Barbara J Gabriel
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Barbara J Gabriel
@barbarajgabriel.bsky.social
ukulele zealot | greyhound snoot-booper | cynical idealist | writer | whiskey enthusiast | 🔵 | Lowertown, St. Paul
Autumn brings a return to the sunsets that make me say, “Wow,” when I walk past the windows.
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tully is all in on I’m going to snuggle in here because you don’t feel good, but also, you gonna eat all of that banana or what? #greyhound
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Waiting for breakfast.
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
LHR security flagged my ukulele case. The agent who searched it said, “You know, once I open it, we’ll expect a rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Love that fella Iz.”
Damn. I knew I should have memorized that one.
September 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I mean who can resist a #greyhound?
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My Saturday afternoon reading companion. #greyhounds
July 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Has my neighbor been raptured and why is it starting in St. paul?
July 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Three days of caulking, painting, and repainting baseboard trim, I’ve literally worn a hole in my knee. Not the knee with the meniscus torn by my dog’s hard skull. The good one.
July 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Storm clouds gathering over St. Paul this afternoon.
#minnesota #saintpaul
June 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press this morning. @pioneerpress.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The air in #Minnesota is unhealthy these days due to Canadian wildfires, but we also got this sunset over the Capitol in Saint Paul. I’ll take the little victories.
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Today’s totally professional dog portrait brought to you by Tully the #greyhound who does not care.
May 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fire alarm testing day in our high rise building. Best dog mama right here.
May 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What a beautiful evening. If a person weren’t quite so busy, say, watching The Handmaid‘s Tale and taking dogs for potty breaks, they could get a whole series of shots, each one better than the last. #StPaulMinnesota
May 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Five months into living in Minnesota and I guess I’m a St. Paul Saints fan now.
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
How can a person possibly know when the dog’s dinner time is?
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reading time with a #greyhound. The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson.
March 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’m happy that at least 26 other St. Paulites are planning to read On Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
#minnesota
March 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Day 6. I want learn chords up the neck, so I’m putting 1 in each song. Today was the C chord, but after doing scales & some “spiders” to warm up, my new wrist/thumb joint said, “Nope.”
So I’m putting the ukulele away for today I’m going to watch hockey. Because Minnesota.
#100DaysUke2025
March 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
That time I changed shampoo brands and my #greyhound was intrigued.
March 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Day 2. My dad is 90 today. I used yesterday’s picking pattern for Lyle Lovett’s Family Reserve. It’s a funny/poignant song about people dying and who’s still here. My dad’s been ill, which is why there’s no video—I couldn’t make it through without choking up. Here’s a photo instead.
#100DaysUke2025
March 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Day1. The #100DaysUke2025
I had wrist surgery in 2024 which meant a LOT less ukulele time. So my focus this time is skills and technique & I’ll play songs 1-2x a week to make my magpie soul happy. Today is the 413231 picking pattern for 3/4 time. I’m having trouble with muscle memory kicking in!
March 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s internationally celebrated/feared #Ukulele Day. What are you doing as part of this tribe of lunatics?
I restrung my #AnueNue Moonbird with re-entrant D-tuning.
February 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Part of the skill set you pick up when you move to Minnesota is understanding that “ bitterly cold” (today) is different from “frigid” (this weekend.)
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This wee lad woke me up with a nudge to the hand to say his dog bro was vomiting in my closet. Then ever the opportunist, he took Tully’s warm spot in bed.
Such is the personality of a Golden Retriever/Aussie boi.
January 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM