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Pages From a Lost Sketchbook
@sketchbook2012.bsky.social
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Found my old sketchbook from circa 2012. (Me: US expat, gay, left progressive, past middle age; he/him)
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Today’s mood: Catty. (K.30 Fugue in G minor by Domenico Scarlatti is nicknamed the Cat Fugue, as legend has it Scarlatti copied the theme down after hearing it played when his curious cat Pulcinella walked on the keyboard!) #classicalmusic #scarlatti #sketch #cats
B&W sketch of black cats walking across harpsichord keyboards, notes and keys flying and text that reads: K. 30
February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
One of my mother’s good friends - and mentor really - Betty Werrenwrath just turned 112! A force for good and proof that, contrary to how it feels just now, sometimes the best of us live to be very old (clip is 2-year-old interview). Happy 112th Betty! #supercentenarian youtu.be/bH4VIylqghc?...
265: Elizabeth “Betty” Werrenrath: A Life-long Progressive, still Advocating at 110
YouTube video by WomenOver70
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January 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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bethmenninga.bsky.social
For those of us who are sick today, a candle in the window is a way to express you grief.
isaiahmn.org ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 15d
🕯️ SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA

Tonight • 7:00 PM CT

Step outside and light a candle — on our street corners, with our neighbors, for our communities & Alex.

Together we call for #ICEOutNow.

🔁 SHARE WIDELY!
SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS. WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX. ICE OUT NOW SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: bottle blonde. Interpret as you will. #sketch #bottleblonde
B&W sketch of a woman being poured out of a bottle onto a plate/bowl, a spoon and sugar bowl to her left, gge words “bottle blonde” in the center with an arrow pointing to her.
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Despite rather low expectations, 2026 seems to be going even worse than expected #sketch #daytimeinsomnia #stressedout
B&W sketch of a man on a sinhle bed fully dressed and eyes wide open, a nightstand with lamp and book, all viewed from above, with the text “Daytime insomnia” at upper left.
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: There’s no predicting how bad 2026 may end up being, but let’s hope it’s better than 2025 #happynewyear2026 #seance
B&W drawing of five women in 40s style clothes touching fingers around a table with a candle in the middle, a lamp and overturned book on the floor to the left, and the word “seance” with an arrow pointing at the women.
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Today’s mood: baking (5 batches of different Christmas cookies, complete with fancy icing) #sketch #baking #homemade #homemaid
B&W sketch of a woman in an apron putting a tray of what look like tarts in a tile stove, with a table and chairs, one overturned, in the foreground, a bowl and spoon on the table.
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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alexdecampi.bsky.social
Settings > Accessibility -> Motion, then toggle on “reduce motion”

cuts out the majority of the annoying new iPhone animations

(better accessibility benefits everyone, even people who aren’t disabled yet)
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: stirring the pot? #sketch #domestic
B&W sketch of a scruffy buzzcut man with black glasses and black socks, in an apron and standing, stirring something in a bowl in his hand. To his left in the background is an electrical outlet, to his right beside him can be seen the edge and one leg of a table.
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: feeling fit (ish) #sketch #exercise #feelingfittish
B&W sketch of a man with a buzz cut and stubble doing situps with his toes under a sofa and the word “EXERCISE” at the upper left.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Clearly whatever better angels we have have abandoned us, so I give you a worse angel #sketch #worseangel
B&W aketch of a monstrous angel with tiny wings holding a lily.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Perplexed by this headline. I was expecting maybe something about medieval women and bloodletting? Trad wives and the renewed fascination with bile? @bcdreyer.social am I wrong to be confused?
Headline: Why Big Wellness Loves Middle Age Women to an op-ed by Jessica Grose in the NYTimes
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Happy Halloween from everyone’s favorite opera villainess! #queenofthenight #sketch #halloween
B&W sketch of a flying woman in a long dress with a ruffled top, mutton-chop sleeves and a crescent moon on her head. A text at top left reads: Queen of the Night.
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Jam today #jamtoday #lewiscarroll #throughthelookingglass #whatalicefoundthere
B&W sketch of a woman sprawled out with her hand in a jar that is between her legs. The jar has a label with two cherries on it. She is licking a spoon in her other hand. In the upper left is a text reading: jam today.
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Fall, and not in a brightly colored leafy good way #vasedress #sketch #yikes
B&W sketch of a tiny woman who appears to be rolling off a table, her bell-like long dress, instead of showing her feet at the bottom, has flowers as if it were a vase. There is a key and a thimble on the table, and in the background an electrical outlet. A text at upper right reads: “vase dress”
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Really, that’s the pangram you’re going with #NYTBee? Plus that KE6? And two of the PU4s? Are these real words real people use? #spellingbee
Queen bee image for today’s NYT spelling bee with center letter L plus E I K Y U P
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Today’s mood: Sometimes I wish I lived in a bubble #sketch #belljar
B&W sketch of a grand house and a tree on a table, covered by a bell jar, with two little men in the left corner carrying a ladder to get up to it and my signature electrical outlet in the background on the right, and a text reading “the bell jar” in the lower right.
October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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bethmenninga.bsky.social
Where is the time warp when you need it? Just a twist to the left
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: autumnal and a bit of a struggle #sketch #autumnleaves #autumn #tinypeople
B&W sketch of a tiny man and woman in vaguely 19th-century dress each grasping a leaf that is bigger than they are and hauling them up a diagonal walk
September 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Today’s mood: Remembering Sundays past (I had no idea until now that those were pink Canada mints? I only remember they tasted like wintergreen and there were white ones also that tasted like regular peppermints) #nostalgia #sketch #pinkpeppermints
B&W sketch of a surface with a box of little discs, three of them on the surface, as well as a pair of wire-rimmed glasses and a text: My grandmother had a tin full of pink peppermints, chalky and sweet, from which we could take one to bring along to church…
September 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Today’s mood: homage to my sister’s little good boi Pippin, who’s living his last day today (brushing a tear away as I write this) #doggos #doggies #pippin
B&W sketch of a woman in a dress sitting on a poodle and a man in a suit sitting on a dalmatian on a winding road, a dandelion to the left and text that reads: dog sitters
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
sketchbook2012.bsky.social
Today’s mood: Wait, what is that alarm clock doing on the floor…? #sketch #table #alarmclock
B&W sketch of a raw chicken on a platter, a lemon, a rolling pin and a small bowl on a fat-legged table with a window in the background, a chair in the foreground on the right and an alarm clock on the floor in the foreground on the left.
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The new study reveals US education to be riddled with inaccuracies and to be inconsistent across the country.

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Only 19 US States Require School Sex Education To Be Medically Accurate, Finds Sweeping Review
The new study reveals US education to be riddled with inaccuracies and to be inconsistent across the country.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Today’s mood: frog princessish - would you kiss her? #sketch #frogprincess #platee #froggy
B&W sketch of a (toad-like) frog princess ca. 1780 in a wig with a feather, décolletage, a cinched waist and holding a dripping waterlily
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Today’s mood: Watch out, that thing could eat you up! (It’s giving ecclesiastongue) #sketch #Odenplan
B&W sketch of a domed church surrounded by trees and an iron fence at the left, an enormous tongue thrust out the front door instead of steps
August 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM