Aunt Hoolia

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Editor. Interests: linguistics, movies, literary fiction, . . . and too much to name.

Dust jacket for the version of the book I have in hand. Very different from the aforementioned. Dark, bluescale, setting sun reflected on water.
Dust jacket of new book by Elizabeth Strout. The background is a painting very reminiscent of Edward Hopper's "Rooms by the Sea." Sparse, sunlit room with only the ocean visible through the window.
Headline from the NYT: Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a "brazen act."
J.D. Vance walking and buttoning his suitcoat. Very lumpy looking.
Five men and one woman in black robes struggling to raise and plant a flagpole holding a Confederate flag while trampling a piece of paper labeled "Voting Rights Act." In imitation of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning photo of Marines raising the US flag at Iwo Jima
Album cover of JD Souther’s album “Black Rose”
Picture of paragraph in article in The Hill that includes a quotation containing the phrase "the Department of War," which did not exist in 1980.
Pic of WaPo headline with the following words highlighted: "intensified open debate about his credibility, morality and sanity."
The New York Times breaking news for Jan. 15, 2026, 9:24 p.m. ET. Picture of Trump sitting at a desk covering his right hand with his left. Headline: Venezuelan Opposition Leader Gives Trump Her Peace Prize
Cover of the book "The Remains of the Day," by Kazuo Ishiguro
Angled pic of the book “The English Understand Wool” showing how wafer thin it is.
Handwritten protest sign: Only Butterflies Should Be MONARCHS!! NO KINGS. With a beautiful color cut-out butterfly on top, with antennas, even!
Photo of a wheel bug, the largest species in the family of assassin bugs. Very creepy and ugly. It looks like a tiny armored dinosaur.
Text at top of page of NYT story: Opinion The Editorial Board Charlie Kirk’s Horrific Killing and America’s Worsening Political Violence Below which is a picture of an American flag on a pole in front of the White House. The picture cuts off the top of the pole, but it's possible that the flag is flying at half mast.
Clip of a story from Deadline in December of 2010, when Jay Leno had 4.2 million viewers and Jimmy Fallon had 1.9 million.
Large lower trunk of bald cypress. Very gnarly. Looks like it could pull up roots and walk.
Photo of the cover of the latest edition of The Economist, showing a battered American eagle half covered in bandages, with the caption "ONLY 1,361 DAYS TO GO"
April 12, 2025 WSJ headline and lede: That New Charge on Your Bill? Call It a 'This Tariff Isn't Our Fault' Fee The surcharge are a say to pass some tariff costs to customers while pointing the blame at the White House
Closeup pic of the top half of a donkey's head with fireworks in a night sky in the background. Text over the donkey's nose says "get in loser, we're not Elon Musk." The figure caption reads "We are turning this car around - Cory Booker, probably."
Picture of the president of South Korea, who has a pouf of hair combed above the largely bald top of his head.
Out of focus picture of a gray and white cat getting too close to the camera
Gray and white cat being held by a man so she can be photographed.
Screenshot showing where to turn on the reminder to provide Alt text with images you post
Closeup of Donald Trump's face, which appears pinkish with uneven dark-tan streaking.
Screenshot of crossword puzzle with hint "Was wildly popular, say" and answer "SOLDOUT" highlighted in mauve.
Book cover of Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace
Book cover of There There: A Novel, by Tommy Orange
Book cover of The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Book cover of Station Eleven, but Emily St. John Mandel
Book cover of Milkman, by Anna Burns
Book cover of How Are You Going to Save Yourself, by J.M. Holmes
Screenshot of attempt to share article from Publishers Weekly to Facebook. An error message: This content isn't available right now. When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.
Bood cover of The Power, by Naomi Alderman
Very blurry book cover of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
Book cover of Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Book cover of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Screen capture of gift-article drop-down menu with options for sharing, with the butterfly logo and "Bluesky" boxed in red on the list
Screen grab of break news from The New York Times: South Korea's President Apologizes for Martial Law Ahead of Impeachment Vote
Book cover of Billy Budd, by Herman Melville
Book cover of Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Screenshot of text with 3 phrases boxed in red: "deputy defense secretary," "investments in defense companies," and "lucrative Pentagon contracts"
Book cover of The Remains of the Day, but Kazuo Ishiguro
Screenshot from email inbox. The New York Times. The Evening: Backlash to Biden's pardon
Book cover of The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
Book cover of Are You My Mother, by P.D. Eastman