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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Come on, shake a leg! Happy birthday, Rita Dove!

Dawn Revisited

By Rita Dove
Imagine you wake up
with a second chance: The blue jay
hawks his pretty wares
and the oak still stands, spreading
glorious shade. If you don't look back,

the future never happens.
How good to rise in sunlight,
in the prodigal smell of biscuits -
eggs and sausage on the grill.
The whole sky is yours

to write on, blown open
to a blank page. Come on,
shake a leg! You'll never know
who's down there, frying those eggs,
if you don't get up and see.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In the meantime, the airport is lit up in her memory

Photo from FlyNashville showing the BNA airport garages lit up pink in tribute to Dolly

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ready to move on from The Odyssey? Read Glorious Exploits! Set during the Peloponnesian War, written in a modern-day Irish voice, it earns the googly eyes on the cover but is also studded with gorgeous descriptive prose. A funny, heartbreaking testament to the power of art and humanity in wartime.

“Glorious Exploits,” a novel by Ferdia Lennon

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Ears packed with medicine due to a double ear infection = the first relaxing Fourth of July of Lucy's entire life.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My grandfather owned a junkyard and was a witty, prolific writer and creative thinker. The only inheritance I ever wanted from him was his letters and poems that my dad has saved (which also included this ad mockup).

Mockup of an ad for a junkyard/scrap business with a picture of the Venus de Milo and the tag: "For those hard to get parts, call..."

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"We do live in a society where the humanities are increasingly dismissed as impractical, and whatever counts as STEM is A Good Thing because practical." Finally tackled Helen DeWitt's "The Last Samurai" and feel a bit speechless, maybe because she used up all the words. What an achievement.

Cover of "The Last Samurai" by Helen DeWitt

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Happy birthday to Joe Brainard, always a mood

Poem

Sometimes everything seems
SO
oh, I don't know.

- Joe Brainard 1942 - 1994

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Whoever does People Magazine’s news alerts is my favorite member of the resistance. Also, Scabbing Neck Rash is my new band name.

People Magazine News Alert: Donald Trump, 79, Steps Out with Scabbing Neck Rash at Medal of Honor Ceremony

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Mardi Gras Creole Shrimp extreme closeup

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

“You should know that there is little you can seek in this world, that there is no need for you to be so greedy, in the end all you can achieve are memories, hazy, intangible, dreamlike memories which are impossible to articulate...” - Nobel prize winner Gao Xingjian, born on this day

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Blackeyed peas and greens. If nothing else, 2026 started off with good eatin'

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Emmylou Hairy always finds the sun (or the slices of sun). #cats

Ginger cat with her belly in the sun between the shadows

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

For the past several weeks, every time I've taken Lucy for a walk, we've had to pass this unsettling doll leg. Also, Unsettling Doll Leg is the name of my new band

It's an unsettling doll leg lying in a pile of leaves. Looks way more realistic than one would prefer.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Meanwhile, here’s a very good girl

Mr. Blatt appealed the case, and four years later, an administrative law judge ruled in his favor. The judge cited Mr. Blatt's decision to take his dog, an Italian greyhound mix named Thelma, with him to Dallas.

"Petitioner's dog was his near and dear item which reflected his ultimate change in domicile," the judge wrote.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Like most of us, she has her better angles. Either way, pure fluff muppet

Orange cat lying in a not-so-flattering pose

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Emmylou Hairy is keeping it drama-free this thanksgiving #cats

Orange cat with only her body sticking out of her play tunnel

Part two: Orange cat's face in the play tunnel, looking up and to the side

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Very strange feeling to have a congressional race in Tennessee that anyone at the national level cares about. This is the first time I've been on the receiving end of a postcard campaign...

"I voted" sticker on David Johansen t-shirt

Postcard that says:
Hi Marla,
Thank you for being a voter! Your friends and family may need your reminder to vote.
Please ask them to vote in the Tues. Dec, 2 Speial Election for US Congress.
Thank you!!
Robin

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Only took about 5 minutes at the Lentz Public Health Center today

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Fun visiting my high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, as part of our reunion weekend. Back when I was editor, The Enterprise was a newspaper -- now it's a magazine. Looks like Captain Shreve is doing a good job of inspiring student interest and opportunities in journalism!

Me outside the student media room at Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

Poster in the student media room at Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, Louisiana: "Peter Parker and Clark Kent were both journalists. Coincidence? I think not."

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from Lucy and Emmylou Hairy (stress-eating her treats). They are thrilled, I tell you, thrilled to once again don their costumes. #cats #dogs #halloween

Sweet beagle in a witchy/princess costume

Orange cat in a bumblebee costume having a few treats

Orange cat in a bumblebee costume wondering how it has come to this yet again

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Obviously I blame myself. Impossible to resist plopping down and getting comfy-cozy on a freshly dry-cleaned formal gown. #cats #catsofbluesky

Orange cat sleeping on top of a plastic dry-clean-wrapped formal gown laying on a bed

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Dear Traveller, You have reached the end of the journey that led you to climb the Palatine Hill and walk, with your eyes but above all your imagination... Here, on this very spot, travellers, writers, artists, men and women of culture and enthusiasts of art and archaeology paused before you... #Rome

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Mild times at the Hot Diggity Dog Festival in a slightly soggy Nashville yesterday. Lucy much preferred the company of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile to that of other, actual dogs.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Lucy's easing into the long weekend.

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Lucy's sleeping in on International Dog Day (and every day).

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Happy birthday, Joe Strummer 🖤

I think people ought to know that
we're anti-fascist,
we're anti-violence,
we're anti-racist
and we're pro-creative.
We're against ignorance.

- Joe Strummer

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Emmylou Hairy's summer haircut is now at wall-to-wall carpeting stage. #caturday

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"I’m a martini purist. Here’s what is — and isn’t — in the perfect classic cocktail." www.latimes.com/food/story/2... Amen to all of this and especially this:

"London Dry-style gin only, the juniper and citrus flavors frontward and searing. (Restaurants that stock only upmarket floral gins drive me crazy; everyone should have a basic like Beefeater on their shelves.)"

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

If you see this, post a photo you saved because it made you laugh

Andy Richter: What is the national language of the United States?
Conan: Third grade English

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

let's go back to the ’90s "Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NYT quiz based on Michael Grynbaum's new book, “Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America” (I got a tres chic 32 out of 32)

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Marla Lepore @marlaink.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Little lion cut day for Emmylou Hairy: The "oh no" before and the "what the..." after, plus the "sitting at my food dish for an hour contemplating things." #cats