Tara Nelson
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Tara Nelson
@caronatea.bsky.social
Single mom
Bibliophile
Podcast lover
Occasional Substacker
Experimental home cook
#MissMyCat
#ILoveStorygraph
#Woolfer
I was in 4th grade, and our class watched it in the school library. I was standing next to my teacher, and I grabbed her hand when the explosion happened. The principal activated the phone tree so parents could pick us up. The entire school was empty within the hour after the explosion.
April 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying this! I've enjoyed our exchanges and looking forward to many more!
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Myself, so thank you for reading my posts. Thank you for supporting #BlackHistoryMonth 😊
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Maybe I can add a little something extra or interesting. Or, I may just take a bit of a break, recharge my introverted heart and find my brave. Posting has been stressful, but I really am thankful for the people who have interacted with my posts. It was unexpected, I figured I'd just talk to /5
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Terrified and finding it so hard to step out of my comfort zone, but the way things are, I just feel like I need to push forward. March is Women's History Month. I think the Womanica Podcast is doing a tremendous job at sharing women's history. I'm not as brilliant as the Womanica Podcast, but /4
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Comfort zone this month with each #BlackHistoryMonth post. It was terrifying! But, I felt like now is not the time for me to be quiet. I know my limits and sometimes the thing I'm most skilled at is sharing a story. I shared some history instead, and had some bumps, but I did it. I'm still really /3
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I have always been an introvert parading around in the costume of an extrovert. I was the kid in school who was always asked to repeat herself cause no one could hear her. I surrounded myself with loud friends because I didn't think anyone wanted to hear what I had to say. I stepped way out of my /2
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Using paper, pen, and calculators. She was tasked with running the numbers the new IBM machine had calculated before John Glenn's orbital flight. He trusted her and wanted her confirmation. In 2015, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freesom./2 www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
Katherine Johnson Biography - NASA
Biography by Margot Lee Shetterly
www.nasa.gov
February 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM