Kelly K Ferguson

Laura's baaaaaaaaaack Clutch your corsets and tin cups, y’all, Netflix is rebooting Little House on the Prairie.

It's happening y'all. #LHOP

Knew this essay by Jennifer Sinor would be amazing before I read it. Did not disappoint. @dintywmoore.bsky.social

"One minute she was running along the path we have walked a thousand times and the next she was gone..."

My Life as a Pioneer Woman Lots o' leaky pipes; Zero hot cheesy casseroles

It's been cold, y'all. Real cold. And none of my bathmats say "HOWDY."

I met the publisher on the plane leaving AWP a few years. I would work for her.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS

PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.

youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

11/18/24 Update: Cat acquired. Officially living the dream now.

Ten writers of whom I've read more than ten books:
@stephenking.bsky.social
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Margaret Atwood
Sue Grafton
Kate Atkinson
Ursula LeGuin
Sara Paretsky
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Beverly Cleary
Make that nine, nine writers I can think of.

The Peaks of Shala II In which I discuss Rose's Albanian Alps origin story

“Mommy, where do true stories come from?”
“Shhhhh. Drink this Benadryl.”
#RoseWilderLane

And here I was just thinking none of my former posts made me cringe. Sigh.

Hi Bluesky! I write fiction, memoir, and cultural criticism. I am a journalism professor by trade. People tell me I'm funny. "Oh, Kelly! You're so funny!" ISO of like-minded people.

Sorry, Bluesky. I kinda forgot about you. Fell back down the Twi-hole. Then I saw those Musky trucks.

Tell me my brand, so I can align my content with it. Wrong answers only.

Pumpkin lives! My exclusive with the Special Elections Orange Feline Overlord of Athens, OH. "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." projects.thepostathens.com/SpecialProje...

Feels strange here. A wide blue canyon. Hellllllooooooooo.

Already failed. Sigh. Let's try getting these out of my system: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. 😀😀😆🤭😋 😀😀😆🤭😋 😀😀😆🤭😋

Academic feminist email writing experiment: No emojis. No exclamation points. And to quote the 70s classic Love Story, never say you're sorry (only real apologies, as needed).

The Las Vegas Aces are back to back WNBA champions

The Las Vegas Aces won the WNBA title last night, becoming the league’s first back-to-back champion since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001 and 2002.

Aces star A’ja Wilson scored a game-high 24 points in Game 4: wapo.st/3tBqwXX

When you wake up intending to spend your one precious writing hour on a rom-com and write about bats instead.
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I can work with bleat!

Sentences that begin "there are" signal forthcoming BS. Signed, college writing instructor.

Feel like a new platform means a fresh chance to "brand." Post more than once a month? The shortlist: books, my Appalachian backyard, my Appalachian college town, writing, teaching, a pinch of social justice. Needed in my life: a cat.

How are we verbing our actions here? I Blueped. I Blooped. I BSd. I Beeped. I Skied. I Flew. I Boosked. Or am I already an Old here and everyone else knows?