Amy N-K
@aankphd.bsky.social
She/they. Nonprofit grant writer. PhD, research and evaluation nerd. Mom of 4 wonderful young adults. Queer, polyfi, disabled, Quaker, Oregonian. Grateful for love, art, music, birds, gardening, and my service dog.
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Very glad the tree was saved… AND, after living somewhere that didn’t have off-street parking and having this happen to our parked, brand new electric vehicle (it was in the shop for over a year after this hit and run right next to our Portland home)… I do like off-street parking options, too. ❤️🌲🚗
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Very glad the tree was saved… AND, after living somewhere that didn’t have off-street parking and having this happen to our parked, brand new electric vehicle (it was in the shop for over a year after this hit and run right next to our Portland home)… I do like off-street parking options, too. ❤️🌲🚗
Been feeling absolutely drained; sleep has been elusive and the ever-present dysautonomia is extra present today.
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Been feeling absolutely drained; sleep has been elusive and the ever-present dysautonomia is extra present today.
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
Sprocket the #ServiceDog is apparently a Dancing With the Stars fan! 💃🕺💕🐕🦺
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sprocket the #ServiceDog is apparently a Dancing With the Stars fan! 💃🕺💕🐕🦺
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
Sprocket the service dog just went to the Halloween candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and came back to offer me a peanut butter cup. 🎃🍫
Best service ever. 😂
Best service ever. 😂
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Sprocket the service dog just went to the Halloween candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and came back to offer me a peanut butter cup. 🎃🍫
Best service ever. 😂
Best service ever. 😂
If you know Portland at all, here is a good example of why AI-generated street maps are not recommended. 🫠
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you know Portland at all, here is a good example of why AI-generated street maps are not recommended. 🫠
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
With torrential Portland rain this weekend, the guys, the service dog, and I were looking for ways to wander indoors.
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
With torrential Portland rain this weekend, the guys, the service dog, and I were looking for ways to wander indoors.
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
When your service dog knows how to open the bathroom door… “You okay in here?” 😂
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
When your service dog knows how to open the bathroom door… “You okay in here?” 😂
Took an evening walk through our Portland neighborhood with my son and my dog. We can’t figure out how these festive neighbors made the giant cat on their porch roof move as if it is pouncing.
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Took an evening walk through our Portland neighborhood with my son and my dog. We can’t figure out how these festive neighbors made the giant cat on their porch roof move as if it is pouncing.
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
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October 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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My late season garden is rather glorious right now! The dahlias just keep going… every bloom in that bouquet is abundant in my yard, and it is making me very happy. Tonight we will celebrate 4 family October birthdays; my sister is in town from the Netherlands and I got her fave pumpkin pie. 💕🌸🌼💐
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My late season garden is rather glorious right now! The dahlias just keep going… every bloom in that bouquet is abundant in my yard, and it is making me very happy. Tonight we will celebrate 4 family October birthdays; my sister is in town from the Netherlands and I got her fave pumpkin pie. 💕🌸🌼💐
I discovered that fairywrens exist today and am now disappointed that they don’t live in the USA. They are very cute!! I would say this gives me an excuse to go to Australia, except there is a lot of wildlife I don’t actually want to meet in Australia. 😂
fairywrenproject.org/meet-the-fai...
fairywrenproject.org/meet-the-fai...
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I discovered that fairywrens exist today and am now disappointed that they don’t live in the USA. They are very cute!! I would say this gives me an excuse to go to Australia, except there is a lot of wildlife I don’t actually want to meet in Australia. 😂
fairywrenproject.org/meet-the-fai...
fairywrenproject.org/meet-the-fai...
