@azliz.bsky.social
Disabled and retired PT. I work now in low-income housing. I read nonstop off the job, except when the dog needs belly rubs. // I won't reply to DMs unless we have been chatting in the public feed.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Serendipity -- luck in finding valuable or pleasant things unlooked for
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Serendipity -- luck in finding valuable or pleasant things unlooked for
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day - Eccentric -- tending to act in strange or unusual ways
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day - Eccentric -- tending to act in strange or unusual ways
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Crucible -- a difficult test or challenge.
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Crucible -- a difficult test or challenge.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Writhe -- to twist one's body from side to side.
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Writhe -- to twist one's body from side to side.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Radial -- arranged in straight lines from the center of a circle.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Radial -- arranged in straight lines from the center of a circle.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day -- Heyday --a time of greatest popularity, vigor, or success
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day -- Heyday --a time of greatest popularity, vigor, or success
Posting for @merriam-webster.com - Word of the day: Peremptory -- showing an offensive attitude of superiority
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com - Word of the day: Peremptory -- showing an offensive attitude of superiority
Posting for @merriam-webster.com -- Word of the day: Abide - to accept or tolerate someone or something disagreeable.
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com -- Word of the day: Abide - to accept or tolerate someone or something disagreeable.
Post for @merriam-webster.com -- Word of the Day -- Doughty - brave, strong, and determined.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Post for @merriam-webster.com -- Word of the Day -- Doughty - brave, strong, and determined.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com: Word of the Day -- Temerity: The quality of being foolishly confident and unafraid.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com: Word of the Day -- Temerity: The quality of being foolishly confident and unafraid.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com : Word of the Day -- Improvident: not foreseeing and providing for the future.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com : Word of the Day -- Improvident: not foreseeing and providing for the future.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Bromide: An unoriginal statement intended to make people happy.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Bromide: An unoriginal statement intended to make people happy.
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Vamoose -- to depart quickly
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Posting for @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day: Vamoose -- to depart quickly
Because @merriam-webster.com refuses to post their word of the day on Bluesky, I am going to start doing it for them. Conciliation: intended to reduce hostility or to gain favor or good will.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Because @merriam-webster.com refuses to post their word of the day on Bluesky, I am going to start doing it for them. Conciliation: intended to reduce hostility or to gain favor or good will.
📚⚔️🎧💙 307/365 Books -- Silverswift by Natalie Lloyd. Embrace your inner child (and your inner mermaid) and dive into a really fun book about the power of love. Sweet, cozy, and inspiring.
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📚⚔️🎧💙 307/365 Books -- Silverswift by Natalie Lloyd. Embrace your inner child (and your inner mermaid) and dive into a really fun book about the power of love. Sweet, cozy, and inspiring.
📚⚔️🎧💙 305/365 Books -- A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. Prequel to the amazing Priory of The Orange Tree. This is just as amazing. I want to re-read them back to back.
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📚⚔️🎧💙 305/365 Books -- A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. Prequel to the amazing Priory of The Orange Tree. This is just as amazing. I want to re-read them back to back.
📚💡💙 303/365 Books -- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. A must read book for white people working to decolonize their mind. Helped me understand microaggressions and their effects.
October 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
📚💡💙 303/365 Books -- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown. A must read book for white people working to decolonize their mind. Helped me understand microaggressions and their effects.
📚💡💙 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb. Absolutely fascinating look at how roads affect animals and ideas to mitigate the effects. Includes how roads affect humans in ways you may not realize. Highly recommended.
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📚💡💙 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb. Absolutely fascinating look at how roads affect animals and ideas to mitigate the effects. Includes how roads affect humans in ways you may not realize. Highly recommended.
📚💡💙 291/365 Books -- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brene Brown. I did a slow read of this with my therapist. Really helped me understand the reason for perfectionism and gave me actionable steps to combat it.
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📚💡💙 291/365 Books -- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brene Brown. I did a slow read of this with my therapist. Really helped me understand the reason for perfectionism and gave me actionable steps to combat it.
📚⚔️💙 290/365 Books -- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong. Delightful and cozy. The story of a young woman struggling to hide her power when she cannot hide her heart. If you love cozy fantasies, this is for you.
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📚⚔️💙 290/365 Books -- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong. Delightful and cozy. The story of a young woman struggling to hide her power when she cannot hide her heart. If you love cozy fantasies, this is for you.
📚💡💙 288/365 Books -- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. Fascinating book, especially in today's tribal atmosphere. Highly recommended.
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📚💡💙 288/365 Books -- Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. Fascinating book, especially in today's tribal atmosphere. Highly recommended.
📚🪐💙 286/365 Books -- Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett. Dystopia that is terrifying similar to the world that Stephen Miller is trying to create. Don't read this before bedtime, but do read it!
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📚🪐💙 286/365 Books -- Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett. Dystopia that is terrifying similar to the world that Stephen Miller is trying to create. Don't read this before bedtime, but do read it!
📚⚔️🎧💙 281/365 Books -- Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan. Short stories that continue the stories from Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun Warrior. Lovely, heartwarming tales loosely based on Chinese myths of Chang'e and Hou Yi. YA. Recommended.
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📚⚔️🎧💙 281/365 Books -- Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan. Short stories that continue the stories from Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun Warrior. Lovely, heartwarming tales loosely based on Chinese myths of Chang'e and Hou Yi. YA. Recommended.
📚⚔️🎧💙 272/365 Books -- The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell narrated by David Tennant. I would listen to Tennant narrate the phone book, but thankfully, this is a really fun middle grade book from the author of How to Train Your Dragon.
September 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📚⚔️🎧💙 272/365 Books -- The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell narrated by David Tennant. I would listen to Tennant narrate the phone book, but thankfully, this is a really fun middle grade book from the author of How to Train Your Dragon.
📚⚔️💙 269/365 Books -- Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen. Winner 1985 Mythopoetic Award. A fascinating look at an anthropologist's entanglement with the society he's studying. The society is founded on death, grief and poetry. Beautifully written, yet challenging.
September 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📚⚔️💙 269/365 Books -- Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen. Winner 1985 Mythopoetic Award. A fascinating look at an anthropologist's entanglement with the society he's studying. The society is founded on death, grief and poetry. Beautifully written, yet challenging.