Sally (the Eppic one)
@eppicsally.bsky.social
She/Her, progressive, New Mexican, former librarian, watercolor painter, photographer, loves geeky stuff. Lily is my dog. Married w/ 2 kids in college - a son at UNM in Albuquerque & a 🏳️⚧️ daughter at UAS in Juneau. TERFs & bigots can fuck right off.
Sometimes all you can do is observe the action from a safe place.
I took this photo of a mama gorilla & her baby at our zoo. She climbed up to the top of a tree branch structure so she could watch the construction on the other side of the wall.
I took this photo of a mama gorilla & her baby at our zoo. She climbed up to the top of a tree branch structure so she could watch the construction on the other side of the wall.
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Sometimes all you can do is observe the action from a safe place.
I took this photo of a mama gorilla & her baby at our zoo. She climbed up to the top of a tree branch structure so she could watch the construction on the other side of the wall.
I took this photo of a mama gorilla & her baby at our zoo. She climbed up to the top of a tree branch structure so she could watch the construction on the other side of the wall.
I’m back. Did you miss me? I took a break for 5 months because I wanted to focus on building my new life as an empty nester. It’s been going really well! The kids are both doing great, and I’ve been very happy in my personal life. (The world is a terrifying disaster of a dumpster fire, of course.)
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I’m back. Did you miss me? I took a break for 5 months because I wanted to focus on building my new life as an empty nester. It’s been going really well! The kids are both doing great, and I’ve been very happy in my personal life. (The world is a terrifying disaster of a dumpster fire, of course.)
Empty Nest Update: I’m going really well!! I thought I’d be a blubbering mess, but it feels like a huge weight has lifted. We did it!! We got both kids onto their own paths!
(Oldest & husband left for Juneau Tues. Youngest is in his dorm here in town. I’m on my own with Lily the dog until Sat.)
(Oldest & husband left for Juneau Tues. Youngest is in his dorm here in town. I’m on my own with Lily the dog until Sat.)
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Empty Nest Update: I’m going really well!! I thought I’d be a blubbering mess, but it feels like a huge weight has lifted. We did it!! We got both kids onto their own paths!
(Oldest & husband left for Juneau Tues. Youngest is in his dorm here in town. I’m on my own with Lily the dog until Sat.)
(Oldest & husband left for Juneau Tues. Youngest is in his dorm here in town. I’m on my own with Lily the dog until Sat.)
Oldest leaves for Juneau tomorrow!! Tonight’s out last family dinner all together until December! 🥲
August 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oldest leaves for Juneau tomorrow!! Tonight’s out last family dinner all together until December! 🥲
Me: Is that Orlando Bloom?
Him: No
Me: Colin Farrell?
Him: No
Me: Just someone who looks like their miracle love child?
Him: Pretty much.
(It’s this guy. Julian Kostov in the movie Fight or Flight.)
Him: No
Me: Colin Farrell?
Him: No
Me: Just someone who looks like their miracle love child?
Him: Pretty much.
(It’s this guy. Julian Kostov in the movie Fight or Flight.)
August 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Me: Is that Orlando Bloom?
Him: No
Me: Colin Farrell?
Him: No
Me: Just someone who looks like their miracle love child?
Him: Pretty much.
(It’s this guy. Julian Kostov in the movie Fight or Flight.)
Him: No
Me: Colin Farrell?
Him: No
Me: Just someone who looks like their miracle love child?
Him: Pretty much.
(It’s this guy. Julian Kostov in the movie Fight or Flight.)
I will start posting botanic photographs & watercolor paintings again soon. I will! I’m really itching to start painting again, and I haven’t taken my camera out in soooo long!
(This summer has been all about my kids - spending lots of time with them & getting them sent off go college.)
(This summer has been all about my kids - spending lots of time with them & getting them sent off go college.)
August 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I will start posting botanic photographs & watercolor paintings again soon. I will! I’m really itching to start painting again, and I haven’t taken my camera out in soooo long!
