Anne Tomkinson
@annetomk.bsky.social
Jesus, justice, anti-racism, DEIB
When individuals experience liberation, organizations flourish. She/her
When individuals experience liberation, organizations flourish. She/her
I’ve been kind of quiet about this because I don’t feel like I have anything of value to add to the conversation but let me be absolutely clear - as a straight cis woman, I absolutely 100% support my trans siblings and I will stand with you publicly anywhere and everywhere.
February 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’ve been kind of quiet about this because I don’t feel like I have anything of value to add to the conversation but let me be absolutely clear - as a straight cis woman, I absolutely 100% support my trans siblings and I will stand with you publicly anywhere and everywhere.
My husband and I always had a food house, but over the past few years we’ve been making the switch to an ingredient house. I think we’ve succeeded - I’m sick, and he just instacarted stuff to make chicken soup.
January 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My husband and I always had a food house, but over the past few years we’ve been making the switch to an ingredient house. I think we’ve succeeded - I’m sick, and he just instacarted stuff to make chicken soup.
Today I am trying not to despair of the future. I’m participating in mutual aid for MLK celebrations, and I’m going to do what I always do on MLK day - read his letter from a Birmingham jail and contemplate where in my life I’m showing up as a white moderate, and how I can do better.
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today I am trying not to despair of the future. I’m participating in mutual aid for MLK celebrations, and I’m going to do what I always do on MLK day - read his letter from a Birmingham jail and contemplate where in my life I’m showing up as a white moderate, and how I can do better.
Sometimes I see people post the silliest takes and for just a moment I want to weigh in and offer a new perspective (or correction when they are flat out wrong), but then I take a deep breath and remember that I should save my energy for better things.
January 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sometimes I see people post the silliest takes and for just a moment I want to weigh in and offer a new perspective (or correction when they are flat out wrong), but then I take a deep breath and remember that I should save my energy for better things.
Antibiotics are messing with my sense of taste and smell and I’m really ready to be all better now.
January 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Antibiotics are messing with my sense of taste and smell and I’m really ready to be all better now.
I got a steroid shot in my shoulder yesterday. So far, no change at all. Let’s hope physical therapy next week is more effective than this shot!
January 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I got a steroid shot in my shoulder yesterday. So far, no change at all. Let’s hope physical therapy next week is more effective than this shot!
I need to make some dietary changes for health reasons. I hope the work I’ve done to heal my relationship with food will allow me to safely make these changes without spiraling back into disordered eating. There’s a fine line between ‘good food vs. bad food’ and ‘better for me right now’ food.
January 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I need to make some dietary changes for health reasons. I hope the work I’ve done to heal my relationship with food will allow me to safely make these changes without spiraling back into disordered eating. There’s a fine line between ‘good food vs. bad food’ and ‘better for me right now’ food.
The year my son was born, we didn’t take our tree down until March. After that, the tree always came down before his bday. I spent the first weekend this year in the ER, so for the first time since 1986 the tree came down late. It would have been an easier cleanup if this tree was also artificial.
January 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The year my son was born, we didn’t take our tree down until March. After that, the tree always came down before his bday. I spent the first weekend this year in the ER, so for the first time since 1986 the tree came down late. It would have been an easier cleanup if this tree was also artificial.
I have to be on a clear liquid diet for a few days. I’m fine, but did the nurse practitioner really think she was being encouraging when she said ‘at least with jello you still have food to chew!’?!?!
January 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have to be on a clear liquid diet for a few days. I’m fine, but did the nurse practitioner really think she was being encouraging when she said ‘at least with jello you still have food to chew!’?!?!
I dislike New Year’s resolutions as they always feel deficit based. I do like setting intentions for the year, and this section from Mary Oliver’s poem ‘Sometimes’ is going to be my intention for 2025:
4.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
4.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
December 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I dislike New Year’s resolutions as they always feel deficit based. I do like setting intentions for the year, and this section from Mary Oliver’s poem ‘Sometimes’ is going to be my intention for 2025:
4.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
4.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
If you’re required to be in the office 4 days a week, that’s not exactly really hybrid. Just saying.
December 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
If you’re required to be in the office 4 days a week, that’s not exactly really hybrid. Just saying.
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Been thinking about “purpose” vs. “meaning” — particularly in relation to vocation. When I focus on a purposeful life I am more driven and less content, but a meaningful life feels more expansive - there’s room for curiosity, pleasure, and connection without needing to operationalize every choice.
December 7, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Been thinking about “purpose” vs. “meaning” — particularly in relation to vocation. When I focus on a purposeful life I am more driven and less content, but a meaningful life feels more expansive - there’s room for curiosity, pleasure, and connection without needing to operationalize every choice.
