Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Queueing up emails to auto send on Monday morning instead of right now because I'm not a villain. 050 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I love getting AI generated emails addressed to Ernest Hemingway. Why yes, I, the Nobel Prize winning (and quite dead) author would LOVE the opportunity to rep my book at your not-at-all a scam book fair. Also, let's use this technology to land airplanes full of people. 160 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Was that Tom Hamilton’s Ring doorbell alert just now? My dogs went crazy. #Guardians 020 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It would take more characters than Bluesky allows to say what Dolly Parton meant to me. Her music helped me through some hard times. 🦋 060 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The Odyssey was great! But was…was Calypso wearing the burrito blanket? I could not unsee it. Anyone else think this or just me? 😆 260 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ha! I knew it!!! Trader Joe’s = Annie’s. The rumors are confirmed! 070 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We’re fairly certain she’s actually a man in a dog suit. 120 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Glad you’re ok. During storms my dog lets herself in the basement even if I’m not home, turning the doorknob with her paws like a velociraptor. 120 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It should come in little packets like hotel breakfast bar Jif. 010 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 15/07/2026When she saw my inspo pic, my nail tech asked if I was going to a party. She was incredulous when I said it was for a conference. I'm looking forward to the 21st biennial Hemingway conference, kicking off officially next Monday in Toronto (and unofficially on Sunday at the Blue Jays game). 270 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 25/06/2026My dog recently abandoned a tennis ball uncharacteristically and it was because he found a baby groundhog. 100 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This still from Backrooms reminds me of the time I requested a desk and the asst dean of faculty walked me over to a campus building slated to be demolished and let me pick one from a pile exactly like this. The treatment of contingent faculty is so degrading they make horror movies about it. 180 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Deadlines loom but this day was too pretty to be indoors. Took the dogs on Musser Gap trail, a moderate up and back just 4 miles total, but I think this might be the last long hike for Zelda, who, at 10, has trouble with her back legs some days. #pennsylvania #dogsofbluesky 091 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Curious if the Hemingway text you used included Volumes 1-6 of the Letters as well as his fiction. (Disclosure: I’m Assoc Editor of that edition). 010 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Colyer Lake loop hike, spring ephemerals, first fish of the year, first lake swim of the year, and thisss guy. #pennsylvania #fishing #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever #snek 070 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 26/03/2026PA voter here who looks forward to voting for anyone who runs against him. 010 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Pippin played in the mud, so he got a bath. Now that he’s air dried he has hundreds of cowlicks. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever 0231 0
Reposted by Verna KaleJosh 🐯 Hill @joshtigerhill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Roses are red The ocean is wet I love you all-in Like my Jeopardy! bet 1329 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Tonight this guy had a breakthrough seizure lasting over 3 minutes. His regular vet moved to Mongolia (yes really) last week and the semester starts tomorrow so it’s really A++ timing there buddy. 070 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Ah! So... you can suspend your holds but only before they are ready for pickup. This is great to know. Requires a bit of forethought but if you keep an eye on your place in the queue this seems like it will work well. 110 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Weeks of nothing to read followed by every hold I put coming in at once. I wish my public library would let you pause your holds when your turn comes up so you could keep your place in line and get the book when you're ready without having to check it back in and then become #24 again. 170 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 04/01/2026There used to be people at our conference who also did the Key West thing, but not so much anymore. But by all means, show up in full Papa cosplay 😂 210 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The OP was deleted but in a nutshell it suggested that in difficult times it’s a good thing to find a community with whom you share interests. 150 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 04/01/2026On that note… join the Hemingway Society. Open to all writers and fans, not just academics. 230 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Happy New Year from the “mushroom capital of the world.” Kennett Square #pennsylvania 071 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 24/12/2025His crimes are getting more audacious and it’s probably obvious why we don’t have a Christmas tree skirt. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever 1180 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Retrievers gonna retrieve. All the livelong day. Whether you want them to or not. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever 1220 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 23/12/2025News from my hometown: Stubhub marketed a spiritual concert (Lamb of God) as heavy metal show (different, more famous Lamb of God). I'm disappointed that the error was caught early, honestly. Chaos almost ensues doesn't have the same ring. 170 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 22/12/2025P.S. schedule permitting I'm always glad to return the favor and zoom into your class so don't hesitate to ask! 020 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 22/12/2025And then the writer wrote me back like HOW VERY DARE and also tweeted about it complete with f- bombs. But like...you literally requested invitations? So anyway, I'm EXTREMELY hesitant to make this ask, so instead of asking individuals, I'm just throwing it out there in general. 130 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Funny story (not funny, I'm still annoyed by it) there was a writer who posted on Twitter that they would zoom into book clubs for free and to please invite them. So I invited them to zoom into my class (which is like a book club except there are more people and they have to buy and read the book) 120 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Life Writers of BlueSky (biography, memoir, and spaces in between): If you would like to zoom into my graduate seminar this spring to discuss method, craft, ethics, business, or any other aspect of the work, please get in touch here or via my Penn State email. 163 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 16/12/2025December me would like to have a word with November me about her signup for the Holiday Concert cookie table. 040 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I have found it very useful in exactly two aspects of my life so far. One, if you plug in all the books you like, it is VERY good at recommending other books. And two, it's been very good at generating ideas for Christmas presents for people. So I'm not a total hater! 010 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Colleges: don't use AI in your application essay. Also Colleges: * uses AI to evaluate application essays * Professors: don't use AI in your work Also Professors: * use AI to write syllabi, slides, & grade * Students: * also using AI this whole time anyway * Am I already dead? Have I gone to hell? 130 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I really am going into this horrible future kicking and screaming, but this isn't ravioli ya clankers. 130 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I was elected president of the Hemingway Society, and celebrated with my favorite Creamery flavor. (OK so I ran unopposed, but any excuse to eat Peppermint Stick, a seasonal flavor available only 2-3 weeks of the year.) #pennstate 070 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Penn State's head coach search reminds me of filling a TT role in an academic dept. WHO O WHO CAN FILL THIS ROLE? How about the highly qualified and experienced adjunct who has been here forever whom everyone already likes and who wants the job? AGAIN, WHO O WHO CAN IT BEEEE? *dramatic flailing* 030 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 03/12/2025The only medication that has ever helped my migraines was discontinued in 2017 because it was so old it pre-dated FDA efficacy tests. I ASSURE YOU IT WAS EFFECTIVE. Anyway, I've been in pain for three days but seem to be coming out of it now.media.tenor.coma cartoon cat with a green leaf on its head is in the rainAlt: Ghibli cartoon character Totoro with a green leaf on its head is in the rain 050 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 02/12/2025When the kids go sledding wifout you. (Even stealing a glove did not prevent this sad turn of events). 2202 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Pippin stole and chewed the pompom off this Santa fascinator and his punishment is having to wear it while being publicly shamed. 280 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Someone in a Reddit thread made a reference to “purse-flavored gum” and suddenly I’m 8 years old again. Just like in that Proust fella’s long book. 050 0
Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · 29/11/2025In a 1959 piano book I flipped through tonight. Headphones were just about to become a thing too. Family togetherness is cooked. 020 0