Happy New Year! Sending wishes for a beautiful 2026 filled with hope, joy, and peace.

Sign it’s the holidays: my food processor and mixer have been used, my oven has been put through its paces, and my house smells like a bakery. Happy Thanksgiving!

An extra day off (thanks UF), means a day spent reading. First this biography, later some fluff reading. A #PerfectDay.

I've contributed an essay to this DEPENDENT issue: "Archival Trajectories: Information Beyond Content" It gives an overview of my PhD research that focuses on why we find what we find, i.e., the many recordkeeping and archival dependencies that underpin what is visible and accessible today.

So pleased to have a role in this exciting project. Even happier to once more work with @nlwillson.bsky.social (sister from another mother). Our last confab, Rasanblaj Fanm, created a thriving community that remains in contact 1 year later. We have a pretty good track record!

This weather is not conducive to work or productivity. My book and pillow are calling me!

It was an honor to participate in the @unesco.org Memory of the World Caribbean Division Workshop in April. This is my small contribution to the conversation on Disaster Preparation. @fletcherdurant.bsky.social editing your dLOC handbook really helped me.

A reminder from Mother Nature that we can still find beauty even in the midst of Big Ugly. Pink Zinnias so poofy!

@superhh.bsky.social tu es là?

Bon Dia from Curaçao! So far I’ve only seen the conference hotel (photo 1&2) and one of the longest hallways ever.

@dlocaribbean.bsky.social Scholarly Advisory Board member Mirerza González Vélez giving the Keynote Acuril 2025, about the work of our friends and colleagues at #CDSC.

According to The New York Times, “it’s unclear what criteria [were] used to pick the countries [for the travel ban].” Is it really unclear?

Went back to my #ArtHistory and #MaterialCulture roots to write a brief blog post on #HaitianArt for #HaitianHistoryMonth. Thanks, UF Latin American and Caribbean collection for the opportunity - lacc.uflib.ufl.edu/2025/05/16/h...

For those working/interested in #DocumentaryHeritage. The International Journal of Documentary Heritage launches its inaugural issue Wed. May 21 via Zoom. Their CFP for Volume 2 closes on June 1. www.ijodh.org/more for more information on the launch, CFP, & to read Volume 1.

Calling #Caribbean & #LatinAmerican organizations with bibliographic and documentary heritage. Submit your unique collection for Registration with UNESCO's Memory of the World Register - Latin American and Caribbean Region. See www.unesco.org/en/articles/... for information. Deadline August 15!

My version of a Fairy 🧚‍♀️ Garden/Fairy Ring. Mine, a combo of yellows and pinks with a dash of orange, have lantana, zinnias, kalanchoe, and lavender. #Spring.

My new favorite hashtag that is applicable to soooo much today, #FAFO2025

Hi #CaribbeanStudies/#AtlanticStudies people, I wanted to bring this opportunity to your attention. @dlocaribbean.bsky.social is accepting proposals for Open Educational Resources. ‼️ CFP: #OER in #CaribbeanStudies 👉 Proposals due April 14, 2025 ℹ️ Info: tinyurl.com/OER-Caribbean

Azaleas in bloom in Gainesville. A spot of #SpringBeauty. Some trees (not mine) only have blooms and no leaves.

Come visit me at UF & get some $$ to do it! Special Area Collections Travel Grant applications open until April 14. If our amazing special collections aren't enough of a draw, look at the space where you'd be working. Information available at this link: sasc.uflib.ufl.edu/research-tea...

Incredible visit to the Washington National Cathedral. Been at least 10 years since my last visit, still incredible! Here are some of my fav #StainedGlass. Also the replica in #Legos

We are in so much trouble and it sure as 💩 did not take long for us to get there. What is it, two weeks? That has got to be some kind of record for sure.

Beginning the week with beauty in nature. The camellias in my yard are in a glory of blooms. I’m calling it a win.Take the wins, small and large, where you can.

I had a chance to write about the work we do @dlocaribbean.bsky.social in the International Library & Information Group publication Focus on International Library and Information Work. Check out "Cooperation, Partnerships, and Open Access: This is dLOC" on Page 20. cdn.ymaws.com/www.cilip.or...

