Jolie
@grumpybookdragon.bsky.social
Grumpy book dragon, hoarder of yarn, books, coffee, and dark chocolate. She/her. Loves dogs, otters, dragons, and dragonflies. People make my head hurt. Married. Foodie with excessive food allergies.
I read a lot. (Understatement and yet I know I don’t read as much as some folks.) I read different genres (but not usually horror). I’ve read an enjoyed some of @scalzi.com and after finishing THE CONSUMING FIRE…it’s better than book 1 of the series…
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I read a lot. (Understatement and yet I know I don’t read as much as some folks.) I read different genres (but not usually horror). I’ve read an enjoyed some of @scalzi.com and after finishing THE CONSUMING FIRE…it’s better than book 1 of the series…
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
September 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Forgetfulness is the darkness, mindfulness is the light.
I bring awareness to shine upon all life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
PEACE IS EVERY BREATH
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
I bring awareness to shine upon all life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
PEACE IS EVERY BREATH
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
August 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Forgetfulness is the darkness, mindfulness is the light.
I bring awareness to shine upon all life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
PEACE IS EVERY BREATH
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
I bring awareness to shine upon all life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
PEACE IS EVERY BREATH
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
June 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
I love finding #joy in the #simplelittlethings like round ice. It is whimsical and different and I love it!
June 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I love finding #joy in the #simplelittlethings like round ice. It is whimsical and different and I love it!
Reading LEGENDS AND LIBRARIANS; this line made me think of @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social and other writers:
The experience was amazing though. All these writers in one spot, cheering each other on, motivating everyone to just write one more chapter. One more page. One more sentence.
💜📚✍🏻🖋️
The experience was amazing though. All these writers in one spot, cheering each other on, motivating everyone to just write one more chapter. One more page. One more sentence.
💜📚✍🏻🖋️
June 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reading LEGENDS AND LIBRARIANS; this line made me think of @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social and other writers:
The experience was amazing though. All these writers in one spot, cheering each other on, motivating everyone to just write one more chapter. One more page. One more sentence.
💜📚✍🏻🖋️
The experience was amazing though. All these writers in one spot, cheering each other on, motivating everyone to just write one more chapter. One more page. One more sentence.
💜📚✍🏻🖋️
When I move my head the room doesn’t go with me. 🤣🤣🤣 I might have had a rum and coke.
Oh hello, interwebs!
Oh hello, interwebs!
June 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When I move my head the room doesn’t go with me. 🤣🤣🤣 I might have had a rum and coke.
Oh hello, interwebs!
Oh hello, interwebs!
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
May 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Ok so I still haven’t mastered reposting stuff. 🤣🤣🤣 But yes. The @ggmadeit.bsky.social thing I just shared? SO VERY MUCH YES.
May 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ok so I still haven’t mastered reposting stuff. 🤣🤣🤣 But yes. The @ggmadeit.bsky.social thing I just shared? SO VERY MUCH YES.
Reposted by Jolie
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
April 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Kind hearts are the gardens;
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Kind thoughts are the roots;
Kind words are the flowers;
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~English proverb~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
How to know you really feel contempt for someone…
…they don’t deserve sarcasm.
🤣🤣🤣
…they don’t deserve sarcasm.
🤣🤣🤣
April 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How to know you really feel contempt for someone…
…they don’t deserve sarcasm.
🤣🤣🤣
…they don’t deserve sarcasm.
🤣🤣🤣
NGL, there is a certain amount of petty satisfaction from seeing a driver who’s been behaving like a jerk (speeding, tailgating, weaving, etc.) come up short by getting stuck at lights or behind traffic while I go sailing by at my well-behaved speed limit habit.
April 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NGL, there is a certain amount of petty satisfaction from seeing a driver who’s been behaving like a jerk (speeding, tailgating, weaving, etc.) come up short by getting stuck at lights or behind traffic while I go sailing by at my well-behaved speed limit habit.
Apparently one of the suburbs here allows cows as pets.
In other news, I saw the most GIGANTIC black and white Great Dane today…!!!
In other news, I saw the most GIGANTIC black and white Great Dane today…!!!
April 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Apparently one of the suburbs here allows cows as pets.
In other news, I saw the most GIGANTIC black and white Great Dane today…!!!
In other news, I saw the most GIGANTIC black and white Great Dane today…!!!
Well. It wasn’t…awful. But yet, it wasn’t good. And it wasn’t at all original. I can think of half a dozen things SECTION 31 yoinked from.
Fifth element
Princess bride
Hunger games
MIB
Star Wars
Ocean’s 11
What else???
Fifth element
Princess bride
Hunger games
MIB
Star Wars
Ocean’s 11
What else???
March 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Well. It wasn’t…awful. But yet, it wasn’t good. And it wasn’t at all original. I can think of half a dozen things SECTION 31 yoinked from.
Fifth element
Princess bride
Hunger games
MIB
Star Wars
Ocean’s 11
What else???
Fifth element
Princess bride
Hunger games
MIB
Star Wars
Ocean’s 11
What else???
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
March 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
~PEACE IS EVERY BREATH~
#mondaymeditationminute
#makeonechangehealthcoaching
Same, sir. Same.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
February 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Same, sir. Same.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
Coffee whiskey, coffee simple syrup, chocolate bitters.
Yep.
That’ll do.
Yep.
That’ll do.
February 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Coffee whiskey, coffee simple syrup, chocolate bitters.
Yep.
That’ll do.
Yep.
That’ll do.
We're calling on businesses across Iowa to commit to being a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ Iowans by signing our pledge. The community is watching—this is the moment to choose where you stand. Your support will be remembered. So will your silence.
February 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We're calling on businesses across Iowa to commit to being a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ Iowans by signing our pledge. The community is watching—this is the moment to choose where you stand. Your support will be remembered. So will your silence.
I might need to make this…
February 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I might need to make this…
Forgot one. People who accelerate towards stop signs need to lose their licenses. It is there for a REASON. Cross traffic does not have to stop for you. I don’t have to trust that your brakes work. STOP YOUR FUCKING CAR AT A STOP SIGN.
NGL, I am not the world’s best driver.
I am, however, a good driver.
And I will totally fucking judge you based on the following:
Tailgating. Speeding. Weaving.
I don’t give a flying fuck who you are or what you’re late for.
Don’t. Be. A. Fucking. Asshole.
I am, however, a good driver.
And I will totally fucking judge you based on the following:
Tailgating. Speeding. Weaving.
I don’t give a flying fuck who you are or what you’re late for.
Don’t. Be. A. Fucking. Asshole.
February 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Forgot one. People who accelerate towards stop signs need to lose their licenses. It is there for a REASON. Cross traffic does not have to stop for you. I don’t have to trust that your brakes work. STOP YOUR FUCKING CAR AT A STOP SIGN.