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You’re adding to my QuiltCon shopping list! I haven’t seen that Ruby Star line before.
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You’re adding to my QuiltCon shopping list! I haven’t seen that Ruby Star line before.
Options for work & social opportunities are rooted in those two things, not on checking boxes. 2/2
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Options for work & social opportunities are rooted in those two things, not on checking boxes. 2/2
I think that mentality is a result of the testing culture and the idea that success in college admissions and life is dependent upon checking all the right boxes. Expertise & soft skills don’t enter the picture at all 1/2
February 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I think that mentality is a result of the testing culture and the idea that success in college admissions and life is dependent upon checking all the right boxes. Expertise & soft skills don’t enter the picture at all 1/2
You’re right, it’s not glib. Moral relativism is now glaringly intentional, planned, and celebrated. The “fashionable nightmare” is now lived reality, having taken root in the US evangelical church.
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
You’re right, it’s not glib. Moral relativism is now glaringly intentional, planned, and celebrated. The “fashionable nightmare” is now lived reality, having taken root in the US evangelical church.
If they won’t read they shouldn’t be in any AP classes at all. They shouldn’t even want to be in AP classes if they don’t want to read. When and why did high schoolers taking “college level”
classes become normalized? The system is broken.
classes become normalized? The system is broken.
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If they won’t read they shouldn’t be in any AP classes at all. They shouldn’t even want to be in AP classes if they don’t want to read. When and why did high schoolers taking “college level”
classes become normalized? The system is broken.
classes become normalized? The system is broken.
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Please reject people who insist that everyone is crooked, or that everything is hopeless. Most people are decent and nothing is hopeless. Someone wants you disengaged or apathetic, or angry at whatever. The thing to do is engage, care, and move with kind purpose. That’s the point
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Please reject people who insist that everyone is crooked, or that everything is hopeless. Most people are decent and nothing is hopeless. Someone wants you disengaged or apathetic, or angry at whatever. The thing to do is engage, care, and move with kind purpose. That’s the point
Thanks for the review, I just requested it from the library.
January 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Thanks for the review, I just requested it from the library.
Thanks - that looks like a fun line of fabric. It may soon make its way to my home!
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Thanks - that looks like a fun line of fabric. It may soon make its way to my home!
Great fabric choices! Do you remember what fabric line the treehouse print is by any chance?
January 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Great fabric choices! Do you remember what fabric line the treehouse print is by any chance?
She’s gorgeous!
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
She’s gorgeous!
I think that’s Big Eyes.
December 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I think that’s Big Eyes.
Stock price has barely moved, but the company has $13 billion more debt than it had pre-Elon & it has suffered from brain drain - people no longer want to work there.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Stock price has barely moved, but the company has $13 billion more debt than it had pre-Elon & it has suffered from brain drain - people no longer want to work there.
I think this is one reason for the “epidemic of loneliness,” no one has time to get to know other people.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think this is one reason for the “epidemic of loneliness,” no one has time to get to know other people.
We cook ours down to melt the sugar into the juices. Leftovers either way make a great ice cream topping.
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We cook ours down to melt the sugar into the juices. Leftovers either way make a great ice cream topping.
How is Blackie these days? I haven’t seen him in a while.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How is Blackie these days? I haven’t seen him in a while.
My dad’s hometown!
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My dad’s hometown!
The best life!
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The best life!
That’s not a train problem. That’s a people problem.
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
That’s not a train problem. That’s a people problem.
I’m looking forward to reading it. I’d say two generations, though. Both ours and our kids’ generations were betrayed. It’s impossible to say “what might have been” had such toxic teaching not been part of our family story.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m looking forward to reading it. I’d say two generations, though. Both ours and our kids’ generations were betrayed. It’s impossible to say “what might have been” had such toxic teaching not been part of our family story.