A beautiful morning to be watching the training of Portland’s Dragon Boat Antifa Navy forces along the south waterfront. 😉🛶
(We have clear blue skies, beautiful trees, and a deep blue Willamette River. Nothing is on fire.) 💕🌲🌳
(We have clear blue skies, beautiful trees, and a deep blue Willamette River. Nothing is on fire.) 💕🌲🌳
October 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A beautiful morning to be watching the training of Portland’s Dragon Boat Antifa Navy forces along the south waterfront. 😉🛶
(We have clear blue skies, beautiful trees, and a deep blue Willamette River. Nothing is on fire.) 💕🌲🌳
(We have clear blue skies, beautiful trees, and a deep blue Willamette River. Nothing is on fire.) 💕🌲🌳
Sprocket will come and nudge me when my heart rate or breathing elevate.
Our cat has asthma; I caught this after an attack. Sprocket checks on her, nudges, and then licks her. “You okay? I boop you so you are careful. Also licks.” 😊
Didn’t realize I had trained a service dog to help the cat… 🤣💕🐕🦺
Our cat has asthma; I caught this after an attack. Sprocket checks on her, nudges, and then licks her. “You okay? I boop you so you are careful. Also licks.” 😊
Didn’t realize I had trained a service dog to help the cat… 🤣💕🐕🦺
October 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Sprocket will come and nudge me when my heart rate or breathing elevate.
Our cat has asthma; I caught this after an attack. Sprocket checks on her, nudges, and then licks her. “You okay? I boop you so you are careful. Also licks.” 😊
Didn’t realize I had trained a service dog to help the cat… 🤣💕🐕🦺
Our cat has asthma; I caught this after an attack. Sprocket checks on her, nudges, and then licks her. “You okay? I boop you so you are careful. Also licks.” 😊
Didn’t realize I had trained a service dog to help the cat… 🤣💕🐕🦺
It’s been a lot lately. Sleep is elusive. So I’m ending the night by posting a picture of Sprocket when he was just a baby service-dog-to-be, soon to be donated to his training program. Gonna wash my face and put on an audiobook and think of gardens, puppies, and the promise of better days to come.🐕🦺
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s been a lot lately. Sleep is elusive. So I’m ending the night by posting a picture of Sprocket when he was just a baby service-dog-to-be, soon to be donated to his training program. Gonna wash my face and put on an audiobook and think of gardens, puppies, and the promise of better days to come.🐕🦺
Wish I could join the frenemy napping party this afternoon… 😴
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wish I could join the frenemy napping party this afternoon… 😴
In “war-ravaged” Portland: yesterday, ICE had snipers on the roof of their building shooting pepper balls at people who were (checks notes)… standing still with signs and chanting. The hostility is coming from ICE, not the other way around.
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In “war-ravaged” Portland: yesterday, ICE had snipers on the roof of their building shooting pepper balls at people who were (checks notes)… standing still with signs and chanting. The hostility is coming from ICE, not the other way around.
Professional helper boy Sprocket has been very helpful this weekend. 💕🐕🦺
Went to get my flu and COVID jabs and a nurse expressed surprise when he picked my bag up on cue, “I thought he was just a therapy dog!”, and he has been checking on me frequently with some dysautonomia episodes recently. 🫀🫁😓
Went to get my flu and COVID jabs and a nurse expressed surprise when he picked my bag up on cue, “I thought he was just a therapy dog!”, and he has been checking on me frequently with some dysautonomia episodes recently. 🫀🫁😓
October 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Professional helper boy Sprocket has been very helpful this weekend. 💕🐕🦺
Went to get my flu and COVID jabs and a nurse expressed surprise when he picked my bag up on cue, “I thought he was just a therapy dog!”, and he has been checking on me frequently with some dysautonomia episodes recently. 🫀🫁😓
Went to get my flu and COVID jabs and a nurse expressed surprise when he picked my bag up on cue, “I thought he was just a therapy dog!”, and he has been checking on me frequently with some dysautonomia episodes recently. 🫀🫁😓
This is the ICE helicopter circling above South Waterfront in Portland right now. Markings are consistent with US Customs and Border Protection. Incredibly noisy, disruptive to residents and wildlife, and a huge waste of money. At least it’s a lot harder to kidnap people into helicopters than vans.
