Stuff I saw yesterday on my #cemeterycrawl that accidentally included a park & wildlife refuge. Headstone is for a man who served in WWII, Korea, AND Vietnam. It was being swallowed by a tree & I couldn’t get between them. The cat wanted to come home with me until it was time to get in the car.

Also, Mr Bible, the math ain’t mathin’… There are 0 people who’d lie about their age to join the military anymore - and I don’t blame them. What we’re doing now is bullshit. I’m sorry, kid.

Some recent finds with local history - two families in the 1900 Galveston, two from he 1947 Texas City explosion #houstonhistory

If #30DaysofGraves has “juxtaposition” again this year, this is my submission. The absolute most SPRING IN TEXAS thing ever - bluebonnets, just a little outcrop - in the Damon Cemetery. ❤️🪻

Some cemetery stuff since I can’t wait until October. The heart one is Dr Cooley’s - the first surgeon to implant an artificial heart, among other remarkable medical achievements #cemetery #headstone #art

This is Vivian. She was the very best girl and I just wanted someone who’s not in my grieving house to see her. P.S. the bowl had ice cream in it. She was surprisingly strong when she wanted yours.

I really miss #31DaysofGraves. I have SO MANY good ones I want other people to love as much as I do! A sample… The first has an anchor in landlocked SATX. The second is in German, also in SA. The cactus one has no name, inscription, nothing. The last one is an Odd Fellow, my first one in the wild.

Last year there was a #31DaysofGraves challenge that I loved on the other site. I’d forgotten until today so I’m catching up.

Right?

@oliviajulianna.bsky.social I met you today and got a little star struck or something. I sounded like an absolute idiot. What I MEANT to say is that you’re remarkable and I admire the courage and conviction you put on such public display. You’re doing great and I appreciate the work you’re doing.

I don’t guess Greg wants to hear from me anymore. 🤣😂

Licorice. It tastes like how I imagine poison does.

For the diversity chapter in one of my classes, I do a DB re food as a cultural item & ask students to talk about their favorite thing on their holiday tables that represent their heritage or their family. Extra credit for the recipe. SO MANY students connect to each other over shared food.

Stewed tomatoes and okra, probably. I don’t actually like eating it but my granny made it a lot w the tomatoes and okra she grew.

Brussels sprouts grossed me all the way out when I was a kid but turns out everybody cooked them wrong. Roasted with herby butter and Parmesan added at the end? Omgggg

Breakfast and light lunch (sandwiches, soups, etc). I’d call it Bitsy’s after my mom.

Soups. I make a pretty good broccoli cheese soup (the only made-by-me soup my kid will eat. Otherwise it’s La Madeleine tomato basil or nothing). I like making vegetable stew, too, but I always make GOBS (how can you not??) & end up tossing the leftovers, which makes me sadder than a lot of things.

My mom’s paella was so.damned.good. I have her pan but not her recipe. Or her skill and experience. Burek is also super high up there.

Vienetta ice cream loaf. 🤤🤤🤤

Mushrooms. Some are delicious! Some make you trip balls! Some are only edible once. Seems a gamble.

Sadly, Luby’s. Anything at Luby’s but I don’t know why anyone goes at all if they’re not eating fried fish and mac and cheese with strawberry shortcake for dessert. It’s gotten…blegh.

Tacos. Also Whataburger.

BBQ

Fucking. Disgraceful.

That’s a pretty good one. You could tell him you cured cancer, solved the space-time continuum problem, and invented the TARDIS. You could tell him you created a ketamine that won’t require sunglasses inside. He’d probably call you personally about that one.

This will be a DELIGHTFUL read. Fuck him up, Professor Krause.

How hard can it be? Republicans have been making an obstructive nuisance of themselves since 2008. Get it the fuck together.

So very well put, cussing and all.

My JuCo had dorms. One roommate flunked out of the beauty school program & I’m 💯 sure she wore my clothes when I was gone for the weekend. One was French and never once spoke to me except to tell me to stop snoozing my alarm. Eventually I had a Spanish one & still love her to bits 35 yrs later.

Ummm…wtf usaid.gov is down

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and all the other Dems - what are you doing about THIS?

Guns, Bobby. Guns cause school shootings. Prozac doesn’t. Prozac keeps kids from shooting themselves.

So it’s only a right if it’s free? Gtfo

“We want you to recant entirely your 50 year career of fuckery”

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. One over a dry creek bed in Texas, one over…the Hudson I guess? It was in NYC.

What she said How he responded I’ll never understand how we chose a leader whose skin is so thin and whose sociopathic narcissism is on such full display.

If you went to college 1. Career goal when you started 2. Initial major 3. If you changed majors, what to? 4. What do you do now 1. Therapist 2. Psychology 3. N/A 4. Therapist (taking a sabbatical from practice)/FT psychology faculty at a JuCo I picked my career goal at 9 and never waivered.

Is it possible to get our feeds to go in chronological order? @bsky.app or anybody else…

Not that anybody gives a damn but The Bad Place did a fun thing in October where folks posted photos of headstones around a different theme each day. The only one I didn’t find a good one for was torch. I found torch-adjacent - lighthouses, candles - but not actual torch. LOOK WHAT I FOUND TODAY!

If you see this, post something orange.

Explain your username: I’m a licensed therapist and it’s my literal and actual job to keep people’s secrets.

We could’ve had this moving into the White House in 10 days.

I’m already so tired.

I care, too. I’ll never understand why so many don’t.

I just left Costco with $211 of snacks and dinners for the cold snap we’re fixing to get. They really are the best.

This could’ve been our VP in two weeks. But now. Because we live in the Upside Goddamn Down.

Post your favorite photo you took in 2024.