Elizabeth Keenan
@elizabethkeenan.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Former real estate agent. Former ethnomusicologist.
Having spent 90 minutes today getting 14 6-year-old girls to paint individual sunflower canvases and contributing them to a mural for the place that hosts our Girl Scout troop, I feel like I am as qualified as Schumer to lead the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Having spent 90 minutes today getting 14 6-year-old girls to paint individual sunflower canvases and contributing them to a mural for the place that hosts our Girl Scout troop, I feel like I am as qualified as Schumer to lead the Senate.
New "I'm trying my best" image just dropped.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New "I'm trying my best" image just dropped.
Did I intentionally wait until Halloween to cast my vote, so I could get this awesome sticker? Yes, obviously!
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Did I intentionally wait until Halloween to cast my vote, so I could get this awesome sticker? Yes, obviously!
Just a Skelly and their dog.
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a Skelly and their dog.
Finally, the finished plumeria pendant that I made for my mom. I carved it in wax, and now it's sterling silver. All hail the lost wax process!
August 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Finally, the finished plumeria pendant that I made for my mom. I carved it in wax, and now it's sterling silver. All hail the lost wax process!
I can't confirm that they're all great, but the "fairy godmother in training" that we had certainly was delighted with my daughter and treated her like a princess, as the joy on my daughter's face shows:
August 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I can't confirm that they're all great, but the "fairy godmother in training" that we had certainly was delighted with my daughter and treated her like a princess, as the joy on my daughter's face shows:
When the fake abortion clinic moves online.
Also, this must not be a targeted ad because I'm both staunchly pro-choice and firmly perimenopausal.
Also, this must not be a targeted ad because I'm both staunchly pro-choice and firmly perimenopausal.
June 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When the fake abortion clinic moves online.
Also, this must not be a targeted ad because I'm both staunchly pro-choice and firmly perimenopausal.
Also, this must not be a targeted ad because I'm both staunchly pro-choice and firmly perimenopausal.
Yesterday I baked a strawberry rhubarb pie, and it was a pure delight.
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yesterday I baked a strawberry rhubarb pie, and it was a pure delight.
Trigger warning: Diet culture: The other day, I had a bout of food poisoning, and I gchatted my spouse that I had lost five pounds that morning due to being ill in various ways, which I did not need or want tyvm. He texted back this screen shot of gchat's suggested replies:
June 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trigger warning: Diet culture: The other day, I had a bout of food poisoning, and I gchatted my spouse that I had lost five pounds that morning due to being ill in various ways, which I did not need or want tyvm. He texted back this screen shot of gchat's suggested replies:
I grew up in BR, and the library was such a central part of my childhood. I still have (and wear!) my East Baton Rouge Parish Library t-shirt from when I was a kid. And while there was A LOT of pushback from the community, the "compromise" budget is still hot garbage that cuts library funding.
May 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I grew up in BR, and the library was such a central part of my childhood. I still have (and wear!) my East Baton Rouge Parish Library t-shirt from when I was a kid. And while there was A LOT of pushback from the community, the "compromise" budget is still hot garbage that cuts library funding.
Today, I got my printed copy of the Oxford Handbook of Punk Rock. To give some perspective, my five-year-old daughter was a newborn when I turned in the first draft. It's been available online for a few years, but still exciting to see in hardback!
May 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today, I got my printed copy of the Oxford Handbook of Punk Rock. To give some perspective, my five-year-old daughter was a newborn when I turned in the first draft. It's been available online for a few years, but still exciting to see in hardback!
Guys, I've found the directions out of the hell we're living in. Just don't look back.
March 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Guys, I've found the directions out of the hell we're living in. Just don't look back.
Plumeria in wax, soon to be cast in sterling silver.
February 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Plumeria in wax, soon to be cast in sterling silver.
Goodbye, my sweet Maybellene. Despite the song she was named after, she was the truest cat ever--loyal, sweet, and so, so loved. Almost 17 years with her was not enough.
February 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Goodbye, my sweet Maybellene. Despite the song she was named after, she was the truest cat ever--loyal, sweet, and so, so loved. Almost 17 years with her was not enough.
Plumeria in progress! Finally looking like a flower.
January 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Plumeria in progress! Finally looking like a flower.
This is the food market at my hotel. When we arrived on Monday night, this area was stocked with chips, ramen, noodle cups, and other stuff. The freezer had a variety of microwave meals. Now there's some ice cream and a lone bag of doritos.
January 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is the food market at my hotel. When we arrived on Monday night, this area was stocked with chips, ramen, noodle cups, and other stuff. The freezer had a variety of microwave meals. Now there's some ice cream and a lone bag of doritos.
Buche de Noel!
December 26, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Buche de Noel!
I took a class in wax carving a couple weeks ago, and I'm super excited to share my first project, from midway to finish. Unfortunately, I didn't document the first part of the carving process.
December 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I took a class in wax carving a couple weeks ago, and I'm super excited to share my first project, from midway to finish. Unfortunately, I didn't document the first part of the carving process.
I'm really proud that I've been able to create so many wearable and beautiful pieces of jewelry in the past year.
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
I'm really proud that I've been able to create so many wearable and beautiful pieces of jewelry in the past year.
And whose fault is that, Washington Post? Whose fault is that?
October 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
And whose fault is that, Washington Post? Whose fault is that?
I got to see the aurora borealis in my backyard tonight, and it was pretty amazing, considering I live in the Bronx.
October 11, 2024 at 2:20 AM
I got to see the aurora borealis in my backyard tonight, and it was pretty amazing, considering I live in the Bronx.
We were up in Warwick in Orange County on Thursday, and there were still a number of Trump signs, BUT there were an abundance of Harris ones, and also this one:
October 6, 2024 at 3:11 PM
We were up in Warwick in Orange County on Thursday, and there were still a number of Trump signs, BUT there were an abundance of Harris ones, and also this one:
Did I buy the "Jolene, please don't take my pan" pan because I love cooking with cast iron or because I love Dolly Parton? Why, it's both, of course!
September 11, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Did I buy the "Jolene, please don't take my pan" pan because I love cooking with cast iron or because I love Dolly Parton? Why, it's both, of course!
I made this sterling silver flip ring based on an ancient Egyptian ring! It's the trickiest thing I've made in terms of construction from start to finish.
June 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
I made this sterling silver flip ring based on an ancient Egyptian ring! It's the trickiest thing I've made in terms of construction from start to finish.