AugustStClaire
@auguststclaire.bsky.social
Oboist, optimist, introvert, entrepreneur. Lover of language, literature, poetry, art. Knitter. 💙 Minnesotan 💙
Hennepin County Library has limited edition Prince library cards right now. Minneapolis friends, head to the library and you might still be able to get one!
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hennepin County Library has limited edition Prince library cards right now. Minneapolis friends, head to the library and you might still be able to get one!
I quite like this one and I really don't know why. Just makes me happy and it has for years.
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, painted by Maurice Quentin de La Tour.
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, painted by Maurice Quentin de La Tour.
September 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I quite like this one and I really don't know why. Just makes me happy and it has for years.
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, painted by Maurice Quentin de La Tour.
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, painted by Maurice Quentin de La Tour.
September 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Last day in Grand Marais. Came for a 2 day art workshop. Incredibly peaceful and quiet here. Whole vibe is just super chill. Sad to be leaving. ‘Twas a lovely respite.
#Minnesota #LakeSuperior
#Minnesota #LakeSuperior
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Last day in Grand Marais. Came for a 2 day art workshop. Incredibly peaceful and quiet here. Whole vibe is just super chill. Sad to be leaving. ‘Twas a lovely respite.
#Minnesota #LakeSuperior
#Minnesota #LakeSuperior
Sweater week!! Time for #showmeyourknits. Here's the Pohjolan Neito sweater I just finished. From the book Knitted Kalevala. Finnish folklore and poem for every pattern. A delight. Like wearing a hug. Finnish Tukuwool DK. Love the yarn and highly recommend!
#knitsky #knitters
#knitsky #knitters
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Sweater week!! Time for #showmeyourknits. Here's the Pohjolan Neito sweater I just finished. From the book Knitted Kalevala. Finnish folklore and poem for every pattern. A delight. Like wearing a hug. Finnish Tukuwool DK. Love the yarn and highly recommend!
#knitsky #knitters
#knitsky #knitters
The Finnish Kalavala sweater is done. Which means I get to start another sweater! This one is a cardigan and I'm going to steek it. First time with the steeking! It will be fine. Nordic Bloom pattern. Juniper Moon Farm - Moonshine Bulky (Wool, baby alpaca, silk). Dreamy.
#knitsky #knitting
#knitsky #knitting
September 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their creative instincts. They know they do so at their own peril.
~Toni Morrison, Peril
~Toni Morrison, Peril
July 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their creative instincts. They know they do so at their own peril.
~Toni Morrison, Peril
~Toni Morrison, Peril
Our park system is absolutely beautiful.
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Our park system is absolutely beautiful.
Today. Blank paper. Realizing I don’t want it to be about doing something/cleaning something/being responsible, productive or a leader. Don’t want to make a list or worry about money or wear make up or a bra. Torn between supposed to/not supposed to. Earn more, do more or learn how to just. Stop.
July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today. Blank paper. Realizing I don’t want it to be about doing something/cleaning something/being responsible, productive or a leader. Don’t want to make a list or worry about money or wear make up or a bra. Torn between supposed to/not supposed to. Earn more, do more or learn how to just. Stop.
July 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Finishing this book soon for Spanish class. Not typically a genre I would chose, but I must say, it has been delicate and rather lovely. (3 chapters remain).
#booksky
#booksky
June 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Finishing this book soon for Spanish class. Not typically a genre I would chose, but I must say, it has been delicate and rather lovely. (3 chapters remain).
#booksky
#booksky
Got some yarn in Porto the last time I was in Portugal and I’m knitting this fun sweater. Had to perform a bit of yarn surgery yesterday though due to wine-induced error. 😬
June 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Got some yarn in Porto the last time I was in Portugal and I’m knitting this fun sweater. Had to perform a bit of yarn surgery yesterday though due to wine-induced error. 😬
I met a beloved old friend after work last night at a little jazz club. We talked about real things; none of it political. And for a few hours all was right with the world. Art and love are the expression and heartbeat of our existence.
April 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I met a beloved old friend after work last night at a little jazz club. We talked about real things; none of it political. And for a few hours all was right with the world. Art and love are the expression and heartbeat of our existence.
You could make the Maailman Synty sweater from the Finnish Kalevala collection. I did. It's pretty easy and goes fast.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You could make the Maailman Synty sweater from the Finnish Kalevala collection. I did. It's pretty easy and goes fast.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Perform in concert tonight w the big band. Didn't sleep well.
Unseasonably warm and humid in Minneapolis, so all my good reeds are different now.
Sharpened knife, soaked reeds, refined them carefully, polished oboe keys, packed all things. The other instruments have it easy.
#notpolitics #justlife
Unseasonably warm and humid in Minneapolis, so all my good reeds are different now.
Sharpened knife, soaked reeds, refined them carefully, polished oboe keys, packed all things. The other instruments have it easy.
#notpolitics #justlife
March 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Perform in concert tonight w the big band. Didn't sleep well.
Unseasonably warm and humid in Minneapolis, so all my good reeds are different now.
Sharpened knife, soaked reeds, refined them carefully, polished oboe keys, packed all things. The other instruments have it easy.
#notpolitics #justlife
Unseasonably warm and humid in Minneapolis, so all my good reeds are different now.
Sharpened knife, soaked reeds, refined them carefully, polished oboe keys, packed all things. The other instruments have it easy.
#notpolitics #justlife
Day 2, SXSW in Austin TX. People here from all over the world to connect, learn, and collaborate. The people in front of me are speaking Japanese. Those behind me are speaking Portuguese. People are polite, happy, and kind. I love it.
March 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Day 2, SXSW in Austin TX. People here from all over the world to connect, learn, and collaborate. The people in front of me are speaking Japanese. Those behind me are speaking Portuguese. People are polite, happy, and kind. I love it.
National day of embarrassment. 😢
Slava Ukraini! 💙
Slava Ukraini! 💙
March 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
National day of embarrassment. 😢
Slava Ukraini! 💙
Slava Ukraini! 💙
Today in the conference room at my office there was a little rainbow on the floor from a prism. Rainbows are gonna show up no matter what.
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today in the conference room at my office there was a little rainbow on the floor from a prism. Rainbows are gonna show up no matter what.