Gräfin Puritanischerberg🗽🇺🇦🏳️🌈
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Sh*t's goin' down in Boston, and the Devil deals the cards.
In the pocket of Big Dame.
Wo aber Gefahr ist, wächst das Rettende auch.
In the pocket of Big Dame.
Wo aber Gefahr ist, wächst das Rettende auch.
Pinned
I'm telling myself this is the bit where it looks as if all is lost but the heroes persevere.
I feel called out by the characterizations of *both* daughters in "Pieces of April" which seems unfair & also should not be possible.
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I feel called out by the characterizations of *both* daughters in "Pieces of April" which seems unfair & also should not be possible.
"In dulci jubilo" for religious & "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for secular.
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"In dulci jubilo" for religious & "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for secular.
Talking about strong floors reminded me to do my pelvic floor exercises, & *that* reminded me of the Cardassian Union:
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Talking about strong floors reminded me to do my pelvic floor exercises, & *that* reminded me of the Cardassian Union:
Accents have become so flattened & homogenized that when I hear someone with a bit of a twang or a honk or a lilt or a chirp my ears light up.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Accents have become so flattened & homogenized that when I hear someone with a bit of a twang or a honk or a lilt or a chirp my ears light up.
Realized the other day that I have completely missed my window to have a Problematic Age Gap Relationship: I'm not worldly-wise enough to be the older person & people who are so much older than I am as to make the gap problematic are getting ready to retire!
It's fellow forty-somethings or nothing!
It's fellow forty-somethings or nothing!
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Realized the other day that I have completely missed my window to have a Problematic Age Gap Relationship: I'm not worldly-wise enough to be the older person & people who are so much older than I am as to make the gap problematic are getting ready to retire!
It's fellow forty-somethings or nothing!
It's fellow forty-somethings or nothing!
The ground *isn't* frozen & I got some land cleared but now I'm so wiped I almost want to go back to bed.
Help me, Proferrin, you're my only hope!
(I have this vision of planting out my shrubs along the edge of our land so both the neighbors & our household have some screening from each other.)
Help me, Proferrin, you're my only hope!
(I have this vision of planting out my shrubs along the edge of our land so both the neighbors & our household have some screening from each other.)
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The ground *isn't* frozen & I got some land cleared but now I'm so wiped I almost want to go back to bed.
Help me, Proferrin, you're my only hope!
(I have this vision of planting out my shrubs along the edge of our land so both the neighbors & our household have some screening from each other.)
Help me, Proferrin, you're my only hope!
(I have this vision of planting out my shrubs along the edge of our land so both the neighbors & our household have some screening from each other.)
My Mom & I are going to try for Dry Advent again this year; life is just trying & failing & trying again & falling & getting back up & seeing what you made destroyed & picking up the pieces & rebuilding.
Here is some nifty art you could get to this effect: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...
Here is some nifty art you could get to this effect: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...
Keep Trying, an art print by Katie Aki
Gallery Quality Prints
www.inprnt.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My Mom & I are going to try for Dry Advent again this year; life is just trying & failing & trying again & falling & getting back up & seeing what you made destroyed & picking up the pieces & rebuilding.
Here is some nifty art you could get to this effect: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...
Here is some nifty art you could get to this effect: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...
It is at times like this I feel the lack of the Wellesley FB group. It would be nice to find some fellow alumnae with whom to go to this next week. www.wellesley.edu/events/chris...
Christmas Vespers 2025
a service and concert of inspiring scripture and song to celebrate this joyful season
www.wellesley.edu
November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It is at times like this I feel the lack of the Wellesley FB group. It would be nice to find some fellow alumnae with whom to go to this next week. www.wellesley.edu/events/chris...
We went for a walk today (good) but I totally wiped out because of my dodgy ankle (bad) & got a bunch of bruises & scrapes & they *hurt*.
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
We went for a walk today (good) but I totally wiped out because of my dodgy ankle (bad) & got a bunch of bruises & scrapes & they *hurt*.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
LL Bean has stopped making my sister's favorite raccoon slippers so I am trying to find a pair somewhere else & finding a surprising number of slippers Made Of raccoons :(
(Odd that my Mom must have Giessweins & I must have Haflingers & my sister must have Beans. 3 women, 3 different foot shapes.)
(Odd that my Mom must have Giessweins & I must have Haflingers & my sister must have Beans. 3 women, 3 different foot shapes.)
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LL Bean has stopped making my sister's favorite raccoon slippers so I am trying to find a pair somewhere else & finding a surprising number of slippers Made Of raccoons :(
(Odd that my Mom must have Giessweins & I must have Haflingers & my sister must have Beans. 3 women, 3 different foot shapes.)
(Odd that my Mom must have Giessweins & I must have Haflingers & my sister must have Beans. 3 women, 3 different foot shapes.)
It would be really soppy to get these & take them to work & say the blonde one is me & the one with the dark bob is my colleague who's also my friend, yes? (Unsure whp the redhead is) www.vermontcountrystore.com/ceramic-cand...
Ceramic Candy Cane Girl Angel Trio
Come Christmas, These Lovely Ceramic Angels Will Surely Steal the Show
www.vermontcountrystore.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It would be really soppy to get these & take them to work & say the blonde one is me & the one with the dark bob is my colleague who's also my friend, yes? (Unsure whp the redhead is) www.vermontcountrystore.com/ceramic-cand...
