The Bloggess

Y’ALL. This Saturday is INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY and Nowhere Bookshop is cordially inviting you to come and visit and celebrate with us. (There’s extra parking behind the store if needed.) W...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/24/theres-a-special-day-just-for-celebrating-independent-bookstores-and-the-people-who-love-them-yes-virginia-there-is-and-its-this-saturday-wow-this-is-a-long-title-i-should-stop-now/

Once or twice a year I open up slots for people advertise on my blog and today is that day! I don’t use ad networks or pop-ups because they’re annoying so instead I just offer flat-rate sideb...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/19/this-isnt-a-real-post-but-if-you-have-something-you-want-to-plug-you-should-definitely-read-it/

First, if you missed yesterday’s post about the artist we’re trying to identify you need to go back and read it first so you understand, okay? Second, if you’re easily affected by talks of ...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/16/art-mystery-possibly-solved/

SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR UPDATE. So often I stop at estate sales and bring home strange, haunting things that I don’t really need but that I can’t leave behind…especially on Sundays when so m...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/14/help-me-solve-a-haunting-art-mystery/

Before I start, are you in Texas this weekend? Because Saturday I’ll be at the San Antonio Book Festival at the library, listening to panels and getting new books and interviewing my amazing fr...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/09/april-reads/

I just got the Estonian translation of Broken in the mail and it’s lovely, with Fleece Witherspoon on the cover: But of course, I had to use google translate to see what it actually says. And I...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/05/adventures-in-translation/

I posted this on my weekly art substack today but I know not everyone subscribes, so I thought I’d share it here in case it needs to find the right person. If you’re here you’re probably my...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/04/01/stay/

It’s Friday and that means that I’m whispering “Pssst” and motioning for you to come into my office because it’s time for a medicinal shot of videos I’ve saved just for you. Ready? Ha...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/03/29/its-friday-time-for-videos/

Last night I woke up with what I was pretty sure was a brilliant mathematic epiphany that I quickly jotted down on my phone notes and this is what it was: “6 upside down is 9. And 9 upside down...

https://thebloggess.com/2024/03/25/theyre-not-all-gonna-be-winners/

As heavily requested, this is a follow-up to Friday’s post (“WHAT IS THE MYSTERIOUS GIANT CIRCULAR POOP IN MY YARD“). In all honesty I should tell you that I did not expect this to blow up....

https://thebloggess.com/2024/03/18/part-2-poop-mystery-solved-probably/