Karen Leonard
@kleonsky.bsky.social
Writer, mother of two humans and a dog and a cat (and now another cat!).
Before I saw your caption, I thought, “Is that Matt Smith?” Lol
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Before I saw your caption, I thought, “Is that Matt Smith?” Lol
We need these all over the Bay Area, lol.
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We need these all over the Bay Area, lol.
The pope is so not amused.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The pope is so not amused.
It is officially warm bed/cold room season, and it is so hard to get up now.
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It is officially warm bed/cold room season, and it is so hard to get up now.
I was in Monterey, CA, and there were lots of Gen Z there with signs and flags. They were not rich kids either. They were just regular people. I was so glad to see it because, with prior protests, it was all old people.
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I was in Monterey, CA, and there were lots of Gen Z there with signs and flags. They were not rich kids either. They were just regular people. I was so glad to see it because, with prior protests, it was all old people.
This is my favorite hike of all time. Absolutely breathtaking.
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is my favorite hike of all time. Absolutely breathtaking.
Anyone who has spent time in the South knows this. They want a return to the Jim Crow South at the least. I’ve been really struggling with this all day. This is a death blow to democracy and equal representation.
October 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Anyone who has spent time in the South knows this. They want a return to the Jim Crow South at the least. I’ve been really struggling with this all day. This is a death blow to democracy and equal representation.
This is 100% true, which makes it so much fun to be an Auburn fan.
October 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is 100% true, which makes it so much fun to be an Auburn fan.
It would’ve been a lot less messy if they had RULED THAT A TOUCHDOWN.
October 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It would’ve been a lot less messy if they had RULED THAT A TOUCHDOWN.
She was incredible in The Godfather. She and Al Pacino were a force together. I always get chills when he closes the door on her at the end. Her face is perfection.
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
She was incredible in The Godfather. She and Al Pacino were a force together. I always get chills when he closes the door on her at the end. Her face is perfection.
That’s what it’s all about
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
That’s what it’s all about
I grew up an A’s fan, and yeah, they will break your heart, even when they win. One thing I highly recommend once you’ve figured out how the game works is to keep a scorecard. It’s really fun and keeps you engaged. If it’s a meaningful game, they can be a cheap keepsake.
October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I grew up an A’s fan, and yeah, they will break your heart, even when they win. One thing I highly recommend once you’ve figured out how the game works is to keep a scorecard. It’s really fun and keeps you engaged. If it’s a meaningful game, they can be a cheap keepsake.
It’s an ethnicity and a religion. You can have a quarter of Jewish DNA (ancestry) and not be Jewish. You can have zero Jewish DNA and be Jewish.
October 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It’s an ethnicity and a religion. You can have a quarter of Jewish DNA (ancestry) and not be Jewish. You can have zero Jewish DNA and be Jewish.
Was your wife’s mom Jewish? Was she raised exclusively Jewish? If any of those are true, your kids are 100% Jewish. (The latter is a bit tricky, though, because only Reform and Reconstructionist would consider your wife—and thus your kids—Jewish.)
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Was your wife’s mom Jewish? Was she raised exclusively Jewish? If any of those are true, your kids are 100% Jewish. (The latter is a bit tricky, though, because only Reform and Reconstructionist would consider your wife—and thus your kids—Jewish.)
Those do look incredible, though.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Those do look incredible, though.
Same. Also, I will pass out. I do not fast.
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Same. Also, I will pass out. I do not fast.
I remind myself of this all the time. I often mull over a chapter for half a day and maybe write a sentence. Sometimes I feel bad about not producing a lot of words, but then the next day, that chapter comes flowing out because I had planned it in my head.
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I remind myself of this all the time. I often mull over a chapter for half a day and maybe write a sentence. Sometimes I feel bad about not producing a lot of words, but then the next day, that chapter comes flowing out because I had planned it in my head.
Most of my social circle is like this, unfortunately. My most fiery, politically active friend is someone I didn’t even think was liberal when I first met her. Yet she has been calling reps and boycotting since the start of his second term, and she’s pissed. Everyone else? Silence and apathy.
September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Most of my social circle is like this, unfortunately. My most fiery, politically active friend is someone I didn’t even think was liberal when I first met her. Yet she has been calling reps and boycotting since the start of his second term, and she’s pissed. Everyone else? Silence and apathy.
He looks like a Brilyn Hollyhand, and that’s not a compliment.
September 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
He looks like a Brilyn Hollyhand, and that’s not a compliment.
Yeah, I always just watch whatever my kids are watching when they’re on YouTube. My oldest watches people making crafts, and my youngest watches marble races, both of which are pretty benign. They don’t watch enough YT for me not to be present when they do.
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yeah, I always just watch whatever my kids are watching when they’re on YouTube. My oldest watches people making crafts, and my youngest watches marble races, both of which are pretty benign. They don’t watch enough YT for me not to be present when they do.