Felix felis catus.

will say it forever: equal pay was a tremendously favorable deal for the men

NEWSFLASH: Russia launches another massive attack on Kyiv - but due to severe air defense shortages Kyiv was unable to intercept any of the missiles. Over 600 residents in the Kyiv region are being evacuated due to continuing detonations following the attack.

My parents kept it because they might need it again some day. Sure enough. Happy birthday, America. #250

Where soccer meets trail running. @ex2adventures.bsky.social.

I talk about how making stained glass has helped me overcome the perfectionism that was trained into me from an early age. I tell the story of my mother telling me to rip out the seams in my very first sewing project, at age 8, and resew until they were straight. Well, the training still lingers...

Perspectives: Adults: that yard is an overgrown mess Kids: that house behind the trees is scary Fireflies: what a rocking singles scene in this yard! 🎶Do a little dance🎶make a little love🎶get down tonight🎶

Ida Frosk, aka Ida Skivenes, a food artist from Norway, who makes and eats her own art #WomensArt #Tuesday

All of the important men 250 years ago looked and dressed exactly alike, according to the "Founders Museum" at freedom250.org/history, except that a few had the courage to wear a white or red waistcoat (Rutledge's was embroidered!), and Thomas Stone wore brown breeches. Also, 4 were women.

It's also an exercise in vanishing point and ... Hm. Maybe.

I challenged myself to be brave and use lots of color... #stainedglass #artglass #womensart

I would laugh about the algae bloom in the Reflecting Pool but for one thing: the lives of some federal employees at NPS are absolutely miserable right now and they're under extreme pressure. And they probably had predicted this outcome. I see you, my friends.

The thing I love best about this account is that it's a perfect reminder that behind the agencies and services paid for by our tax dollars are *real people.* Our friends and neighbors and their people, too. Looking out for us and doing the jobs that keep our cities & towns liveable. 💚

I've got some "spirit of the federal workforce" for you, sis.

Baller

Listening on repeat to The New Pornographers' The Former Site Of music.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7p...

This morning I rode all the way, door to door, 21+ miles to work, for the first time. (I usually only ride the last 12+ miles.) Even more notable, I didn't go around telling everyone all day that I biked 21+ miles this morning. I only told the first person I saw. Such self-control. ⭐ for me from me

I've performed on this stage. I've danced in the Reach (ballet) and in the grand foyer (foxtrot). I've been to countless performances in this building. And I'm doing my best to believe that this won't be the last one. #kennedycenter #nso #nationalsymphonyorchestra #savetheNSO

Oh my goodness, I just found that I packed myself a treat in my lunch bag! I packed a piece of pie for myself! 😍And boy do I deserve a treat. 🥧

When you're stuck behind traffic in the protected bike lane. 🎶Ride fast ride strong ride free🎶 #arkells music.youtube.com/watch?v=lFh8...

Two robins are sunning themselves outside my front door after a refreshing dip in the birdbath.

My stained glass chickadee bowl was inspired by a Tiffany metal bowl in the Morse Museum in Winter Park, Florida. #stainedglass #tiffany #womensart

My chickadee bowl is finally a bowl. Just some touchup now. #stainedglass #artglass

New stained glass design underway, based on an Andre Derain 1905 painting of the town of Collioure on display in the Scottish National Galleries. One minor problem: one of the pieces of glass will be nigh on impossible to cut.

Whennnnn will we see Nasim Nunez gear in the team store, @nationals.com??? It is long overdue and well earned.

Did someone say #worldbeeday? #stainedglass #artglass #womensart #askabeekeeper

I just saw future me at the ballpark and I have news: future me eats funnel cake.

Colonial Williamsburg's Flame of Revolution presentation on May 15, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the Fifth Virginia Convention's resolution for independence.

Happy Independence Day! www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/sou...

Three goldfinches this morning - one right outside my kitchen window!

When the flight attendant unexpectedly hands you a glass of scotch, and you figure you just look like you need it and gratefully accept... And then 10 min later the passenger behind you asks her about that scotch he ordered. 🤷

Coworker: "I like to work on projects that are in the news. Like when I worked on [x] and [y]. I was important. Maybe that's a specifically male viewpoint." Or maybe it's specifically the viewpoint of a pompous prick.

Work is complete chaos, so of course I'm noticing that my keyboard is absolutely filthy.

In dandelion season, when the Lilliputian lions spread magic at our feet, weave the magical golden flowers into your wedding bouquet for good luck, drink dandelion tea for psychic dreams and blow the seeds into the wind to make your wish come true. 🎨P. Cavallini (1259-1330)

Our exhibition Dear Library closes on 25 April. If you haven't yet visited, this is your final chance to experience hundreds of love letters written by visitors to Scotland's libraries – and to leave your own. 💌

@davejageler.bsky.social it's only April! Save some late-inning Jason Simontacchi trivia for later in the season!

I'm working with a really skilled monumentmaker in designing my parents' headstone, and it's such a pleasure. Human artistry and craftsmanship were so important to my parents in their lives that it would seem weird to do anything else for them at this stage.

In Their Forties

April ~ Mary Oliver

Right Stuff kid here. Kid who watched the Challenger explosion live in school. Kid of a NASA engineer. Sobbing. Unexpectedly.

Two cats snuggling

The senior cat headbutted me this morning because I was snoring

When Cassius Dio listed a coin among the grievances against Julius Caesar, he specifically indicted the men around him who let it happen. “It was the senators themselves who had by their novel and excessive honours encouraged him and puffed him up,” he wrote. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Migraine day, muscling my way through errands so I can get back to the sofa, and what changes the whole thing for me? Guinness tasting table at the beer store. It's true what they say: Guinness is good for you.

Letter from @washingtonspirit.com head coach Adrian Gonzalez and let's freakin gooooo, fam! #nwsl #rowdyaudi

I missed the bus again this morning (darn you, time change!) but at least, as I waited 25 min for the next one, I was able to pick out two little goldfinches in the leafless branches.

dropping stormwater management life advice for anyone interested.

Wow, we made it to game week