Sara Catterall
@scatterall.bsky.social
Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, out now from Belt Publishing. She truly did not want to be remembered for "bloomers." Blog etc at saracatterall.com
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They didn’t know what vitamins were. They didn’t have ibuprofen or antibiotics. People died from paper cuts that got infected.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
They didn’t know what vitamins were. They didn’t have ibuprofen or antibiotics. People died from paper cuts that got infected.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
Oooh. Also, knowing I didn't pay 46 bucks is always a fine extra.
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Oooh. Also, knowing I didn't pay 46 bucks is always a fine extra.
Alas. Thank you. Off to tell an old classmate!
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Alas. Thank you. Off to tell an old classmate!
Oh. Oh my. What happened, if you have time?
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Oh. Oh my. What happened, if you have time?
Was it? Explains why she told a classroom it was on her wishlist about 3 years later!
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Was it? Explains why she told a classroom it was on her wishlist about 3 years later!
Linda Hunt as the Fool in Lear.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Linda Hunt as the Fool in Lear.
(but also a lot from the two you exclude!)
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
(but also a lot from the two you exclude!)
Reading books that mention/cite other books, book fair/sale and bookstore browsing and staff recs (Buffalo Street Books), LRB articles (usually not the books being reviewed).the Backlisted podcast, the Belt and Graywolf catalogs/newsletters, Booker and NBA and sometimes Pulitzer longlists.
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reading books that mention/cite other books, book fair/sale and bookstore browsing and staff recs (Buffalo Street Books), LRB articles (usually not the books being reviewed).the Backlisted podcast, the Belt and Graywolf catalogs/newsletters, Booker and NBA and sometimes Pulitzer longlists.
...they ran for town board. The Rs sent out postcards instead of campaigning. They ran on a slate of actual village concerns and plans. And they just flipped their little red town board blue.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
...they ran for town board. The Rs sent out postcards instead of campaigning. They ran on a slate of actual village concerns and plans. And they just flipped their little red town board blue.
...she noticed there was almost no political activity in town, so she and a couple of other Dems started showing up at meetings, then speaking at meetings, then...
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
...she noticed there was almost no political activity in town, so she and a couple of other Dems started showing up at meetings, then speaking at meetings, then...
...a 70 something woman who lives in a village in red rural Central NY. Says there's nothing going on in town, no community life. The town board "thinks their job is just paying the bills." So she got involved...
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
...a 70 something woman who lives in a village in red rural Central NY. Says there's nothing going on in town, no community life. The town board "thinks their job is just paying the bills." So she got involved...
...newcomer brunch went great! Much good conversation, told them how to connect and get to know people (if you want a village, you have to be a villager). One political conversation stood out though....
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
...newcomer brunch went great! Much good conversation, told them how to connect and get to know people (if you want a village, you have to be a villager). One political conversation stood out though....
It was a rough place for an advocate of temperance and women's rights, she had to sell The Lily because there was no railroad service and gave up her beloved reform dress to fit in. But she kept writing and speaking and organizing, because she felt it was right.
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It was a rough place for an advocate of temperance and women's rights, she had to sell The Lily because there was no railroad service and gave up her beloved reform dress to fit in. But she kept writing and speaking and organizing, because she felt it was right.