Lise M. Dyckman
@lisedyckman.bsky.social
Librarian (teaching health information literacy / critical thinking); country dance caller & choreographer; gardens & politics & social history, oh my...
Bay Area / NorCal folks, beach hazards & coastal warnings extending from Sonoma County south through Monterey County.
Now through Sat. Nov. 8.
Now through Sat. Nov. 8.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bay Area / NorCal folks, beach hazards & coastal warnings extending from Sonoma County south through Monterey County.
Now through Sat. Nov. 8.
Now through Sat. Nov. 8.
And just flat-out lying in hopes that’ll let them commit hate crimes. “In fear for his life” should be automatically, summarily, rejected; a plea of self-defense needs actual evidence of an actual, specific, credible, mortal threat.
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And just flat-out lying in hopes that’ll let them commit hate crimes. “In fear for his life” should be automatically, summarily, rejected; a plea of self-defense needs actual evidence of an actual, specific, credible, mortal threat.
Forgot the 🍽️ .
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Forgot the 🍽️ .
Setting up a batch of curtido (Salvadoran sauerkraut) tonight because a) it’s delicious; b) it’s super easy (thanks to the used Cuisinart my darling father-in-law found at a thrift shop 30 years ago - no grated knuckles!).
Not auténtico with red cabbage but it turns out such a lovely pink.
🌱
Not auténtico with red cabbage but it turns out such a lovely pink.
🌱
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Setting up a batch of curtido (Salvadoran sauerkraut) tonight because a) it’s delicious; b) it’s super easy (thanks to the used Cuisinart my darling father-in-law found at a thrift shop 30 years ago - no grated knuckles!).
Not auténtico with red cabbage but it turns out such a lovely pink.
🌱
Not auténtico with red cabbage but it turns out such a lovely pink.
🌱
![Hand-written note on pharmacy shelves stocked with Tylenol [paracetamol] :
Tylenol Does Not Cause Autism.
Simply said, if you get your medical advice from a 14 yr. heroine addict with dead brain worms JUST STOP.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u23pfawvkjan6776ynrqvkta/bafkreiavr4dkifz6sgsat7htwltulxfkiqrhaakopyltt3jvry64qjt76i@jpeg)
Can’t decide if this is irony or sadism (or both).
Next to the check-in window at an ISAP office where folks have to report to #ICE, & from which many people have been kidnapped “into custody”, is this sign.
Next to the check-in window at an ISAP office where folks have to report to #ICE, & from which many people have been kidnapped “into custody”, is this sign.
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Can’t decide if this is irony or sadism (or both).
Next to the check-in window at an ISAP office where folks have to report to #ICE, & from which many people have been kidnapped “into custody”, is this sign.
Next to the check-in window at an ISAP office where folks have to report to #ICE, & from which many people have been kidnapped “into custody”, is this sign.
🌱 it feels odd to be starting fall veg. when we’re just hitting our warmest days, but that’s SF Bay Area weather.
Took only 3 days for the komatsuna to sprout!
Took only 3 days for the komatsuna to sprout!
August 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
🌱 it feels odd to be starting fall veg. when we’re just hitting our warmest days, but that’s SF Bay Area weather.
Took only 3 days for the komatsuna to sprout!
Took only 3 days for the komatsuna to sprout!
🌱 Today’s non-tomato garden haul. That pepper came from a plant marked Corno de Toro. Clearly it’s some kind of Bell pepper, but I don’t know what. Any ideas, y’all?
#Gardensky
(Definitely not a purple Bell; not really Black. Color is deep mahogany red-brown.)
#Gardensky
(Definitely not a purple Bell; not really Black. Color is deep mahogany red-brown.)
August 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
🌱 Today’s non-tomato garden haul. That pepper came from a plant marked Corno de Toro. Clearly it’s some kind of Bell pepper, but I don’t know what. Any ideas, y’all?
#Gardensky
(Definitely not a purple Bell; not really Black. Color is deep mahogany red-brown.)
#Gardensky
(Definitely not a purple Bell; not really Black. Color is deep mahogany red-brown.)
For international Cat Day, a pic from when we had 4 indoor cats. We are currently down to 3 indoor cats but picked up another 5 outdoor semi-ferals during the pandemic as the local cat population exploded.
August 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For international Cat Day, a pic from when we had 4 indoor cats. We are currently down to 3 indoor cats but picked up another 5 outdoor semi-ferals during the pandemic as the local cat population exploded.
Fuchsia fashion statements: svelte silhouette & dramatic colors vs frilly white petticoated from-frou. Billy Porter would look good in either, but then, he always does. 🌱
(The vehicle in the background is my midlife-crisis ride (bright red gardening wagon with seat).
(The vehicle in the background is my midlife-crisis ride (bright red gardening wagon with seat).
July 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Fuchsia fashion statements: svelte silhouette & dramatic colors vs frilly white petticoated from-frou. Billy Porter would look good in either, but then, he always does. 🌱
(The vehicle in the background is my midlife-crisis ride (bright red gardening wagon with seat).
(The vehicle in the background is my midlife-crisis ride (bright red gardening wagon with seat).
Bragging on my Ruth, who made dumplings last night.
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Bragging on my Ruth, who made dumplings last night.
🌱 Some of this year’s sunflowers on this Sunday.
July 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🌱 Some of this year’s sunflowers on this Sunday.