(This summer has been all about my kids - spending lots of time with them & getting them sent off go college.)
(This summer has been all about my kids - spending lots of time with them & getting them sent off go college.)
Ok. Chapter 4* of the Eppic Kids Head To College book begins today. Time to get oldest packed & ready to move to Juneau. She flies out on Tuesday.
*Chapter 1: Oldest chooses a path that includes college
Chapter 2: Youngest chooses a college
Chapter 3: Youngest moves into the dorms (yesterday)
*Chapter 1: Oldest chooses a path that includes college
Chapter 2: Youngest chooses a college
Chapter 3: Youngest moves into the dorms (yesterday)
August 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ok. Chapter 4* of the Eppic Kids Head To College book begins today. Time to get oldest packed & ready to move to Juneau. She flies out on Tuesday.
*Chapter 1: Oldest chooses a path that includes college
Chapter 2: Youngest chooses a college
Chapter 3: Youngest moves into the dorms (yesterday)
*Chapter 1: Oldest chooses a path that includes college
Chapter 2: Youngest chooses a college
Chapter 3: Youngest moves into the dorms (yesterday)
What gif pops up for your name?
August 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What gif pops up for your name?
Dorm move-in went really well for my freshman! UNM is such a warm & friendly place. Go Lobos!
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Dorm move-in went really well for my freshman! UNM is such a warm & friendly place. Go Lobos!
My kid isn’t taking an umbrella or a raincoat with him to his new dorm room. He plans to buy one if he needs one. Yes, we live in the desert, so he’s not likely to need one often, but it’s monsoon season! I cannot wrap my head around this “que sera, sera” approach to life, but I respect it!
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My kid isn’t taking an umbrella or a raincoat with him to his new dorm room. He plans to buy one if he needs one. Yes, we live in the desert, so he’s not likely to need one often, but it’s monsoon season! I cannot wrap my head around this “que sera, sera” approach to life, but I respect it!
Note to self: STOP BUYING STUFF
August 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Note to self: STOP BUYING STUFF
I always feel better about the world when one of my Lily-related comments gets lots of love. The world can’t be a complete disaster if lots of online strangers think my dog is cute.
I have a dachshund & cattle dog mix and she’s the best dog ever - mild mannered, patient, smart, and ready to sleep for hours after a 5 minute circular zoomie sprint. She’s my loyal loaf & I love her.
August 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I always feel better about the world when one of my Lily-related comments gets lots of love. The world can’t be a complete disaster if lots of online strangers think my dog is cute.
Show me your quick getaway vehicle
August 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Show me your quick getaway vehicle
I want to befriend the neighborhood ravens this fall. I’m going to set out some shiny objects & peanuts in the backyard for them. Maybe I can give them things when I see them while I’m walking Lily. I’m determined to do this. They already follow me home sometimes, so I think this is possible.
August 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I want to befriend the neighborhood ravens this fall. I’m going to set out some shiny objects & peanuts in the backyard for them. Maybe I can give them things when I see them while I’m walking Lily. I’m determined to do this. They already follow me home sometimes, so I think this is possible.
Youngest is sick. Luckily, he doesn’t move into the dorms until Thursday of next week, so we can sit around watching stuff while he recovers. We watched S1 of Spaced yesterday & are watching Ghost Dog this morning. I’m sorry he’s feeling yucky, but I’m SO happy to have this extra time with him!
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Youngest is sick. Luckily, he doesn’t move into the dorms until Thursday of next week, so we can sit around watching stuff while he recovers. We watched S1 of Spaced yesterday & are watching Ghost Dog this morning. I’m sorry he’s feeling yucky, but I’m SO happy to have this extra time with him!
My kid got a new tattoo of an elephant blowing out a fire & every time I see it the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” pops into my head. (The elephant is from an album cover - The Glow pt. 2 by the Microphones)
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My kid got a new tattoo of an elephant blowing out a fire & every time I see it the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” pops into my head. (The elephant is from an album cover - The Glow pt. 2 by the Microphones)
Send good vibes! Due to an error, oldest must choose a new college dorm room at 7 PM MST tonight. There are only a few rooms available & she will only be able to see potential suite mates’ names (no details, all strangers.) I hope she ends up with people who don’t mind a trans suite-mate!
