When you read today's latest outrage, just remember that somewhere in upstate New York a middle schooler pulled a half melted chocolate bar out of his pocket and said to his teacher "this is for you"

YOU GUYS A flourishing mini pumpkin vine VOLUNTEERED in the back. No clue how that happened. This earth doesn't need us st all, and I feel such joy about it.

This is where my puppy and kitten's relationship is at the moment

This guy

Reader, she finished her hearty breakfast five minutes ago

This is the sort of thing I firmly believe our lost loved ones Know, even though they'll never "know." ❤️ Here is my kitten.

Don't bake with AI. Just don't.

Go read the rest of this comfort-laden, luminous poem here: poets.org/poem/you-can...

My coffee table currently

a Siamese kitten who actively campaigns to sleep on you all day will destroy your work-life balance.

There's a Baltimore Oriole singing his heart out around my house the last day or two, but my Merlin app is stumped: "I...hear.... a bird?!?" He must have an accent. 😄https://www.nhpr.org/environment/2024-03-29/outside-inbox-do-songbirds-have-regional-accents

This photo from the NYT this morning made me very happy. Kudos to @clarkhodgin.bsky.social.

aw Jared. ❤️ Try on this quote direct from one of my 8th graders in ELA class.

Ah Mychal, I did not know this. I followed you at the Bad Place and have been off social media for a couple of years-- I would have been in real mourning if you'd left us. Hold your demons, have some tea with them, and hang in there.