As is my tradition, I reread P&P for my birthday. I highly recommend the delightful audio read by Rosamund Pike (it’s audible exclusive but you don’t have to buy). My spouse read it for the first time and though he’s seen 2005 dozens of times, he enjoyed how funny and thoughtful the book is. ♾️⭐️

Knitting is one of those things which don’t lose their wonder the better I get at it. It’s awe-inducing, realizing that despite the fact that the technique I am practicing is over 400 years old, people still keep finding new ways to express it.

In honor of Stardust’s adoption today I chose “How It Begins” which is one of Oliver’s poems from Dog Songs. I was thinking of the joy, the longing that’s fulfilled when an animal chooses you back and you know you belong to each other.

Spent the day with my brother adopting his first cat 🐈‍⬛ this is Stardust who is already making herself at home 💫 we are currently showing her eras for the first time 🩶

I really fell off of posting these here but I wanted to share the poem I chose for Monday, Of the Empire. It is one that I’ve returned to many times since 2016. I particularly appreciate the conclusion of this poem— not that our enemies don’t have hearts, but that their hearts are small and mean.

I’ve been having a hard time recently so I’ve decided to spend time with a different Mary Oliver poem each day of April to help center myself and reflect. I might not share here every day but it seems like a good exercise.

The concept of a mashup of Same Drugs and Peter You said you were gonna grow up then you were gonna come find me/ I was too late, I was too late, a shadow of what I once was

I thought y’all were exaggerating about how much time dadtok has on this season of SLOWM but they will not go awayyyyy

Was Influenced into rewatching Moulin Rouge tonight and unfortunately the Come What May reprise is still the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen

Happy 3 years of my perfect Betty 💜💜💜💜💜

My coworker went to Japan and brought me back a few Taylor CD’s from Tower Records including this version of Fearless that includes several debut songs and Beautiful Eyes and I Heart ? 💛💛💛

I never see other EDS people online talk about how it’s affected their hearing or vision but my ear and eye degeneration have been two of my most obvious and impactful symptoms. I’m 30 and need hearing aids and will never see 20/20 again.

The past two months I’ve gone to a local knit meet up and struggled to have a good time because it was so loud I couldn’t hear people talking to me. Tonight I went with my hearing aids and I could actually talk to people and it was so nice I could cry 😭❤️‍🩹

Okay actually I’m not done lol Retelling this relationship dynamic doesn’t work as grumpy x sunshine because Sally is both the optimist and the one who’s uptight while Harry is cynical and laid back. They are opposites attract but not grumpy x sunshine thank you for coming to my ted talk

“Everything you lose is a step you take” and “loves never lost when perspective is earned” are sisters to me

Listening to it’s time to go is all fun and games until you know in your soul it’s time to go ❤️‍🩹

Spiritually I am here

I’m getting my first pair of hearing aids on Thursday and since the tones I can’t hear are mostly speech, I’m looking forward to listening to newer Taylor music with CRISPY vocals

I had a horrible weekend so I bought myself this Story of Us inspired kindle case from one of my favorite small bis swifties today 💜💜 www.cloudmilkstudio.com/products/nex...

Everything you lose is a step you take ❤️‍🩹

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

Roughly 2 USAIDs

I’m so sad about the new Wuthering Heights 😭 I don’t think I can even hate watch it at this point

Just wanted to share this little highlight.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

i'm so fucking sick of being lied to i'm gonna go crazy

The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.

I don’t have anything new or profound to say just fuck ICE and fuck this administration. This is breathtakingly evil

The man federal officers shot and killed this morning has been identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to the Star Tribune

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

I genuinely hope everyone who voted for this monstrous regime feels guilty.

My 2026 year in books 📚✨🍷 Goals are to read 75 books, lots of long books, and books that have been on my list for a long time.

“Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends.” 😭❤️‍🩹😭❤️‍🩹

Ed is making themed foods for this year’s LOTR marathon :) starting the day off with lembas bread and nice crispy bacon and tomatoes

I saw that the show ended with happiness earlier today before I got to watch the doc but I was still not prepared oh my god 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Christmas ornament from Ed this year 🥰🥰🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

We got really good news about this little angel’s heart disease last week and I’m still kind of in shock. She is currently stable and we could have many more years with our sweet Betty. I am just going to try to enjoy every moment

The worst thing about Murder, She Wrote is that through 12 whole seasons there is only one single solitary Christmas episode!! This time of year, I love watching Christmas episodes of my favorites shows and cozy murder ones would’ve been so perfect

I can’t believe Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron make me fall in love with Billy Crystal every single time I watch When Harry Met Sally. Just a remarkable movie in every way

I feel like I’m seeing a new horror every time I open my phone. Please enjoy my sweet dog playing in the snow this weekend, my proof of everyday goodness

Wasn’t able to attend the birth-tay party tonight because of the snow 🥲 but it’s okay because it a tay-celebration around here every day 🩷

I will forever and ever be in my eras era

Data analysis of social media posts painting Taylor Swift as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts.

Today my swiftie brother and I went to a wonderful Taylor Swift inspired art show put on by one of my dear friends. I feel so lucky to have a family member who’s been a swiftie with me since day 1 💛

With Swift as the example, Trump has directly engaged in this behavior by claiming that she supports him, then posting deepfakes of her and her fans supporting him. It was a popular meme format to make AI deepfakes of Swift announcing her Trump support, which she cited in her Kamala endorsement

Looney got groomed today and they gave her a Christmas bandana 🥰❤️💚🎄

My friend has a Taylor inspired art show starting this week in Pittsburgh! But even if you aren’t local, you will probably enjoy this article she wrote about why Swift inspired this show 💕 petrichorpittsburgh.com/2025/12/02/m...

I’ve been going back and forth with them all day and they say they don’t have the stock but also won’t tell me what the “shipping issue” actually is so I’m just sol

My friend has a Taylor inspired art show starting this week in Pittsburgh! But even if you aren’t local, you will probably enjoy this article she wrote about why Swift inspired this show 💕 petrichorpittsburgh.com/2025/12/02/m...