Patrick Kindig
@pdkindig.bsky.social
Asst Prof of English. Lit crit: Fascination: Trance, Enchantment, and American Modernity (2022). Poetry: Agape (Forthcoming 2026) / fascinations (2025). pdkindig.wordpress.com.
Thanksgiving Dog Pile:
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Thanksgiving Dog Pile:
Happy Turkey Trot Day! This one went MUCH better than our first Lansing Trot eight (???) years ago.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy Turkey Trot Day! This one went MUCH better than our first Lansing Trot eight (???) years ago.
Actually doing holiday things:
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Actually doing holiday things:
Ween's first report card from a new daycare--glad to see our family "no losers" policy remains succesful:
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ween's first report card from a new daycare--glad to see our family "no losers" policy remains succesful:
Over the moon to have a little poem in the latest issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, a journal I've long admired:
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Over the moon to have a little poem in the latest issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, a journal I've long admired:
An actual headline at NPR, which suggests the end is indeed nigh:
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
An actual headline at NPR, which suggests the end is indeed nigh:
Got a double strike on my last frame tonight & Bev--the tiny old woman sporting purple hair, a fedora, & a crucifix & solo-bowling one lane over--got so excited she gave me a high five:
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Got a double strike on my last frame tonight & Bev--the tiny old woman sporting purple hair, a fedora, & a crucifix & solo-bowling one lane over--got so excited she gave me a high five:
Never was there such a clown:
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Never was there such a clown:
Omg how did I not know that The American Novel and It's Tradition was so CUTE in hardcopy?
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Omg how did I not know that The American Novel and It's Tradition was so CUTE in hardcopy?
In honor of her big 𝘑𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺! win last night, a gentle reminder that Joyelle blurbed my first poetry collection (which you can still purchase here 👀: shorturl.at/pV0MM):
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In honor of her big 𝘑𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺! win last night, a gentle reminder that Joyelle blurbed my first poetry collection (which you can still purchase here 👀: shorturl.at/pV0MM):
Delighted to have a cruisy little poem in the latest issue of the Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide!
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Delighted to have a cruisy little poem in the latest issue of the Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide!
New sticker for my water bottle courtesy of a colleague:
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New sticker for my water bottle courtesy of a colleague:
Mr. Boy is still awaiting a negative ringworm test (after ~6wks of quarantine 😩), so instead of going to the dog park, we have had to settle recently for visiting Dead Friends (who can't get ringworm):
October 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mr. Boy is still awaiting a negative ringworm test (after ~6wks of quarantine 😩), so instead of going to the dog park, we have had to settle recently for visiting Dead Friends (who can't get ringworm):
The face of a boy whose dads have returned after a weekend away:
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The face of a boy whose dads have returned after a weekend away:
Like, come on, now!
October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Like, come on, now!
As an early birthday gift, my husband went to the Turkish market and got me
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
As an early birthday gift, my husband went to the Turkish market and got me
Emily Skaja in the new Copper Nickel (!):
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Emily Skaja in the new Copper Nickel (!):
New dessert just dropped: Grimace Fingers (improvised blueberry curd tartlets).
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New dessert just dropped: Grimace Fingers (improvised blueberry curd tartlets).
Apparently the Toy Story pinball machine at our local arcade bar takes your picture (without warning!) when you get a high score 😬.
September 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Apparently the Toy Story pinball machine at our local arcade bar takes your picture (without warning!) when you get a high score 😬.
For our anniversary (3yrs married! 8 together!), my parents sent my husband & me this card, which features an obviously high bear trying to get to some honey:
September 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For our anniversary (3yrs married! 8 together!), my parents sent my husband & me this card, which features an obviously high bear trying to get to some honey: