The bloggess (Jenny Lawson)
@thebloggess.bsky.social
Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon.
Running away for a few days. thebloggess.com/2025/11/05/r...
Running away for a little bit.
This isn’t a real post but I’m leaving the country for a few days but I’m sharing my art substack letter here in case you want details. :) Back soon! Hello, friend! I try to alway…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Running away for a few days. thebloggess.com/2025/11/05/r...
My first time at jury duty. Is it always like this? thebloggess.com/2025/11/03/w...
What’s your street name?
Victor always makes fun of me because I’ve never been asked to do jury duty and I must be on a list of people to avoid but last month I finally got a card telling me to show up. I filled out …
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November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My first time at jury duty. Is it always like this? thebloggess.com/2025/11/03/w...
Sorry. My OCD won. But maybe you need this: thebloggess.com/2025/10/27/s...
Sorry. My OCD won.
(If you subscribe to my art substack, this letter is already waiting for you in your mailbox, but I’m sharing it here too in case you don’t do substack but still need to read it.) Dear …
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October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Sorry. My OCD won. But maybe you need this: thebloggess.com/2025/10/27/s...
What to read in October: thebloggess.com/2025/10/17/m...
My favorite October reads
Someone recently told me that the reason I have so much anxiety is because I read so many dark, horror books and I explained that studies prove that reading horror can actually be good for your res…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What to read in October: thebloggess.com/2025/10/17/m...
Knock knock, motherfucker. thebloggess.com/2025/10/03/h...
Happy October, Motherfucker.
Hailey and their sweetheart came home with a little spooky season surprise for me. A small metal friend at the door. “Knock knock, motherfucker.” She has a little solar panel on her nec…
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October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Knock knock, motherfucker. thebloggess.com/2025/10/03/h...
I went to Shelley Duvall’s house for her estate sale and it was sad and wonderful. thebloggess.com/2025/09/22/i...
It’s not the same as hugging Shelley Duvall, but it feels like the next best thing.
Look, this is going to be rambling af so totally okay to skip this whole post because it’s me talking about something that gave me so much joy and I want to write it down for myself so I alwa…
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September 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I went to Shelley Duvall’s house for her estate sale and it was sad and wonderful. thebloggess.com/2025/09/22/i...
thebloggess.com/2025/09/18/c.... They think Hailey has meningitis agin. Crowdsourcing in case you’ve had experience with recurring meningitis treatment.
Crowdsourcing recurrent aseptic meningitis treatment
Hello and welcome to the most boring blog post title I’ve ever written. Sorry, but I thought I’d reach out and try to crowdsource (after getting permission from my kiddo, Hailey.) You m…
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September 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
thebloggess.com/2025/09/18/c.... They think Hailey has meningitis agin. Crowdsourcing in case you’ve had experience with recurring meningitis treatment.
Apologies to the people who saw me sobbing as I left the drs office. They were happy tears: thebloggess.com/2025/09/17/a...
Apologies to the people who saw me sobbing as I left the doctor. Emotions are weird af. I’m totally fine. (And itchy.)
So about 6 months ago I started having this itching inside one ear that kept getting worse and nothing fixed it so I went to my doctor and he was like, “Huh. There’s a lump there. You n…
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September 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Apologies to the people who saw me sobbing as I left the drs office. They were happy tears: thebloggess.com/2025/09/17/a...
Art interpretation for vampires: Art interpretation for vampires: thebloggess.com/2025/09/15/a...
Art interpretation for vampires
I have this giant painting I bought second-hand years ago. Dorothy Barker for scale It’s a print on canvas called “Before Nightfall” and when I first saw it I was like, “I l…
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September 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Art interpretation for vampires: Art interpretation for vampires: thebloggess.com/2025/09/15/a...
Reading is less dangerous than cleaning: thebloggess.com/2025/09/12/r...
Reading > cleaning
I decided to clean up the house and a frame I was polishing broke and the glass went through my finger and now I can only type with one hand because it keeps opening up and this feels like a sign t…
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September 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reading is less dangerous than cleaning: thebloggess.com/2025/09/12/r...
I was today years old when I learned something I guess I should have learned when I was a kid. *sigh*. thebloggess.com/2025/09/04/h...
Hi, I’m stupid.
Next week I’m going to New England to talk about my upcoming new book at a conference just for indie booksellers (yay!) and I was talking to Elizabeth (the lovely person who runs Nowhere Book…
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September 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I was today years old when I learned something I guess I should have learned when I was a kid. *sigh*. thebloggess.com/2025/09/04/h...
I’m super excited and lightly terrified to announce this: thebloggess.com/2025/08/20/h...
HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY
Y’all. This should be a fancy-ass, glossy post where I breezily tell you about something I’m so excited about and I should be wearing a suit while talking to a news anchor as I toss my …
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August 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m super excited and lightly terrified to announce this: thebloggess.com/2025/08/20/h...
Thank you, readers! thebloggess.com/2025/08/11/t...
Thank you!
First off, a giant thank you to everyone who loves us because Nowhere Bookshop was named the Reader’s Choice Best Independent Bookshop in San Antonio in the San Antonio Current. WHOOP. Second…
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August 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thank you, readers! thebloggess.com/2025/08/11/t...
Am I doing birds wrong? thebloggess.com/2025/08/07/i...
I think I’m doing birds wrong
I have always been lightly obsessed with birds, and it’s gotten worse as I’ve gotten older, which I can only assume is another sign of perimenopause that no one warned me about. (Seriou…
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August 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Am I doing birds wrong? thebloggess.com/2025/08/07/i...
They’re no longer making my antidepressants and I’m trying not to panic. thebloggess.com/2025/07/28/m...
My antidepressant just got discontinued and I need someone to tell me it’s going to be okay.
This is less of a post and more of a rant that I just need to scream into the void, so feel free to ignore because I don’t think there’s a good solution here and I’m sure I’…
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July 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
They’re no longer making my antidepressants and I’m trying not to panic. thebloggess.com/2025/07/28/m...
A lovely little update: thebloggess.com/2025/07/22/a...
A SERIES OF THINGS
A tiny list of things: Last week my doctor did 25 stomach biopsies on me AND DIDN’T FIND ANY ADDITIONAL CANCER. CAN I GET A “HELL YEAH”? Hailey is feeling a little better each day…
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July 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A lovely little update: thebloggess.com/2025/07/22/a...
What I’m reading in July: thebloggess.com/2025/07/16/u...
Utterly bewitched by books
I’m a bit late with this because everything has been a bit upside down, but things are finally starting to feel a little bit better and so I am back to tell you about my favorite new July boo…
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July 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What I’m reading in July: thebloggess.com/2025/07/16/u...
Where I’ve been: thebloggess.com/2025/07/08/w...
Wait…is this going to work?
I have not been ignoring you but my blog has been broken and giving error messages every time I try to write, but I think maybe it’s fixed? I guess we’ll see if this goes through. IR…
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July 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Secret rooms, spam and bear costumes. thebloggess.com/2025/06/16/s...
secret rooms, spam and bear costumes.
A few quick mysteries: In case you missed it, we found a secret room (half room?) in our new house and I still don’t know what it is or what to do with it. several people suggested I use it for sto…
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June 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Secret rooms, spam and bear costumes. thebloggess.com/2025/06/16/s...
Y’all I HAVE GOOD CANCER NEWS thebloggess.com/2025/06/09/i...
I’ve never been so happy to be labeled as”GROSSLY NORMAL AND UNREMARKABLE.”
So. I’ve been busy with PET scans and CAT scans and tests and moving houses and stressing out about cancer and this all culminated into one of those panic attacks where my chest hurt so much …
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June 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Y’all I HAVE GOOD CANCER NEWS thebloggess.com/2025/06/09/i...
SAN ANTONIO! Go vote for Gina Ortiz for mayor today! Keep San Antonio blue.
June 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SAN ANTONIO! Go vote for Gina Ortiz for mayor today! Keep San Antonio blue.
This is not great news but I’m going to be okay: thebloggess.com/2025/05/15/t...
This post might be upsetting if you love me but just know that I’m going to be okay and if you want to skip it and come back another time that’s totally fine.
Woof. So, you may have noticed that I’ve been a bit MIA recently and that’s because I got some shitty news and I didn’t want to share until I had more information because I know y…
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May 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is not great news but I’m going to be okay: thebloggess.com/2025/05/15/t...
I didn’t rip anyone’s arms off! thebloggess.com/2025/04/24/b...
Bad songs for surgery
Yesterday I was at the hospital getting an endoscopy and biopsies for yet another terrible autoimmune thing that I don’t even remember the name of because my body has decided I have to have a…
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April 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I didn’t rip anyone’s arms off! thebloggess.com/2025/04/24/b...
This literally made me cry, but in a good way : thebloggess.com/2025/04/08/a...
A happy cry
Y’all. I’ve been a bit of a wreck lately and part of that is another bout of pernicious anemia (which absolutely sounds like a Lemony Snicket disease) and also some other autoimmune dis…
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April 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This literally made me cry, but in a good way : thebloggess.com/2025/04/08/a...