Babs
@babfab.bsky.social
NOLA, Opera-Dyke, Foodfanatic, Wiccan, currently obsessed with Der Rosenkavalier.
Reposted by Babs
What horseshit. We all warned her. She knew.
Jenna Ellis tearfully addresses Judge McAfee, reading from a prepared apology to the citizens of Georgia: "If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges. I look back on this experience with deep remorse." tinyurl.com/454bppf7
October 24, 2023 at 7:01 PM
What horseshit. We all warned her. She knew.
Love Bsky for introducing me to tons of queer terminology. Today fell down an interweb hole re: #swordlesbian. Who knew it was a thing? And I actually own a sword. Where do I send my dues?
October 21, 2023 at 6:55 AM
Love Bsky for introducing me to tons of queer terminology. Today fell down an interweb hole re: #swordlesbian. Who knew it was a thing? And I actually own a sword. Where do I send my dues?
“Start spreading the news…” On my way to NYC for Nabucco @MetOpera then on to Vienna for more opera. Life is good.
October 11, 2023 at 10:09 AM
“Start spreading the news…” On my way to NYC for Nabucco @MetOpera then on to Vienna for more opera. Life is good.
Nabucco @MetOpera tomorrow. Viva Verdi!
October 10, 2023 at 8:20 PM
Nabucco @MetOpera tomorrow. Viva Verdi!
I’ll be in Vienna by Thursday! Haven’t been since I was 11. Excited.
October 7, 2023 at 3:48 PM
I’ll be in Vienna by Thursday! Haven’t been since I was 11. Excited.
Oct. Opera binge: NOLA: Le Nozze, starting next week- NYC: Nabucco, Vienna: Trittico and Die Frau Ohne Shatten, Rome: Giulio Cesare. Life is good.
October 5, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Oct. Opera binge: NOLA: Le Nozze, starting next week- NYC: Nabucco, Vienna: Trittico and Die Frau Ohne Shatten, Rome: Giulio Cesare. Life is good.
Friday: Mozart’s Figaro, Saturday: water ballet production of “Carrie”. I love New Orleans. #NOLA #NEWORLEANSOPERA
September 30, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Friday: Mozart’s Figaro, Saturday: water ballet production of “Carrie”. I love New Orleans. #NOLA #NEWORLEANSOPERA
I’m a frosting poster not a cake poster.
September 21, 2023 at 11:14 PM
I’m a frosting poster not a cake poster.
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.
September 19, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Everything was beautiful at the ballet.
Reposted by Babs
I wrote: "Every time a stranger finds out that I’m a historian...they start telling me about their favorite history. It can be a red flag, like the Battle of Thermopylae or [a white southerner on] the Civil War, but in the vast majority of cases, it’s just someone who likes to think about the past."
Opinion: Men and the Roman Empire is more than a meme | CNN
A viral trend about the Roman Empire puts on display our cultural obsession with myths about classical history, writes historian David M. Perry; at the same time, it underscores a social disconnect be...
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I wrote: "Every time a stranger finds out that I’m a historian...they start telling me about their favorite history. It can be a red flag, like the Battle of Thermopylae or [a white southerner on] the Civil War, but in the vast majority of cases, it’s just someone who likes to think about the past."
Reposted by Babs
Deep-fried, puffy rice fritters known as calas were sold in French Louisiana by enslaved people, who'd use the money to buy their freedom.
wgno.com/news-with-a-...
wgno.com/news-with-a-...
September 13, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Deep-fried, puffy rice fritters known as calas were sold in French Louisiana by enslaved people, who'd use the money to buy their freedom.
wgno.com/news-with-a-...
wgno.com/news-with-a-...
Reposted by Babs
wait why are we saying deleted and not deskeeted?
September 13, 2023 at 4:53 AM
wait why are we saying deleted and not deskeeted?
I really enjoy my baking scale.
September 13, 2023 at 12:37 AM
I really enjoy my baking scale.
I’ve scheduled my next booster for Monday. It wine shot 6 which is sad because I really liked saying, “Covid #5”.
September 13, 2023 at 12:08 AM
I’ve scheduled my next booster for Monday. It wine shot 6 which is sad because I really liked saying, “Covid #5”.
Wow! I have 9 followers. And my new dining room table seats 10. You all should come to dinner. I’m a great cook.
September 12, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Wow! I have 9 followers. And my new dining room table seats 10. You all should come to dinner. I’m a great cook.
Just discovered old BBC radio plays of Dorothy L Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey novels on Spotify. I’ve wanted to hear them for ages.
September 12, 2023 at 4:00 AM
Just discovered old BBC radio plays of Dorothy L Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey novels on Spotify. I’ve wanted to hear them for ages.
Sunday @FrenchTruck MidCity
September 10, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Sunday @FrenchTruck MidCity
Who was his love, Galatea?
September 6, 2023 at 4:10 AM
Who was his love, Galatea?
My chorkie is doing really well in the anal gland department since I started mixing a tsp of cooked bulgar wheat into her wet food.
September 2, 2023 at 9:40 PM
My chorkie is doing really well in the anal gland department since I started mixing a tsp of cooked bulgar wheat into her wet food.
Very late start, today. Fire alarms in my building on and off till 4am due to malfunction. Slept with ear plugs. My chorkie was very unhappy.
September 2, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Very late start, today. Fire alarms in my building on and off till 4am due to malfunction. Slept with ear plugs. My chorkie was very unhappy.
Why are Bskys posting stuff about Xitter? If I wanted to know what was going on there I wouldn’t have left.
August 31, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Why are Bskys posting stuff about Xitter? If I wanted to know what was going on there I wouldn’t have left.
Reposted by Babs
When Albert J. Raboteau passed a couple years ago he left behind a legacy including the seminal SLAVE RELIGION tracing the development of relgious beliefs of the enslaved which is a recommended read for Black August today.
Slave Religion: The Invisible Institution in the Antebellum South (Updated) a book by Albert J. Rabo...
Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J....
bookshop.org
August 30, 2023 at 3:51 PM
When Albert J. Raboteau passed a couple years ago he left behind a legacy including the seminal SLAVE RELIGION tracing the development of relgious beliefs of the enslaved which is a recommended read for Black August today.
My method for dealing with stuff I don’t fully understand is to 1) File new info in my brain so as to expand my thinking; 2) Do Research; 3) Ask questions; 4) STFU; 5) Apologize when I make mistakes.
August 28, 2023 at 4:55 PM
My method for dealing with stuff I don’t fully understand is to 1) File new info in my brain so as to expand my thinking; 2) Do Research; 3) Ask questions; 4) STFU; 5) Apologize when I make mistakes.