October 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is the ICE helicopter circling above South Waterfront in Portland right now. Markings are consistent with US Customs and Border Protection. Incredibly noisy, disruptive to residents and wildlife, and a huge waste of money. At least it’s a lot harder to kidnap people into helicopters than vans.
Friday evening, someone was clinging to Ross Island Bridge, threatening to jump. #Portland Street Response and Fire and Rescue came, gently talking them down while closing the busy bridge for over an hour. I was touched by their patience and care, and by the boat at the ready. The person is safe. ❤️
September 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Friday evening, someone was clinging to Ross Island Bridge, threatening to jump. #Portland Street Response and Fire and Rescue came, gently talking them down while closing the busy bridge for over an hour. I was touched by their patience and care, and by the boat at the ready. The person is safe. ❤️
Some 10+ years ago, heavy sadness and my birthday coincided. These 2 dear men read a poem and rubbed my feet when I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. We were at Lost Lake. I got up. We breathed the mountain air and listened to baby birds in a nest above our cabin door.
Grateful, I let joy in. ❤️🐦
Grateful, I let joy in. ❤️🐦
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Some 10+ years ago, heavy sadness and my birthday coincided. These 2 dear men read a poem and rubbed my feet when I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. We were at Lost Lake. I got up. We breathed the mountain air and listened to baby birds in a nest above our cabin door.
Grateful, I let joy in. ❤️🐦
Grateful, I let joy in. ❤️🐦
Nearly October and the garden is still going strong - many of the dahlias are taller than me and there is so much loveliness. Salvia, zinnias, coneflowers, geraniums, petunias, and anemones are all very happy. Here are some of the pink blossoms! 🌸💐
September 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nearly October and the garden is still going strong - many of the dahlias are taller than me and there is so much loveliness. Salvia, zinnias, coneflowers, geraniums, petunias, and anemones are all very happy. Here are some of the pink blossoms! 🌸💐
Menopause and my mom’s death 2 years ago hit hard at around the same time. My relationship with her was fraught; I grieved the mother I had (and the good) along with the mother I wished I had (and the things only she could fix, but didn’t).
I packed on weight… but it is finally starting to lift. ❤️
I packed on weight… but it is finally starting to lift. ❤️
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Menopause and my mom’s death 2 years ago hit hard at around the same time. My relationship with her was fraught; I grieved the mother I had (and the good) along with the mother I wished I had (and the things only she could fix, but didn’t).
I packed on weight… but it is finally starting to lift. ❤️
I packed on weight… but it is finally starting to lift. ❤️
Because he looks like a muppet and my disability is invisible, we often get side-eye as a service dog team. He can retrieve my meds, water, phone, my bag, human help if needed, and alerts to my episodes before my smartwatch even registers a change!
(Still a muppet, but a *service* muppet!)
💕🐕🦺
(Still a muppet, but a *service* muppet!)
💕🐕🦺
September 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Because he looks like a muppet and my disability is invisible, we often get side-eye as a service dog team. He can retrieve my meds, water, phone, my bag, human help if needed, and alerts to my episodes before my smartwatch even registers a change!
(Still a muppet, but a *service* muppet!)
💕🐕🦺
(Still a muppet, but a *service* muppet!)
💕🐕🦺
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September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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You were a treat to listen to! I’ve been enjoying your book immensely. Thanks again for “making what is missing.” I’m learning some new things, which is so fun.
Obscure Easter egg: I have some of the original, actual artwork from the In The Heights movie set! (Seen during my fave, “Breathe”) 1/2 🧵
Obscure Easter egg: I have some of the original, actual artwork from the In The Heights movie set! (Seen during my fave, “Breathe”) 1/2 🧵
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
You were a treat to listen to! I’ve been enjoying your book immensely. Thanks again for “making what is missing.” I’m learning some new things, which is so fun.
Obscure Easter egg: I have some of the original, actual artwork from the In The Heights movie set! (Seen during my fave, “Breathe”) 1/2 🧵
Obscure Easter egg: I have some of the original, actual artwork from the In The Heights movie set! (Seen during my fave, “Breathe”) 1/2 🧵