🌱 I harvested enough dragon-tongue beans for a meal! They’re finally coming in more rapidly than by ones & twos. This morning’s haul, plus the first ripe Canestrino paste tomato.
July 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🌱 I harvested enough dragon-tongue beans for a meal! They’re finally coming in more rapidly than by ones & twos. This morning’s haul, plus the first ripe Canestrino paste tomato.
For #WorldBeeDay, some of our girls harvesting full pollen-bags from sunflowers.
(Pics from when we kept a top-bar beehive in past years.) 🌱
(Pics from when we kept a top-bar beehive in past years.) 🌱
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For #WorldBeeDay, some of our girls harvesting full pollen-bags from sunflowers.
(Pics from when we kept a top-bar beehive in past years.) 🌱
(Pics from when we kept a top-bar beehive in past years.) 🌱
Seen outside the #PacificGroveMuseumOfNaturalHistory yesterday, ‘California Glory’ hybrid flannel bush. 🌱
(Also seen, a busload of first-graders having absolutely their Best Time, & a fabulous docent having his best time, too.)
(Also seen, a busload of first-graders having absolutely their Best Time, & a fabulous docent having his best time, too.)
May 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Seen outside the #PacificGroveMuseumOfNaturalHistory yesterday, ‘California Glory’ hybrid flannel bush. 🌱
(Also seen, a busload of first-graders having absolutely their Best Time, & a fabulous docent having his best time, too.)
(Also seen, a busload of first-graders having absolutely their Best Time, & a fabulous docent having his best time, too.)
Object lesson on why transplanting carrots is generally a bad idea. 🌱 Kyoto red variety.
(Nearly all our veg are grown in containers, because the paved driveway gets the best sun. I usually start seeds in pots, & transplant seedlings for proper spacing.)
#ContainerGardening
#CarrotContortions
(Nearly all our veg are grown in containers, because the paved driveway gets the best sun. I usually start seeds in pots, & transplant seedlings for proper spacing.)
#ContainerGardening
#CarrotContortions
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Object lesson on why transplanting carrots is generally a bad idea. 🌱 Kyoto red variety.
(Nearly all our veg are grown in containers, because the paved driveway gets the best sun. I usually start seeds in pots, & transplant seedlings for proper spacing.)
#ContainerGardening
#CarrotContortions
(Nearly all our veg are grown in containers, because the paved driveway gets the best sun. I usually start seeds in pots, & transplant seedlings for proper spacing.)
#ContainerGardening
#CarrotContortions
More details - trying to serve a summons, fercryinoutloud!
May 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
More details - trying to serve a summons, fercryinoutloud!
CA #BayArea peeps:
Nine Lives Foundation in Redwood City is giving senior cats - healthy, socialized, neutered cats - away free through Sunday 5/11.
“Give a mother figure the retirement she deserves—complete with snacks, snuggles, and absolutely no kittens.”.
3106 Rolison Rd., Redwood City
Nine Lives Foundation in Redwood City is giving senior cats - healthy, socialized, neutered cats - away free through Sunday 5/11.
“Give a mother figure the retirement she deserves—complete with snacks, snuggles, and absolutely no kittens.”.
3106 Rolison Rd., Redwood City
May 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
CA #BayArea peeps:
Nine Lives Foundation in Redwood City is giving senior cats - healthy, socialized, neutered cats - away free through Sunday 5/11.
“Give a mother figure the retirement she deserves—complete with snacks, snuggles, and absolutely no kittens.”.
3106 Rolison Rd., Redwood City
Nine Lives Foundation in Redwood City is giving senior cats - healthy, socialized, neutered cats - away free through Sunday 5/11.
“Give a mother figure the retirement she deserves—complete with snacks, snuggles, and absolutely no kittens.”.
3106 Rolison Rd., Redwood City
Among other garden plants, this time last year:
May 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Among other garden plants, this time last year:
For 🌱 #MagentaMonday, Regal Geranium (pelargonium)
May 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
For 🌱 #MagentaMonday, Regal Geranium (pelargonium)
So very Princess Mononoke! ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Forest_...
April 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So very Princess Mononoke! ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Forest_...
🍽️ tonight’s dinner is fish soup, made with previously-frozen leftover fish stock; onions, garlic, & wild leek (including blossom); celery & fennel; white wine & a bit of last summer’s frozen purée of tomatoes we grew; fresh herbs from the garden; pre-frozen shrimp, scallops, & rockfish fillets.
April 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
🍽️ tonight’s dinner is fish soup, made with previously-frozen leftover fish stock; onions, garlic, & wild leek (including blossom); celery & fennel; white wine & a bit of last summer’s frozen purée of tomatoes we grew; fresh herbs from the garden; pre-frozen shrimp, scallops, & rockfish fillets.
🌱 Early spring in the SF Bay Area is all about citrus. The Meyer lemons, orange, & clementines are all blooming (even though the orange still has lots of fruit).
Wish I could add smell-o-vision to this post.
Wish I could add smell-o-vision to this post.
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌱 Early spring in the SF Bay Area is all about citrus. The Meyer lemons, orange, & clementines are all blooming (even though the orange still has lots of fruit).
Wish I could add smell-o-vision to this post.
Wish I could add smell-o-vision to this post.
Bet we’d all chip in to pay for it, too (but would demand reimbursement from his legal fines).
April 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bet we’d all chip in to pay for it, too (but would demand reimbursement from his legal fines).