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’m at this middle school choir concert and this dad brought a pad to put on top of the folding chair like ok bro i see you at having done this shit before a few too many times
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i’m at this middle school choir concert and this dad brought a pad to put on top of the folding chair like ok bro i see you at having done this shit before a few too many times
going into work when you get to be the boss hits different
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
going into work when you get to be the boss hits different
dating a sagittarius: so sorry your birthday present is gonna be a little late
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
dating a sagittarius: so sorry your birthday present is gonna be a little late
aarik drives 330 miles at 10p to come see me and my boys just for us to make him go see the FNAF 2 movie with us my god this man really does love us
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
aarik drives 330 miles at 10p to come see me and my boys just for us to make him go see the FNAF 2 movie with us my god this man really does love us
my son asked me what i want for christmas and i sent him the link to a 1996 sipp n sport on ebay
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
my son asked me what i want for christmas and i sent him the link to a 1996 sipp n sport on ebay
so glad to live in a time where we no longer get charged for long distance calls omg can you imagine if i paid by the minute
December 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
so glad to live in a time where we no longer get charged for long distance calls omg can you imagine if i paid by the minute
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