More to come soon. But I love it so much!

Tattoo time to honor a dearly missed friend.

I’d knit an entire skein of yarn in a fairly complicated multi-cable pattern and I just ripped it all out. My gauge was off. I’d made too many mistakes. And I think I’ll be half a skein short.

Are you free on Monday night? I’m one of the readers @missspoken.bsky.social and will talking about Toast at Cole’s’ bar. Show starts at 7pm and is free. Come join me, will you?

34 years ago, I sat at a table in a campus building at OSU and helped appliqué fabric letters onto a quilt square. The letters spelled out the name of someone who died from AIDS the year before. I had thought we made it through the period of fear and hatred. I was wrong.

Driving back to Chicago from Ohio. Roads were clear and quick until we got north of Indianapolis. Glad we left earlier than normal.

For [redacted] reasons I’m trying to get better at recognizing the types of cars I see. For a gal with 0 interest in cars, this is a challenge.

Hoan Hyunh came up to Andrew and I on Saturday while we stood in uptown with signs pressing ICE to ask if we were okay after being flipped off by a jerk driving by. Today ICE tried to bust out his car window with a gun.

@kaymreed.bsky.social I want to include your ALLY mnemonic on my work LGBTQIA+ ERG site with a link to you. Is this okay? Where should I link to? Thank you!

I need a Mac-compatible keyboard. But I don’t wanna spend Apple $. Any suggestions? Or, any Chicago places I should go look in person?

While in the front yard last night before it rained, I saw a few bats zipping through the air. Does anyone in Chicago have advice on putting a bat house in your yard?

Does anyone know a doctor that does medical malpractice? A friend has been run through the wringer and just found out how neglectful her treatment has been.

Watching @wnba All-Star stuff. It’s like American Ninja Warrior, basketball edition.

@chefisaactoups.bsky.social Are you interested in a lawn ticket to see Beck next Wednesday at Ravinia? Let me know I’ve got one I can’t use.

Hey Chicagoans! My teenage nieces are coming for a visit. Aside from the beach and thrifting and Chinatown, what should I do with them?

In case you didn’t know, @noraflanagan.bsky.social is a badass delight who inspires so many. Especially me.

Great to walk into my local bar to grab a drink and listen to Nora O’Connor play AND the @wnba.com is on the TV without me asking. Liberty vs Fever

Allie Quigley is so proud of her wife. #wnba #ChicagoSky #sloot

Hey @wnba and @wnbascores! Welcome to the neighborhood. Waiting for Chicago Sky to join us!

Unless someone debunks this, I’m not giving money to Miko’s Ice.

30-40 minutes after using my allergy eye drops, I get a horrid metallic taste. It’s awful and it ruins the taste of my tea. But I’m not bleary and itchy.

I keep thinking about last week’s Nick Cave concert. I had known he’d play “Cinnamon Horses”. But chuckled at my friends when he introduced the song. It’s so beautiful, even if it’s about masking grief. www.nickcave.com/lyric/cinnam...

You may not know this. But you use your core muscles when you sit on a bar stool. #owweeee

If you’re ever stuck in an elevator, just call 911. Then tell press the call button to tell the elevator company they need a technician. Because they won’t call 911 unless someone is dying.

The delightful firefighters of Truck 19 saved us from being in an elevator stuck between floors @saltshedchicago.bsky.social . Kind and helpful.

I bought yellow tea in Dublin. And it was amazing. Truly wonderful.

@weegee.bsky.social Thank you for introducing me to Hanif Abdurraqib several years ago. His words have been a balm the last few months.

I just hugged a bassist who played with Shane McGowan after I asked his band to play Nancy Whiskey. He played it. While crying. I thanked him for his music, explained the impact. He hugged. I bought us whisky. We cried. I’m going to bed. He has another gig. #thatlife

Rugby is a THANG!!!!! in Dublin, y’all. I don’t understand it, but I consider this practice for when Chicago gets a women’s team.

Is age dysmorphia a thing? Because I feel 32, until I stand and I’m not sure how I’m 53.

On my way to Dublin for a short work trip and finding it very ironic that I’ll see more rain in my way to the airport than I w will while I’m in Ireland.

Any company, any person, that is fully embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, is going to be so much better off than companies/people that shy away from it now. The current regime will leave power.

You’re never going to break a generational curse while you’re still coddling the cursed generation. #ouch

Reading @eveewing.bsky.social intro to Hanif Abdurraqib’s “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us”, and I feel understood in a way I’ve no right to. Except I’ve lived in Columbus, and listened to music, and drank orange drank.

Fascinating article about how memory works for infants. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Happy birthday @ourmaninchicago.bsky.social ! Thank you for making our city better, our world better. I hope today is the first day of a marvelous You Year.

[email protected] Email muskrat 5 things you did last week. Mess up their algo.

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.” — Henry Ford

In the haunted house of love, art is the only stair that doesn’t creak. — Tom Robbins

Put it in your calendar now do you don’t forget.

🎶 everybody clap your hands 🎶

No one is coming to save us. It’s up to us to save each other. Every day, make something better.

Got a new phone today and can’t activate TikTok because the app is no longer in the Apple Store. So I deleted the app.

Are you, or do you know, a woman or person of color who is finishing a PhD dissertation? The formatting of this is important, and $$$ if you use the suggested service. I’ll help, for free.

Julius never growls or hisses. Except when he’s dreaming. I wish I knew what he dreamt about.

Romeo is the weird cat who prefers to drink hot water from the bathroom tap.

Facial tissue with lotion inside of it is so gross. But regular old facial tissue makes my delicate nose so very sore and red.

@edenrobins.bsky.social what you got against the tree of heaven? Just finished your book and it was delightful and amazing and I’m awed by your brain. 💕

I’m really mad at December Cinnamon who pushed off too many things to January.

@lilybe.bsky.social performed @20x2chi.bsky.social on Sunday and experienced something appalling after leaving stage. She created this audio piece about it. Listen. And if you don’t understand her ire, please talk to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMMn...