Elizabeth Metz
@thefinestmuffins.bsky.social
Illustrator, writer, nonprofit staffer, Reds fan, bookworm, pedestrian, houseplant and voting rights enthusiast. She/her. What, people who like baseball can't like books?
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
📍Cincinnati, OH
https://www.elizabeth-metz.com
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Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and PIZZA.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
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Happy #PitchersAndCatchers report to #SpringTraining Day! Every year (19 so far!) I mark this holiday with an original ⚾️ illustration.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Happy #PitchersAndCatchers report to #SpringTraining Day! Every year (19 so far!) I mark this holiday with an original ⚾️ illustration.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
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The only reasonable conclusion to draw from this tweet is that our muppet population hails from a wonderful ancestral homeland that now I long to visit.
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The only reasonable conclusion to draw from this tweet is that our muppet population hails from a wonderful ancestral homeland that now I long to visit.
Happy #PitchersAndCatchers report to #SpringTraining Day! Every year (19 so far!) I mark this holiday with an original ⚾️ illustration.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Happy #PitchersAndCatchers report to #SpringTraining Day! Every year (19 so far!) I mark this holiday with an original ⚾️ illustration.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
This one's about color as a symbol of baseball as a proxy for spring as a metaphor for hope. It's also a little bit about the inherent surrealism of mascots.
Football's over! And guess what? Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow.
Got some new baseball art locked and loaded. ⚾
Got some new baseball art locked and loaded. ⚾
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Football's over! And guess what? Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow.
Got some new baseball art locked and loaded. ⚾
Got some new baseball art locked and loaded. ⚾
Between this horror show + the one where a sweet mom-kid chat imagining a garden at their new house was incomplete w/out a bland-ass genAI photo (in the old days, we'd cut pictures out of magazines or pick up a crayon, and that was GODDAMN MAGICAL!)
...I've yelled at a few commercials tonight.
...I've yelled at a few commercials tonight.
The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Between this horror show + the one where a sweet mom-kid chat imagining a garden at their new house was incomplete w/out a bland-ass genAI photo (in the old days, we'd cut pictures out of magazines or pick up a crayon, and that was GODDAMN MAGICAL!)
...I've yelled at a few commercials tonight.
...I've yelled at a few commercials tonight.
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Love and support you always, Cincinnati Enquirer (support local media), but esp today
This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get
& they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc
This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get
& they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Love and support you always, Cincinnati Enquirer (support local media), but esp today
This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get
& they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc
This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get
& they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc
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Imagine seeing a child and thinking they shouldn't have health care unless their parents can afford it
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Imagine seeing a child and thinking they shouldn't have health care unless their parents can afford it
Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and PIZZA.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and PIZZA.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?
elizabeth-metz.com.
I'm using this quote in my message to my member of Congress tonight, attributed specifically to "former Cincinnati Red Sean Doolittle."
(This article is a few days old, but I only just stumbled on it!)
(This article is a few days old, but I only just stumbled on it!)
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I'm using this quote in my message to my member of Congress tonight, attributed specifically to "former Cincinnati Red Sean Doolittle."
(This article is a few days old, but I only just stumbled on it!)
(This article is a few days old, but I only just stumbled on it!)
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One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
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This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
I spent the evening outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis, where the feds have been releasing people they detained — often for no discernible reason — into the freezing cold... wearing whatever little clothing they had on at the time they were taken.
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Mine's the Ohio River, obviously.
But when I wrote an autobiography as a class project in middle school, I called it "On the Banks of Mill Creek." Are creeks rivers? If so, that's my hyperlocal answer.
www.americanrivers.org/2017/09/urba...
But when I wrote an autobiography as a class project in middle school, I called it "On the Banks of Mill Creek." Are creeks rivers? If so, that's my hyperlocal answer.
www.americanrivers.org/2017/09/urba...
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Mine's the Ohio River, obviously.
But when I wrote an autobiography as a class project in middle school, I called it "On the Banks of Mill Creek." Are creeks rivers? If so, that's my hyperlocal answer.
www.americanrivers.org/2017/09/urba...
But when I wrote an autobiography as a class project in middle school, I called it "On the Banks of Mill Creek." Are creeks rivers? If so, that's my hyperlocal answer.
www.americanrivers.org/2017/09/urba...
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Looking for a way to support Minneapolis-area kids? A Book of My Own will be using all donations for the month to get books to kids who can’t go to school because the federal government is terrorizing their home. #kidlit
bookofmyown.com/donation/
bookofmyown.com/donation/
Make a Donation - A Book of My Own
DONATE BOOKS: If you are interested in donating children’s books, please carefully read the following. A Book of My Own is happy to accept books that: Reflect the wonderful diverse world in w...
bookofmyown.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Looking for a way to support Minneapolis-area kids? A Book of My Own will be using all donations for the month to get books to kids who can’t go to school because the federal government is terrorizing their home. #kidlit
bookofmyown.com/donation/
bookofmyown.com/donation/
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Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in U.S. immigration crackdown
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year. The...
