.
Brilliant.
Now more than ever.
Brilliant.
February 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Highly recommend “A Complete Unknown.”
Now more than ever.
Brilliant.
Now more than ever.
Brilliant.
When your skilled tradesman husband leaves at 5:45a and always dusts off his American-made work boots to show the tiny flag.
January 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
When your skilled tradesman husband leaves at 5:45a and always dusts off his American-made work boots to show the tiny flag.
Stopped by Shinola today to pick out my goodbye gift as the (former) Ford reporter at The Detroit Free Press — from amazing reporters, editors, photogs I love and respect.
January 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Stopped by Shinola today to pick out my goodbye gift as the (former) Ford reporter at The Detroit Free Press — from amazing reporters, editors, photogs I love and respect.
