Writer of books | Teacher of essays | Feeder of cats https://drypond.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3mviqf47j4222Tomorrow, after fifteen years, Notes from Dry Pond finally goes into the mail. I’ve published books before, but I’ve never sent one into the world chapter by chapter, envelope by envelope. This feels less like a launch than the beginning of a long correspondence. drypond.org #BookSky https://drypond.org14 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviqf47j4222https://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3muihz2obhs2vIn two weeks, the first installment of my serial novel, Notes from Dry Pond, starts shipping. I want readers to have a tactical, distraction free, ritualized narrative experience. So it’s only available in print, delivered monthly by the USPS. #BookSky drypond.org01 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muihz2obhs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3mtznypsm2k2v@scarlet-ingstad.bsky.social Out of curiosity, ever read Harriet Jacobs “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”? That book is solid. Why isn’t that one in Oprah’s book club? Everyone should have to read that. Absolutely harrowing and unfortunately true. #books27 Aug 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtznypsm2k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3m5oh7tpvos2jIf there’s an empty box of any size, Fritz will wedge himself into it to cure it of its emptiness. #caturday #cats15 Nov 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5oh7tpvos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3m5cluwvesk2uFew may care, but I scored a 1st edition of one of my favorite books for $6 on the shopping app Mercari to go with my advance readers copy (for which I paid considerably more on eBay). I didn’t expect a first edition either. Total surprise. #books #firstedition #FrederickExley #AFansNotes10 Nov 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cluwvesk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/getkeck.com/post/3ku6inadptb2kI’ve been thinking about Grateful Dead cover bands. Why are there so many? What is it that inspires people to take up performing that repertoire? And it’s a quirky repertoire. There’s no other band that seems to generate the same amount of imitation. Thoughts on this? #gratefuldead #music05 Jun 2024 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:f2u3vve265dhg4n56yoxd5bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ku6inadptb2k