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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sometimes you just need a pre-bed nap.

A large black and white houndy-Lab mutt snoozes on a striped beige dog bed.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gotta admit, black walnut pie is not my favorite. But sometimes you’ve got to make room for requests.

A picture of a homemade pie with a golden crust and a layer of brown nuts on top. It is sitting on a kitchen counter atop a wire cooling rack.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think about this more often than I'd like to.

A side-by-side of two head shots: at left, Gavin Newsom smiles, baring top and teeth in a strange expression; at right, Elizabeth Holmes smiles in an oddly similar way.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why no, my soul isn't trapped in this empty ketamine vial I'm clutching in my fist. Why do you ask?

A photo of a very pale, uncanny-looking Elon Musk addressing someone while clenching his right hand into a fist and holding a microphone in his left.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Flotsam and jetsam on the morning walk with Area Dog.

A photo of a suburban gutter, with a single woman’s black dress shoe visible at left and a sprig of crabgrass growing in the crack between the blacktop and cement at right.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Area Dog, Area Dog’s +1, and Neighbor Dog.

Three dogs stand on grass, their bodies pointing more or less toward each other. One, a little Sheltie, is inside a chain-link fence. The other two are black and white larger dogs on leashes trailing back toward the photographer.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When you get to the castle on a rainy night and knock, here's who opens the door.

A photo of Melania and Donald Trump in dark attire, both looking menacingly at the camera.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here's a DIY shirt I made in the late 90s for our karate school. I'd totally forgotten about it until a friend who still has theirs sent me a photo.

A photo of a t-shirt with a grid of hand-drawn black and white images of small cartoon martial artists in different positions. Korean terms are listed above each, and at the top is the line "WHAT I LEARNED IN KARATE..."

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

By odd coincidence, I wound up at his house in Texas nearly two decades later and still managed not to meet him, but did visit his carriage house annex behind the main house. Lots of wild and interesting titles there, but I wasn't expected to organize any of it.

A photo of a two-story open space with a staircase up the middle that leads to a balcony walkway along the walls of the second floor. Nearly every wall is filled floor to ceiling with books on shelves.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I realize this story isn’t new to millions and millions of people out there (even billions perhaps?), but holy cow. Cannot believe this was written in the 1700’s. Hat tip to @bokane.org for the recommendation.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Honestly do not even know how Area Dog managed this.

A large black and white dog is lying on a carpet, his body almost entirely under a dining room chair.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

No idea yet if they've pulled it off, but the filmmakers at least seem aware of what you hoped they would keep in mind.

A poster for the Coyote vs. ACME film, showing Coyote pushing a round bomb up a very steep hill, with Roadrunner looking down from above. The bomb has a fuse at the top, which is lit.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Trying to keep up with the front-yard fig harvest. I’m picking, halving, and freezing four to five quarts a day. This is batch ten. After all that, no time left to actually make jam. But soon…

A photo of a large heap of bright pink and gold figs cut in half.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just saw my first Tesla robotaxi at a stoplight in Virginia.

A small gold vehicle with no side-view mirrors, no rear windshield, and Texas plates.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

About eight inches in diameter. From the walk with Area Dog. I’ve picked this mushroom and cooked it when I’ve found it in the neighborhood before. But I left this one in peace.

A large white globe-shaped mushroom sits on green ivy.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Turned in the next book to my editor.

A photo of the top sheet of a manuscript that reads “SNOWBLIND: The Final Voyage of the Saint Anna and Death on the Polar Ice.”

“For the lost, the dead, and the angels of history”

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Evening perambulation with Area Dog.

A black and white dog stands next to a yellow sign that reads “SLOW / watch for dogs” and has the silhouette of a similar dog on it. A blacktop road, vines, and trees are visible in the background.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here’s your obligatory grandpa-flying-a-kite video (grandpa not pictured).

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New Caspar David Friedrich just dropped.

A black dog stands on an empty beach staring out at the ocean. Its leash trails out of frame toward the viewer.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Okay, here’s your still-a-cell-phone-pic-but-slightly-more-elegant photo.

A lone burgundy-colored plum sits on a white windowsill, with dusk visible outside.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It’s front-yard fig season, motherfuckers.

A photo of dozens of plum- and gold-colored ripe figs sitting on a long white strip of paper towel.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Through generous machinations by people I’ve never met, this is where I find myself tonight…

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Area Dog did not even notice this fox tonight on the evening walk.

