Peter Schmader
@jpschmader.bsky.social
“I just said that, Mr. Kerby.” | Mrzutý 🧵
"I shall never know a hundredth part of all the things there are to know.”—Kay Harker
October 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I shall never know a hundredth part of all the things there are to know.”—Kay Harker
From “The Long and Painful Death,” by Claire Keegan.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
From “The Long and Painful Death,” by Claire Keegan.
“You let me go or I’ll paste you.”
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“You let me go or I’ll paste you.”
“Keep the change.”
July 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“Keep the change.”
A man speaks through loudspeakers on a van. I’m having a cigarette outside. My neighbor stands near. I ask my neighbor what the man is saying. “Be careful,” she says. I ask how she is. “Not good.” An ice cream truck stops. No one comes out. “The children don’t understand.”
June 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A man speaks through loudspeakers on a van. I’m having a cigarette outside. My neighbor stands near. I ask my neighbor what the man is saying. “Be careful,” she says. I ask how she is. “Not good.” An ice cream truck stops. No one comes out. “The children don’t understand.”
It’s a lace cap for us, resting unimpressed and unfazed
June 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s a lace cap for us, resting unimpressed and unfazed
I was, as the robin came by the gate, on a call to London. A friend was asking about a review and would I be reading the book. And I said I didn’t think so, preferring Clemence Dane, Katherine Mansfield, Evelyn Scott, Waldo Frank, Kenneth Burke, and Dorothy Richardson.
June 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I was, as the robin came by the gate, on a call to London. A friend was asking about a review and would I be reading the book. And I said I didn’t think so, preferring Clemence Dane, Katherine Mansfield, Evelyn Scott, Waldo Frank, Kenneth Burke, and Dorothy Richardson.
What you can’t know unless I say is that I was here today, the Richmond May Fair, on the green, for Antony Horton’s Stud of Jumping Horse. Sun shone, and brightly. There was a stand grilling German sausages. You could order one on a roll with onions.
May 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What you can’t know unless I say is that I was here today, the Richmond May Fair, on the green, for Antony Horton’s Stud of Jumping Horse. Sun shone, and brightly. There was a stand grilling German sausages. You could order one on a roll with onions.
From a friend in London
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From a friend in London
I miss Cardiff, so my friend there sent me this snap she said is of a tree wearing a skirt.
May 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I miss Cardiff, so my friend there sent me this snap she said is of a tree wearing a skirt.
For you, Bobby Torre. I’ve been away and didn’t now till now.
May 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For you, Bobby Torre. I’ve been away and didn’t now till now.
On the Great Western, somewhere between Bath and Bristol
April 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
On the Great Western, somewhere between Bath and Bristol
I like this. So I made a little shaded square box for it.
April 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I like this. So I made a little shaded square box for it.
From Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias, of @nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
From Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth Dias, of @nytimes.com
Oh, I stay abreast of the news. I read what’s going on. I also stay, for now, reasonably sane, reasonably useful by spending time here, with Rachel Cameron. Margaret Laurence renders Rachel very good company, as does photographer Rosemary Gilliat Eaton.
March 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh, I stay abreast of the news. I read what’s going on. I also stay, for now, reasonably sane, reasonably useful by spending time here, with Rachel Cameron. Margaret Laurence renders Rachel very good company, as does photographer Rosemary Gilliat Eaton.
“But why should I see you?”
March 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“But why should I see you?”
“Martinelli's beach house fronted on the Gulf, one of those big places he probably built with hot priorities and cold dice.”
February 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Martinelli's beach house fronted on the Gulf, one of those big places he probably built with hot priorities and cold dice.”
I like valentines day
February 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I like valentines day
John Qualen and Ann Sheridan, whose lines are just the ticket, maybe because of Ross Hunter, maybe because of improvisation by Sheridan. Either way, it’s how she delivers them.
January 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
John Qualen and Ann Sheridan, whose lines are just the ticket, maybe because of Ross Hunter, maybe because of improvisation by Sheridan. Either way, it’s how she delivers them.
“Better call the police. There’s been a murder.”
January 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Better call the police. There’s been a murder.”
There’s a fella outside the frame, Daniel Legget. He’s got a gun. No good can come of this.
“Aww, that look in yer eye, Danny, it’s painful to me pride.”
“Aww, that look in yer eye, Danny, it’s painful to me pride.”
January 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There’s a fella outside the frame, Daniel Legget. He’s got a gun. No good can come of this.
“Aww, that look in yer eye, Danny, it’s painful to me pride.”
“Aww, that look in yer eye, Danny, it’s painful to me pride.”
I’ve not stopped reading The Dead since Epiphany.
January 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’ve not stopped reading The Dead since Epiphany.
Do you know the Long Bar at the Royal?
Yes.
Well, I’d buy it and move in.
Yes.
Well, I’d buy it and move in.
December 28, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Do you know the Long Bar at the Royal?
Yes.
Well, I’d buy it and move in.
Yes.
Well, I’d buy it and move in.