Therapy is so good and also leaves me feeling fragile. I’m glad I got a time slot at the end of the day on Friday so I don’t have to jump right back into life when it’s over.
December 7, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Therapy is so good and also leaves me feeling fragile. I’m glad I got a time slot at the end of the day on Friday so I don’t have to jump right back into life when it’s over.
I went nc/lc with my mother 3 years ago. For a while afterward, there were still times I felt abandoned by family in spite of it being my choice. This year my siblings all spent Thanksgiving with my mother and I saw pictures of them and thought oh, how nice for them. No regret, no sting. #growth
December 4, 2024 at 3:29 AM
I went nc/lc with my mother 3 years ago. For a while afterward, there were still times I felt abandoned by family in spite of it being my choice. This year my siblings all spent Thanksgiving with my mother and I saw pictures of them and thought oh, how nice for them. No regret, no sting. #growth
What are the best #HRConferences folks are attending in 2025? Not SHRM, obviously.
December 2, 2024 at 10:24 PM
What are the best #HRConferences folks are attending in 2025? Not SHRM, obviously.
I got to hold my niece’s 10 day old baby. All is right with my world.
November 30, 2024 at 10:27 PM
I got to hold my niece’s 10 day old baby. All is right with my world.
I’m not usually an early Christmas decorator but this year feels like we need some intentional joy.
November 30, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I’m not usually an early Christmas decorator but this year feels like we need some intentional joy.
On Thursday we went to Thanksgiving mass in the morning so the whole day felt like a Sunday. Today has felt like Saturday. It’s pretty great to realize it’s only Friday and we still have a real Saturday and Sunday before us. Long weekends are the best.
November 30, 2024 at 4:43 AM
On Thursday we went to Thanksgiving mass in the morning so the whole day felt like a Sunday. Today has felt like Saturday. It’s pretty great to realize it’s only Friday and we still have a real Saturday and Sunday before us. Long weekends are the best.
Prepping so I can pace myself Thursday. Today I made pie crust and cubed bread for stuffing. Tomorrow I’ll bake the sweet potato pie and cook the cranberry sauce. Still quite a bit left for Thursday, but I’ll have my son as a sous chef and it’ll be fun.
November 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Prepping so I can pace myself Thursday. Today I made pie crust and cubed bread for stuffing. Tomorrow I’ll bake the sweet potato pie and cook the cranberry sauce. Still quite a bit left for Thursday, but I’ll have my son as a sous chef and it’ll be fun.
Reposted by Anne Tomkinson
1/ 90 Second Sermon:
Can we claim to “love our neighbour as ourselves” if we are willing to accept and pursue less for them than we would for our own family or ourselves?
Can we claim to “love our neighbour as ourselves” if we are willing to accept and pursue less for them than we would for our own family or ourselves?
November 23, 2024 at 4:42 AM
1/ 90 Second Sermon:
Can we claim to “love our neighbour as ourselves” if we are willing to accept and pursue less for them than we would for our own family or ourselves?
Can we claim to “love our neighbour as ourselves” if we are willing to accept and pursue less for them than we would for our own family or ourselves?
It’s open enrollment season. Send me all your thoughts and prayers.
November 25, 2024 at 11:51 PM
It’s open enrollment season. Send me all your thoughts and prayers.
I’ve been starting my day listening to the Bible in a year podcast with Fr Mike Schmitz for the second year in a row. I’d like to find another source to listen, preferably the entire Bible within a year, but definitely regular daily reading. Any recommendations?
November 25, 2024 at 3:09 AM
I’ve been starting my day listening to the Bible in a year podcast with Fr Mike Schmitz for the second year in a row. I’d like to find another source to listen, preferably the entire Bible within a year, but definitely regular daily reading. Any recommendations?
It worked out! Multiple people went back for seconds so I’m pretty sure they weren’t just being polite when they said they liked it.
I’m having people over for dinner and made the rookie mistake of trying out a new recipe. It looks and smells… ok.
November 23, 2024 at 4:17 PM
It worked out! Multiple people went back for seconds so I’m pretty sure they weren’t just being polite when they said they liked it.
I’m having people over for dinner and made the rookie mistake of trying out a new recipe. It looks and smells… ok.
November 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I’m having people over for dinner and made the rookie mistake of trying out a new recipe. It looks and smells… ok.
That was quick. I have my first therapy appointment on Tuesday afternoon.
November 21, 2024 at 9:44 PM
That was quick. I have my first therapy appointment on Tuesday afternoon.