As we get ready for sukkot, I’m grateful for the time with A as we celebrate the chaggim together. And for nature for providing us with the mini pumpkins for our front yard from the ones that decomposed last year. ‎וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְּחַגֶּךָ וְהָיִיתָ אַךְ שָׂמֵחַ

Dear Apple Watch, I’ve been up since 6 am shopping, baking, cooking, and putting up the sukkah. Please give me way more credit for all my fitness goals. Thanks.

I think this was my favorite technical challenge on the Great British Baking Show / Bake-off

There is not enough caffeine to help the recovery from the Yom Kippur fast for #nerdytshirtfriday

For this Shabbat Shuvah and #nerdytshirtfriday I present the elemental model of the universe. To quote Carl Sagan: “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff” We are all capable of reflection and teshuvah and are worthy of being recipients of the same.

For some reason, my students did not find my Family Feud of beakers vs flasks nearly as entertaining as I do. 🤷‍♀️ #ITeachChem

In a stressful 6 hour weeks that included End of an engagement/LTR Rough transition back to school Dropping A off at his dorm (also he got clipped by a car, lockdown, etc) Potential glaucoma diagnosis Cancer scare I know that I’m healing b/c I can finally enjoy reading again.

Shana Tova! My favorite pre Rosh Hashana dress from @superdesignershop ! A bee-utiful way to get ready for a sweet new year. May we have and health and renewal this year. (And yes, there are sugar molecules right near the bees)

Note to self continued: chocolate chip cookies will taste better when you decide to add sugar. Yes, I noticed this in plenty of time But not until after I tasted the batter Moral of the story: Always taste the batter

I’m making challah for Rosh Hashana and I tried twice to get the psyllium husk to gel and it didn’t work. Then I realized I was using teff flour and not psyllium husk #glutenfree #roshhashanah #chemistswhocook

Trying to voice text my kid at the grocery store and somehow Rosh Hashanah became Russia in China which is something else all together

May 5786 be much more Bohring than 5785. Looking forward to peace, quiet, and reflection. Looking forward to continuing to move forward. Shana Tova Tikatevu #nerdytshirtfriday

How are things going you ask? I wanted to take my usual allergy meds and instead took a melatonin. At 8am

Trying to Be Like a Proton and Stay Positive for #nerdytshirtfriday

Stand Back; I’m going to try science. The 1st official #nerdytshirtfriday of the 2025-2026 schools year. Definitely not the transition to school that I would have expected/wanted for my 25th year in the classroom, but here we go.

In case you are curious. This is why my kid was in lockdown imgur.com/a/uml-9-3-20...

Let’s go over the past 3-weeks, shall we •broken engagement •terrible Back to school PD •drop kid off at college •testing for glaucoma needed •kid gets clipped by a car biking to archery •kid currently in a lockdown at UML b/c guy brandishing an AK-47 style rifle So, no: not really ok.

Back to school in three pics. Before school day After school day Surviving a stressful school day with a black raspberry frappe, though this time I had to do it w/out the kid

One of these years I’ll be able to sleep before the first day of school. This was not one of those years. #EduSky

I’ve been thinking a lot about group work in class -something that I stressed for years. How are we accommodating for introverts & those for whom all the busy noise of classroom dynamics are very deregulating? Ideas? #ITeachChem #EduSky 🍎

Was my t shirt choice for mandatory back to school PD intentional? I don’t know what you mean.

Nothing like being back to school for make up PD from when I was in Morocco and discovering that the school decided to remove my PAEMST banner that was hanging in the school and putting in my mailbox. Thanks for all the ways you continue to make me feel valued as an educator. /sarcasm

Reminding myself it’s a marathon not a sprint. #chemed2025 #nerdytshirtfriday #RuNNEr

Healing in two consecutive parts - including a color changing spoon

Those of you who were at #TheMole at @chemed2025co.bsky.social heard me talk about the group I went to Morocco with: well, when they heard life through me an unexpected plot twist and I was so so sad, they sent me this. This is what I mean by they became family after less than 2 weeks

Sometimes (maybe too frequently) life sends you reeling. Really grateful for some amazing friends in my life.

debating between watching Legally Blonde, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Thelma and Louise tonight

At some point during #ChemEd2025, someone asked me about whiteboard stands. These are the ones that were made for me. Hope this helps. #ITeachChem🥽 #EduSky🍎 #ModChem

A little oxytocin for this beautiful #nerdytshirtfriday

Can anyone on #Jewsky explain why הטעם העליון are in a completely separate section in a tikkun? If you are using a tikkun, don’t you want the notes and the breakdowns that you are going to use when you read?

Ok friends, kid is moving into his dorm room in a few weeks and has been uncommunicative about what he needs. Besides the obvious: clothes, linens, toiletries, laundry stuff, what else might be useful?

Sometimes the hardest part of parenthood is not saying “if you only listened to me when I told you the first time”

These are the longest 5 minutes ever. #Jewsky

It’s a noble #nerdytshirtfriday on a beautiful day here. And some homemade peach crisp and matchbucha with the peaches and tomatoes grown at the farm down the street.

Sometime towards the beginning of Covid, I started making homemade pizza for me & A for Shabbat dinner. I just realized that these are the last few weeks we’ll have Shabbat dinner together since he’s transferring schools in a couple weeks. It hit harder that I thought.

For this #nerdytshirtfriday , I want to remind all of you that I’m really just introverted but willing to talk about chemistry. Thank you to all of you who made @chemed2025 such an amazing experience for me. #iteachchem #chemfam #bettertogeher

What sessions are you looking forward to at @chemed2025co.bsky.social ? I hope to see you at #TheMole And my session with @ninahike.bsky.social & @dwilkssea.bsky.social “Teaching While” And my session “Using Whiteboards to Leverage Collaboration for Learning”

Coming to @ChemEd2025? Join us for a favorite tradition, The Mole Story Telling and consider even sharing a story. This year's theme? Mining for Nuggets of Chemical Education. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A couple weeks ago I had the unforgettable experience of participating in the Kivunim fellowship to Morocco. While I am left with my questions that I started with, in so grateful for the incredible educators I travelled with and continue to learn with and from.

Coming to @chemed2025co.bsky.social ? One of the highlights has been the Mole Story Telling! Want to share your story? Submit a proposal here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

I leave for a fellowship in Morocco on Sunday. I’m planning on packing (gasp!) only 1 paper book and the rest e books and audio books. What suggestions do you have for me ?

Student: “ I was at the thrift store and I got you a shirt” I might have a reputation #nerdytshirtfriday

All can learn and are welcome in my classes InClUSiON for #nerdytshirtfriday

We all agree that eating leftover cheesecake and watching Dr Who is the only acceptable way to end a really crappy day, right?

We talk about Passover as the egg holiday, but I’ve used 2.5 dozen today in preparation of Shavuot. In (un)related news: I made it out of Costco buying just eggs and some oats.

I am making two cheesecakes for Shavuot . One of them will be my usual, but I'm trying to think of what to do for the second one. I'm considering making a brownie type crust for the bottom and then doing chocolate chips in the batter. Thoughts? #JewSky

Because I’m all about that base (no acid) for today’s #nerdytshirtfriday youtu.be/IAJsZWhj6GI?...

The holiday of #Shavuot is next week which means, amongst all the religious & agricultural celebrations, cheesecake. I usually make a a cheesecake w/ homemade gf ginger snap crust. But this year I need two cheesecakes. Thinking something with chocolate. Must be gf. Ideas? #JewSky #ChemistsWhoCook

Stoich test today for #nerdytshirtfriday - don’t worry. You got this. You’re a GeNiUS

Catalyst for this week’s #nerdytshirtfriday (sorry for the terrible selfie) Hoping for an alternate pathway that requires less activation energy to make it through the rest of the school year.