Susannah Sharpless
@salsipotent.bsky.social
All men say “What” to me
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microsoft word said none of these words are in the bible
March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
microsoft word said none of these words are in the bible
currently scouring 19c newspapers for mention of a sea captain named “A. Minor”
March 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
currently scouring 19c newspapers for mention of a sea captain named “A. Minor”
Pause in your despair about the world to share this reader’s absolute fury at Carl Bode’s reading of Thoreau
March 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pause in your despair about the world to share this reader’s absolute fury at Carl Bode’s reading of Thoreau
The issue—compiled and edited attentively & rigorously by Wendy Tronrud and Gerard Holmes—is full of really exciting arguments about Higginson, who (in addition to all his other talents) was a hottie, according to Charlotte Forten:
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The issue—compiled and edited attentively & rigorously by Wendy Tronrud and Gerard Holmes—is full of really exciting arguments about Higginson, who (in addition to all his other talents) was a hottie, according to Charlotte Forten:
the first poem I remember understanding WAS a poem was “the reason I like chocolate” by Nikki Giovanni. I was seven. We read it in my first grade class and I wrote a poem in response called “the reason I like my red blankie” and then I wrote 100s more. RIP
December 10, 2024 at 5:13 AM
the first poem I remember understanding WAS a poem was “the reason I like chocolate” by Nikki Giovanni. I was seven. We read it in my first grade class and I wrote a poem in response called “the reason I like my red blankie” and then I wrote 100s more. RIP
spontaneously pulled off the road while driving past a goodwill in Burlington VT and found this incredible Edward Hicks poster for $15 … my Quaker ancestors were 100% working through me on this one
December 1, 2024 at 6:55 PM
spontaneously pulled off the road while driving past a goodwill in Burlington VT and found this incredible Edward Hicks poster for $15 … my Quaker ancestors were 100% working through me on this one
As ever, I turn to Emily Dickinson’s Thanksgiving message: it would be amazing to dissolve bodily into the great nothingness that predates and outlasts all
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
As ever, I turn to Emily Dickinson’s Thanksgiving message: it would be amazing to dissolve bodily into the great nothingness that predates and outlasts all
FB marketplace really giving Ernest Hemingway a run for his money
November 15, 2024 at 3:42 PM
FB marketplace really giving Ernest Hemingway a run for his money
almost sent in the final draft of an article with the phrase “fierce successionist” rather than “fierce secessionist”
January 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM
almost sent in the final draft of an article with the phrase “fierce successionist” rather than “fierce secessionist”
it’s my birthday! saw a rainbow and dear friends sent me flowers! take that, 4:30 pm sunset
December 4, 2023 at 10:19 PM
it’s my birthday! saw a rainbow and dear friends sent me flowers! take that, 4:30 pm sunset
looking thru these lists realizing maybe 2009 was the most important year of listening to music in my life??? But anyway
November 7, 2023 at 10:42 PM
looking thru these lists realizing maybe 2009 was the most important year of listening to music in my life??? But anyway
it’s literally this easy
September 26, 2023 at 5:12 PM
it’s literally this easy
will I ever be smart enough to write a conclusion like this or will I always be stuck writing things like "beyond the horizons of utopian perceptions of possibles and impossibles"
September 23, 2023 at 2:08 PM
will I ever be smart enough to write a conclusion like this or will I always be stuck writing things like "beyond the horizons of utopian perceptions of possibles and impossibles"
Universities are just so, so, so, so funny sometimes
August 18, 2023 at 8:47 PM
Universities are just so, so, so, so funny sometimes
an unusual marine pig-dog
August 17, 2023 at 6:20 PM
an unusual marine pig-dog