The Archduke Franz Ferdinand entered our lives circa Thanksgiving 2012. Happy gotcha - welcome home - pseudo birthday, Francis! 🩶🖤🤍🤎

Thankful for hockey. #LetsGoHogs 🏒🐷

I had a full circle moment this week watching the WPBL draft and visiting Ann Harnett's grave. Before becoming a Sister of Charity, Ann was the first player signed to the AAGPBL in 1943. She played 5 seasons in the league for Kenosha and Peoria. #AAGPBL #WomeninBaseball #DirtintheSkirt

Traveling for T-giving? Make sure to plan plenty of stops. Start w/ the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail. You will find historic ballparks, statues, & roadside historical markers to enjoy on your trip. womeninbaseballweek.org/index.php/he... @iwbc4me.bsky.social @wibw.bsky.social @ibwaa.bsky.social

We saw Hayden Pedigo in Chicago this week. All instrumental guitar. Check him out. He is terrific.

When I used to be a librarian, I could not wait to tackle students' papers with my freak knowledge of proper citation formatting. Next to kidney stones, it's now the most painful thing I put myself through every year. SABR book contribution revisions have been sent. Happy early Thanksgiving. ⚾📖

Pregame show for the WPBL draft.

Legit doing research, but my Goodreads goals will absolutely be met. #LoveYourLibrary

The British narrator of the audiobook I'm currently listening to pronounced obituary as "oh bitchery" and it's now my favorite thing.

Continuing Holocaust Education Week, here's the supplemental reading list to the Resistance talk I've given all over Rockford for the past year. Find these books in a library near you and ask me questions. #SearchWorldCat #Resistance #LoveYourLibrary search.worldcat.org/lists/15e5b9...

As we're currently in the middle of Holocaust Education Week, I'm again sharing an updated reading list I created on WorldCat.org. Find these books in a library near you and ask me any questions. #SearchWorldCat #ComicBooks #GraphicNovels #LoveYourLibrary search.worldcat.org/lists/77748c...

Third fall in Rockford may be the best one yet.

Brian and I set up recurring donations to a local food bank today and now off to fill neighborhood pantries with shirts, food, scarves, & caps. Sharing not for you to tell us we're good people, but as a call to do all you can to help & protect your community. The smallest effort can be life saving.

What the Icehogs lacked in goals they made up for in ABBA. More of this at hockey, please.

First Icehogs game of the season for me. Rockford vs. Grand Rapids giving me AAGPBL vibes. Good thing I've got my Peaches hoodie on. #GoHogs

Clemente on the ofrenda at tonight's Icehogs game. 💛🖤

Happy #NationalCatDay from the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Thinking of you today, Pittsburgh. 💛✡️🖤

My guy got the house in order while I was at work today. Just in time. 💀🧙⚰️

Festival of Frights! 👻🎃🦇

October is LGBTQ+ History Month. Learn more about some of my baseball and softball heroes by finding these books in a library near you: search.worldcat.org/lists/0a3b51... #ReadBaseball #LoveYourLibrary #BaseballisforEveryone ⚾🏳️‍🌈🥎

Ready for it. 🍁🎃🍂

#NoKings. Only Archdukes.

Disgrace upon embarrassment.

Many thanks to Rockford's Alpha Delta Kappa chapter for inviting me to talk about an important, favorite topic. #Zachor #Resistance

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! SABR's Native American Major Leaguers is now out and I am most honored to have my brief bio of Yolande Teillet's included. Check it out: sabr.org/ebooks Dirt Forever in the Skirt! #SABR #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ReadBaseball

So pleased to check out the Dottie Schroeder exhibit in Champaign today. Congrats to everyone who had a hand in putting this together. Really nice work! #AAGPBL #DirtintheSkirt

For no reason, I decided earlier that I would start following an NFL team and be semi-obnoxious about it. Seeing this beauty in Minneapolis last summer has pushed me toward the Vikings. The fact that right wingers are losing their minds over the Vikings' male cheerleaders seals the deal. 💜🏈💛

You guys, the sky yesterday 💙

After several speakers reminisced about Shirley, they officially broke ground to This Used To Be My Playground. I got misty and had a moment to myself behind the ticket booth. Every event without Shirley will be bittersweet. But we saw Queen B honored and it was a great day.

The only thing better than celebrating baseball history is being there when it's made. Just missing my friend, Shirley B. Congrats Maybelle Blair, IWBC, and the city of Rockford! #APlaceofTheirOwn

Much needed Fall Ball Therapy.

Join the International Women’s Baseball Center (IWBC) for the historic groundbreaking of Beyer Stadium at Maybelle Blair Park! This milestone event celebrates the official start of this iconic stadium restoration following the success of IWBC’s A Place of Their Own Phase One Campaign.

The accuracy.

Introverted, but willing to discuss the Rockford Peaches, pretty much any day.

Look at that glassy Rock River.

Thanks again to Midway Village for inviting me to World War II Days. I talked about women's baseball in the war effort and how the Peaches' legacy is celebrated and continues to bring international attention to Rockford. 12-year-old me would be geeking out that I'm still doing this work in 2025.

Aside from Women in Baseball Week (of course) World War II Days is the most wonderful time of the year in Rockford. Already in full bloom and I'm eating it up.

I'm a miracle. King of the impossible.

Join the International Women’s Baseball Center (IWBC) for the historic groundbreaking of Beyer Stadium at Maybelle Blair Park! This milestone event celebrates the official start of this iconic stadium restoration following the success of IWBC’s A Place of Their Own Phase One Campaign.

Rockford's spider game is on point. Meet Artie and Laura-Beth. They live on my porch, but so far, we all mind our own business. If you're in need of nightmare fuel, however, walk across the State Street bridge sometime and check out the railing. #RockfordZoo

I really dig the hot and cold of the street light vs the moon here. Creepy and lovely fall nights ahead 🖤

The Archduke went in for a routine vet checkup today that turned into marathon poking and prodding. He was brave though and is back home resting. I love this cat.

Mood when it's a whole year before the next Women in Baseball Conference, but you still learned a lot and got to see your friends and colleagues do well. I'll be talking about the Rockford Peaches during WWII Days at Midway Village next weekend. Come see me and keep telling the stories.

2 newest acquisitions from a trip home this summer. I publicly commit to not having them take up residence on the nightstand for the next year. #ReadBaseball

Snapshot of 47 on a random Wednesday: I got my hair cut today and am glad it's still something I need to have done. I ran errands all day in what is now considered a dad uniform of polo and cargo shorts and I'm 100% fine with it.

Issue 4 of Lost Diamonds, one of my favorite things ever, just arrived! Snag one for yourself: www.etsy.com/listing/4362588338/lost-diamonds-issue-4-covering-1957-to

The IWBC has received a $2 Million grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, led by philanthropist & Mets Owner Alex Cohen, and a $350,000 grant from the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the New York Mets. Read the full details at iwbc.org/cohenfoundationgrant/

Good morning, Peaches!