albatrossonhalfpointe
@dancingalbatross.bsky.social
Adventures in dance, music, books, yarn, and lifting heavy things.
I didn't intend to sit here *all* afternoon, but...
#catsofbluesky
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June 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I didn't intend to sit here *all* afternoon, but...
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
Y'all, these little feets. I just can't. 😭😍
May 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Y'all, these little feets. I just can't. 😭😍
As a lifelong theatre sort myself, I have pretty much hated just about every novel I've ever read that focused on theatre stuff. They always manage to make it simultaneously more boring and more absurdly melodramatic than it usually is. So I'm definitely intrigued by this list.
Writing fiction about theatre is tricky, but these books get it right.
Ten books that get theatre world right.
In some ways, writing fiction about theatre—or any other artistic medium—is a tricky brief. (Maybe a little like dancing about architecture.) Though plays make great occasions for exploring motley …
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April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As a lifelong theatre sort myself, I have pretty much hated just about every novel I've ever read that focused on theatre stuff. They always manage to make it simultaneously more boring and more absurdly melodramatic than it usually is. So I'm definitely intrigued by this list.
Week's almost over, so I figured I'd better get on sharing my sock drawer! This is just mine, minus the ones in the laundry. Partner has a drawer just as full, plus the bin full of socks that need repairs... 95% plain patterns — your girl's a productive fidgeter. 🧶 #showmeyourknits
March 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Week's almost over, so I figured I'd better get on sharing my sock drawer! This is just mine, minus the ones in the laundry. Partner has a drawer just as full, plus the bin full of socks that need repairs... 95% plain patterns — your girl's a productive fidgeter. 🧶 #showmeyourknits
Man, nobody throws a bullet like Kevin Koe, and I don't think I will ever get tired of watching him do it. #brier2025
March 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Man, nobody throws a bullet like Kevin Koe, and I don't think I will ever get tired of watching him do it. #brier2025
Took me somewhere in the vicinity of 14 years to make it through the Bible cover to cover (with many long periods of not picking it up at all). 📖🦋
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ March 3 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🍀⋆
જ⁀➴ What’s the longest you’ve ever spent reading a book?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ What’s the longest you’ve ever spent reading a book?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
March 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Took me somewhere in the vicinity of 14 years to make it through the Bible cover to cover (with many long periods of not picking it up at all). 📖🦋
This bit from an email from my strength training program just sends me. I *do* want to be a forest goblin who can deadlift my enemies and touch my toes!
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This bit from an email from my strength training program just sends me. I *do* want to be a forest goblin who can deadlift my enemies and touch my toes!
Read 6 books this month, so can't complain about that. 4 of them were new-to-me authors.
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ February 28 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🎀⋆
જ⁀➴ How was your reading month? Did you read anything by a new author?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ How was your reading month? Did you read anything by a new author?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Read 6 books this month, so can't complain about that. 4 of them were new-to-me authors.
Don't know if I want to claim this one as my favourite, given that I didn't like what followed enough to even finish the book, but this is the one that inspired me to start including opening lines in my book reviews: (see next post)
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ February 25 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🎀⋆
જ⁀➴ What’s your favorite opening line from a book?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ What’s your favorite opening line from a book?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
February 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Don't know if I want to claim this one as my favourite, given that I didn't like what followed enough to even finish the book, but this is the one that inspired me to start including opening lines in my book reviews: (see next post)
Last one I borrowed was Shot r Westerfeld's Pretties (just picked it up today). Last one I bought was Xiran Jay Zhao's Heavenly Tyrant. #bookishqotd 📖🦋
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ February 21 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🎀⋆
જ⁀➴ What’s the last book you bought or borrowed?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ What’s the last book you bought or borrowed?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
February 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Last one I borrowed was Shot r Westerfeld's Pretties (just picked it up today). Last one I bought was Xiran Jay Zhao's Heavenly Tyrant. #bookishqotd 📖🦋
The wee purple gauge swatch has evolved and is on the way to becoming an R&R hoodie (by @tanisfiberarts.bsky.social), with the chart from Judy Kaethler's Underwing. #showmeyourknits #wednesdaywip 🧶
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The wee purple gauge swatch has evolved and is on the way to becoming an R&R hoodie (by @tanisfiberarts.bsky.social), with the chart from Judy Kaethler's Underwing. #showmeyourknits #wednesdaywip 🧶
I always loved Sara Crewe from A Little Princess. I've always tried to follow her example of not assuming I have what I have because I'm entitled to it, but to strive to deserve it. #bookishqotd
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ February 19 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🎀⋆
જ⁀➴ What main character do you most relate to?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ What main character do you most relate to?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
February 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I always loved Sara Crewe from A Little Princess. I've always tried to follow her example of not assuming I have what I have because I'm entitled to it, but to strive to deserve it. #bookishqotd
#showmeyourknits My current #WIPs are super exciting: gauge swatches. The dark one is for a Roam Tunic for me, and the light one is for my niece's birthday sweater — an R&R hoodie with butterflies.
February 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#showmeyourknits My current #WIPs are super exciting: gauge swatches. The dark one is for a Roam Tunic for me, and the light one is for my niece's birthday sweater — an R&R hoodie with butterflies.
Short stories are not typically my favourite thing, but these were intriguing enough that I'll try at least one more of the author's books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 #booksky
February 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Short stories are not typically my favourite thing, but these were intriguing enough that I'll try at least one more of the author's books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 #booksky
So one of my choirs is singing this piece at our next concert, and thus far, I have not been able to get through more than a few bars (either listening or singing) without straight-up weeping. I don't know how I'm going to make it through the concert.
Sing You Home
YouTube video by Holy Heart of Mary Choral Music
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February 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So one of my choirs is singing this piece at our next concert, and thus far, I have not been able to get through more than a few bars (either listening or singing) without straight-up weeping. I don't know how I'm going to make it through the concert.
This was a difficult read at this particular moment in history, but it was very good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This was a difficult read at this particular moment in history, but it was very good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I don't usually watch a lot of videos or make resolutions. But this year, I've resolved to watch more cute animal videos, and I think it's working out very well for me, and fully endorse it as a resolution. You should try it too.
January 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don't usually watch a lot of videos or make resolutions. But this year, I've resolved to watch more cute animal videos, and I think it's working out very well for me, and fully endorse it as a resolution. You should try it too.
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“Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks.”
It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.
Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…
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January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks.”
Not really my best work, because you can't actually *see* the knitting, but I promise this is indeed my traditional knitting-backstage-in-costume photo for the show I just closed.
January 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Not really my best work, because you can't actually *see* the knitting, but I promise this is indeed my traditional knitting-backstage-in-costume photo for the show I just closed.
A decent entry in the YA dystopian canon. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
January 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A decent entry in the YA dystopian canon. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2