Karen Gardiner
@krgardiner.bsky.social
🫖 I sometimes drink things other than tea.
No worries! Haven’t made a single purchase on Amazon since Jan 2017. No intention of ever doing so again. 😎
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
No worries! Haven’t made a single purchase on Amazon since Jan 2017. No intention of ever doing so again. 😎
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'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt
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Could not have said it better… Please stop buying from Amazon.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Could not have said it better… Please stop buying from Amazon.
Discovered an unexpected bit of decor in our employee bathroom this morning—courtesy of an anonymous member of our team? Spooky. @artfultea.bsky.social 💀🧘🏻
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Discovered an unexpected bit of decor in our employee bathroom this morning—courtesy of an anonymous member of our team? Spooky. @artfultea.bsky.social 💀🧘🏻
What a marvel. So impossibly delicate. Makes me very happy.
Embroidered leaves by US artist Hillary Waters Fayle #WomensArt
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What a marvel. So impossibly delicate. Makes me very happy.
So dismayed by the demolition of our democracy.
Self-soothing with knitting.
(This is pair #2 completed. Third pair is currently in progress)
Self-soothing with knitting.
(This is pair #2 completed. Third pair is currently in progress)
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So dismayed by the demolition of our democracy.
Self-soothing with knitting.
(This is pair #2 completed. Third pair is currently in progress)
Self-soothing with knitting.
(This is pair #2 completed. Third pair is currently in progress)
Today in Santa Fe, NM.
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Today in Santa Fe, NM.
Began knitting my first pair of socks in February. Finished them in June. And now it’s FINALLY chilly enough to wear them!
(Have since finished a second pair — pics coming soon — and am now working on the third)
(Have since finished a second pair — pics coming soon — and am now working on the third)
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Began knitting my first pair of socks in February. Finished them in June. And now it’s FINALLY chilly enough to wear them!
(Have since finished a second pair — pics coming soon — and am now working on the third)
(Have since finished a second pair — pics coming soon — and am now working on the third)
A neighborhood in Santa Fe showing its unity. “Resist”
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A neighborhood in Santa Fe showing its unity. “Resist”
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CO Representative Jason Crow @crow.house.gov making it clear exactly how we demonstrate our power:
September 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
CO Representative Jason Crow @crow.house.gov making it clear exactly how we demonstrate our power:
Reposted by Karen Gardiner
Good Morning, have a great Wednesday! 🥰
July 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good Morning, have a great Wednesday! 🥰
Yeah, us too.
Our teaware is imported from China. Our California-based supplier just notified us that prices are going up due to tariffs. Which is weird because I was assured China would pay for this.
Of course, when we pay more, our customers pay more. Our U.S. customers. Here. In America. Not China.
Of course, when we pay more, our customers pay more. Our U.S. customers. Here. In America. Not China.
![Email
Tariff Price Adjustment Notice
Dear Valued Customers,
We have tried to postpone the introduction of new prices for as long as possible; however, the recent spike in tariff rates have now become too great to absorb and we are left with no choice but to adjust prices. The fluid and ever changing nature of U.S. tariffs made it difficult for us to finalize prices until now. We apologize in advance for the inconvenience this may cause your business.
We would like to notify you of a price adjustment effective August 1, 2025. Please find the attached price list. [Please note that these prices are subject to change at any time. We may introduce a new set of prices in the future if there is a drastic change to tariff rates.] The new minimum wholesale order requirement is $500. In order to make your transaction more cost effective, please consider bank transfer to make payments moving forward.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreihkv3gnubu5fyv4ln4ham353biiwanvtckyjen5yiws7dlcidegbi@jpeg)
July 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yeah, us too.
Reposted by Karen Gardiner
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
June 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
“No Kings” protest at the Round House in Santa Fe, NM. (Sound on!)
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“No Kings” protest at the Round House in Santa Fe, NM. (Sound on!)
🤭
June 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🤭
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
A good batch of strawberries from the garden requires strawberry shortcake. Even for breakfast.
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A good batch of strawberries from the garden requires strawberry shortcake. Even for breakfast.
May 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thank goodness for the iris that stop me in my tracks enough to forget—for a few moments—all the things in the world I’m dismayed by, and remind me there is also incredible beauty right outside my door.
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thank goodness for the iris that stop me in my tracks enough to forget—for a few moments—all the things in the world I’m dismayed by, and remind me there is also incredible beauty right outside my door.
Exactly.
Nothing Donald Trump could do at this point will reveal anything further about his weakness of character. But the character of the Republicans who go along with him? Who refuse to speak up amidst the unrelenting corruption. More is being revealed about them every minute.
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Exactly.
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Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
May 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Reposted by Karen Gardiner
"So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. Our leaders must follow their example."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. Our leaders must follow their example."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Reposted by Karen Gardiner
Good grief. For a self professed “genius”, he sure says “I don’t know” a lot.
May 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good grief. For a self professed “genius”, he sure says “I don’t know” a lot.