Sara Davis
@literarysara.bsky.social
Reader, writer, environmental steward, recovering PhD.
Philadelphia
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literarysara.net
Profile pic by Jay Shifman
Philadelphia
she/her
literarysara.net
Profile pic by Jay Shifman
Wow, not only did I get mt covid and flu shots today, but I ALSO got $20 off of my $40 allergy meds. Get vaxxed while you can, Philly!
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wow, not only did I get mt covid and flu shots today, but I ALSO got $20 off of my $40 allergy meds. Get vaxxed while you can, Philly!
Just in the past week or so, a parade of strangers have stopped by my house to pick up cuttings from my pothos and spider plants. Another complete stranger helped me carry a cat tree from his house to mine so my foster cat will have something of his own to tear apart.
Cities are good, actually.
Cities are good, actually.
September 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just in the past week or so, a parade of strangers have stopped by my house to pick up cuttings from my pothos and spider plants. Another complete stranger helped me carry a cat tree from his house to mine so my foster cat will have something of his own to tear apart.
Cities are good, actually.
Cities are good, actually.
It's #mothweek, so I went to the Wiss to learn about moths and then look for some willing specimens drawn to light and sugar bait. Sugar bait is a heady 5-day-old brew of beer, brown sugar and bananas; this little moth was visibly slurping it out of the fence rail where it had been painted.
July 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It's #mothweek, so I went to the Wiss to learn about moths and then look for some willing specimens drawn to light and sugar bait. Sugar bait is a heady 5-day-old brew of beer, brown sugar and bananas; this little moth was visibly slurping it out of the fence rail where it had been painted.
A lil more about this good cat: Sherb loves parties and overnight guests, so I think he'd love a household with more than just one adoring human. He likes kids! He just doesn't like dogs or other cats. His ideal day would be playing with wand toys for hours, but since I WFH, he entertains himself.
July 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A lil more about this good cat: Sherb loves parties and overnight guests, so I think he'd love a household with more than just one adoring human. He likes kids! He just doesn't like dogs or other cats. His ideal day would be playing with wand toys for hours, but since I WFH, he entertains himself.
Earlier this week I spent a couple hours sweating under the trees at Awbury Arboretum, which is the start of the Wingohocking Creek which merges with Frankford in the Tookany-Tacony/Frankford watershed.
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Earlier this week I spent a couple hours sweating under the trees at Awbury Arboretum, which is the start of the Wingohocking Creek which merges with Frankford in the Tookany-Tacony/Frankford watershed.
Spent the afternoon at Riverfest at Glen Foerd, a historic house perched where the Poquessing flows into the Delaware.
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Spent the afternoon at Riverfest at Glen Foerd, a historic house perched where the Poquessing flows into the Delaware.
Space phragmites???
June 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Space phragmites???
be orange 🐈 do crimes
June 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
be orange 🐈 do crimes
I didn't see Drumline Elmo but I did see a dancing Pikachu in Love Park.
June 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I didn't see Drumline Elmo but I did see a dancing Pikachu in Love Park.
Volunteering meant I got to the end of the line early, and then I got to see everyone walking up.
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Volunteering meant I got to the end of the line early, and then I got to see everyone walking up.
Simply a gorgeous day to visit Pennypack Park in northeast Philly. The bridge to Baxter Trail was open.
May 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Simply a gorgeous day to visit Pennypack Park in northeast Philly. The bridge to Baxter Trail was open.
Simply a gorgeous day to visit Pennypack Park in northeast Philly. The bridge to Baxter Trail was open.
May 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Simply a gorgeous day to visit Pennypack Park in northeast Philly. The bridge to Baxter Trail was open.
Astonishingly, on my walk home today I passed THREE serviceberry trees bursting with fruit that had not been decimated by birds or infested with cedar apple rust. I picked about a cup of purple berries and am making a little jam. I'll have to check back in a few days and see if more are ready.
May 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Astonishingly, on my walk home today I passed THREE serviceberry trees bursting with fruit that had not been decimated by birds or infested with cedar apple rust. I picked about a cup of purple berries and am making a little jam. I'll have to check back in a few days and see if more are ready.
I quit Instagram a couple months ago, and I usually so not miss it EXCEPT! I have this very adorable foster orangeboi staying with me, and I need the world to see him.
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I quit Instagram a couple months ago, and I usually so not miss it EXCEPT! I have this very adorable foster orangeboi staying with me, and I need the world to see him.
Have some nice fungi for your feed! All from this morning in Morris Park, West Philadelphia.
April 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Have some nice fungi for your feed! All from this morning in Morris Park, West Philadelphia.
The roller coaster of emotions I experienced on receiving this newsletter from my local literary org! A rare April Fools prank that both got me and made me laugh.
Support your local literary scene! If you're in or near Philly, support Blue Stoop. www.bluestoop.org
Support your local literary scene! If you're in or near Philly, support Blue Stoop. www.bluestoop.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The roller coaster of emotions I experienced on receiving this newsletter from my local literary org! A rare April Fools prank that both got me and made me laugh.
Support your local literary scene! If you're in or near Philly, support Blue Stoop. www.bluestoop.org
Support your local literary scene! If you're in or near Philly, support Blue Stoop. www.bluestoop.org
If focusing on action that works is hopium, then call me a
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If focusing on action that works is hopium, then call me a
I've been having a rough time mental health wise, for all the completely understandable external reasons, but I'm so sick of myself I had to go touch grass. Spent the morning in my favorite park and I do feel a lot better.
March 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I've been having a rough time mental health wise, for all the completely understandable external reasons, but I'm so sick of myself I had to go touch grass. Spent the morning in my favorite park and I do feel a lot better.
The recurring theme, again and again, is that science is a vital to the project of justice, and justice must be just as vital to the progress of science. We can't stand up for science without also standing up for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
March 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The recurring theme, again and again, is that science is a vital to the project of justice, and justice must be just as vital to the progress of science. We can't stand up for science without also standing up for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Incredible speakers today. Researchers studying the shockingly high rate of maternal mortality in the US (especially for Black patients), endometriosis, infectious diseases, science education, and hormones--including the dreaded hormone therapy research in mice, which has broad health applications.
March 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Incredible speakers today. Researchers studying the shockingly high rate of maternal mortality in the US (especially for Black patients), endometriosis, infectious diseases, science education, and hormones--including the dreaded hormone therapy research in mice, which has broad health applications.
Standing up for science in Philadelphia!
March 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Standing up for science in Philadelphia!
Any Storygraph folks here? 💙📚 #BookSky
This year I'm doing a choose-your-own adventure book bingo with my ecofiction reading group. I chose these categories to both challenge and complement my reading habits; If they interest you, too, you can follow along here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
This year I'm doing a choose-your-own adventure book bingo with my ecofiction reading group. I chose these categories to both challenge and complement my reading habits; If they interest you, too, you can follow along here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Any Storygraph folks here? 💙📚 #BookSky
This year I'm doing a choose-your-own adventure book bingo with my ecofiction reading group. I chose these categories to both challenge and complement my reading habits; If they interest you, too, you can follow along here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
This year I'm doing a choose-your-own adventure book bingo with my ecofiction reading group. I chose these categories to both challenge and complement my reading habits; If they interest you, too, you can follow along here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...
Fridays are for yelling at my useless senator!
@indivisible.org
@indivisible.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Fridays are for yelling at my useless senator!
@indivisible.org
@indivisible.org
I love this city.
February 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love this city.