I was on the board of Fenway and I warned the then CEO in 2023 that this would happen. This was cowardly capitulation sacrificing trans youth.

Tonight I was fortunate to see the opening night of #300paintings by Sam Kissajukian. This show felt deeply personal to this mentally ill former theatre kid who works for an art museum. Highly recommend, even if you aren't in that exact niche. Definitely stay for the exhibit gallery afterwards!

September’s Patreon sticker! Sign up for Patreon by end of the day today to get this. www.patreon.com/KarenHallion

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Many things are awful on the macro and the micro levels right now, but please consider that this perfect orange cat adores you just as you are, so keep fighting.

Don’t be weird about it… #satire

September 15, 2025 Six years of Letters from an American. I could not be more grateful to be part of this wonderful community.

Josh Johnson and his openers were a much needed spot of laughter amidst all the crazy. Glad to have been lucky enough to see him while he's here in Boston.

Yea, it's one of those days.

Never alone. (Thank goodness.)

"I'll totally have the energy to cook dinner tonight after marching in a protest today," and other lies my overly optimistic disabled ass tells myself. Worth it. Boston turned out for Labor Day, and it did my heart good to be a part of it.

Starting my Labor Day with a parade/protest!

Today I can't, but I'm sticking around in the hopes that tomorrow I can, and for these two perfect cat shaped floofs who rely on me. Mental health care is health care, and invisible disabilities are real.

Don't fuck with a person with the patience and fortitude to stab something several tens of thousands of times just to show her love. (Started working on a gift for a partner.)

News | Trump interference could have ‘chilling effect across entire museum sector’ US museum bodies speak out against 'growing threat' of government censorship.

I'm doing my best these days to enjoy all four seasons (while we still have four seasons)- but, man oh man, I am waiting all summer for it to be fall.

It is exhausting to be disabled. But to then be forced to be your own disability advocate in situations that should be straightforward (if not easy) is just that much more exhausting. We are fighting to stay visible and present in a world that often feels like it wants us to disappear from view.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Today, at the meeting point of art and America- Source: WCAX search.app/CRsgA

When you type "duck" and your autocorrect changes it to "fuck", you do start to question how much you swear on a daily basis...

History & state/national parks are two of my great loves. The current administration continues to attempt to devalue both with their paternalistic & supremacist storytelling of which voices matter. Muir Woods exhibit casualty of White House directive to erase history share.google/ApWfBzCMzbAy...

Timely offering from Monticello & More Perfect. Love to see museums working to reconnect people. Declaration Book Club | Monticello share.google/iWuotx2HE2dg...

Some days I'm extra grateful for these doofs and the ability to work from home when I need to.

We are again partnering with Boston Harbor Now & the Harbor Islands State and National Park to bring our brand of nerdery to Spectacle Island on Saturday, July 26. Get 15% off tickets using the code TROLLFRIEND. Spectacle Summer Nights: Nerd Night www.eventbrite.com/e/spectacle-...

Presented the second run of our parlor larp "Wonderland: Resurrections", feel like the improvements we made were well received. Our writing style prioritizes player agency and unscripted endings, and both seemed to be embraced. Feeling good about it, but also con-drop is hitting hard on the feels.

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

That American heritage is aspirational more than factual, but it's a good aspiration.

Pondering a larp/social event in the style of Diane Paulus- "Donkey Show" and "Masquerade", where there are a set number of named characters with plot and then an unlimited number of attendees who just want to spend their time dancing in fantasy formal wear while the game unfolds around them...

Ah, New Hampshire. Perhaps they should change the motto to "Live Free or Die- Wait, Not Like That, Just the Way We Say!" Too wordy? Source: WMUR search.app/PCak7

If you're in Boston anytime before it closes, highly recommend ART's Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). Superbly acted and designed!

If establishment Democrats honestly believe in "Blue No Matter Who", it's time for them to line up and endorse Mamdani. Let's queue up, there.

And my Mom and I were among them. My heart is lighter today than it has been in a while. Everything is still on fire, but I saw today so much proof that there's just so many of us determined to be firefighters.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

Excited to partner w/ @bostonharbornow.org Innovation Islands grant & @34islandsboston.bsky.social to bring a custom family-friendly puzzle quest to Spectacle Island after last year's success on Georges Island. Tickets are free & available soon- ping me for early access for community members!

Just getting over being quite sick from flu-like illness. Cats and flowers have been my sanity for the last span of days.

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

Brightening the basement office!

Sad morning to hear a fellow union brother on the MBTA spouting hate-filled Trumpian Fox News lies. At least the screaming of the Green Line drowned him out. How many more of his union siblings get deported before he cares because it affects him personally, I wonder.

Brightening up the office as best I can!

Art in Bloom at the MFA, Boston this weekend. The highlight of the show for me this year is this one. The books in color at the bottom are all banned books.

Spring is springing and the weather is glorious in Boston today!

Forever GMs back on their bullshirt! Today, inspired by #encounterparty, we're having a dinner party puzzle while negotiating politics.

Our house is sleeping in this Marathon Monday.

The crowd of us who had just left the Lantern Ceremony and poured out into the streets cheered loudly as the images were projected onto Old North.

And tonight, the Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church. Brilliant history from @hcrichardson.bsky.social, wonderful speeches from @mayorwu.boston.gov and Secretary Galvin, and inspirations from the Vicar, Rev. Cadwell and Bishop, Rev. Whitworth. And as we left: one if by land, two if by D.C.

ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

Spent the late morning attending the Third Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church, which this year honored Ken Burns. Some very good speeches given centering around civic faith, as well as remembrance of history being not enough, but allowing it to spur you to action. Boston has no king, indeed.

I've been laid up at home recovering from a GI issue that I caught just before surgery would have been needed. Glad I listened to my body and sought the ER when I knew something was wrong. This guy has been glued to my side. Best of orange boys.

Finished cakes for two of my partners birthdays! The Minecraft cake is my first ever attempt at working with and painting fondant (the inside is Thin Mint). The Cotton Candy cake smelled amazing while baking, and I'm pleased with the frosting. Both were well received by my loves!