Michelle Ronholm
@michelleronholm.bsky.social
18th c. women’s history | Certified Personal Trainer | PN Level 1 Certified Nutrition Coach | Athlete | Flute student | Hockey fan
Why yes, I did just play my flute in a Christmas concert. Baby's first performance. It was so much fun!
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why yes, I did just play my flute in a Christmas concert. Baby's first performance. It was so much fun!
Hate to brag, but...today I wore my "Read books. Lift weights. Fight fascists." hat to the library and everybody loved it and now I feel like a rock star.
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hate to brag, but...today I wore my "Read books. Lift weights. Fight fascists." hat to the library and everybody loved it and now I feel like a rock star.
New hat, same vibe.
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New hat, same vibe.
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When the New Year turns, all the Jane Austen 250 birthday people will limp to the finish line, absolutely exhausted, and hand the baton to the America 250 birthday people, all little babies ready to run.
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When the New Year turns, all the Jane Austen 250 birthday people will limp to the finish line, absolutely exhausted, and hand the baton to the America 250 birthday people, all little babies ready to run.
Interrupting your political doomscrolling with this dance performance that I've watched about 172 times. This looks like epic fun. #dance #athlete
youtu.be/HYVE4SHDZNw?...
youtu.be/HYVE4SHDZNw?...
1st Place Classic 2025 - The Open World Swing Dance Championships - Sean & Alyssa McKeever
YouTube video by Sean & Alyssa McKeever
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Interrupting your political doomscrolling with this dance performance that I've watched about 172 times. This looks like epic fun. #dance #athlete
youtu.be/HYVE4SHDZNw?...
youtu.be/HYVE4SHDZNw?...
I’m adopting the @pwhlfleet.bsky.social (until DC gets a team.) It’s fun getting to know a new team / league.
#hockey #pwhl
#hockey #pwhl
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m adopting the @pwhlfleet.bsky.social (until DC gets a team.) It’s fun getting to know a new team / league.
#hockey #pwhl
#hockey #pwhl
The fear and desperation we see in the folks being kidnapped is gut-wrenching every single time. Fuck ICE.
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The fear and desperation we see in the folks being kidnapped is gut-wrenching every single time. Fuck ICE.
Reposted by Michelle Ronholm
Account of meeting an 8-year-old Mozart (who would die only 27 yrs later, #onthisday in 1791). As well as dazzling the narrator with his musical genius Mozart "would also sometimes run about the room with a stick between his legs by way of horse" publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Account of meeting an 8-year-old Mozart (who would die only 27 yrs later, #onthisday in 1791). As well as dazzling the narrator with his musical genius Mozart "would also sometimes run about the room with a stick between his legs by way of horse" publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
First snow of the year and it feels magical. I'm snuggled up under a blanket next to the Christmas tree with lovely music, teacakes, and coffee. Writing a book recommendation and taking a break from the news the best I can.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
First snow of the year and it feels magical. I'm snuggled up under a blanket next to the Christmas tree with lovely music, teacakes, and coffee. Writing a book recommendation and taking a break from the news the best I can.
My parents thought they bought me a charming library-themed lamp. It’s actually a 194-piece intermediate-level puzzle with a 40 page instruction book. If this happens, it will be a birthday miracle.
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My parents thought they bought me a charming library-themed lamp. It’s actually a 194-piece intermediate-level puzzle with a 40 page instruction book. If this happens, it will be a birthday miracle.
Grateful for everyone posting ways to avoid AI trash and for ways to keep my stuff from training AI trash. Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Grateful for everyone posting ways to avoid AI trash and for ways to keep my stuff from training AI trash. Thank you!
Reposted by Michelle Ronholm
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Breathtakingly ghoulish behavior.
When asked on Air Force One if there was anything "incriminating" in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger at the female reporter's face and said “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Breathtakingly ghoulish behavior.
Having bathroom repairs done today and it breaks my heart a little that they have to destroy some of the 1940s tile.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Having bathroom repairs done today and it breaks my heart a little that they have to destroy some of the 1940s tile.
I love this observation. There's so much accessibility to knowledge if only we have the courage to go after it.
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I love this observation. There's so much accessibility to knowledge if only we have the courage to go after it.
Whole lot more we can ruin, Ross.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Whole lot more we can ruin, Ross.
I wrote a novel. Which feels crazy because I'm not the most creative person ever. On my desk now is a print out of the 1st half (15 chapters, 51k words, 200 pages), ready for line edits. Then I'll clean up the 2nd half. Then it's off to my editor to start turning this thing into something good.
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I wrote a novel. Which feels crazy because I'm not the most creative person ever. On my desk now is a print out of the 1st half (15 chapters, 51k words, 200 pages), ready for line edits. Then I'll clean up the 2nd half. Then it's off to my editor to start turning this thing into something good.
Good morning! (For every particular reason.)
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning! (For every particular reason.)
I’ve been reading about witchcraft in colonial New England of late and these woodcuts offer some great visuals.
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
Woodcuts and Witches
Jon Crabb on the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone — complete with cauldron and cats — s...
publicdomainreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’ve been reading about witchcraft in colonial New England of late and these woodcuts offer some great visuals.
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcu...
Not my thesis, but would be on-brand.
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not my thesis, but would be on-brand.
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New books by Historical Novel Society members, August 2025 - Historical Novel Society
Congrats to everyone who sent in details on their new books! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be published) in April 2025 or after, send in the following…
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October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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