Sweet Basil
@sweetbasil.bsky.social
She/they/he, queer, nerd, and mom to humans, cats, and plants.
US Zone 6b
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - ANAIS NIN
US Zone 6b
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - ANAIS NIN
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Sweet Basil
@sweetbasil.bsky.social
· Dec 9
I'm your friendly, neighborhood genderqueer.
I post about plants, parenting, mental health, gender, polyamory, nerd shit, and occasionally cute selfies that I will most likely delete later.
Neurodivergent Crohn's Baddy trying to find balance and wellness.
I post about plants, parenting, mental health, gender, polyamory, nerd shit, and occasionally cute selfies that I will most likely delete later.
Neurodivergent Crohn's Baddy trying to find balance and wellness.
It's the first of two nights I'm going to be gone at a conference and poor @strictlyworse.bsky.social is already consoling both kids through tears of missing me.
What a saint.
What a saint.
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It's the first of two nights I'm going to be gone at a conference and poor @strictlyworse.bsky.social is already consoling both kids through tears of missing me.
What a saint.
What a saint.
Played in the snow with my kids for hours today. My oldest heard stories from my mom about me digging tunnels in the snow as a kid and had to try it out.
Living and loving joyfully because hope is defiant when those in power use fear as a cudgel.
Living and loving joyfully because hope is defiant when those in power use fear as a cudgel.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Played in the snow with my kids for hours today. My oldest heard stories from my mom about me digging tunnels in the snow as a kid and had to try it out.
Living and loving joyfully because hope is defiant when those in power use fear as a cudgel.
Living and loving joyfully because hope is defiant when those in power use fear as a cudgel.
My 7 y/o: you are lucky to be friends with a game designer like me
@kidcryptid.bsky.social: I sure am
😂😂😂
@kidcryptid.bsky.social: I sure am
😂😂😂
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM
My 7 y/o: you are lucky to be friends with a game designer like me
@kidcryptid.bsky.social: I sure am
😂😂😂
@kidcryptid.bsky.social: I sure am
😂😂😂
I read something recently about how time isn't our most precious resource, it's our emotional energy.
Unfortunately that seems to be the thing I'm least capable of allocating intentionally.
Unfortunately that seems to be the thing I'm least capable of allocating intentionally.
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I read something recently about how time isn't our most precious resource, it's our emotional energy.
Unfortunately that seems to be the thing I'm least capable of allocating intentionally.
Unfortunately that seems to be the thing I'm least capable of allocating intentionally.
Being with my siblings is like revisiting my past in a nostalgic way
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Being with my siblings is like revisiting my past in a nostalgic way
1996, 2006, 2016, 2026
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
1996, 2006, 2016, 2026
My Google new feed delivering the irony this morning
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My Google new feed delivering the irony this morning
Reminding myself to take breaks from endlessly reading the news.
Being informed and prepared is important; burning myself out is not.
This is an emotional marathon, not a sprint.
Being informed and prepared is important; burning myself out is not.
This is an emotional marathon, not a sprint.
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Reminding myself to take breaks from endlessly reading the news.
Being informed and prepared is important; burning myself out is not.
This is an emotional marathon, not a sprint.
Being informed and prepared is important; burning myself out is not.
This is an emotional marathon, not a sprint.
The state of my country is so deeply upsetting that the only thing that gets me to turn off my rage is engaging with my kids.
I'm really living for them at this point, and grateful for it.
I'm really living for them at this point, and grateful for it.
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 AM
The state of my country is so deeply upsetting that the only thing that gets me to turn off my rage is engaging with my kids.
I'm really living for them at this point, and grateful for it.
I'm really living for them at this point, and grateful for it.
Had a craft night with friends and painted this handsome fellow, The Lord of Blights.
I hope I pleased Papa Nurgle 💚
I hope I pleased Papa Nurgle 💚
January 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Had a craft night with friends and painted this handsome fellow, The Lord of Blights.