Her Royal Feline Highness has the right idea: Retreat to the igloo because it is too darn cold (35F with windchill making it feel like it is in the 20sF). I wish I could retreat to my igloo 🥶🥶

Went to the movies, in the theater, for the first time in years. Saw Le Comte de Monte Cristo. Excellent! Thanks @superhh.bsky.social for the recommendation.

Happy New Year! Welcoming 2025 with a blaze of blooms. Sending wishes for beauty, joy, love and peace to all.

I hope you have a joyful holiday filled with laughter, good company, and good food.

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It's Done! I deactivated my X Account. Been meaning to do it for about a month. I believe in the First Amendment, you can say what you want, I do not, however, have to support you, even tacitly, by staying on your app.

Fall colors in Gainesville! Only a few trees actually change here, most just stay green, others only drop their leaves. The splash of color among the green and leafless is pretty 😊

🇭🇹 Cassava, a well-established element in Haitian gastronomy, is now recognized by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity. #Haiti #Cassave

The co-winners of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize are Marlene Daut for “Awakening the Ashes” (@uncpress.bsky.social) & Sara Johnson for “Encyclopédie Noire:” (OIEAHC and UNC)!!!!!!!! macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...

How much did I miss my early morning alarm during my week off? Not even a little bit! Does not help that we have near freezing temperatures in Gainesvilles 🥶🥱😴

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope your day includes good food, good friends & family. And/or have a relaxing day with a good book and movie.

Bonus! TCD conference will be live streamed. Click the link for the schedule and Zoom registration.

The chill is on in the GNV 🥶🥶🥶

There's still a week to apply for a #fellowship and immerse yourself in Roman religious archives, guided by experts in #ChurchHistory & #Catholicism. To your keyboards, former #earlymodern #twitterstorians now I think #skystorians ! 🗃️ Winter Seminar 27-31 Jan 2025

My colleague @katielcoldiron.bsky.social and I had the chance to talk with Wendy from Dis a fi mi History Podcast about using #dLOC for #Caribbean research, give it a listen: www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-rz....

Calling #CaribbeanStudies folks on here. Please check out #dLOCaribbean's #CFP for Open Education Resources #OER. 👉 Proposals due April 14, 2025 ℹ️ Info: tinyurl.com/OER-Caribbean

Check out the number six search on Google. Proving and confirming we have an education problem. I am 🤣🤣🤣 and 😭😭😭 at the same time.

I'm saying 👋🏽 to cesspool of hate and disinformation on that other place. You can say whatever you want, I don't have to read/listen to you. I choose not to give tacit support to what you're peddling.

Reading Corner. My book is beckoning!

Had delicious Haitian food today. I drove an hour and a half to get it. I #DriveForFood.

Big ✅ off the #ArtBucketList with a visit to Giverny. Standing in Monet’s garden is like standing in a Monet painting. Absolutely amazing! Photos: House, Allée to the house, Japanese Footbridge & Nymphéas (water lilies).

It’s vacation time! Today it was Maastricht, Netherlands for lunch/dinner. This looked so very Dutch to me. I was waiting for Vermeer to walk out the door (I know he was from Delft, not Maastricht, but still).

Rasanblaj Fanm: Stories of Haitian Womanhood Past, Present, and Future is July 10-12 U Central Lancashire, Preston U.K. Join us in person or virtually. Please register by 4 p.m. Monday, July 8 (no on site registration) fanmrebel.com/events. @nicolewillson.bsky.social

For the file - things I did not know before moving to Gainesville: Oak trees produce a 💩 ton of pollen, that pollen is yellow and clings to everything. I am allergic to oak pollen 🤦🏽‍♀️. My allergy manifests as a cough and I sound like I have consumption. This is my screened back patio 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

The flowers are definitely one of the good things I’ve found in Gainesville. A pot full of petunias and pansies (sans freaky little faces) and a fuscia azalea from my patio and yard. #SpringIsSpringing