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Shannon Hillinger
@maydela.bsky.social
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Artist, early childhood educator, anti racist educator, disabled activist
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I started a new quilt!
Black square with a red and yellow patterned heart appliqued on with rainbow thread
September 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I finished a quilt for my cousin's brand new baby. I adore making baby quilts.
Image of a square baby quilt. There are 9 blocks with green and yellow sashing and then a pink floral sashing between them all. 6 of the blocks has 90s kitchen goose style geese, and the other three have the pink floral. The binding has tiny strawberries on it
September 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Here's a visualization of this process. Your window of tolerance shrinks the longer you are in this cycle.
Image labeled "Activity lovely on a downward slope" There are three horizontal lines. The top line is over doing it, second is activity level, third is time. There's a diagonal line representing activity level starting just under the start of over doing it and going down to below under doing it at the end of the graph. A wavy line goes over the diagonal with the peaks labeled pain flare up. As time goes on the pain flare up happens at lower points on this scale.
June 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Time pie charts! Label different activities in different colors and see where your time is going right now. The second chart is for what you want your days to look like. You can redo these as often as you like. How can you start changing your current pie to be more like your ideal pie?
Photo of a workbook page with a pie chart where each section is a different hour in the day. It says:, Ideal time pie. Instructions: fill in the wedges with what you would ideally like to be doing or what you would find more acceptable, given your pain level, during each one hour time black Examples: sleep, self care, work, family, friends, relationship, housework, leisure/recreation activities. Photo of a workbook page with a pie chart where each section is a different hour in the day. It says:, Current time pie. The time pie below represents a 24 hour day. The wedges indicate one hour blocks of time. Instructions: fill in the wedges with what you are currently doing each hour. Examples: sleep, self care, work, family, friends, relationship, housework, leisure/recreation activities.
June 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Erica Ishii on the set of Make Some Noise. She is saying "you not, what day is it?" Brennan Lee Mulligan on the set of Make Some Noise with Erica Ishii on the right side looking shocked. He is shouting "It's Pride, bitch!"
June 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Today's small moment of happiness, this small contented bunny who happily munched plantain while 30 naturalists and wilderness lovers took pictures.
Baby bunny that is brown with a white spot on it's head. Bunny is munching on plantain.
May 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I can't do much about the state of everything, but I can show you today's flower. A wildly overgrown coastal lupine at the house next door.
Photo of lupine flowers, some are yellow, some are yellow and purple variegated.
May 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Screenshot of a post by mcp_cone that says "I walked past about an hour ago. Can confirm. The costume/cosplayers headed to their conventions have the emergency scene an unexpected twist. Also, fire at the cheesecake factory sounds like a cover band for panic at the disco
April 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Hi! I'm old. So many hours spent exploring this castle.
Screenshot of black screen with white text. The text is the command list and list of items and rooms in the dos game Wizards Castle.
March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Today's small moment of happiness is this totally legitimate and normal NPC in the new Sims pack.
Picture of a screenshot of the Sims 4. A figure in a trenchcoat and wide brined hat is walking up blue stairs. There's a pop up that says "legitimate and normal" in red print. The name is "Trashley Reelpearson" and they are a young adult.
March 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A tan poster on a white wall with red and blue graffiti. The poster says "a world without trans people has never existed and never will."
February 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Today's small moment of happiness. How cool would a corset made out of this be?
Rolls of leather in many colors. The first three rolls are iridescent green/yellow, white/blue, blue/green.
February 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Today's small moment of happiness.
Medium sized brown dog in a red and black hoodie, exploring a snow covered backyard. There's not enough snow to fully cover the grass.
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Today's small moment of happiness, teaching small children to sew! I aim to reach this level of random.
An unfinished quilt top, mostly floral prints in pinks, browns, yellows, greens, and blues. There are 9 square patches separated by stripes.
January 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I always forget that McSweeny's is a food brand in Canada.
Package of beef jerky, brand McSweeny's, teriyaki flavor.
January 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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But this is always my word!
White square with the word "mythical" in black type.
January 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Marshmallow Advent 22, spice cake. The espresso martini tasted more like spice cake than this. It's not bad, just not very flavorful.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a sand colored marshmallow. The inside of the box says spice cake and the door says spice up your holidays.
December 25, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Marshmallow Advent 21, espresso martini,. I waited to try this one because the idea of having something that tastes like coffee in the evening seemed like a bad idea. I didn't need to wait, this doesn't taste like coffee or a martini. It's good, just like gentle spices, not espresso.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a light brown marshmallow. The inside says espresso martini and the door says hit me with your best shot.
December 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Marshmallow​ Advent 20. Cranberry. I was skeptical but this is strangely appealing.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a white marshmallow. The inside of the box says cranberry and the door says the berry essence of holiday cheer.
December 23, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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Marshmallow Advent calendar 19, banana. Not overly chemical but still the delicious Runt candy taste.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a yellow marshmallow. The inside of the box says banana and the door says more than a peel ing.
December 22, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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Marshmallow Advent 18, peaches and cream. Tastes like a peach ring. 8/10
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one open door and a pink marshmallow . The inside of the box says peaches and cream, the for door says making peach other better.
December 22, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Marshmallow Advent 17, butterscotch.
10/10 delicious.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a brown marshmallow. The inside of the box says butterscotch, the door says butter late than never.
December 20, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Marshmallow Advent 16, orange dreamsicle. Delicious. Definitely one of my favorites so far this year.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and an orange marshmallow. The inside of the box says orange dreamsicle and the door says a dream come true.
December 19, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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Marshmallow Advent calendar 15, Matcha.
I don't enjoy Matcha but this tastes more like grass then matcha. DNF
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a green marshmallow. The inside of the box says matcha and the door says get the par-TEA started
December 16, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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Marshmallow Advent calendar 14, Sour Blue Raspberry. This is the most uncanny valley of marshmallow I have ever had. To quote @garnettillie.bsky.social, it tastes like testing to explain that you are having a stroke.
Close up of marshmallow Advent calendar with one door open and a blue marshmallow. The inside of the box says sour blue marshmallow. The door says a bit sour but always special.
December 15, 2024 at 5:20 AM