Holly Pelesky
@hollypelesky.bsky.social
feral woman • writer • librarian • bi af • on a constant quest for comfortable silence • in a love affair with a man down the missouri river
i usually post an end of year thread with all my publications so i will but this one is very short. i spent too much of 2025 focused on paid work, not enough on my creative work. i will revert back to what matters most in 2026, i promise. if i could be anything, it would be a writer.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
i usually post an end of year thread with all my publications so i will but this one is very short. i spent too much of 2025 focused on paid work, not enough on my creative work. i will revert back to what matters most in 2026, i promise. if i could be anything, it would be a writer.
just when i thought i couldn’t admire steve edwards any more, he goes and writes something like this
Happy to have an essay from my forthcoming collection up @literaryhub.bsky.social today! "The time a library lends, I suspect, is a little like love: the more it gives away, the more comes back to it in kind."
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
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December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
just when i thought i couldn’t admire steve edwards any more, he goes and writes something like this
caught up with a past staff member today and she told me the cutest story. back when we worked together, we got her a yo hablo español badge and she told me she met someone bc of it. he also lived where she did once. they’ve been dating since february and she reports not a single red flag
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
caught up with a past staff member today and she told me the cutest story. back when we worked together, we got her a yo hablo español badge and she told me she met someone bc of it. he also lived where she did once. they’ve been dating since february and she reports not a single red flag
my son‘s friend‘s spotify age was 280 guys and he’s 13 so yours prob isn't that bad
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
my son‘s friend‘s spotify age was 280 guys and he’s 13 so yours prob isn't that bad
you ever cum while my morning jacket plays? 10/10 no notes
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
you ever cum while my morning jacket plays? 10/10 no notes
got an email with the subject “can’t lose weight?” like no babe i can i choose not to
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
got an email with the subject “can’t lose weight?” like no babe i can i choose not to
benson, you beautiful little slut
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
benson, you beautiful little slut
every monday can be cyber monday if you’re online enough
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
every monday can be cyber monday if you’re online enough
made a roux like it was nothing yesterday, think i’m finally wife material
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
made a roux like it was nothing yesterday, think i’m finally wife material
black friday where we bought nothing but things to eat
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
black friday where we bought nothing but things to eat
he called me a smart redneck, himself a classy dirtbag. it fits, of course. i’m wearing a souvenir camping blanket, he has the finest taste and looks like he hitchhiked here
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
he called me a smart redneck, himself a classy dirtbag. it fits, of course. i’m wearing a souvenir camping blanket, he has the finest taste and looks like he hitchhiked here
we’re officially in the holiday season my bf is playing me christmas carols on the piano shirtless and i’m requesting all the ones with my name in it
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
we’re officially in the holiday season my bf is playing me christmas carols on the piano shirtless and i’m requesting all the ones with my name in it
when i was a kid we’d go to my grandpa’s house on thanksgiving after delivering the biggest newspapers of the year. it was the only time all year i‘d see my cousins and my mom had this rule that we couldn’t wear jeans on the holiday so my cousins would greet me with WHY ARE YOU WEARING KHAKIS
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
when i was a kid we’d go to my grandpa’s house on thanksgiving after delivering the biggest newspapers of the year. it was the only time all year i‘d see my cousins and my mom had this rule that we couldn’t wear jeans on the holiday so my cousins would greet me with WHY ARE YOU WEARING KHAKIS
lake of the ozarks in the off season
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
lake of the ozarks in the off season
christmas lights on the highway houses off i29 hell yeah
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
christmas lights on the highway houses off i29 hell yeah
i would keep talking to you all day if i wasn’t keeping you from your work a patron tells me at fifteen minutes til close on thanksgiving eve
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
i would keep talking to you all day if i wasn’t keeping you from your work a patron tells me at fifteen minutes til close on thanksgiving eve
on wednesday mornings i go to the chiropractor and therapy and get a little treat, then i take a walk before my library shift
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
on wednesday mornings i go to the chiropractor and therapy and get a little treat, then i take a walk before my library shift
my chiropractor just laughed so hard at my description of someone he said “that was so vivid. you should be a writer“
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my chiropractor just laughed so hard at my description of someone he said “that was so vivid. you should be a writer“
today i was checking in books and i saw they were returned by one of my fav local authors so i beelined to the desk and chatted her up. i told her she’s our #1 patron and she blushed. we don’t actually rank patrons ofc but maybe i secretly have a top ten list
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
today i was checking in books and i saw they were returned by one of my fav local authors so i beelined to the desk and chatted her up. i told her she’s our #1 patron and she blushed. we don’t actually rank patrons ofc but maybe i secretly have a top ten list
hoping to convince aarik to move to montana and quit working with me. we can make money from our books i‘ll say which will force us to finally write them. we’ll love not working so much we’ll keep writing, i’ll learn to make homemade biscuits
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
hoping to convince aarik to move to montana and quit working with me. we can make money from our books i‘ll say which will force us to finally write them. we’ll love not working so much we’ll keep writing, i’ll learn to make homemade biscuits
night in the suburbs
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
night in the suburbs
i hope this kid goes home and tells his family about this sausage fennel rigatoni he had at my house
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
i hope this kid goes home and tells his family about this sausage fennel rigatoni he had at my house
how wild is it that aarik has dated two girls who owned this exact shirt
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
how wild is it that aarik has dated two girls who owned this exact shirt
avril lavigne is like mall punk my bf the music journalist just said
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
avril lavigne is like mall punk my bf the music journalist just said
when i was a barista i had these two little old ladies who would come in and ask for lattes extra hot (180 degrees). they told me their dentists had warned them against it on account of the callouses on the roof of their mouth but they didn’t care. i hope those bad bitches are still at it
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when i was a barista i had these two little old ladies who would come in and ask for lattes extra hot (180 degrees). they told me their dentists had warned them against it on account of the callouses on the roof of their mouth but they didn’t care. i hope those bad bitches are still at it