Polly Shulman
@pollys.bsky.social
Author of Enthusiasm and The Grimm Legacy series
Frequent baker of popovers
Admirer of mourning stickpins, portrait miniatures, rococo tongs, meteors, meteorites, proboscideans, and novels with frontispieces
Frequent baker of popovers
Admirer of mourning stickpins, portrait miniatures, rococo tongs, meteors, meteorites, proboscideans, and novels with frontispieces
Friends came over to help eat the cake, and one is allergic to walnuts, so I made half with walnuts and half with pecans. (You can't tell from the photo, but the cake layers have chopped nuts in them--one half-cake has pecans and the other has walnuts.)
May 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Friends came over to help eat the cake, and one is allergic to walnuts, so I made half with walnuts and half with pecans. (You can't tell from the photo, but the cake layers have chopped nuts in them--one half-cake has pecans and the other has walnuts.)
Central Park is pretty right now.
April 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Central Park is pretty right now.
The march in NYC went on and on and on and on and on.
April 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The march in NYC went on and on and on and on and on.
Accidental Matisse?
March 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Accidental Matisse?
Then we marched to Washington Square.
February 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Then we marched to Washington Square.
Happy Valentine's Day from a terracotta cupid on an Upper East Side apartment building.
February 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy Valentine's Day from a terracotta cupid on an Upper East Side apartment building.
Not everyone is lawless, even in these dark days. Some righteous New Yorkers are still following the Dogs on the Subway Must Be Carried in Bags law.
February 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Not everyone is lawless, even in these dark days. Some righteous New Yorkers are still following the Dogs on the Subway Must Be Carried in Bags law.
Oh, really? They could have had the courtesy to ask me first.
January 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh, really? They could have had the courtesy to ask me first.
Mood.
(Saint Margaret hitting Beelzebub with a hammer; detail of "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine," Barna da Siena, c. 1340.)
(Saint Margaret hitting Beelzebub with a hammer; detail of "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine," Barna da Siena, c. 1340.)
December 14, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Mood.
(Saint Margaret hitting Beelzebub with a hammer; detail of "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine," Barna da Siena, c. 1340.)
(Saint Margaret hitting Beelzebub with a hammer; detail of "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine," Barna da Siena, c. 1340.)
Let these loiterers be a warning to you: No loitering in front of or on these premises.
December 13, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Let these loiterers be a warning to you: No loitering in front of or on these premises.
Tried out my new sneakers in Central Park, ran into a double rainbow.
August 13, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Tried out my new sneakers in Central Park, ran into a double rainbow.
Lucky moment in Central Park
May 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Lucky moment in Central Park
Would you please let me finish?
September 3, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Would you please let me finish?
Frankly, I'm not that impressed.
September 3, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Frankly, I'm not that impressed.