Laurel Busch

Today I learned there are $5,000 coffee makers. (My sister knows someone who bought one.) I had to go back to read her text again to be sure I got that number right.

Her ear suddenly flopped over yesterday morning. Diagnosis: hematoma pulled it down. Treatment: steroid. I'm so grateful Peak Pet Urgent Care was able to see her yesterday, but the vet didn't warn me the steroid would make her desperately have to pee at 4 a.m.! No change in the ear so far.

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #seasonal. Does just a nest count? Oct. 13, 2013, Reno, Nevada USA (I think it's an American robin's nest.)

Angrier and more unhinged in every press conference, maybe Elon has told him it’s impossible to rig the numbers this time.

I'm in Nevada, USA, so there would be something wrong if I couldn't find a photo I've taken with a #Brown background for #birdoftheday! I took this one of a great blue heron in the Boynton Slough in Reno Jan. 13.

Kindle as usual--English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith. (Occasionally paperback or hardcover. Never audiobook.)

Chocolate-flavored coffee now and Earl Grey tea during what passes for news in the evening. Every day.

Yesterday was the first day of voting here, and I took my completed ballot to a voting center. This morning I was able to confirm online it had been received and is ready to be counted on Election Day. That's the way we do it in Nevada.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Dawn. An American robin in a crabapple tree Feb. 15, 2016. Slide Mountain on the left; Mount Rose on the right (in the Sierra Nevada range). Reno, Nevada USA.

I'm still scanning old photos. This is Pyramid Lake (Nevada USA) Oct. 3, 1999. It's not edited--that was the color.

If you're looking for a book to read this weekend, browse these books today. All of them are FREE! books.bookfunnel.com/freehistoric... #historicalromance

Today's office view was this pretty back door. Very cheerful 😍 #gardeningfeed 🌱 #shropshire

Good idea! Anyone know of a list? I’ve gotten both genuine and fake requests myself and almost dismissed real invitations out of fear of being tricked.

"how to balance suburban expectations with sound ecological science" 🌱

It's old and there's no detail, but I like it. For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Ducks&GeeseInFlight. Canada geese, Dec. 14, 2015, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Anderson Cooper endlessly asking stupid questions of the poor reporter in the middle of the hurricane needs to be an #SNL sketch.

I like the idea. Includes Bluesky. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Love my dog. Love the daylilies in my front yard. Love the October weather we're having. 🌱

Say it: Gulf of Mexico

Sad but not surprising.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueSkies. Hummingbirds in my chitalpa tree Reno, Nevada, USA, August 27, 2023.

The wild part of my back yard now. That's rabbitbrush, not sagebrush! The cottontails and quail/s thrive in it. The "bench" is from a cottonwood tree. Northern Nevada, USA #nativeplants

I've been scanning old photos. This one is from October 1993 at the Stonehouse Inn in Paradise Valley in Northern Nevada, USA.

#birdoftheday #bestofthemonth I think this is a killdeer. Taken yesterday at Steamboat Slough, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Please no gas lines.

How about dialing back the close-up photography so we don't have to see people's teeth in detail? (I would not want you to see mine!)

The truly sad thing about all these scam posters on social media is that they prevent me from responding to what could very well be legit reader questions and requests. I can't trust any post anymore. How does one get around that?

My son texted from his cruise that the ship had been rocking for the past 12 hours and they put out the barf bags. They had to change the cruise itinerary to skip Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas and stop at Puerto Vallarta tomorrow instead. In case anyone is interested.

I live near a @tmfr.bsky.social station and just see the firefighters greeting me and my dog, washing their trucks, and generally doing nothing. I don't begrudge them any of that free time because I know they are willing to do this work at a moment's notice. They've had to do it this year for sure.

For the #birdoftheday theme of #pairs. Mourning doves on my roof March 25, 2022.

I love wedding cake, and when my son and his fiance wanted me to be specific, I said I liked buttercream frosting. The frosting seemed bland last night, and now I know why. I refrigerated my leftover piece, and today the "frosting" is thick, solid butter with a trace of sugar. Solid butter.

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #LightAndShadow, a repost of a phone photo I took when taking my dog out while the sun was coming up. California quail/quails.

A new worry for #authors (successful ones at least!). Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... #histfic #romancelandia #writingcommunity

"Largest theft of labor in human history." A "doom loop" in the making. An "existential threat" for publishers. Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training buff.ly/dilrt1D

It would be impressive no matter what job the builder has! This is patronizing.

Quick question for readers of online literary journals: when browsing a table of contents or author index and you click on a poem or story, do you prefer it to open in a new tab so the original page stays open, or would you rather it open in the same tab? Curious what you prefer! Thanks!