A photo of a road in the foreground, with grass and a sidewalk in the middle ground, and trees in leaf in the background. A fox is sitting on the ground between the trees.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Offspring and I learned how to make baby eclairs last night.

Overhead view of a plate with a border of blue dots and three fist-sized eclairs on it, sitting atop a kitchen counter.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Area Dog cannot be reached for comment at this time.

A large black dog lies on a beige dog bed with his back to the viewer. An open door and shelves of books are visible in the background.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

LinkedIn delivering the inside scoop.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Visiting family a few hours from home at a three-cat house.

A seven-week old tabby stares suspiciously at the viewer, ready to bolt.

Seven-week-old caramel tabby kitten (and sister of the suspicion one) curls up for a nap.

Adult tuxedo cat contemplates making a loaf but instead sticks one paw out while looking at the camera

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I wrote this at the beginning of June and have been thinking about it again this week

This sends a message on a fundamental level that manly white men taking charge is the only way out of this mess.
The argument goes that if we cater to the strongman-loving model just enough to recapture the votes of those who abandoned the Democratic Party at one point or another, we can run a bait-and-switch by imposing progressive policies, even if the voters who get fooled into voting for a white guy weren’t necessarily asking for that.
Today, I’m talking less about any of those candidates’ actual platforms or backgrounds and more about and why they get selected to run or to receive massive support from institutions and institutional figures. Because if maintaining white solidarity becomes the overriding principle in selecting candidates, it affects the entire political system over time.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Made it inside. Still far more sparse than a regular summer weekend on the Mall, and especially paltry for a 4th of July weekend.

A view of part of the National Mall with a couple hundred people wandering around

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Met this lovely girl Samantha (aka “Sammie”) outside the gym today. She was so cuddly and sweet. And she’s available from Lost Dog Rescue here in Northern Virginia! If you’re looking for a pup, give them a call, because she seemed fabulous.

A mid-size tan-and-white dog with perky ears looking at the viewer.

A mid-size tan-and-white dog with perky ears looking to the side.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Area Dog has become an old man of the yard. After his morning stroll, we tie his leash to one of the front-yard fig trees and let him sit outside a while before it gets too hot.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Yesterday morning on the Estela de Luz in Mexico City.

Four people are visible high on the outside of a tall monument. They have hoisted a huge banner with alternating text in Spanish and illustrations. The text, translated into English, reads “This too is at stake. Migration with dignity. Stop racism and respect autonomy. Peoples in resistance, environmental justice, stop the weapons, justice for the disappeared, people before commerce. The World Is Watching.”

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Doing rough sketches to see if maybe we want to use artwork instead of some of the early 1900s photos in my next book SNOWBLIND. (This is only half-finished, so please do not send advice on how to improve it.)

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

These two posts popped up next to each other in my feed.

Screenshot of two posts stacked vertically from a Bluesky feed. The top one is John Travolta with his new look--a very trim beard, spectacles, and a cream-colored beret. The second one is from Grace Pritchard Burson, posting one of Maggie Tokuda-Hall's pigeon paintings. Burson wrote, "It's Lord Pigeon Wimsey." Tokuda-Hall's painting is of a pigeon wearing monocle, top hat, and boutonniere.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Taking care of in-laws' dog, and she is a sweet dope.

A fluffy, black and white mixed-breed dog leaning sideways with her tongue lolling out of her open mouth.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Others have mocked Karp better than I can. But here's a *real* swordfighting thing that's fun: my older kid from almost a decade ago in the last minute of his 1st-degree black belt exam in kumdo. He'd never seen this done before and had no idea he would be asked to do it. It's harder than it looks.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hey, Virginia! Get out and vote YES today, to keep MAGA from rigging the House of Representatives this November.

A photo of a red, white, and blue I VOTED sticker.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

For now, here's a photo of me from our Arctic expedition to Franz Josef Land, retracing events from a century ago that sit at the heart of SNOWBLIND—which will come out next year. (Photo: Vladimir Melnik)

A woman with gray hair, a pale blue jacket, and black ski pants and boots stands with her back to the camera, holding reindeer antlers in her right hand. A flat moraine, as well as ice and mountains, are visible in the distance. (Photo: Vladimir Melnik)

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