Anna O.
@anna-olson.bsky.social
Art teacher, freelance editor, occasional writer, art dilettante, frequent maker of crafty things.
She/her
Assorted Causes I Tend to Support:
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
https://www.raincityhousing.org/
https://pihcanada.org/
She/her
Assorted Causes I Tend to Support:
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
https://www.raincityhousing.org/
https://pihcanada.org/
Getting my serving it right certificate means I am legally allowed to serve alcohol but I now have ethical qualms about doing so.
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Getting my serving it right certificate means I am legally allowed to serve alcohol but I now have ethical qualms about doing so.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
Between climate change and the upcoming wildfire season, I am delighted with the recent cool temps and rain, but it's still surreal to be wearing my wool base layers at home in late May.
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Between climate change and the upcoming wildfire season, I am delighted with the recent cool temps and rain, but it's still surreal to be wearing my wool base layers at home in late May.
Managed to take a chunk out of my finger yesterday while slicing potatoes on a mandolin. Obviously, it's time to get out the spoon carving kit.
April 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Managed to take a chunk out of my finger yesterday while slicing potatoes on a mandolin. Obviously, it's time to get out the spoon carving kit.
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Easter is a lot more fun with a visit to the local game café to stock up on dice followed by a D&D session. Much more chill than the 3 church services of my childhood.
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Easter is a lot more fun with a visit to the local game café to stock up on dice followed by a D&D session. Much more chill than the 3 church services of my childhood.
April 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Overheard from kiddo's friend: I have a problem. Chocolate and candy is my comfort food, and I need a lot of comfort.
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Overheard from kiddo's friend: I have a problem. Chocolate and candy is my comfort food, and I need a lot of comfort.
Have finished reading "Mariel of Redwall" to the kid and started on Diana Wynne Jones' "The Dark Lord of Derkholm" and the lack of comma splices in the latter is deeply refreshing.
April 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Have finished reading "Mariel of Redwall" to the kid and started on Diana Wynne Jones' "The Dark Lord of Derkholm" and the lack of comma splices in the latter is deeply refreshing.
The upcoming Canadian federal election is on Monday, April 28. Register to vote if you haven't already (you can register on election day but it's easier to do so before the deadline on the 22nd).
#canada #canadianelection
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
#canada #canadianelection
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Ways to vote – Elections Canada
Ways to vote in the 2025 federal election in Canada.
www.elections.ca
April 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The upcoming Canadian federal election is on Monday, April 28. Register to vote if you haven't already (you can register on election day but it's easier to do so before the deadline on the 22nd).
#canada #canadianelection
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
#canada #canadianelection
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Got home from work yesterday to find that @magicbaconfairy.bsky.social and the kid had made meringues and hollandaise sauce (not served together) which seemed like some kind of flex given the moment.
March 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Got home from work yesterday to find that @magicbaconfairy.bsky.social and the kid had made meringues and hollandaise sauce (not served together) which seemed like some kind of flex given the moment.
This week, I featured Christi Belcourt, a Métis artist, in spring break camp. One of my students lit up, and said, "I'm Métis!"
This is why inclusion is important.
This is why inclusion is important.
March 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This week, I featured Christi Belcourt, a Métis artist, in spring break camp. One of my students lit up, and said, "I'm Métis!"
This is why inclusion is important.
This is why inclusion is important.
My kid complained that the price of her favorite chocolate bar at the local chocolate shop went up. I said it was probably the tariffs. Her: I hate this economy.
March 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My kid complained that the price of her favorite chocolate bar at the local chocolate shop went up. I said it was probably the tariffs. Her: I hate this economy.
I have only recently learned, after years of hearing the board game term, that it is "worker placement" and not "work replacement".
March 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have only recently learned, after years of hearing the board game term, that it is "worker placement" and not "work replacement".
My starboard hip is acting up today.
March 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My starboard hip is acting up today.
Today's art camp: one kid nicknamed another "Farty Hat."
March 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today's art camp: one kid nicknamed another "Farty Hat."
At art camp: we told the paper airplane table that they couldn't make any more today because they had a literal mound of airplanes and were using up a bunch of drawing paper. Thirty minutes later, I found one kid making a paper airplane out of a paper towel (yes, it actually flew a short distance).
March 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
At art camp: we told the paper airplane table that they couldn't make any more today because they had a literal mound of airplanes and were using up a bunch of drawing paper. Thirty minutes later, I found one kid making a paper airplane out of a paper towel (yes, it actually flew a short distance).
My kid to me: I'm not saying you have bad hair... well, okay, I am saying you have bad hair and I'm glad I didn't inherit it.
March 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
My kid to me: I'm not saying you have bad hair... well, okay, I am saying you have bad hair and I'm glad I didn't inherit it.
I've been rereading some of the Redwall series, and holy comma splices, Batman!
March 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I've been rereading some of the Redwall series, and holy comma splices, Batman!
Editor job - things that will make me more likely to reject your novel are: not sending a full manuscript as requested on our submissions page; many obvious typos; a book for YA/New Adult written at a juvenile/grade school fiction level; book obviously written for a different type of press.
March 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Editor job - things that will make me more likely to reject your novel are: not sending a full manuscript as requested on our submissions page; many obvious typos; a book for YA/New Adult written at a juvenile/grade school fiction level; book obviously written for a different type of press.
I saw a Jason Bourne DVD at the store today and my brain immediately chanted, "Jesus Christ, it's Jason Bourne!" @killjamesbond.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I saw a Jason Bourne DVD at the store today and my brain immediately chanted, "Jesus Christ, it's Jason Bourne!" @killjamesbond.bsky.social
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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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The line is not between left and right, liberal or conservative.
The line is between democratic citizens and a fascist movement, between defenders of an evidence-based worldview and people who try to replace it, between human rights and human atrocities, between freedom for all and serfdom for most
The line is between democratic citizens and a fascist movement, between defenders of an evidence-based worldview and people who try to replace it, between human rights and human atrocities, between freedom for all and serfdom for most
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The line is not between left and right, liberal or conservative.
The line is between democratic citizens and a fascist movement, between defenders of an evidence-based worldview and people who try to replace it, between human rights and human atrocities, between freedom for all and serfdom for most
The line is between democratic citizens and a fascist movement, between defenders of an evidence-based worldview and people who try to replace it, between human rights and human atrocities, between freedom for all and serfdom for most
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You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.
Dysentery cases on the rise in the Portland area: 40 new cases reported in January alone
Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.
www.usatoday.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.
I don't know who came up with this but I don't think they workshopped it enough.
March 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I don't know who came up with this but I don't think they workshopped it enough.