The bloggess (Jenny Lawson)

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Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon.

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Laura Perea mystery update is making me believe in fate: thebloggess.com/2024/06/11/a...

A LAURA PEREA UPDATE: Perhaps a little bit of fate is working here?thebloggess.com If you are following the Laura Perea mystery you’ll remember that in my last update I said that I was trying to find something that might have been written by Laura…a 1956 document that…

Today my impossible streak of never having Covid has come to an end. *sigh* I feel okay, but I don’t want to chance spreading it, so I’m postponing everything until at least next week just in case. Please send pet pictures.

In case you missed it, the electronic version of Broken is on sale today for $2.99 wherever ebooks are sold!

I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET! (To give away to the first person who finds it at Nowhere Bookshop ): thebloggess.com/2024/04/24/t... Come visit in person or online this Saturday, y'all. So many cool things happening for #IndieBookstoreDay

Psst. The electronic version of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is $2.99 wherever e-books are sold today!

I think we have found the unknown artist. It’s a sad story , but important: thebloggess.com/2024/04/16/a...

Art mystery possibly solved?thebloggess.com First, if you missed yesterday’s post about the artist we’re trying to identify you need to go back and read it first so you understand, okay? Second, if you’re easily affected by…

Well, that’s confusing. thebloggess.com/2024/04/05/a...

Adventures in translationthebloggess.com I just got the Estonian translation of Broken in the mail and it’s lovely, with Fleece Witherspoon on the cover: But of course, I had to use google translate to see what it actually says. And…

Hey. Let’s be friends.

Please solve the mystery of the bizarre thing that appeared in my yard: thebloggess.com/2024/03/15/w...

WHAT IS THE MYSTERIOUS GIANT CIRCULAR POOP IN MY YARD?thebloggess.com How has your day been, Jenny? Weird, internet. It’s been weird. I have been spending the day doing science because of a mysterious object I found in my yard and I need help. Ready? Here&#8217…

What to read in March: thebloggess.com/2024/03/06/m.... INCLUDES DANCE MOVES.

March readsthebloggess.com I like to imagine that every member of our Nowhere Bookclubs looks exactly like this when your book arrives each month: If not, please learn the dance moves immediately. Ready to see what we’…

You deserve 10 minutes of ridiculous, easy laughter: thebloggess.com/2024/03/01/i...

It’s Friday! Let’s have fun.thebloggess.com It’s Friday and that means that it’s time for you to take a 10 minute break, come into my office and sit next to me as I show you all of the videos I’ve saved for you this last mo…

If you are the nurse involved, I apologize: thebloggess.com/2024/02/27/t...

The things that make me a laugh are a reflection on me and maybe not a good one, but oh well.thebloggess.com I went to the doctor and the nurse asked for a urine sample so I went in the bathroom while she waited outside but I couldn’t pee because I was certain she was listening and more and more tim…

Do you know these words? Am I just getting dumber as I age? thebloggess.com/2024/02/20/i...

Is it just me? Do you know these words?thebloggess.com I make my living with words. I’m a 4x NYT bestselling author. I read voraciously. I own an independent bookshop and pick books for multiple book clubs, but I still find myself looking up new …

This is bringing me so much joy and weird hope: thebloggess.com/2024/02/13/a...

And this is exactly what keeps me going…weird women supporting weird women.thebloggess.com Several years ago my talented, strange friend – Aurora Florence – was in the process of creating a short film about an adorable, weirdo taxidermist who suffers from crippling anxiety an…

Complicated lesbian vampires and wartime ghosts: thebloggess.com/2024/02/08/l...

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Clearly I’m manifesting the best kind of weird energy bc look what just came in the mail: thebloggess.com/2024/02/05/c...

We did, indeed have one. Everything’s fine. thebloggess.com/2024/02/02/s...

Spoiler alert: we do have a fire extinguisher.thebloggess.com Life lesson 289: Turns out your husband quickly returns a call when you text him this:

Soup Weekend. You’ve totally heard of us. thebloggess.com/2024/01/26/s...

SOUP WEEKEND. You’ve heard of us.thebloggess.com Victor and I were driving around trying to decide what to eat and he was like, “Let’s go to that place that has soup weekends” and I just stared at him because what? And then he w…

I don’t know if he owes me an apology or if I owe him one. thebloggess.com/2024/01/23/r...

It’s Friday. You deserve some kittens and soft news: thebloggess.com/2024/01/19/i...

Trial and error and error and error ( and the sound of college kids laughing at me.) thebloggess.com/2024/01/15/t...

Trial and error and error and error.thebloggess.com This is from my substack but I felt like it fit here too today. (Hint: You can totally lurk over there without subscribing if you want. Just say “no thanks” when it asks for your addres…

Just turned “I only recognize 8 bands on the Bonnaroo line-up” years old and I’m really feeling it.

For real, Is it just me? thebloggess.com/2024/01/05/a... (warning: includes me singing.)

First doodle of the year.

It’s my birthday but you get a present too: thebloggess.com/2023/12/29/h...

I made you an advent calendar! (May contain demons.). thebloggess.com/2023/12/25/h...

Wrapped an empty Christmas box with cat toys. Ferris Mewler loves the toys. HunterS Thomcat loves the box.

The 14th Annual James Garfield Miracle is open on the blog! I’m sending 150 stuffed animals out to anyone who is struggling to make the holidays work for their kids. thebloggess.com/2023/12/16/t...

THE 14th ANNUAL JAMES GARFIELD MIRACLE – giving out gifts to kids in need on behalf of a ridiculou...thebloggess.com Hello and welcome to the FOURTEENTH ANNUAL James Garfield Miracle! WHAT?! “What is the James Garfield Miracle?” you ask. You must be new here. WELCOME. So! 14 years ago I walked into an…

GREAT BIG EXCITING TERRIFYING NEWS: thebloggess.com/2023/12/11/g... PS. Dear Merriam Webster: Please add "rambly" to the dictionary.

Great big exciting terrifying news.thebloggess.com Last week I got lots of emails from people inside the book industry congratulating me on news that they probably were very confused that I wasn’t talking about, because when “normal&#82…

It’s Friday. Let’s watch cat videos: thebloggess.com/2023/12/08/i...