Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A lot of the lids are interchangeable, so if you break one another one might fit. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's my new favorite book, recently acquired, cataloged and added to the "new non-fiction" shelf of my local library, where I was the first to rush in and snap it up. In these times, it's like a drink of cool, refreshing water in the middle of a parched desert. sl.bing.net/hnrWfeD8bMysl.bing.netPseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love ...Found on Bing from www.hachette.com.au 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You can also buy from Bookshop.org and designate part if the proceeds to go to any independent bookstore you choose.bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 001
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Acceptable words and forbidden words also change over time. Who knows why? 110
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The honorific Ms. or Mr. still denotes gender. Why? 000
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Thanks for the suggestions. I already have or have read a few of these, but will look for the others. 110
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Where I grew up we also called them "mosquito hawks." 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The one day I decide not to take my purse with me into the library will the very day the Friends of the Library Dollar-a-Book cart will be loaded with fresh titles, all on my TBR list. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I just learned "thank you" in Khmer so I could thank the proprietor of my local donut shop in California. More phrases to come, I hope. 030
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Someone, usually police, knocks on the front door, and it gets answered a split second later. Like they're standing there, just inside, waiting for the knock. Also, all the men in long sleeved shirts or sweatshirts and the women in tank tops. 0101
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Box is one of the best. I had the good fortune to see him interviewed at a writer's conference a few years ago. Charming, down to earth. Just as you'd expect. 110
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'll be having nightmares about that tonight. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Decades ago, Ricardo Montalban said to Johhny Carson on the Tonight Show, "never make fun of someone with an accent. It means they know one more language than you do." 060
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Had a similar experience. Repair guy changed my strings and I only paid for the strings, not for his time. Great people there. 170
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026There's also this: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.orgThe Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" 000
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Free shipping today from Bookshop.org to counteract Prime day. Compiling my order from my wishlist.bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 042
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Borrowed a copy from the library. No need to pay for streaming. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Nice to see women without Mar-a-Lago faces, clothes and expressions. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Temperature's Rising. Hilarious, with Cleavon Little. Also The Fanelli Boys, with Anne Morga Guilbert and an early role for Christopher Meloni. 000
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Our wonderful small town library had it's grand reopening yesterday after a multi year and desperately need renovation and upgrade. Huge crowds to celebrate. My aim was to check out Persepolis, but somebody beat me to it. I can wait. Got 5 books and 2 movie DVDs instead. Libraries are priceless. 130
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Will be checking Persepolis out of our local library on Sat. Hadn't been aware of it before. 121
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Written by Jerry Jeff Walker, based on Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who danced in at least one movie with Shirley Temple. One story is that the studio didn't want her to hold Robinson's hand, but she did it anyway. 110
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Decades ago, there was a cartoonist named Jimmy Hatlo. When he drew a cartoon based on an idea from someone else, he would add a tiny self caricature with the caption acknowledgement "Thanks and a tip of the Hatlo hat to . . ." whoever it was. Nice gesture. 030
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Different from what I've seen of your work so far. I like it! 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Thank you for this honest, insightful account. You really help me understand and empathize and try to be less judgemental. 142
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Sentences I wish I never see or hear again: How goes it? What say you? Walk with me. 071
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026My forever favorite children's book is The Golden Sleepy Book. I didn't know until I was an adult that it was by Margaret Wise Brown. 180
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Late to the party, but just now reading Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life. Came across this on page 25 of my edition: "Power can be enjoyed only when it is recognized and feared. Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it." Made me think. 030
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I'm almost certain Stephen King mentioned her in one of his earlier works. He had one of his young female characters reading her books. 030
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Please. I beg you, do not tell me the names of any of these books. My TBR list is already crushing me. Not to mention the actual TBR pile. 000
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I will definitely seek out the Baldwin book. I loved Gerald Clarke's bio of Truman Capote and John Wain's bio of Samuel Johnson. 010
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Got it from Bookshop.org. My local bookstore said it was backordered, and I know the library wait list will be months long, even when they finally get a copy, which they haven't yet.These are some of the conditions under which I'm willing and happy to spend the money.bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 031
Lida Bushloper @lida-writer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Most anthologies are like that. Some standouts, some not so much. I still can't resist certain themed anthologies, though, and appreciate discovering the gems, plus often new authors to seek out. 000
