Lisa Clarke
@lisaclarke.net
Documentation writer. Into photography, knitting, crocheting, sewing, and polymer clay. Music lover. Coziness enthusiast. New Jersey, born and raised. Blue dot in a red town 💙
https://www.lisaclarke.net/hello.html
https://www.lisaclarke.net/hello.html
Ok, one more post before I go back to my Day Job 😁
Last week was Polymer Claycation, and I made some things that I am really very happy with. These are those things. I'll be selling at some local shows over the next month, but what's left will go in the shop.
#polymerclay #polkadotcottage 🧶
Last week was Polymer Claycation, and I made some things that I am really very happy with. These are those things. I'll be selling at some local shows over the next month, but what's left will go in the shop.
#polymerclay #polkadotcottage 🧶
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ok, one more post before I go back to my Day Job 😁
Last week was Polymer Claycation, and I made some things that I am really very happy with. These are those things. I'll be selling at some local shows over the next month, but what's left will go in the shop.
#polymerclay #polkadotcottage 🧶
Last week was Polymer Claycation, and I made some things that I am really very happy with. These are those things. I'll be selling at some local shows over the next month, but what's left will go in the shop.
#polymerclay #polkadotcottage 🧶
All Neil wants for Christmas is a few hundred new subscribers. Might one of them be you? ❤️💚
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All Neil wants for Christmas is a few hundred new subscribers. Might one of them be you? ❤️💚
Here's another project in various stages of completion! A granny square sweater vest of my own design.
#crochet #grannysquares 🧶 1/2
#crochet #grannysquares 🧶 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here's another project in various stages of completion! A granny square sweater vest of my own design.
#crochet #grannysquares 🧶 1/2
#crochet #grannysquares 🧶 1/2
I posted about this #antlersweater in September and then never again! Here's the finished sweater, and the bigger one I made for baby's 7-year-old sister :-) #knitting 🧶
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I posted about this #antlersweater in September and then never again! Here's the finished sweater, and the bigger one I made for baby's 7-year-old sister :-) #knitting 🧶
What a relief! So happy tonight 💙
New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What a relief! So happy tonight 💙
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From our friends @aclu-nj.org
"Now is the time to vote like your rights depend on it.
Voters should go to the polls confidently. If you encounter any problems, contact our non-partisan election protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE." (1/2)
"Now is the time to vote like your rights depend on it.
Voters should go to the polls confidently. If you encounter any problems, contact our non-partisan election protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE." (1/2)
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
From our friends @aclu-nj.org
"Now is the time to vote like your rights depend on it.
Voters should go to the polls confidently. If you encounter any problems, contact our non-partisan election protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE." (1/2)
"Now is the time to vote like your rights depend on it.
Voters should go to the polls confidently. If you encounter any problems, contact our non-partisan election protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE." (1/2)
Shop update! Free Shipping! New Product!
Shop update! Free Shipping! New Product!
I've redesigned the shop to be sleeker and simpler to navigate. Also, free shipping for qualifying orders! Plus, a new product for polymer clay enthusiasts, and new ways to shop in person this season!
www.lisaclarke.net
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Shop update! Free Shipping! New Product!
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The only significant advantage I can see in having a massive new White House ballroom would be to give Uzo Aduba more opportunities for solving crimes while also birdwatching.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The only significant advantage I can see in having a massive new White House ballroom would be to give Uzo Aduba more opportunities for solving crimes while also birdwatching.
Reposted by Lisa Clarke
You can skip the line this election season by voting early in-person! Early in-person is easy, simple, and quick. You can begin casting your ballot this Saturday, October 25 through Sunday, November 2.
https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-early-voting.shtml
https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-early-voting.shtml
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can skip the line this election season by voting early in-person! Early in-person is easy, simple, and quick. You can begin casting your ballot this Saturday, October 25 through Sunday, November 2.
https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-early-voting.shtml
https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-early-voting.shtml
I posted on a forum today, about a project I was having fun working on, and someone responded with a detailed explanation of how I can use an LLM to do the work for me. Um, no. Using my brain is the point. Having a final result that reflects my personality is the point. Also, did I ask for help? No.
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I posted on a forum today, about a project I was having fun working on, and someone responded with a detailed explanation of how I can use an LLM to do the work for me. Um, no. Using my brain is the point. Having a final result that reflects my personality is the point. Also, did I ask for help? No.
Chilly Monday workday with the window open. Hot water bottle and a crocheted blanket on my lap. Maple syrup candle with the crackling wooden wick burning. The Sundays "Blind" on the turntable. A little later I'll add a cup of hot coffee and a maple pecan cookie 🧡🤎💛 #simplepleasures
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Chilly Monday workday with the window open. Hot water bottle and a crocheted blanket on my lap. Maple syrup candle with the crackling wooden wick burning. The Sundays "Blind" on the turntable. A little later I'll add a cup of hot coffee and a maple pecan cookie 🧡🤎💛 #simplepleasures
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Here are 3️⃣ things Trump is spending taxpayer dollars on INSTEAD of solving the healthcare crisis.
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here are 3️⃣ things Trump is spending taxpayer dollars on INSTEAD of solving the healthcare crisis.
Reposted by Lisa Clarke
What are your plans for tomorrow?
We hope to see you at a #NoKings rally!
Check nokings.org to find one convenient to you!
Don't miss your chance to be part this nationwide demonstration of love for America - government of, by and for the people - with liberty and justice for all!
We hope to see you at a #NoKings rally!
Check nokings.org to find one convenient to you!
