Wendy G

Philly-area friends: I'm hosting a book discussion group next week about The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, relating to this month's Ferrara-centered concert program by Piffaro. Hit me up for more details if you're interested!

oooh, fun!

TEXT: Libraries are a model for the kind of publicly minded, livable communities that electeds like Mayor Mamdani so eloquently advocate for. I’m writing this from a New York Public Library, surrounded by neighbors and a few tourists who are working, reading, and resting. I can see laptops, notebooks, open magazines. Parents and babies are toddling in for a read-aloud in the back, there’s a table nearby where people are picking at jigsaw puzzles, and a guy in a lounge chair across the room keeps saying “wow” at the art book he’s flipping through. These spaces are more than just an archive of objects and services, they are the city itself in miniature.

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Thanks! Just sent a PM.

Hi! I’m trying to order Chromatic Magic but the site suddenly doesn’t want to ship to my Pennsylvania address no matter how I enter it — is something up or is it just me?

I thought I would be super-cool and just casually hop up onto the low stage my band was about to perform on. I am not actually cool, and failed the hop so badly that I bruised my whole hand and sprained my thumb — which immediately started swelling up, right before I had to play.

I’m a scholar but also secretly a space heist expert, yay!

I thought it was brilliant. Elegantly plotted, building up to some seriously FEROCIOUS rage — so cathartic!

Me:I really thought by mastering a musical instrument in 4th grade I’d be killing it by now
Hubs: It was the recorder
Me: IK right. Weird

Fictional characters I would take a bullet for:
Thara Celehar (Cemeteries of Amalo series)
Cleric Chih (Singing Hills cycle)
Murderbot - although it probably wouldn’t want me to, so I guess Dr. Mensah
A gnole (World of the White Rat) - any gnole, any time, no questions asked

If there's one thing I loved about being in a No Kings protest today, it was the feeling of solidarity giving me hope for this nation and its people.

If there's a second thing, it's how all the various dogs had NO idea what was going on, but LOVED it.

Except for the part where no one has ever even once contemplated describing SEPTA as adorable

America’s Burgeoning Fleet of Book Bikes A growing group of booksellers, librarians, and literary citizens is distributing books to the American reading public by bicycle.

There really is something romantic about books on boats, bikes, etc., isn’t there?

The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl

Philly Book Crawl is TOMORROW! Which indie bookstores are you planning on visiting?

www.phillybookstorecrawl.com

All good! I’m sure I’ll be able to unhunch my entire body eventually!

Bumping because I’m reading WHAT STALKS THE DEEP: Ursula, how could you?!? Some of us ARE in fact claustrophobic and GAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lo, I am slain!

Just now while sitting on the train I realized that 1) my shirt is inside-out and 2) the artist drop I woke up early to check compulsively every five minutes is actually *next* Friday. Day’s off to a great start, woooooo!!

I like all the foods of our people except tongue. *shudder*

Ah yes, INDEPENDENCE Day Eve, where for many centuries people would shop at INDEPENDENT Bookstores in preparation for their big celebrations. What? You're saying that's not a thing? Huh, well, it's a thing if we make it a thing.

Lower edge of a 15th c. printed book with a tapering golden bar of flowers with a blue profile in the center initialed B.L.

BYOI

(Bling Your Own Incunable!)
#NewberryLibrary (lnc. 6985)
#WhoIsBL?

Image of Prismatic Sea Glass 8 piece dice set arranged in a circle with the D20 in the center. Each resin die is a different color of the rainbow with a semi-matte finish that resembles tumbled sea glass. The text above reads “Giveaway! Prismatic Sea Glass Set” in white.

🌈 GIVEAWAY 🌈

It’s Pride Month, we’re having a giveaway of Prismatic Sea Glass to celebrate! Giveaway ends 6/25 at noon CT.

To Enter:
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#dnd #dice #ttrpg

What kind of monster puts a dust jacket into a Mylar cover and then uses *masking tape* to tape the actual jacket edges to the protective backing edges?!?

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The Recorder Consorters
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Looking forward to seeing you in Philly!

My trans friends enrich my life. My trans son enriches my world. My nonbinary child gives my life color it lacked before they were born.

No bigot has ever enriched my life or given it value in any marked or sustainable way.

#FridayReads - I just finished Rachel Hartman’s Among Ghosts, which broke my heart open in the most beautiful, magical way. What are you reading, and what should I read next?

Thanks for sharing — this is a delightful story!

During our ceremony, the rabbi mentioned that he’d never married a couple who bonded over making armor before. 😂