Dawn Kasal Finley (she/her)
@kasalfinley.bsky.social
Ph.D. | Instructional Coach| Mom | Widow🖤| Tweets are my own
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2025 Book Thread
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
Teenagers are the best
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Teenagers are the best
Today is the last day of summer school! It’s been a long month, but also so good to be with students again.
T-minus 2 hours until my 4 weeks of summer starts and I can’t wait!! You will be able to find me at the lake when I’m not traveling with my daughter 💕
T-minus 2 hours until my 4 weeks of summer starts and I can’t wait!! You will be able to find me at the lake when I’m not traveling with my daughter 💕
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today is the last day of summer school! It’s been a long month, but also so good to be with students again.
T-minus 2 hours until my 4 weeks of summer starts and I can’t wait!! You will be able to find me at the lake when I’m not traveling with my daughter 💕
T-minus 2 hours until my 4 weeks of summer starts and I can’t wait!! You will be able to find me at the lake when I’m not traveling with my daughter 💕
How are people affording groceries?
I know I’m lucky to not live paycheck to paycheck. But my grocery bill has at least tripled and I’m buying the same things.
This cannot keep up.
I know I’m lucky to not live paycheck to paycheck. But my grocery bill has at least tripled and I’m buying the same things.
This cannot keep up.
February 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How are people affording groceries?
I know I’m lucky to not live paycheck to paycheck. But my grocery bill has at least tripled and I’m buying the same things.
This cannot keep up.
I know I’m lucky to not live paycheck to paycheck. But my grocery bill has at least tripled and I’m buying the same things.
This cannot keep up.
Now that I am making sourdough regularly…my diet is now at a minimum 70% bread 😂😂😂
February 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Now that I am making sourdough regularly…my diet is now at a minimum 70% bread 😂😂😂
What does it say that I wonder if I annoy my Alexa when I keep asking how much time is left on my timer?? 😂😂😂
February 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What does it say that I wonder if I annoy my Alexa when I keep asking how much time is left on my timer?? 😂😂😂
This about sums up education in 2025
January 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This about sums up education in 2025
Some residents of my house have forgotten who pays the bills and buys the food.
January 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Some residents of my house have forgotten who pays the bills and buys the food.
This poem came up in my FB memories from 8 years ago. Seems like the perfect time to share it again. youtu.be/8KEU74cnU8g
Home by Warsan Shire - read by Sir Jonathan Pryce
YouTube video by krish kandiah
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January 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This poem came up in my FB memories from 8 years ago. Seems like the perfect time to share it again. youtu.be/8KEU74cnU8g
I still am so confounded by people who question global warming when temperatures are abnormally cold.
How are we so far into the conversation and people don’t know that global warming doesn’t mean everything gets warmer—but means more extreme weather.
It’s not that complicated to understand. Ugh
How are we so far into the conversation and people don’t know that global warming doesn’t mean everything gets warmer—but means more extreme weather.
It’s not that complicated to understand. Ugh
January 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I still am so confounded by people who question global warming when temperatures are abnormally cold.
How are we so far into the conversation and people don’t know that global warming doesn’t mean everything gets warmer—but means more extreme weather.
It’s not that complicated to understand. Ugh
How are we so far into the conversation and people don’t know that global warming doesn’t mean everything gets warmer—but means more extreme weather.
It’s not that complicated to understand. Ugh
I love a 3-day weekend. Allows me a day to just be and not put any pressure on myself “to get things done.”
😂Full disclosure—now that one teen is away and the other self-sufficient—I haven’t much felt the push “to get things done”😂
😂Full disclosure—now that one teen is away and the other self-sufficient—I haven’t much felt the push “to get things done”😂
January 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I love a 3-day weekend. Allows me a day to just be and not put any pressure on myself “to get things done.”
😂Full disclosure—now that one teen is away and the other self-sufficient—I haven’t much felt the push “to get things done”😂
😂Full disclosure—now that one teen is away and the other self-sufficient—I haven’t much felt the push “to get things done”😂
My state is so...I don't have words. My state has a history of ignoring its voters. Here is how it goes--voters vote for something that our majority red state government doesn't like, so they go around voters to make the rules they want. Happened with guns and now www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Missouri Republicans revisit abortion restrictions in wake of Amendment 3 passage
New laws restricting abortion could lead to new legal fights over whether the restrictions violate the new constitutional amendment.
www.stltoday.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My state is so...I don't have words. My state has a history of ignoring its voters. Here is how it goes--voters vote for something that our majority red state government doesn't like, so they go around voters to make the rules they want. Happened with guns and now www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
And my standup freezer is no longer freezing….so much wasted food. I’m so sad.
January 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And my standup freezer is no longer freezing….so much wasted food. I’m so sad.
Oh…boys.
Son leaves to go back to college in about 3 hours
He hasn’t packed anything—still has clothes in the dryer
He has to go pick up his car because they ubered home last night.
