Sara M-K
LightNews LightNews
banner
saraedits.bsky.social
Sara M-K
@saraedits.bsky.social
29 followers 35 following 30 posts
Editor, mostly in academia. Particular expertise in public health, Asian studies, history, and social sciences.
Also mom, spouse, gardener, DIYer, nature lover, etc.!
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Sara M-K
thetnholler.bsky.social
An American citizen, an attorney for a protestor, detained at the airport on his way back from the airport - phone searched.

What stage of authoritarianism is this? 🇺🇸
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
saraedits.bsky.social
I did a big tomato prune yesterday. So satisfying!

#pruning #tomatoes #gardening

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Pruning tomatoes to survive humidity
Pruning is frightening when you’re not accustomed to it.
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Spring! Time to plant the summer things! #spring #gardening #zone9b

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Turning the corner into Houston’s second spring
My five-year-old has expressed some confusion about the seasons.
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Actually not exactly sure what this is, but it’s delicious!

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Korean jeon: the perfect use for almost any garden green
Courtesy of ¾ inches of rain last night, I hardly even had to water today - just some little sprinkles to keep newly planted seeds moist.
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
A busy garden day: flowers, cucumbers + trellis, and more
Saturday is often not my busiest garden day.
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
I know some people feel weird about front yard gardening, but I’ve discovered it draws more interest and approval from neighbors than expected.

#gardening #frontyardgarden #nativeplants #veggiegarden

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
(Garden) party in the front: gardening where everyone can see you
Today I spent some time gardening in the front yard.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
I did my first serious lettuce harvest today. Delicious! #lettuce #vegetablegarden

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Lettuce harvest!
I didn’t spend much time in the garden today, but I did harvest lettuce to have with our dinner - my first major lettuce harvest!
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
What has my garden been up to? Tomatoes, muscadine vines, and more

#gardening #zone9b

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Back in the garden after the flu
The flu really knocked me out.
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
It’s been a bit! It turns out that flu really knocks you off your feet. But the garden survived, and we emerged to find full-blown spring. Back to garden writing Tuesday! #gardening #redbud #flowers #zone9gardening
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Despite still having the flu, I managed a garden task: potting up these native inland sea oats.

#nativeplants #gardening #gardeningwiththeflu

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Inland Sea Oats - native grass that likes shade
Today we still have the flu, because that’s how flus work, but I’m determined not to leg to of my gardening or writing about gardening streak, so I up-potted some seedlings of inland sea oats while ou...
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
2025’s first garden harvest: green onions for Korean rice porridge, because we have the flu

#gardening #harvest #flu #닭죽

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
First Harvest of 2025
The first harvest of 2025 was also my only gardening today except for turning on the grow lights for some flower seedlings.
open.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Sara M-K
unabellaniente.bsky.social
I have no words. He's destroying our country. Greed and chaos. Our national forests are our treasures. No wonder he didn't hesitate to fire so many forest service employees. You don't need to maintain what you no longer have.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Some garden close-ups today:

#gardening #spring #lettuce #flowers

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Garden photo close-ups
Lovely lettuce:
open.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Gardening with allergies - can be done, not always fun! Six things I do to make it work for me.

#gardening #allergies

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Gardening with allergies
I didn’t expect to do much in the garden today.
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
I made a big change from last year to this year that should give me more success with leeks: I planted them instead of letting them dry and wither in a paper bag!

#leeks #vegetablegrdening #gardening #zone9b

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Growing leeks in my new garden beds
Today was spent tending the other thing I’m growing - my kids.
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Wrote this one on my phone so couldn’t (as far as I know) change the cover photo. Clearly not lettuce! But it was a good and busy day in my garden.

#lettuce #garden #zone9b

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Lettuce alone
I don’t know, I just can’t stop with the puns in titles.
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Gardening’s not all roses. Today’s accomplishment? Cardboard #gardening #landscaping #sheetmulching #nolawns

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Of mulch and men
a cardboardy day
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Big gardening day today! #tomatoes #gardening #vegetablegarden #zone9b

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Money can't buy
a February spring
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Is that red mustard?

#gardening #zone9b #veggies

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Slow day in the garden
also, is this red mustard?
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Finally real spring is here - time to get into the garden. #gardening #zone9b #springgarden

open.substack.com/pub/readingm...
Second spring
and the rewards of being slow
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reposted by Sara M-K
justanothersara.bsky.social
This is a great tool for seeing the impact of NIH on your state!

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
saraedits.bsky.social
Hello to my babies! #propegation #gardening #zone9b
February 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
saraedits.bsky.social
I’m delving my misspent youth for a new project:

open.substack.com/pub/retrochr...

#exvangelical #christian
The back of a light gray shirt with a drawing of a hand drawing a cross in sand and the words “the lines have been drawn. Disciple now 98”
January 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
Snowkra?
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
saraedits.bsky.social
This okra has limped along into January down here in Houston but I think we’re at the end of the road! #gardening #zone9b
A solitary fruit on a burgundy okra
January 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM