Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD
@rosehaydensmith.com
History PhD 🕰️ | #VictoryGardens | Emerita U of California | Writer & Book Lover 📚 | Family, faith (Episcopal) | ☀️🌊805 | #CooperativeExtension Blog: https://bio.site/rosehaydensmith
Bill has always shown up for people, & people showed up for us. Friends, coworkers, my choir & church family...we have been carried by their love. People are good!
We can breathe a bit now. 2026 will bring more tests, medical appts, etc., but now? We are celebrating.
Wishing you light & love! 5/5
We can breathe a bit now. 2026 will bring more tests, medical appts, etc., but now? We are celebrating.
Wishing you light & love! 5/5
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Bill has always shown up for people, & people showed up for us. Friends, coworkers, my choir & church family...we have been carried by their love. People are good!
We can breathe a bit now. 2026 will bring more tests, medical appts, etc., but now? We are celebrating.
Wishing you light & love! 5/5
We can breathe a bit now. 2026 will bring more tests, medical appts, etc., but now? We are celebrating.
Wishing you light & love! 5/5
We were introduced to Washington State University’s Cougar Gold cheese a few years ago. Absolutely amazing stuff. They’ll ship it to you. I love that they include the name of the student who produced it on the packaging. Ruth, we love you. ❤️
Land-grant universities rock.
@wsucahnrs.bsky.social
Land-grant universities rock.
@wsucahnrs.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We were introduced to Washington State University’s Cougar Gold cheese a few years ago. Absolutely amazing stuff. They’ll ship it to you. I love that they include the name of the student who produced it on the packaging. Ruth, we love you. ❤️
Land-grant universities rock.
@wsucahnrs.bsky.social
Land-grant universities rock.
@wsucahnrs.bsky.social
Our choir hosted a Messiah event. First time. Resounding success. So much love and community. Music is ❤️
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Our choir hosted a Messiah event. First time. Resounding success. So much love and community. Music is ❤️
@darthbluesky.bsky.social This is Max(imum Snuggles), my grand pup. My favorite lion.
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social This is Max(imum Snuggles), my grand pup. My favorite lion.
Everything is ugh but this photo of my grand dog is making me feel better.
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Everything is ugh but this photo of my grand dog is making me feel better.
So many things are just terrible right now, but this morning my 13-year-old pup did five zoomies around the house, under and over furniture, racing through doorways, low to the ground, full speed ahead. Absolute joy. It doesn’t get much better than that.
August 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So many things are just terrible right now, but this morning my 13-year-old pup did five zoomies around the house, under and over furniture, racing through doorways, low to the ground, full speed ahead. Absolute joy. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Jasper and me. We are both beginning another trip around the sun today.
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jasper and me. We are both beginning another trip around the sun today.
Ventura CA showed up!
June 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Ventura CA showed up!
Ventura was packed!
April 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ventura was packed!
One thing I'm focusing on during this period of chaos is creating. I'm editing a novel, rehearsing choral music & started a ceramics class a month ago. Creating is one form of my resistance. Here's one of my first pieces, just out of the kiln. The other pieces need to be glazed and fired. 1/2
February 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
One thing I'm focusing on during this period of chaos is creating. I'm editing a novel, rehearsing choral music & started a ceramics class a month ago. Creating is one form of my resistance. Here's one of my first pieces, just out of the kiln. The other pieces need to be glazed and fired. 1/2
Same. Grungy but always happy.
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Same. Grungy but always happy.
February 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think it’s critical to be grateful for all that is good and sacred, maybe especially during challenging times. A morning spent at the Ventura Harbor with my daughter and grand pup was just what the doctor ordered.
January 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I think it’s critical to be grateful for all that is good and sacred, maybe especially during challenging times. A morning spent at the Ventura Harbor with my daughter and grand pup was just what the doctor ordered.