Bridget Eileen Madden (she/her)
@notebookwitch.bsky.social
Feel like gettin' salty up in here BIO FACTS: Eclectic Pagan UU Witch | Literary Arts, Literacy & Library Professional | Janeite | EWF | Boston Sports Fan (truly) | Women's Rights Activist | Zealous Ally | Lifelong New Englander, year 8+ in RI
Hear me out, what if we just all started calling him Jonald T Dump, super matter-of-fact-ly, every single time we discussed him, from now until his presidency ends? Wouldn't that be so funny? 😆 (See alt text for example.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hear me out, what if we just all started calling him Jonald T Dump, super matter-of-fact-ly, every single time we discussed him, from now until his presidency ends? Wouldn't that be so funny? 😆 (See alt text for example.)
Way off topic but Mamdani has under-eye dimples. I do, too. The significance of this is that we are now best friends on account of our shared unique facial feature.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Way off topic but Mamdani has under-eye dimples. I do, too. The significance of this is that we are now best friends on account of our shared unique facial feature.
Oh I know! That was I I said jk. It's on the first page of this book! I just colored in the aconite earlier this week ☺️
October 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh I know! That was I I said jk. It's on the first page of this book! I just colored in the aconite earlier this week ☺️
Happy Mabon "Rapture Eve" New Year to all who observe any of these things! 🕯️🍁👼🏽🍎🍯 Happy equinox to all the earth. 🌎
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy Mabon "Rapture Eve" New Year to all who observe any of these things! 🕯️🍁👼🏽🍎🍯 Happy equinox to all the earth. 🌎
New England is my home. I've lived as far north as Old Town, ME & as far south as Providence, RI. I loved something about each place, & I always will. I was a 5th generation resident of Boston when I moved there in '08. I ❤️ Boston. Mayor Wu rules 💁🏻♀️🤘⚖️
August 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New England is my home. I've lived as far north as Old Town, ME & as far south as Providence, RI. I loved something about each place, & I always will. I was a 5th generation resident of Boston when I moved there in '08. I ❤️ Boston. Mayor Wu rules 💁🏻♀️🤘⚖️
Wowweeee does being unrelentingly scummy, sniveling & evil take a toll on the body. U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi you as ugly on the outside as you are on the inside.
August 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Wowweeee does being unrelentingly scummy, sniveling & evil take a toll on the body. U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi you as ugly on the outside as you are on the inside.
Ah. I'll add it to the list. I'm on a Castle binge, while embroidering. My 72 yo mom, who lives with me & has dementia, joins me. At every commercial break we look at each other and go: dun-dun-DAHHH. The world outside these moments is so treacherous, so I treasure this downtime dearly.
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ah. I'll add it to the list. I'm on a Castle binge, while embroidering. My 72 yo mom, who lives with me & has dementia, joins me. At every commercial break we look at each other and go: dun-dun-DAHHH. The world outside these moments is so treacherous, so I treasure this downtime dearly.
And oooof. I'm not sure I've seen a more cringey look in a non-fiction setting. He looks like every villain's smarmy lackey sidekick in every 90s action movie. Ugh. That goatee. Very..."I can't be in this elevator alone with this guy"-ish.
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
And oooof. I'm not sure I've seen a more cringey look in a non-fiction setting. He looks like every villain's smarmy lackey sidekick in every 90s action movie. Ugh. That goatee. Very..."I can't be in this elevator alone with this guy"-ish.
Everything Winston ever did was 💯 perfect. That character is one of my all-time favorite throughout fiction: tv, film, novels. Just love love love Winston. Not in a crush way (though Lamorne is verrrry cute), just in a wish he were my BFF way.
July 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Everything Winston ever did was 💯 perfect. That character is one of my all-time favorite throughout fiction: tv, film, novels. Just love love love Winston. Not in a crush way (though Lamorne is verrrry cute), just in a wish he were my BFF way.
Scott Brown (1st photo), not Scott Walker (2nd) — different Scotts, same corporate shillery though! Sen Brown visited the 3rd graders I worked with in 2010 to read a picture book & tried to get them to buy his daughter's CD. He was as goofy as his thirst trap Cosmo spread implies.
July 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Scott Brown (1st photo), not Scott Walker (2nd) — different Scotts, same corporate shillery though! Sen Brown visited the 3rd graders I worked with in 2010 to read a picture book & tried to get them to buy his daughter's CD. He was as goofy as his thirst trap Cosmo spread implies.
I put Ozzy as a Ten in my Moh's NEW Hard Rock Scale 🤘 #Ozzy #SpinalTap #TheseGoToEleven #GeologyJokes #MohsHardRockScale #OzzyOsborn
![Neon Pink background with title in black block lettering that reads "Moh's [New] Hard Rock Scale" the "New" is inserted with a carrot and placed above in an 80s kind of cursive font in dark pink with neon turquoise shading.
What follows are photos with an arrow to a simple text box with a number and a hard rock classification:
1 Talc - John Tesh
2 Gypsum - Kenny
3 Calcite - Nelson
4 Fluorite - George Michael
5 Apatite - Nickleback
6 Orthoclase - Bon Jovi
7 Quartz - Heart
8 Topaz - Nirvana
9 Corundum - Jimi Hendrix
10 Diamond - Ozzy Osborn
...And then at the bottom...
