Not a big reading year for me, but 2026 will look up. #storygraph #booksky #reading #2025inbooks

My toddler finally turned a corner in potty training and I'm honestly ready to sacrifice a goat to whichever higher power made this possible. Dec 2 was the Feast of Habakkuk, I'll start there

This winter's knit hat collection is ready for donation 🧶

Our family rents the same ridiculous AirBnb every holiday they visit, so I had to take the Selfie Bathroom for a spin

So much of how we're taught to interact with our health is based around fear. Fear of gaining weight, fear of getting older, fear of being unattractive, fear of getting sick, fear of losing control. Finding actual pleasure in using our bodies needs to get more of a spotlight.

Have a kid under the age of 10? Big shout out to the game Tock Tock Woodman. I have no idea if it's even still in print, but it's a wonderfully easy game to pick up. Also fun if you're at a gathering of tipsy friends who would love to knock stuff over.

Heating pads are so easy to make and have been my #1 way of cutting down on student visits to the nurse. Rice, a sock and some soft fabric - That's all it takes to make a cuddly little tool that gives both physical and mental comfort. #edusky #sewing #mentalhealth

There's no greater relief than hearing that the toddler birthday party you agreed to attend this afternoon has been canceled. 😌❤️😌

If any more of my coworkers ask me if we're "doing anything" with our students for Thanksgiving, I'm going to blow up. I don't know, man, did YOU plan anything? Did YOU buy ingredients to cook or crafts to make? Did YOU get admin approval? Decision fatigue is real and I'm opting out.

#WIPWednesday I couldn't find a knit pattern for a hood/balaclava that 1. worked with my materials and 2. I was happy with, so I'm using the measurements of Paton's Haute Hood to cobble something together. Should be fun 🧶

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the United States House of Representatives by 427-1! 👏

Doing a project with my classes that includes digital photography, so we're using these nifty cameras that don't have a display. You'd think I handed them a stone tablet on which to carve the image

You ever just get the desire to match your yarn to your book covers? 💙📚🧶 #knit #knitting #booksky

"A witty modern folktale that touches on themes of capitalism, environmentalism, labor rights, and being a nice person" When the library comes through, boy does it really come through! 💙📚

Gotta say, this was delightful from start to finish. I went in without a big desire for gossip about specific girls, and Im glad she didnt focus on that, but I'm so happy to actually have an explanation for who stole Bre's granola bars! Most unexpected anecdote in here #antm

About once a month, I screenshot this same yarn with the thought "I'll buy this to knit a sweater soon, I'm almost ready." According to my camera roll, I have not been ready in over a year 🧶

Also excited for the billionaire + Cuomo exodus tomorrow. Will keep an eye out cuz we are in NY right now.

And thus it has begun…

I'm working on a PBL unit to give to students soon, so I'm going to float a question: How did your expectations of adulthood differ from the reality? Job, family, lifestyle - Lots of things are unpredictable, how did your life go off 13 year old you's planned track? #EduSky #PBL

My #ShowMeYourKnits horror story is this yellow hat that was originally for my daughter. One accidental wash cycle later, and it has become a toy for Mr Bear here. 🧶

Stop saying “renovation.” Better words: Desecration Violation Demolition Destruction Retribution Vanity-wrecking-ball

It is still bizarre to see #knitting accounts online talking about Rhinebeck and painting it as a big, significant festival that they all travel for. Like, there was a local Pickle Fest the same day! Priorities, people. 🧶

Crab hat crab hat crab hat #knitting #knit 🧶

It's been a hot minute - really feeling like I should pick up my Eat the Rich knitting again. 🧶

Today I asked a student which continents traded as part of the Indian Ocean Complex. She said "Florida"

Admin really thought they were doing us a favor by handing these out for classroom use.

FAT BEAR WEEK! DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND VOTE!! www.explore.org/fat-bear-week

A Macrolepiota? Cute little parasol mushroom from today's walk. 🍄 #FungiFriends

"[H]ateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. "You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place."

Hefty, I'm BEGGING you, bring back these limited edition Halloween costumes! My toddler wants to be a garbage collector for Halloween and I want to dress them in more than just a reflective vest.

My parents took me out of a country where this was the norm and where it led to the execution and imprisonment of millions of innocent people. They brought me here, to America, believing that it would not happen here. And yet here we are.

Any guesses about what's getting featured on my current 🧶 WIP? Winner gets a sticker #knit #knitting

That feeling when you've already lesson planned so hard that your prep period becomes a bit more enjoyable. 🧶 #edusky #knitting #knit

#GBBO, here I come. Toddler wanted an elephant birthday cake? Done! Not as colorful as last year's butterfly, but at least this one isn't just banana bread covered in cream cheese. Everyone is happier now that the kid can eat sugar.

Reading "Help Wanted" by Adelle Waldman has just been hours of me nodding along and saying "Yes, and yes, and yes..."

Cartoon by Guy Richards Smit.

We're moving into our new house - Toddler has no routine, in laws are here to help, boxes everywhere, my mother unpacking without checking which room the stuff is labeled for, I'm so overstimulated I could rip my skin off

I'm spending the day reorganizing my classroom book shelf, so let's kick off some of my favorite YA reads to recommend. #BookSky #YA #BookRecommends 💙📚

The end of the school year means that it's time to frog and cake all of the unfinished knitting projects that students left behind. Let no yarn be wasted! 🧶 #knit #knitting #EduSky

Prepare yourselves for the ugliest hat ever made, because I added bobbles after thinking that only doing Stockinette would be too boring. Whatever, man, I'm gonna finish knitting this anyway and some poor kid will just have to wear it ironically. 🧶 #knit #knitting

Just completed my first reread since college: A+. Gold stars everywhere. Will reread again! "The Return of the King" by JRR Tolkien 💙📚

Yarn chicken is not a game I willingly play, especially on a Monday morning 🧶 #knit #knitting

Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.

It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement!

If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.

Every act of defiance, no matter how small, pushes the Resistance forward. The rebellion grows on hope.

Love a good decrease. Look at that spiral! 🧶 #knit #knitting