Jill Anderson
@jillian6475.bsky.social
historian. poetry, libraryish; working on mid-20th-century girls' art-career fiction. Central PA. Increasingly un-sold on microblogging.
googled because I drew a blank on setting. So glad I did -- it's so easy to get a novel confused with a physical set of tools.
August 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
googled because I drew a blank on setting. So glad I did -- it's so easy to get a novel confused with a physical set of tools.
Me moving to PA: Oh look, a Democrat Senator!
Also me: Wait a minute....
Also me: Wait a minute....
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Me moving to PA: Oh look, a Democrat Senator!
Also me: Wait a minute....
Also me: Wait a minute....
If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh
June 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh
at my old job, if you were chair of a committee, you also had to serve on the committee of chairs. Thank goodness I never served as chair of the committee of chairs bc I couldn't have put that on my cv with a straight face.
May 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
at my old job, if you were chair of a committee, you also had to serve on the committee of chairs. Thank goodness I never served as chair of the committee of chairs bc I couldn't have put that on my cv with a straight face.
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
May 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
Wasn't "the experience of Fyre" ... not such a great thing?
April 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Wasn't "the experience of Fyre" ... not such a great thing?
Oh hey @lindaholmes.bsky.social -- look where the Internet Archive copy of a book I'm writing about is from....
April 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Oh hey @lindaholmes.bsky.social -- look where the Internet Archive copy of a book I'm writing about is from....
![Quotes 3
Mrs. Iselin: [at meal time] I'm sorry, hon'.
'. Would it really
make it easier for you if we settled on just one number?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: Yeah. Just one, real, simple number that'd be easy for me to remember.
[Mrs. Iselin watches her husband thump a bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup onto his plate]
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: [addressing the Senate] There are exactly 57 card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the Department of Defense at this time!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxk3dm6n7txz2zmlr6h53vwb/bafkreifbfwey2egukd4aplumyim3mq4md3eq7cnyksc2uulrfek3xb3y2a@jpeg)
oh, and getting to teach a session in this classroom.
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
oh, and getting to teach a session in this classroom.
If you see this, post your favorite flower 🌷
January 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If you see this, post your favorite flower 🌷
Brutalist book bunkers from an alma mater...
November 14, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Brutalist book bunkers from an alma mater...
If you see this, quote skeet with a famous landmark you've seen.
September 18, 2024 at 6:31 AM
If you see this, quote skeet with a famous landmark you've seen.
"You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched Aaron to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?"
Guess it depends on how the next season starts...
Guess it depends on how the next season starts...
September 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
"You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched Aaron to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?"
Guess it depends on how the next season starts...
Guess it depends on how the next season starts...
Picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
June 2, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
One of those social media synchronicity moments:
May 21, 2024 at 1:15 AM
One of those social media synchronicity moments:
For years I had dreams about a campus with a giant purple athletic shoe as a shoe store. Usually I was arranging to meet my advisor "by the Shoe." Today I was walking w/colleagues to a reception, and we walked past... this.
October 24, 2023 at 5:27 PM
For years I had dreams about a campus with a giant purple athletic shoe as a shoe store. Usually I was arranging to meet my advisor "by the Shoe." Today I was walking w/colleagues to a reception, and we walked past... this.