August 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Send good vibes! Due to an error, oldest must choose a new college dorm room at 7 PM MST tonight. There are only a few rooms available & she will only be able to see potential suite mates’ names (no details, all strangers.) I hope she ends up with people who don’t mind a trans suite-mate!
Sometimes HAIM sounds like Sheryl Crow to me. (This is a complementary comparison.)
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sometimes HAIM sounds like Sheryl Crow to me. (This is a complementary comparison.)
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“What do you mean tomorrow is August.” Red-tailed Hawk 🪶☀️🌵
July 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“What do you mean tomorrow is August.” Red-tailed Hawk 🪶☀️🌵
My kid just made the best gnocchi. It was combined with sautéed chicken, asparagus, arugula, miso, bone broth, butter & sherry. SO GOOD.
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My kid just made the best gnocchi. It was combined with sautéed chicken, asparagus, arugula, miso, bone broth, butter & sherry. SO GOOD.
Reposted by Sally (the Eppic one)
Be that person who befriends the stranger, the outcast, the eccentric. They are the most interesting people
Trans people are no different. Protect all trans kids unconditionally
Trans people are no different. Protect all trans kids unconditionally
There is nothing nuanced about excluding a child from any aspect of childhood.
It isn't complicated to extend human rights to all humans.
There is no justification for tossing trans children under a bus, and it will always be a losing proposition.
Protect trans kids, unconditionally. Full stop.
It isn't complicated to extend human rights to all humans.
There is no justification for tossing trans children under a bus, and it will always be a losing proposition.
Protect trans kids, unconditionally. Full stop.
Trans kids' rights aren't "complicated." They're not "nuanced."
Protect trans kids, unconditionally. Full stop.
Protect trans kids, unconditionally. Full stop.
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Be that person who befriends the stranger, the outcast, the eccentric. They are the most interesting people
Trans people are no different. Protect all trans kids unconditionally
Trans people are no different. Protect all trans kids unconditionally
I think I’m running out of things to buy the kids before sending them both off to college. Can you think of anything I might have missed? (Making sure they’re outfitted with everything they need is helping me to deal with losing them both at the same time.)
July 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I think I’m running out of things to buy the kids before sending them both off to college. Can you think of anything I might have missed? (Making sure they’re outfitted with everything they need is helping me to deal with losing them both at the same time.)
A sweet moment: The 5yo my daughter babysits started crying during the goodbye party bc he will miss her. Then his mom started crying. Then me. Then everyone. So we all cried & hugged for a while. We’re all SO happy she is starting the next chapter of her life but we will miss her. She is so loved.
July 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A sweet moment: The 5yo my daughter babysits started crying during the goodbye party bc he will miss her. Then his mom started crying. Then me. Then everyone. So we all cried & hugged for a while. We’re all SO happy she is starting the next chapter of her life but we will miss her. She is so loved.
Our goodbye party brunch was really fun. It was cozy & all of our favorite people came to wish my daughter well. Huge success. (And the food was a hit!)
July 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Our goodbye party brunch was really fun. It was cozy & all of our favorite people came to wish my daughter well. Huge success. (And the food was a hit!)
I still care. I wish I didn’t. My kid is leaving for Alaska in 3 weeks. Her goodbye party is tomorrow. People who I thought were my friends don’t actually know or care about this momentous occasion. It’s still upsetting to realize this. How can someone just stop caring about us? I don’t understand.
July 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I still care. I wish I didn’t. My kid is leaving for Alaska in 3 weeks. Her goodbye party is tomorrow. People who I thought were my friends don’t actually know or care about this momentous occasion. It’s still upsetting to realize this. How can someone just stop caring about us? I don’t understand.