I hope I pleased Papa Nurgle 💚
I hope I pleased Papa Nurgle 💚
It felt good to stand with my community at a candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good tonight. United as friends and neighbors ❤️
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
It felt good to stand with my community at a candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good tonight. United as friends and neighbors ❤️
Sixteen years ago @strictlyworse.bsky.social and I shared our first kiss on a first-date-that-wasn't-a-date-but-really-was-a-date
That kiss changed my life and shaped every moment after it for the better.
That kiss changed my life and shaped every moment after it for the better.
January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Sixteen years ago @strictlyworse.bsky.social and I shared our first kiss on a first-date-that-wasn't-a-date-but-really-was-a-date
That kiss changed my life and shaped every moment after it for the better.
That kiss changed my life and shaped every moment after it for the better.
I already can't wait for January to be over lol
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I already can't wait for January to be over lol
Polyamory increased the number of deeply intimate relationships in my life.
This has the consequence of me being challenged to learn new things about myself more frequently.
In a demisexual dynamic, emotional vulnerability is foreplay.
This has the consequence of me being challenged to learn new things about myself more frequently.
In a demisexual dynamic, emotional vulnerability is foreplay.
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Polyamory increased the number of deeply intimate relationships in my life.
This has the consequence of me being challenged to learn new things about myself more frequently.
In a demisexual dynamic, emotional vulnerability is foreplay.
This has the consequence of me being challenged to learn new things about myself more frequently.
In a demisexual dynamic, emotional vulnerability is foreplay.
@strictlyworse.bsky.social always jokes I gift him kitchen tools so he'll cook for me. Only fair that when he gifts me paints I paint his minis.
Making progress on these trench crusaders!
Making progress on these trench crusaders!
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
@strictlyworse.bsky.social always jokes I gift him kitchen tools so he'll cook for me. Only fair that when he gifts me paints I paint his minis.
Making progress on these trench crusaders!
Making progress on these trench crusaders!
Dinner and dessert 🥭
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dinner and dessert 🥭
Put my birthday paints to use today for Papa Nurgle.
"Entropy is all-consuming, fed by all struggles against it. Thus, even to hope is to despair. So despair, and in your desperation, find purpose."
"Entropy is all-consuming, fed by all struggles against it. Thus, even to hope is to despair. So despair, and in your desperation, find purpose."
December 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Put my birthday paints to use today for Papa Nurgle.
"Entropy is all-consuming, fed by all struggles against it. Thus, even to hope is to despair. So despair, and in your desperation, find purpose."
"Entropy is all-consuming, fed by all struggles against it. Thus, even to hope is to despair. So despair, and in your desperation, find purpose."
Reposted by Sweet Basil
Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife @sweetbasil.bsky.social, who honestly had a tough year, but handled it all with grace. Always a wonderful spouse, and deserving of everything good that comes their way. Happy birthday love 😘
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife @sweetbasil.bsky.social, who honestly had a tough year, but handled it all with grace. Always a wonderful spouse, and deserving of everything good that comes their way. Happy birthday love 😘
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Happy Birthday to @sweetbasil.bsky.social. They are a calming and beautiful presence in my life and I was so happy to spend the last year together, from birthday to birthday. It's had a lot of ups and downs for them but I was so grateful to be in their life with them for it.
December 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy Birthday to @sweetbasil.bsky.social. They are a calming and beautiful presence in my life and I was so happy to spend the last year together, from birthday to birthday. It's had a lot of ups and downs for them but I was so grateful to be in their life with them for it.
Happy birthday to me 😍
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy birthday to me 😍
Wayne couldn't wait for Christmas morning
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Wayne couldn't wait for Christmas morning
The less pg version of my outfit
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The less pg version of my outfit
Dressed up for a night with the spouse's side of the polycule. Like meeting extended family for the first time.
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Dressed up for a night with the spouse's side of the polycule. Like meeting extended family for the first time.
THE LATE 1900s 💀💀
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
THE LATE 1900s 💀💀
I'm weak to the target birds.
Just look at these stylish birbs.
Just look at these stylish birbs.
December 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm weak to the target birds.
Just look at these stylish birbs.
Just look at these stylish birbs.