These --> Spinal Tap --> 11
Along the side is the imprint NotebookWitch.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d5roycmf3ymjvtjfwgvydxmk/bafkreihltubkobi6pdcwminiknm5lncdlsnsbv6db35kzx2udj6vinfqau@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I put Ozzy as a Ten in my Moh's NEW Hard Rock Scale 🤘 #Ozzy #SpinalTap #TheseGoToEleven #GeologyJokes #MohsHardRockScale #OzzyOsborn
I just started a recurring donation to help this amazing org that helps ICE detainees in Phelp County, MO. The Immigration Atrocity is an abomination. This is one thing you can do to help. givebutter.com/abideinlovep...
July 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I just started a recurring donation to help this amazing org that helps ICE detainees in Phelp County, MO. The Immigration Atrocity is an abomination. This is one thing you can do to help. givebutter.com/abideinlovep...
This is a Real World Season 3 reference for those who don't know Ye Olden EmTeeVee history
July 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a Real World Season 3 reference for those who don't know Ye Olden EmTeeVee history
Sometimes a poet's poems are spectacular but they're not so good a person. Sometimes a poet is so great to be with but I don't necessarily love their poems. And sometimes you have Fanny Howe who was a poetic genius, and one of the best people. 🖤🖤🖤
July 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sometimes a poet's poems are spectacular but they're not so good a person. Sometimes a poet is so great to be with but I don't necessarily love their poems. And sometimes you have Fanny Howe who was a poetic genius, and one of the best people. 🖤🖤🖤
(Belated) Spring 2025 #BostonAustenBookClub
JULY 17 @ 7:30pm, online (details to follow)
Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron @francinemathews.bsky.social (bring tissues; this is the eve of Jane's death day)
#booksky #austenat250 #janeausten
More info at notebookwitch.com/babc-2025/
JULY 17 @ 7:30pm, online (details to follow)
Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron @francinemathews.bsky.social (bring tissues; this is the eve of Jane's death day)
#booksky #austenat250 #janeausten
More info at notebookwitch.com/babc-2025/
June 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
(Belated) Spring 2025 #BostonAustenBookClub
JULY 17 @ 7:30pm, online (details to follow)
Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron @francinemathews.bsky.social (bring tissues; this is the eve of Jane's death day)
#booksky #austenat250 #janeausten
More info at notebookwitch.com/babc-2025/
JULY 17 @ 7:30pm, online (details to follow)
Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron @francinemathews.bsky.social (bring tissues; this is the eve of Jane's death day)
#booksky #austenat250 #janeausten
More info at notebookwitch.com/babc-2025/
Attention all #Janeites of 📚💙 the Boston Austen Book Club will be celebrating the #JaneAusten #Sestercentennial (despite a late start to the year) with 5 meetings in 2025! Save the Date for the following, all online, with further details to follow...
June 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Attention all #Janeites of 📚💙 the Boston Austen Book Club will be celebrating the #JaneAusten #Sestercentennial (despite a late start to the year) with 5 meetings in 2025! Save the Date for the following, all online, with further details to follow...
I think we'd all appreciate it if your default Chara photo was from the ESPN Body Issue. Please & thanks!
June 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think we'd all appreciate it if your default Chara photo was from the ESPN Body Issue. Please & thanks!
Litha Blessings to my fellow modern pagans and witches of the Northern Hemisphere and Yule on the South. Happy solstice to all!
June 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Litha Blessings to my fellow modern pagans and witches of the Northern Hemisphere and Yule on the South. Happy solstice to all!
I do a Trevor Project mini-fundraiser every July 30 - Aug 1 in honor of Harry Potter and Neville Longbottoms' birthdays because FJKR.
![Quote from Daniel Radcliffe about the Harry Potter books teach a pro trans rights message, and no one can take away from that lesson [not even the stupid author!] Quote us from open letter to The Trevor Project from Radcliffe.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d5roycmf3ymjvtjfwgvydxmk/bafkreiehyma7leac5lmptq7swnzyqs7rgtr4oii72bwkuwq7zjbb2kgg4q@jpeg)
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I do a Trevor Project mini-fundraiser every July 30 - Aug 1 in honor of Harry Potter and Neville Longbottoms' birthdays because FJKR.
I think it's in reference to the formation of the US/UK committee that ended up being the predecessor of the formation of Israel as a Jewish state.
June 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I think it's in reference to the formation of the US/UK committee that ended up being the predecessor of the formation of Israel as a Jewish state.
Side note: look what happened when I wrote semi-phonetic fake Scottish.
May 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Side note: look what happened when I wrote semi-phonetic fake Scottish.
Two words I never thought I'd hear in relation to Bill Belichick: lobster purse.
May 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Two words I never thought I'd hear in relation to Bill Belichick: lobster purse.
IDK, these gave me a lot of joy.
May 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
IDK, these gave me a lot of joy.
🎶... WITH THEIR NINE INCH NAILS AND LITTLE FASCIST PANTIES PANTIES TUCKED INSIDE THE HEART OF EVERY NICE GGGGGUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLL ...🎶
May 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🎶... WITH THEIR NINE INCH NAILS AND LITTLE FASCIST PANTIES PANTIES TUCKED INSIDE THE HEART OF EVERY NICE GGGGGUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLL ...🎶