This is me, trying to find a specific annotated edition of Dracula amongst all the books. “It was some time before she could find what she looked for.” Illustration by artist Hugh Thomson, from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

Giant wendigo, about 10 feet tall, on Marietta Square

“Maybe it’s time for me to run away from home and join a traveling math club.” ~ Young Sheldon

I’m reading this novel by @malindalo.bsky.social in honor of Banned Book Week, October 4th through 10th, 2026. (I’m reading several novels at once, as is my habit.)

Althea is diving into sensationalist Victorian literature with Lady Aubrey’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Brandon (1861-63), which has chapter titles like “Troubled dreams,” “Buried alive,” and “Ghost-haunted.”

Galápagos hawk hitching a ride on a giant tortoise. Photo by Tui A. de Roy, from Wildlife of the Islands, 1980.

A classic cat meme, always worth reposting

Three deer and two Grandfather Trees on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA

With family on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA, 9-27-26