Joanne Nelson
@joannenelson.bsky.social
Music teacher, NBCT, oboist, mom, cookbook lover, avid reader, nerd.
Snow days as a kid were great, but the joy of a snow day as a teacher is indescribable.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Snow days as a kid were great, but the joy of a snow day as a teacher is indescribable.
More proof that teenagers and toddlers overlap- we’re doing a fundraiser and I have a ton of big empty boxes in my classroom. We’ve had kids climbing into boxes, a giant castle construction project, and now they’re pushing each other around in them like little cars.
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
More proof that teenagers and toddlers overlap- we’re doing a fundraiser and I have a ton of big empty boxes in my classroom. We’ve had kids climbing into boxes, a giant castle construction project, and now they’re pushing each other around in them like little cars.
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if five people like this post I’ll get drunk this weekend and make this
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
if five people like this post I’ll get drunk this weekend and make this
My kid just asked me when’s the next time we’re going to make schmutz potatoes.
Schmaltz, kiddo. Schmaltz potatoes.
Schmaltz, kiddo. Schmaltz potatoes.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My kid just asked me when’s the next time we’re going to make schmutz potatoes.
Schmaltz, kiddo. Schmaltz potatoes.
Schmaltz, kiddo. Schmaltz potatoes.
I lost my voice and my kid told me I sound like Marge Simpson.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I lost my voice and my kid told me I sound like Marge Simpson.
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Charles Darwin discovered that worms can't hear the bassoon
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Charles Darwin discovered that worms can't hear the bassoon
I just got a case for my electric bass and it has a built in bottle opener!
They really need to include this feature on oboe cases.
They really need to include this feature on oboe cases.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I just got a case for my electric bass and it has a built in bottle opener!
They really need to include this feature on oboe cases.
They really need to include this feature on oboe cases.
Parent teacher conferences tonight. A parent who is a brewmaster left a token for a free beer on my desk. It made my night.
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Parent teacher conferences tonight. A parent who is a brewmaster left a token for a free beer on my desk. It made my night.
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
My kids picked their Halloween costumes. My son is going as a giant pickle and my daughter is going to be a homicidal clown with a battle axe and that pretty much sums up my kids perfectly.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My kids picked their Halloween costumes. My son is going as a giant pickle and my daughter is going to be a homicidal clown with a battle axe and that pretty much sums up my kids perfectly.
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I was explaining to my kids that the president tore down a section of the White House to build a ballroom and their response was that he’s turning it into his Mojo Dojo Casa House.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I was explaining to my kids that the president tore down a section of the White House to build a ballroom and their response was that he’s turning it into his Mojo Dojo Casa House.
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
I’m playing a gig this weekend with one of my former students who’s a professional flutist now, and one of my current students is the child soprano soloist. I’m so proud of them and it fills me with so much joy to get to do this with them.
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m playing a gig this weekend with one of my former students who’s a professional flutist now, and one of my current students is the child soprano soloist. I’m so proud of them and it fills me with so much joy to get to do this with them.
One of my 8th graders was clearly upset today. When I asked him if he was ok he choked out “English!” I asked the other kids what happened in English class and they said they read a really sad chapter in The Outsiders.
I forgot what it feels like the first time you’re gutted by a book.
I forgot what it feels like the first time you’re gutted by a book.
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One of my 8th graders was clearly upset today. When I asked him if he was ok he choked out “English!” I asked the other kids what happened in English class and they said they read a really sad chapter in The Outsiders.
I forgot what it feels like the first time you’re gutted by a book.
I forgot what it feels like the first time you’re gutted by a book.
The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Fur Elise. For when you want ice cream but you’re feeling kind of sad about it?
The Melancholy Ice Cream Truck.
The Melancholy Ice Cream Truck.
September 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Fur Elise. For when you want ice cream but you’re feeling kind of sad about it?
The Melancholy Ice Cream Truck.
The Melancholy Ice Cream Truck.
@emilystjams.bsky.social I just read Woodworking and I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for writing it.
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@emilystjams.bsky.social I just read Woodworking and I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for writing it.
Me: I just finished reading The Iliad.
My mythology loving 13 year old: How was it?
Me: Great, but the ending kind of dragged.
Him: Huh huh, like Hector’s corpse.
I’m so proud.
My mythology loving 13 year old: How was it?
Me: Great, but the ending kind of dragged.
Him: Huh huh, like Hector’s corpse.
I’m so proud.
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Me: I just finished reading The Iliad.
My mythology loving 13 year old: How was it?
Me: Great, but the ending kind of dragged.
Him: Huh huh, like Hector’s corpse.
I’m so proud.
My mythology loving 13 year old: How was it?
Me: Great, but the ending kind of dragged.
Him: Huh huh, like Hector’s corpse.
I’m so proud.
After a couple weeks of heartbreaking personal loss and the relentlessness of the news cycle, I’m going to make everything better by watching Galaxy Quest with my kid, who has never seen it before. And snacks. Lots of snacks.
September 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
After a couple weeks of heartbreaking personal loss and the relentlessness of the news cycle, I’m going to make everything better by watching Galaxy Quest with my kid, who has never seen it before. And snacks. Lots of snacks.
Are there any writing retreats for teachers? Not for how to teach writing, but time and space for teachers who want to write? New England/Upstate NY would be ideal. Thank you!
#Edusky
#Edusky
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Are there any writing retreats for teachers? Not for how to teach writing, but time and space for teachers who want to write? New England/Upstate NY would be ideal. Thank you!
#Edusky
#Edusky
First day of school energy never gets less exciting. Started year 26 today!
August 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
First day of school energy never gets less exciting. Started year 26 today!
When I hear people talk about annotating books, I think about how when I was a kid my mom read tons of those romance novels with Fabio and heaving bosoms on the covers. Sometimes my dad would go through with a pen to underline the dirty parts and write smartass comments in the margins.
August 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When I hear people talk about annotating books, I think about how when I was a kid my mom read tons of those romance novels with Fabio and heaving bosoms on the covers. Sometimes my dad would go through with a pen to underline the dirty parts and write smartass comments in the margins.
I never realized how many people casually joke about dementia until I was experiencing my mother suffering through late stages of Alzheimer’s. It stings every time. I hope this makes me more aware of when I’m being hurtful because I’m being thoughtless and clueless.
August 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I never realized how many people casually joke about dementia until I was experiencing my mother suffering through late stages of Alzheimer’s. It stings every time. I hope this makes me more aware of when I’m being hurtful because I’m being thoughtless and clueless.
I think I need to apologize to my dad. I’m doing a house maintenance project and I have an overwhelming urge to put all the extra screws in a jar so I can put it on a shelf in the basement and forget it exists. I get it now.
July 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think I need to apologize to my dad. I’m doing a house maintenance project and I have an overwhelming urge to put all the extra screws in a jar so I can put it on a shelf in the basement and forget it exists. I get it now.