Don't miss your chance to be part this nationwide demonstration of love for America - government of, by and for the people - with liberty and justice for all!
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What are your plans for tomorrow?
We hope to see you at a #NoKings rally!
Check nokings.org to find one convenient to you!
Don't miss your chance to be part this nationwide demonstration of love for America - government of, by and for the people - with liberty and justice for all!
We hope to see you at a #NoKings rally!
Check nokings.org to find one convenient to you!
Don't miss your chance to be part this nationwide demonstration of love for America - government of, by and for the people - with liberty and justice for all!
Reposted by Lisa Clarke
I wrote about making coffee this week.
“Throw your coffee scale away. Coffee is made by feel. Coffee is made with your heart. Coffee is made with your chest, not with a scale. Fill the grinder to the top. Press down on it and grind those beans like you’re grinding a fascist’s bones.”
“Throw your coffee scale away. Coffee is made by feel. Coffee is made with your heart. Coffee is made with your chest, not with a scale. Fill the grinder to the top. Press down on it and grind those beans like you’re grinding a fascist’s bones.”
How to make coffee
The back side of art. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2. Coffee aint cheap. This week’s question comes to us from Victor Lombardi: What are your opinions...
buttondown.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I wrote about making coffee this week.
“Throw your coffee scale away. Coffee is made by feel. Coffee is made with your heart. Coffee is made with your chest, not with a scale. Fill the grinder to the top. Press down on it and grind those beans like you’re grinding a fascist’s bones.”
“Throw your coffee scale away. Coffee is made by feel. Coffee is made with your heart. Coffee is made with your chest, not with a scale. Fill the grinder to the top. Press down on it and grind those beans like you’re grinding a fascist’s bones.”
Reposted by Lisa Clarke
TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere
#BeThere
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere
#BeThere
Just putting this here: resist.bot/petitions/PA...
SCOTUS! Save democracy! Leave Section 2 of the VRA intact!
Text SIGN PAVMQO to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just putting this here: resist.bot/petitions/PA...
Sunday morning knitting 🧶
I've gotten as far as I can with an #antlersweater (#tincanknits) until yarn reinforcements arrive. Just hope the new ball of yarn arrives before the new nephew does!
I've gotten as far as I can with an #antlersweater (#tincanknits) until yarn reinforcements arrive. Just hope the new ball of yarn arrives before the new nephew does!
September 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sunday morning knitting 🧶
I've gotten as far as I can with an #antlersweater (#tincanknits) until yarn reinforcements arrive. Just hope the new ball of yarn arrives before the new nephew does!
I've gotten as far as I can with an #antlersweater (#tincanknits) until yarn reinforcements arrive. Just hope the new ball of yarn arrives before the new nephew does!
Reposted by Lisa Clarke
not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
It's always fun when a town I know pops up. This one is right next to the town where I grew up. I'd say those photos don't do it justice, but they kind of do 😁 (Sorry, Wallington)
September 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's always fun when a town I know pops up. This one is right next to the town where I grew up. I'd say those photos don't do it justice, but they kind of do 😁 (Sorry, Wallington)
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Fair warning to autumn: I am going to wring every last drop of serotonin out of your withered little husk of a carcass this year
September 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fair warning to autumn: I am going to wring every last drop of serotonin out of your withered little husk of a carcass this year
Got my @mikiesherrill.bsky.social lawn sign up today. Let's keep NJ blue! #newjersey #njpol #teammikie #voteblue
September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Got my @mikiesherrill.bsky.social lawn sign up today. Let's keep NJ blue! #newjersey #njpol #teammikie #voteblue
Newly knit sweater, new profile pic, potential new hair clip product, and new unapologetically political t-shirt, FTW!
Sweater: #judahcardigan by #knitbyjules 🧶
Pic: It's time you saw the left side of my face 😜
Clip: Snap clip w/polymer doo-dad. Make more?
Shirt: @resist.bot via @cottonbureau.com
Sweater: #judahcardigan by #knitbyjules 🧶
Pic: It's time you saw the left side of my face 😜
Clip: Snap clip w/polymer doo-dad. Make more?
Shirt: @resist.bot via @cottonbureau.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Newly knit sweater, new profile pic, potential new hair clip product, and new unapologetically political t-shirt, FTW!
Sweater: #judahcardigan by #knitbyjules 🧶
Pic: It's time you saw the left side of my face 😜
Clip: Snap clip w/polymer doo-dad. Make more?
Shirt: @resist.bot via @cottonbureau.com
Sweater: #judahcardigan by #knitbyjules 🧶
Pic: It's time you saw the left side of my face 😜
Clip: Snap clip w/polymer doo-dad. Make more?
Shirt: @resist.bot via @cottonbureau.com
My blog hit a milestone today. Twenty years old! I've been terrible at keeping it updated lately, but I couldn't let the occasion go by unnoticed!
Hello! 👋🏻
Twenty years ago today, I made my first ever blog post!
www.lisaclarke.net
September 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My blog hit a milestone today. Twenty years old! I've been terrible at keeping it updated lately, but I couldn't let the occasion go by unnoticed!
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Just saw a clump of 8 high school boys in the park next to a convenience store. Their families are probably from all over the world, probably of different faiths. They clumped across the street to the halal burger place. Bros being bros. This is my New Jersey, my America.
August 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just saw a clump of 8 high school boys in the park next to a convenience store. Their families are probably from all over the world, probably of different faiths. They clumped across the street to the halal burger place. Bros being bros. This is my New Jersey, my America.