He need to shower and fill up his gas tank
I’m trying to stay relaxed 😂😂
Son leaves to go back to college in about 3 hours
He hasn’t packed anything—still has clothes in the dryer
He has to go pick up his car because they ubered home last night.
He need to shower and fill up his gas tank
I’m trying to stay relaxed 😂😂
January 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh…boys.
Son leaves to go back to college in about 3 hours
He hasn’t packed anything—still has clothes in the dryer
He has to go pick up his car because they ubered home last night.
He need to shower and fill up his gas tank
I’m trying to stay relaxed 😂😂
Son leaves to go back to college in about 3 hours
He hasn’t packed anything—still has clothes in the dryer
He has to go pick up his car because they ubered home last night.
He need to shower and fill up his gas tank
I’m trying to stay relaxed 😂😂
Noah leaves to go back to college tomorrow. I’ll miss having him around. Not that I saw him a lot, but it was nice to get filled in on all the happenings.
But I’ll have fewer dirty dishes, so I guess that’s a plus.
But I’ll have fewer dirty dishes, so I guess that’s a plus.
January 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Noah leaves to go back to college tomorrow. I’ll miss having him around. Not that I saw him a lot, but it was nice to get filled in on all the happenings.
But I’ll have fewer dirty dishes, so I guess that’s a plus.
But I’ll have fewer dirty dishes, so I guess that’s a plus.
Groceries are so damn expensive.
January 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Groceries are so damn expensive.
Hey @feelinmyshelf.bsky.social I was thinking of you today as I found the bookmark that was gift with my feelingmyshelf book exchange-what feels like a lifetime ago.
It made me smile and miss you all so much from a wonderful little slice of that other site so many years ago 😘
Hope you are well
It made me smile and miss you all so much from a wonderful little slice of that other site so many years ago 😘
Hope you are well
January 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Hey @feelinmyshelf.bsky.social I was thinking of you today as I found the bookmark that was gift with my feelingmyshelf book exchange-what feels like a lifetime ago.
It made me smile and miss you all so much from a wonderful little slice of that other site so many years ago 😘
Hope you are well
It made me smile and miss you all so much from a wonderful little slice of that other site so many years ago 😘
Hope you are well
My MIL is safe and she was just outside the evacuation zone for the Eaton fire but we know people who were ot as lucky the best way to help get money to the people who need it is to give directly to the families who lost their homes. If you want to help…
open.substack.com/pub/personal...
open.substack.com/pub/personal...
Where to donate to people who've lost their homes in the LA fires
Across LA County, nearly 2,000 structures have been destroyed
open.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My MIL is safe and she was just outside the evacuation zone for the Eaton fire but we know people who were ot as lucky the best way to help get money to the people who need it is to give directly to the families who lost their homes. If you want to help…
open.substack.com/pub/personal...
open.substack.com/pub/personal...
I still hate typos in Bluesky…maybe one day I will pay enough attention to my posts to catch the typos/autocorrections one day.
January 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I still hate typos in Bluesky…maybe one day I will pay enough attention to my posts to catch the typos/autocorrections one day.
Drove by our old house today and my son was a bit put off by the relaxation that someone else was living there.
He wished no one was living there and they certainly better not change/ruin anything.
It was so sweet. Teen boys can be so stoic—so I like this glimpse of his emotion ☺️
He wished no one was living there and they certainly better not change/ruin anything.
It was so sweet. Teen boys can be so stoic—so I like this glimpse of his emotion ☺️
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Drove by our old house today and my son was a bit put off by the relaxation that someone else was living there.
He wished no one was living there and they certainly better not change/ruin anything.
It was so sweet. Teen boys can be so stoic—so I like this glimpse of his emotion ☺️
He wished no one was living there and they certainly better not change/ruin anything.
It was so sweet. Teen boys can be so stoic—so I like this glimpse of his emotion ☺️
2025 Book Thread
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
January 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
2025 Book Thread
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
Book 1: Wow. I’m going to have to revisit this one again.
The Monday Times’ Crossword makes me feel so smart 🤣🤣🤣
December 30, 2024 at 5:56 PM
The Monday Times’ Crossword makes me feel so smart 🤣🤣🤣
Reading Martyr by Kaveh Akbar has made me miss my #TheBookChat family @lyricalswordz.bsky.social @joelrgarza.bsky.social
Martyr would have made for a great chat ☺️
Martyr would have made for a great chat ☺️
December 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Reading Martyr by Kaveh Akbar has made me miss my #TheBookChat family @lyricalswordz.bsky.social @joelrgarza.bsky.social
Martyr would have made for a great chat ☺️
Martyr would have made for a great chat ☺️
My top 10 reads of the year!
December 18, 2024 at 8:10 PM
My top 10 reads of the year!
A fire and serial killer shows on TV. Great way to spend a cold and snowy Saturday.
November 30, 2024 at 9:02 PM
A fire and serial killer shows on TV. Great way to spend a cold and snowy Saturday.
Holding those who have lost so much in my heart today.
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Holding those who have lost so much in my heart today.