sorry, other books, it's @annaleen season

wrote 14 clues myself and stole a vintage @rstevens toot for the 15th https://sa.ilbo.at/slv/?file=/puz/2026-W40.puz

i love turning the page on an utterly unexpected sentence, today's being: "three years or so after we moved to tokyo, i abruptly stopped making yellow curtains."

ever less keen on news, i've changed my wikipedia bookmark from main_page to special:random

snuck a @dmoren reference into this week's crossword https://sa.ilbo.at/slv/?file=/puz/2026-W17.puz

@LordWoolamaloo cygnets on the canal again this year?

apologies in advance to the next few people i talk to, upon whom i will undoubtedly unload the phrase "a rollicking bad time" (h/t @beep ) https://wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story

the ai chatbots assure me you can't spell "spooky season" without "books!" new window day at @TheEdinburghBookshop

knowing and not knowing, how to save time when saying "buddhism," and how to segue https://friendship-material.simplecast.com/episodes/you-cant-fire-me-i-quit-jesus

with sunny optimism, i'm committing to a weekly crossword puzzle https://sa.ilbo.at/puz/ (i'm not committing to a weekly toot, that's what rss is for)

hyperlocal toot: viennoiserie-addiction-enablers la barantine are now doing their thing at 396 morningside (cc @LordWoolamaloo)