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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A funny paragraph to reach in the audiobook as I crochet a blanket...

Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"How many friendships have you known formed upon principles of virtue? Most friendships are formed by caprice or by chance, mere confederacies in vice or leagues in folly." -Life of Johnson

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The world passes away, and we are passing with it." Woof, Sam. Cheer up.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They better cite Splatt and Weedon is all I can say. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominat...)

en.wikipedia.org

Nominative determinism - Wikipedia

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes, except I saw the suggestion that 9/25 should be Dolly day!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You're supposed to read it in the hollow of a tree which will make you deeply uncomfortable in multiple ways.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Only 6 hours left?? Better hit that bucket list, Sam.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I cannot believe he was a teenager when he wrote A Fine and Private Place. Absolute madness.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I've seen shined a million times in picture books, like "the moon shined" .... It must be proper somewhere but it definitely grates my ear too.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks for posting. Great essay!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Ok, my new specialty is children's authors mentioning Sam Johnson and now my collection is up to two! (Beverly Cleary, who took a college course on Johnson, and now Sandra Boynton quoting him.)

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is better than the thought I've had which is that I need to record the audiobook of Thraliana to get myself to read all the way to the end of volume II. But then I remind myself no one wants to hear an American reading Thraliana!!!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Oh you mean the guy with the 1984esque "whatever you think, I think too!" slogan? Sir, I assure you, you do not see things my way.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I voted for you! Have to get Mamdani to support you next time for some visibility, I guess!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hope you remembered to cc so everyone can reply-all!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Happy Johnson & Boswell's first meeting-iversary! 🥳

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Looks like abraxis to me, which apparently is a word 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yes! I know nothing about coins but I like having their profiles around. I asked my artist uncle if he'd make me a bust of SJ. He asked to see a picture and said "You want THAT face? You're kidding, right?"

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yawn! The fun ephemera I have are Johnson & Garrick coins from the late 1700s ... They were cheap and I assume they appreciate being together on the shelf. I should get them a figurine of a horse they can share.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

But was there any interesting Johnsioniana??

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I heard they gyre and gimble in the wabe.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Generic brand chips, sure, but nothing fancy like Cape Cod.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's also a "We'll All Go Together When We Go" vibe.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Omg, lecture on Hester Thrale Piozzi at NYU in April! How exciting! as.nyu.edu/departments/...

as.nyu.edu

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I mean that sounds bad but I don't know that they needed to resort to blood sacrifice

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The tests are very imperfect, and an indication of face blindness is sometimes how long it takes you on the test. I think a lot of face blind folk don't truly realize how easy recognition is for most people. It's instant! No thought or puzzling required! Such a fascinating variation.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Next up, Thraliana via interpretive dance.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Wow, can't believe they got Orson Wells to pose in that wig.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"Depressed? Let me recommend you shut up about it." -SJ

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Interesting theory of mental health you got there, Samuel Johnson.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Do you have a link to the recipe? Looks incredible.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Ummm, I have it on good authority Johnson's race is the ancient one of substantial yeomanry.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Also Anne of Green Gables.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Won't somebody think of the paleographers??

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LilGemGem @lilgemgem.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂 Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

You just need to remember what Johnson (absolutely didn't) say, and you'll be there next year!

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I'm currently juicing my reading numbers by working through Gordon Korman's middle grade ouvre.

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Oh my god, they added an apostrophe. 😱

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Laura B. @hecate527.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

He also sent out an email polling his constituents on how we felt about Trump's actions in Venezuela. Kind of feels like something you should have your own opinion about, Tom!!

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