And I'm off. The last hour and ten minutes of 62.7 hours of train travel.

This bit is through a nor'easter.

Not sorry.

Me, after eating all of your snacks while you were grabbing a drink.

At any rate, it's interesting to see Dada happening again.

I have a pretty broad definition of wonder. Like, the perfect sandwich? How, why? Amazing! Reliable mass transit? Incredible! Art! Yes, yes!

I've somehow never been, which feels like a crime?!

Yes. This. A top two city for me. Food that cures depression. Live music everywhere. History. People who are PEOPLE, yanno?

A call to bookshops when setting up banned books displays. Feature alive authors who could be struggling due to this. Yes, Stephen King gets banned but he's doing ok financially. So many others are not.

Ohhh man. Montreal ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've somehow never been to Portland, Maine? Need to trick a bookshop into inviting me.

Never been to Barcelona and I *must* remedy that. But yes on Paris and San Francisco!

It's seriously gorgeous there!

What are your comfort cities? By that I mean a cities you don't live in, but visit to relax, love, and feel a bit of wonder?

A good way to make every day leg day without hitting the gym!

Please tell your dad about the sun. I'm concerned he may not be aware. 😔

So. I've seen gaucho pants AND palazzo pants in the wild again.
Do what you will with this information.

Thank you @michaelschaub.bsky.social for including WITHOUT CONSENT in the OC Register’s Fall Books Preview!

Yay! Congratulations!

Visited my favorite stationery shop in the US yesterday and restocked.
My dark powers grow.

It's *something*
My habits haven't changed much either. But I've seen a slew of people talking about reading slumps, and it's hard not think it's not the books, but likely depression.

But, you know, small problems when compared to the big existential ones.
And I do think people will buy and actually read heavy (in subject and weight) books again... especially if I make the switch to comedy.

It's been a weird year for publishing a serious book. I keep adding jazz hands when I talk about it, and saying, "It won't break you, I promise."
If I start writing with just my clown side, I need a pen name and that's a whole thing.
And I wrote smut once, and I don't want to again. Tired is right.🫠

*wistful voice* Trains could fix so much, really.

So excited about this! Come see Amber Sparks (and me) on Friday 10/24 at Politics & Prose at the Wharf!

Nathan! 🤖🫖🦿👁❤️