Courtney Pasko

A York County W so rare it's statistically impossible:

"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies."

Tea Obreht reads Stephanie Vaughn

or maybe listen to Tea Obreht read it to you, on a commute or a walk or while just sitting or laying down and zoning out the rest of the world

www.newyorker.com/podcast/fict...

Love a little voicemail flash:

"Oh, Carol, I do hope you at least get my message before the storm comes. Nevermind the parking ticket, Carol. The storm."

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

(Source: katieclapham.substack.com/p/receipt-fr...)

Forget the Rooney bucket hat, someone get me the Solvej Balle t-shirt !

I really do appreciate them!

(I do actually love personalized rejections and genuinely appreciate those who take the time to write them but it is best if I can choose to laugh about these things! xo)

Rejection of the day is "you should know this was a very close call"

This is really upsetting!

YES 🐋

"Janna learned the term voluntary breathers, which is what whales are. Means that if they don’t think about breathing they can’t do it. Means if they don’t think about it, they die."

Very pretty, vivid red leaves against a blue sky

Golden autumn forest near stony run

Black old-fashioned street lamp in front of colorful fall foliage

One of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s stone lions

Ideal walkabout weather today 🍂

OMG i just saw my lil’ (100 word) SF #cat story posted on fabulous @100footcrow.bsky.social today!!!
#WhiskersWednesday, no less! How perfect is that😜🚀😻?!

#writing #drabble #SpecFic

100footcrow.com/how-to-train...

Very cute orange tabby cat asleep on a blue sweater atop a white bedspread. He’s backlit by sun coming through a set of bay windows.

Since we’re talking beautiful orangey boys:

I'm so glad this ep made me look up these photos:

Photo of a nice bathroom. The wood beams are exposed in the ceiling above, and a white claw-foot bathtub sits in front of a small wood-burning fireplace. A tree with yellow autumn foliage is visible through the window.

Numbers aside, a wood-burning fire next to a clawfoot tub is my idea of heaven:

Bookends: October What I read last month

October reading log:

onehalfhouses on Instagram: "NY, NY 🏡 #onehalfhouses" NY, NY 🏡 #onehalfhouses

www.instagram.com/p/BxK4As3FPxj/

A Famous Narrow House in the West Village Listed for $4.195 Million

Easily the most famous half-address house is for sale (a very modest 4.2 mil): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/r...

a woman with a name tag that says ' well that 's spooky ' on it Alt: Agent Scully from the X-Files wearing a very large, shoulder-padded cream jacket, saying "Well, that's spooky." Her expression is concerned.

Just got an auto-renew notice for library material I definitely returned a week ago

A Text Message to a Girl I Met on a Dating App Who Asked if She Could Come Over to My Place Tonight by Courtney Pasko I come from a place where people don’t believe in ghosts but they do believe in finishing your chores so perhaps you’re gonna think I shouldn’t have been surprised to find the specter of my mother sta...

Happy Halloween! I am concerned that I didn't buy enough Reese's cups, but in the meantime, have a prose poem about a haunting: www.havehashad.com/hadposts/a-t...

Community Resources Resources to help the community of Baltimore City. Including housing, health, food, and financial support.

Reminder that @baltimorebeat.bsky.social publishes this resource guide in every issue, and has done so for the last 3 years baltimorebeat.com/community-re...

Just a cute little game I like to play with a very functional service my own tax dollars are paying for

I love when I get an email from my student loans with a subject line like "URGENT!!! MESSAGE IN YOUR INBOX!!!!" and then after logging in with eight-factor authorization the message is "No new documents :) "

In anticipation of potential cuts to SNAP benefits starting November 1, the library is currently accepting food and Venmo (linked in library's IG bio) donations. Trick-or-treaters can grab candy and/or canned goods. Excess food will be donated to the Bmore Community Fridge Network's sites.

I don’t even WANT to know these words

Yes, I’m posting from a wedding, what’s it to you

Whitest/most millennial thing about me is that I know all the words to The Black Eyed Peas’s “I Gotta Feeling”

This is lovely, Andrew!

Did I or did I not say 2025 is the year of fiction about whales!