CrankyPantsMel

VERY happy to announce that I'll be doing a virtual event next month with the New York Public Library, which has named CRONE the top horror pick of 2026. Details here: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Look at this beautiful yarn!! 🧶💙

After the recent Trump rallies, it's a novelty to see a president able to fill a venue again.

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#Poetry #Painting #Autumn Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word of them, or they'll send the talon for your head. - Scott Snyder 🎨 Selyn Lee

Here's a new Halloween project for you . . . Paper Plate Skulls . . . one plate, four skulls! I'll put this up on my website in the next couple of days with some clearer photos of the process. 😁💀💀💀 ➡️ www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #sculpture #halloween #Halloweencraft #Halloweenidea #skull #skulls

We all need to make a pact that we're just going to log off. Just get tf offline until the adrenaline high fades as otherwise we won't be fedposting, we'll be fedbaiting, possibly fedfluffing or even fededging. Fedging.

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Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

Leonie Connellan's Perfect Zombie Costume For Knitters! Braaaaains! 🧟🧠🧶

Yes, please.

With those idiots Brain Worm Roadkill Sewer Swimmer and Mr. Shine Light Up Your Heinie in charge of public health, here’s our next pandemic.

I tried to take a photo of his yawn but the sunset turned him into a fire breathing monster

Hubs & I (early) voted today. Despite my cynicism, I felt a wee spark of hope as the machine sucked in my ballot and reported that my vote had been recorded. #BringOnTheBlueWave

Witch's Brew 🧹 a variegated mix of black, orange and gray. Pair with a festive orange and black to make the perfect spooky-season 🧦, hat, or mittens. Knit Crochet #knitsky 🧶: MakerWool Sock Cuff: Minuit Socks by Tanis Fiber MakerWool.com

subbed! sharing in case any of my no-ai artist friends would also like to know when they're opening up applications again

I’m okay with doing this.

In lieu of a recent claim that folks like King "don't do enough to boost other writers", I'll just post this. Aside from financial contributions/fundraisers the Kings have regularly facilitated toward their community for yeeeeears, Stephen King also does shit like this CONSTANTLY. Dude is a lifer.

Winning feels good. Channeled my inner Rihanna for some celebration shenanigans. 💰🍾✊🏾 Run me my coins, @washingtonpost.com!

#Poetry #Painting #Halloween All our life so much laundry; each day’s doing or not comes clean, flows off and away - Ruth Moose 🎨 Julie Horner

This inept chode. 😒

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I bet he took out 2 Russian data centers all by himself. He's Black Opspspspsps. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

“Do more of what works. Do less of what doesn’t.” James Clear Sometimes making more of our lives isn’t about doing more… it’s about consciously choosing what to stop doing too. What will you put on your stop-doing list? 🧡 #SelfAwareness #Wellbeing #Kindness Artwork by Positively Present

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