Artwork by Ruby Silvious, known for her work on unusual surfaces, like used teabags #WomensArt #Monday

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor, giving her a path to become the first Native American woman in the U.S. elected to the office.

Oh my! Today is BOTH Local Yarn Store Day AND Independent Bookstore Day. Swoon.

Yarn bombing is where knitted or crocheted yarn—rather than paint—adorns public objects like poles, and benches. Also known as "guerrilla knitting,", it is a street art originally started by women #Womensart

🖼️ Auricula in a rabbit cup, Debbie George.

Knitting goals.

Pink and Yellow Tulips 1925 by Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt #April

Earlier today at the “No Kings” gathering in Santa Fe (before it got very crowded!) 🪧

There are a whole bunch of reasons to turn out for #nokings tomorrow but here are maybe the top two: 1) huge turnout is a signal to republicans edging away from Trump and puts steel in Dem spines. 2) least we can do to honor bravery of Minnesotans who turned the tide

First cup of tea. Quiet house. Today’s adventure can wait just a few more moments.

February 26 is an important date in the history of resistance, and it has to do with knitters during WWII. Come read the story. If you’re a knitter, maybe you’ll want to cast on with me tomorrow? And if you aren’t, there are other ideas for you here. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

#AllThingsYarn! #LaFargeLibrary Community Room Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 5:30pm–7:30pm Join us for a #FiberArts social gathering! Knit, crochet, embroider, stitch, more! Supplies and help available. Bring your own project to work on in our community setting or begin a new one.

In every way.

Prescient.

The colors. The subject. Everything. 💜

My 2026 word. 🫰

Happy New Year from ArtfulTea! As we enter 2026, we’ve compiled a list of our most popular blends from 2025: artfultea.com/pages/top-te...

🖼️ Elisabeth Sommerville.

No worries! Haven’t made a single purchase on Amazon since Jan 2017. No intention of ever doing so again. 😎

'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

Could not have said it better… Please stop buying from Amazon.

Discovered an unexpected bit of decor in our employee bathroom this morning—courtesy of an anonymous member of our team? Spooky. @artfultea.bsky.social 💀🧘🏻

What a marvel. So impossibly delicate. Makes me very happy.

So dismayed by the demolition of our democracy. Self-soothing with knitting. (This is pair #2 completed. Third pair is currently in progress)

Today in Santa Fe, NM.

Began knitting my first pair of socks in February. Finished them in June. And now it’s FINALLY chilly enough to wear them! (Have since finished a second pair — pics coming soon — and am now working on the third)

A neighborhood in Santa Fe showing its unity. “Resist”

CO Representative Jason Crow @crow.house.gov making it clear exactly how we demonstrate our power:

Good Morning, have a great Wednesday! 🥰

Yeah, us too.

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

“No Kings” protest at the Round House in Santa Fe, NM. (Sound on!)

🤭

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

A good batch of strawberries from the garden requires strawberry shortcake. Even for breakfast.

The Democratic Women’s Caucus calls it the “Big Bad Billionaire Bill.” 👍 @demwomencaucus.bsky.social

Thank goodness for the iris that stop me in my tracks enough to forget—for a few moments—all the things in the world I’m dismayed by, and remind me there is also incredible beauty right outside my door.

Exactly.

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

"So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. Our leaders must follow their example." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Good grief. For a self professed “genius”, he sure says “I don’t know” a lot.

This is just to say I have lost The F/A-18 Super Hornet That was on the USS Harry S. Truman And which You were probably saving For bombing Forgive me It was the second one So sweet And so expensive

May the fourth… 🐝 with 🫵

You really gotta love the creative expression in Santa Fe. Marvelous!

May Day Rally Thursday, May 1st at the Roundhouse, 5:30-7:00pm. Join us!

Right there with you on that. (Was averaging about $200/month at 🎯. Final purchase was in January. There will be no more.)

Please don’t fall for Amazon’s “Book Sale” on Saturday, which is shamefully calculated to undercut Independent Bookstore Day. Instead, please support your local bookseller or Bookshop.org.

It’s Earth Day. What will you do differently today?