Ellen Kushner

I am very fond of cinnamon.
I don't think there's much you could put cinnamon on that I wouldn't like.

Just when you thought her pain tolerance must be superhuman, Coco has posted a new update:
“The Foot Saga, or, What’s this Grasshopper doing in my Toe?”

I am going to be in Madison, Wisconsin (US) for a couple days in the general future. Any recommendations for niche/weird museums/places to visit? Or of the major art museums, which are your favorite? Note: any ancient art would be especially interesting.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!
Had the honor of getting an advance copy to blurb. Which I duly did, with pleasure.

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

Just when you thought her pain tolerance must be superhuman, Coco has posted a new update:
“The Foot Saga, or, What’s this Grasshopper doing in my Toe?”

A luminous full moon rises in the sky, prominently featured against the dusky blue of early night. In the foreground, a line of Eurasian cranes is silhouetted in mid-flight, their long legs and necks stretched out as they navigate by the moonlight.

Look to the sky tonight for March's full moon 🌕🍃

Also known as the Worm Moon, it marks the shift in seasons as the soil warms, earthworms re-emerge, and nature awakens.

It has many other names including: Lenten, Plough, Crow, & Sap Moon.

🕖 Moonrise: 18:09*

God. Everyone was showing hamentaschen off & talking best fillings tonight on Family Zoom.
I have nothing.
I’ll just have cut out a triangle of cardboard and eat it.

I slept for 12 hours last night.
Think my body is trying to tell me something?
Of course I never listen!
Just did about 45 of text editing . . . and now I can hardly keep my eyes open. Despite a nice cuppa tea.
I think I'll go lie down.
The problem is . . . staying there?

Skip the guilt. There are plenty of people who have it even *better* than you—but thinking about that will only make you crazy. So treat yourself like the precious jewel you are, and accept many points for acknowledging gratitude. ❤️

West 90s

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Dudamel Conducts Eroica & The People United - Mar 12–17 - NY Phil Dudamel leads Beethoven’s Eroica and Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated. Official Box Office. Mar 12–17, 2026.

#nyc #nyphilharmonic @nyphil.org @nyphilharmonic.bsky.social
I've been looking forward to this concert all year.
I waited too long, and now all performances are sold out! Does anyone have a ticket for March 14 or 17th?

A Wake for The Washington Post’s Books Section

A Wake for The Washington Post’s Books Section www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/b...

New York bright & beautiful!
The day after the storm
Riverside Drive

San Antonio,Tx state troopers show up in RIOT GEAR at a student protest full of middle schoolers !! This is an intimidation tactic to keep the next generation in check !! I don’t think so !!!

O sweet mystery of life
🐣
I love the one you posted, though

That’s it, all right!

Yummers!!
Did you already have those fancy olives?

Rancho Gordo, so yes, they really were! Good enough to fool me.

Thanks! Though the NYTimes recipe I posted was supposed to be a Gift 🎁 link that everyone could open. Was it not?

The cruelest thing about cantaloupe is that one out of every thousand times, it is perfect and delightful and keeps you living in hope. And then you have 999 miserable disappointments

This 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

So it turns out that the leftovers I've been snacking on are not the Beans Marbella we made the other night, but the pre-soaked beans not used in making the Marbella (which is there in a smaller container).

Much is explained.

Nice try but I don’t check here often 😭

What singing lemurs can tell us about the origin of music YouTube video by Mongabay

“Apparently, the endangered Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that not only can they hit notes, their songs also exhibit rhythm.”
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They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language

I found this article fascinating, and I thought you might, too. A married couple who rely entirely on machine translations. There's always a pause for a joke to land.

(Translation more or less mine)

Photograph: Lottie, our young brown spaniel, at the edge of the Dartmoor woodland behind my work studio. Light shines under the old wooden gate leading out to the hills beyond.

"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but in oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light." - Barry Lopez

I'm over here like, Writers, know your worth! Value your work! Blow your own trumpet oh god no not like that