Seattle Japanese Garden

I experienced my first chanoyu tea ceremony (茶の湯) yesterday, hosted by Chaboshu, the men's tea ceremony school in Seattle. Beautiful!

L'shanah tovah umetukah! To a good and sweet New Year! Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who are celebrating!

Un congreso analiza la influencia de Ziryab, un hombre del Renacimiento en la Córdoba del siglo IX cordopolis.eldiario.es/1_c069b6?utm...

I'm excited to start my first quarter as an Adjunct Instructor of Spanish at Green River College! This year's theme: Intersections: One Vision, One Community, One College - a unified approach to working as, and being, a system - no ego, just WEgo (get it?? Ok 😜)

Found this funky little book in a local bookstore today. Apparently, the author is quite an enigma. Interested to dig in. #Japanese #Jews #usedbooks #curiosities

I've never felt more defeated than I have the past two months job searching. I've managed to secure a VERY part-time teaching appointment for the fall quarter, but it's not nearly enough and my husband and I are both feeling the effects of being over 40 and financially insecure.

Horrifying story of cold blooded murder of several family members, walking in the street. Incredible reporting. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

IDF chief military advocate warned that ordering Gaza City's population to leave is illegal as no provisions were made for them. IDF went ahead and did it anyway Haaretz

Israel's actions, bombing every fucking thing that it wants, leads to this. Then they claim to be the only safe haven for Jews when antisemitism rears its ugly head again. Do we see no logical cause-effect correlation here??

I love making posters!! This is for my husband's first concert in his new position as Director of Orchestral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.

It's amazing how non-academic friends of mine can make me feel like the biggest idiot despite having advanced degrees. Where did I go wrong?

The latest episode of John Oliver’s show is on higher ed and scientific research, so well worth watching if you’re in either space. My favorite moment was when he showed Trump saying he would “make Harvard great…again…probably” If every university president watched, we would be better off

Hiked 12 miles up and around Mt. Rainier on Sunday. What an experience!! Chipmunk approved!

I rode a steam engine built in 1917 to a whiskey tasting, and it was an amazing time!

Spanish-teacher friends, if you could design a "textbook" (define as you will) from scratch for a Survey of Peninsular Lit (Med./Early Mod.) class, would you want the intro. material: A) entirely in Spanish, B) in English, C) a mixture of the two?

I'm tired of the "budget hole" excuse. If you're going to cut programs, at least be honest about why. www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

DIRECTO 🔴 Pedro Sánchez: "Esto no es defenderse. No es ni siquiera atacar. Esto es exterminar a un pueblo que está indefenso. Es quebrantar todas las leyes del derecho humanitario. A pesar de ello, la comunidad internacional no está sabiendo deener esta tragedia" www.rtve.es/noticias/20250...

My first monograph "Before World Literature" will be released by the University of Pennsylvania Press in March 2026. I hope it will be of interest to folks in comparative literature, Islamic studies, and classical Arabic literature. www.pennpress.org/978151282887...

Gentle reminder: Submissions are due in 10 days. icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... #CFP #Aljamiado #Moriscos #afterlife #academicconference #medievalsky #kzoo2026

Call for Contributions: postmedieval cluster, “Approaching Premodern Critical Race Studies in Iberia and Latin America” Titles, format of submission, and abstracts of no more than 300 words are due by October 15th, 2025. #CFP #postmedieval #medievalsky #criticalracestudies

Deadline approaching for #Kzoo2026. Consider submitting an abstract.

Deadline approaching for #Kzoo26. Consider submitting an abstract.

The Wheel of Time, Part 1 - Episode of Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast youtu.be/Q34rt83XCbs?... #thewheeloftime

Explain to me how this entire war is going to get rid of Hamas/Hamas's ideology? I don't understand. Israel Resumes Daytime Operations in Gaza City, Signaling Buildup to Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...

I'm over Israel. I'm done. Shabbat shalom.

Philippe Lazzarini denuncia el nivel de inacción de la comunidad internacional ante la impunidad de Israel, con una hambruna declarada y casi 63.000 muertos en la Franja en menos de dos años. elpais.com/internaciona...

This job searching stuff is REAL! I'm trying to remain confident, but the fact that World Languages studies are dying and academia is in the shitter does not bode well.

Rabbis Emerge as Growing Voice of Criticism of Israel’s Tactics in Gaza "We must affirm that Judaism’s vision of justice and compassion extends to all human beings." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

A glimpse into Trump's cabinet meeting: - The cabinet members spoke in turn, each working a little bit harder than the last to offer Trump praise and to assure him that they were working to tackle his long list of grievances, Katie Rogers wrote.

Updated SuperProf ad. If you know anyone who might like private Spanish tutoring, send them my way! www.superprof.com/spanish-phd-...

No les toca rendir cuentas para nada. Es como si tuvieran carte blanche para hacer lo que quisiesen. ¡Son vidas! ¡De seres humanos! ¡Baruj Hashem!

🔸Israel mata a cuatro periodistas en un ataque a un hospital en Gaza mientras los muertos por la hambruna ascienden a 300 dozz.es/2oof38

21 people, including 4 journalists, killed when Israel bombed a hospital today. But, ya know, somehow it must have been worth it. 🙄

Remembering Awdah Hathaleen: The Palestinian activist turned hospitality into a tool of sabotage against the ongoing Nakba. jewishcurrents.org/remembering-...

This is what government officials are worried about and willing to spend taxpayer money on: paint (because it's QUEER! Oh no!). Not housing, food costs, healthcare, education, etc. etc. Florida Paints Over Rainbow Memorial for Victims of Pulse Nightclub Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...

From NY Times: Eli Cohen, a minister in Israel’s high-level security cabinet, has said the operation should transform Gaza City into a wasteland. “Gaza City itself should be exactly like Rafah, which we turned into a city of ruins,” he told Channel 14, a right-wing television station, on Saturday.

Now that I have an ID card and email address, I'll make it official. I was offered and accepted an adjunct position at Green River College in Auburn, WA. One or two classes in the fall semester and possibly more in the spring, depending on enrollment.

Today has been an extremely strange-feeling one knowing that my former colleagues are all back in the classroom and I...am not. #figuringoutlife

My pet peeve of the day: Why is every Muslim interviewed on television about any adjacent to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict inevitably asked at some point whether Israel has a right to exist?

Hey, friends! I'm working on building up a small "studio" of private Spanish students. You'll find my ad on Superprof below. Please share it with anyone who might be interested. www.superprof.com/spanish-prof... #Spanish #tutoring #Spanishtutor #ELE #languages

With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w...

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.