I think the ground might have frozen already? A real "congratulations, Sarah, you played yourself" situation if so (come on, global warming, come through for your gal so she can get her bulbs in, she's been wanting to all weekend but had to do lots of food & housekeeping-related tasks.)
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I think the ground might have frozen already? A real "congratulations, Sarah, you played yourself" situation if so (come on, global warming, come through for your gal so she can get her bulbs in, she's been wanting to all weekend but had to do lots of food & housekeeping-related tasks.)
Is This Lady Having a Mental Breakdown, Did She See Ghosts, or Could It Be Both? You Decide!
On the other hand I think it would be very funny to retitle literary fiction light novel style. “Oh No! This Author Stand-In is Unhappily Married”
This attitude is how you end up with light novel titles.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Is This Lady Having a Mental Breakdown, Did She See Ghosts, or Could It Be Both? You Decide!
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
My sister came up with this one:
Mr Rochester has a problem attic relationship with his first wife.
Mr Rochester has a problem attic relationship with his first wife.
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My sister came up with this one:
Mr Rochester has a problem attic relationship with his first wife.
Mr Rochester has a problem attic relationship with his first wife.
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The worst AI is autocorrect
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The worst AI is autocorrect
We get so much from literature but it's poorly paid work for the most part, even for people who are good at! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We get so much from literature but it's poorly paid work for the most part, even for people who are good at! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
Oh, this is good: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Make Thanksgiving Radical Again
The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.
www.thenation.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh, this is good: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Writers where you can just put on The Outfit & everyone will know who it is:
Emily Dickinson (white dress)
Mark Twain (ice cream suit & the hair)
Lord Byron (big white shirt & floppy dark 'do)
Samuel Johnson (brown homespun suit & the wig)
Edith Sitwell (dramatic floor-length dress & turban)
Emily Dickinson (white dress)
Mark Twain (ice cream suit & the hair)
Lord Byron (big white shirt & floppy dark 'do)
Samuel Johnson (brown homespun suit & the wig)
Edith Sitwell (dramatic floor-length dress & turban)
I love the way a guy playing Mark Twain will always look like that.
Once we were at the National Portrait Gallery & found ourselves facing a full-length portrait of him shortly after watching "Time's Arrow" & my sister, age 8, said, "It's the man from Star Trek!" & the guard said, "She's right!"
Once we were at the National Portrait Gallery & found ourselves facing a full-length portrait of him shortly after watching "Time's Arrow" & my sister, age 8, said, "It's the man from Star Trek!" & the guard said, "She's right!"
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Writers where you can just put on The Outfit & everyone will know who it is:
Emily Dickinson (white dress)
Mark Twain (ice cream suit & the hair)
Lord Byron (big white shirt & floppy dark 'do)
Samuel Johnson (brown homespun suit & the wig)
Edith Sitwell (dramatic floor-length dress & turban)
Emily Dickinson (white dress)
Mark Twain (ice cream suit & the hair)
Lord Byron (big white shirt & floppy dark 'do)
Samuel Johnson (brown homespun suit & the wig)
Edith Sitwell (dramatic floor-length dress & turban)
Taking advantage of the Zenni sale (I also use my benefits to get glasses through my local optician but it's good to have options) & thinking of poor Anna in "The Golden Pince-Nez" getting read for filth in absentia by Mycroft for her poor vision & what it causes.
I would also be stuck sans specs.
I would also be stuck sans specs.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Taking advantage of the Zenni sale (I also use my benefits to get glasses through my local optician but it's good to have options) & thinking of poor Anna in "The Golden Pince-Nez" getting read for filth in absentia by Mycroft for her poor vision & what it causes.
I would also be stuck sans specs.
I would also be stuck sans specs.
Eleanor Estes won the Newbury Medal for "Ginger Pye", a dog book in which the dog DOES NOT die.
Another example of a librarian pulling off a seemingly impossible task!
Another example of a librarian pulling off a seemingly impossible task!
This is why every American sixth grader reads Where The Red Fern Grows, about which I am still mad
it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Eleanor Estes won the Newbury Medal for "Ginger Pye", a dog book in which the dog DOES NOT die.
Another example of a librarian pulling off a seemingly impossible task!
Another example of a librarian pulling off a seemingly impossible task!
Reading about the Romanovs (history marches on & we know more about what happened than we did when I was a teenager reading obsessively about them) & they'd have been so much better off as a nice middle-class suburban family somewhere.
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reading about the Romanovs (history marches on & we know more about what happened than we did when I was a teenager reading obsessively about them) & they'd have been so much better off as a nice middle-class suburban family somewhere.
My sister & I got the air conditioner out of the kitchen window (it's one of those big, unwieldy ones shaped like a wide, flat upside-down U so it really is a two-person job.)
Thank you for your 2025 work, a/c unit. This concludes your duties for this year. We will see you next Spring.
Thank you for your 2025 work, a/c unit. This concludes your duties for this year. We will see you next Spring.
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My sister & I got the air conditioner out of the kitchen window (it's one of those big, unwieldy ones shaped like a wide, flat upside-down U so it really is a two-person job.)
Thank you for your 2025 work, a/c unit. This concludes your duties for this year. We will see you next Spring.
Thank you for your 2025 work, a/c unit. This concludes your duties for this year. We will see you next Spring.