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Dark times (literal and metaphorical) are great times to make something with your hands, don't you agree? ❄️✂️
I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and a good project.
More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.
I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and a good project.
More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Dark times (literal and metaphorical) are great times to make something with your hands, don't you agree? ❄️✂️
I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and a good project.
More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.
I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and a good project.
More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.
Just throwing out there that I ✨love✨ recommending books. If anyone needs suggestions.
If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Just throwing out there that I ✨love✨ recommending books. If anyone needs suggestions.
Oh, man. Without thinking TOO hard about this...
The Good Place
Mad Men
Agents of SHIELD
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
New Girl, esp. the last few minutes
Anne With an E was canceled too soon (RIP) but its final episode is A+.
I really liked the Chuck finale and learned recently some people hate it??
The Good Place
Mad Men
Agents of SHIELD
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
New Girl, esp. the last few minutes
Anne With an E was canceled too soon (RIP) but its final episode is A+.
I really liked the Chuck finale and learned recently some people hate it??
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Oh, man. Without thinking TOO hard about this...
The Good Place
Mad Men
Agents of SHIELD
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
New Girl, esp. the last few minutes
Anne With an E was canceled too soon (RIP) but its final episode is A+.
I really liked the Chuck finale and learned recently some people hate it??
The Good Place
Mad Men
Agents of SHIELD
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
New Girl, esp. the last few minutes
Anne With an E was canceled too soon (RIP) but its final episode is A+.
I really liked the Chuck finale and learned recently some people hate it??
Assuming I'm being sworn in to some kind of public service role, but also I'm still very much ME... I'd go with a quartet of picture books from my childhood that taught me how to be in community.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Assuming I'm being sworn in to some kind of public service role, but also I'm still very much ME... I'd go with a quartet of picture books from my childhood that taught me how to be in community.
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✂️❄️ This #12x12PB winter illustration is full of creativity and cozy at-home magic.
Artwork by @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social
#kidlit
Artwork by @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social
#kidlit
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
✂️❄️ This #12x12PB winter illustration is full of creativity and cozy at-home magic.
Artwork by @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social
#kidlit
Artwork by @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social
#kidlit
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Delightful.
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Delightful.
Art for your Winter Solstice timeline!
For years, I've made art to mark the start of Spring Training. The last few, I've marked the Solstice the same way.
I realized today these moments are alike: something good (daylight, baseball) is JUST around the corner.
That's hope. Let's celebrate it. ✨
For years, I've made art to mark the start of Spring Training. The last few, I've marked the Solstice the same way.
I realized today these moments are alike: something good (daylight, baseball) is JUST around the corner.
That's hope. Let's celebrate it. ✨
December 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Art for your Winter Solstice timeline!
For years, I've made art to mark the start of Spring Training. The last few, I've marked the Solstice the same way.
I realized today these moments are alike: something good (daylight, baseball) is JUST around the corner.
That's hope. Let's celebrate it. ✨
For years, I've made art to mark the start of Spring Training. The last few, I've marked the Solstice the same way.
I realized today these moments are alike: something good (daylight, baseball) is JUST around the corner.
That's hope. Let's celebrate it. ✨
Reposted by Elizabeth Metz
We asked Joey Votto to read the best stories about himself. Watch him react
We asked Joey Votto to read the best stories about himself. Watch him react
Votto played 17 seasons in MLB, winning an MVP and a Gold Glove. Here he shares stories about the mindset that helped him achieve that.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We asked Joey Votto to read the best stories about himself. Watch him react
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While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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I encourage you to listen to Cary Elwes' memoir "As You Wish." Yes, listen. Cary and Rob and do many others read to you the making of "The Princess Bride" and it's so lovely, maybe equally lovely to the film...
#SpreadLove
#SpreadLove
December 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I encourage you to listen to Cary Elwes' memoir "As You Wish." Yes, listen. Cary and Rob and do many others read to you the making of "The Princess Bride" and it's so lovely, maybe equally lovely to the film...
#SpreadLove
#SpreadLove
The Princess Bride is my favorite movie. I don't think most people saw the "home movie" filmed during COVID. It's a joy and showcases how widely loved the film is.
As we're mourning Rob Reiner today, I wanted to share it. Watch to the end--he's in the final scene. 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29s1...
As we're mourning Rob Reiner today, I wanted to share it. Watch to the end--he's in the final scene. 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29s1...
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Princess Bride is my favorite movie. I don't think most people saw the "home movie" filmed during COVID. It's a joy and showcases how widely loved the film is.
As we're mourning Rob Reiner today, I wanted to share it. Watch to the end--he's in the final scene. 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29s1...
As we're mourning Rob Reiner today, I wanted to share it. Watch to the end--he's in the final scene. 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=29s1...