Wow, Moon Knight. ❣️

Continuing the cable madness during #showmeyourknits cable week by designing a new pattern using @purlsoho.bsky.social Knitting Wool DK, peat moss. Can't wait to see this in its final form #knitsky

Rest is sacred work.

You love to see it. Everyone deserves a union.

"I am the doctor" youtu.be/8OMaZB-kF-M?...

Roanoke, are you listening? It's time to tell surrounding counties No Thanks to data centers (I'm looking at you, Botetourt)

#showmeyourknits cables week I am a bit mad for cables

Data centers require helium (bc chips), a finite resource that is also used in MRIs and other medical equipment. One-third of the liquid helium ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Current supply has already been reduced to a 15% shortage. It could take years to recover. We don't need data centers.

Solar surplus is possible in the US.

Some energy suppliers may be offering heavily discounted or free electricity this summer when there's more wind and solar power than the electricity grid needs. It's reported that this could be the first summer the grid runs entirely on zero-carbon electricity. 🙌 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Streisand effect, Epstein edition.

"People who do not read are brutes." --Cicero

Spending Friday reading before an afternoon chock full of activities. #booksky

Fully charged EV in 60 seconds. The noise I just made!!

15 yo couldn't bring themselves to stand for the pledge of allegiance at school and felt doubly awkward just sitting there while everyone else stood because of social anxiety, so mad props. #Resistance matters.

What were the causes of the French Revolution, again?

Aside from oil and LNG, the Bab-el-Mandeb is an important corridor for geostrategic cables underneath the narrow strait passage, including power cables and fibre-optic cables used for communication. The Bab-el-Mandeb lies south of the Suez Canal, and is an important choke point for shipping.

Turns out that I was in the mood for cables, so here we go. I love the way that Purl Soho's Knitting Wool cables up so crisply. Just the perfect combination of drape and tooth.

Might spend the day winding different colors of same-weight yarn and going to town on a striped throw. #knitsky

Thinking of all the farmers in the US who have spring planting coming up, and all the diesel that farming season requires.

As we head into farming season in the US, supplies of fertilizer and its components are being dramatically constrained by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Add spiralling diesel costs, and farmers are looking at a tough planting season. #FoodSupply #food www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

The "is it pollen or is it a cold" sneezes have finally revealed their true nature and it's official: I am sick. 15 yo helped make chicken orzo soup with plenty of garlic and turmeric. I've got the best kid in the Commonwealth Severe thunderstorm warning makes it perfect soup weather.

View from the rooftop terrace

I did not know that the space movie would make me cry. 15 yo and I holding hands, dripping silent tears during a spontaneous Sunday matinee, and yes, it was that good. #movie

My adventure-heart is so full. It's been an exciting, brilliant, beautiful, hopeful, and hectic week #traveling, and now it's time to settle in for a good, restful period of reading. It's good to be home. #booksky

Had to unknit the tubular bind off to adjust a sleeve and reknit, but the Field Sweater is complete 🧶 #knitsky

Welp, darn. Was really looking forward to Ada being the next Pol, but no. #AnImmortalMan

Spent the day at the barn doing Barn Things then did some housekeeping when we got home and now I'm looking forward to an evening of reading, by which I mean holding my book while I sit in the chaise with my eyes closed.

We have a road trip planned to visit museums across Virginia and DC, and I'm watching the pump prices climb. We can still take our vacation, but I wonder how many families will have to cancel.

Wow, this was so good. #booksky Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver completely consumed me in all the best ways.

Chuck Norris knows who John Galt is.

I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Socrates reckt

Finished The Alice Network last week, and it was the best Blind Date I've ever been on. ☺️

H. R. 7661 would prohibit, among other things, programs or literature containing "lewd or lascivious dancing," making it illegal to show Footloose. Irony is dead. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

While driving, I received a text that Roanoke County (Virginia) middle and high schools were placed in "secure mode" minutes before normal dismissal due to a "concerning message." Got my child without incident as police started rolling into the parking lot. Praying that all is well.

Remember that time that Ace of Base accused Lady Gaga of being derivative?

American History X. So good. So brilliant. So brutal.

Philosophy, vindicated

14 yo got me a blind date with a book for Valentine's and I could not be more pleased. ♥️ Any guesses on the title?

Damn. Lessard was a brilliant mentor, too.

Confirmation that pinball is demonic 😏

Housekeeping day, and there was a mountain of neatening up, organizing, and tossing out before cleaning started, so it was a long day. I love the results ♥️

@wascie.bsky.social, check your local libraries! Many of them have 3D printers available for use. 😊

That's my governor. @abigailspanberger.com knows what's at stake, and what it means for Virginians.

Minding my own business, driving to the library to pick up the 14yo, listening to @npr.org and Bob Mondello made me cry in all the best ways. www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...

Despite being one of the warmest spots in the Valley, Campbell Ave SW is now completely covered. #Snowpocalypse started about two and a half hours ago here in downtown Roanoke. @kevinmyattwx.bsky.social #swvawx

A snowpocalypse and the sniffles can only mean one thing: More knitting.