Destiny
@mellisonant.bsky.social
Gardening. Yarn. Nerding out. Whatever.
Building #community offline.
Building #community offline.
I wanted this platform to be a nice place where maybe I could share a few moments of joy and have some musings about life, like I used to back in ye olde days of livejournal.
But the reality is that most days it just feels like the performative virtue Olympics, so I just stopped logging on.
But the reality is that most days it just feels like the performative virtue Olympics, so I just stopped logging on.
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I wanted this platform to be a nice place where maybe I could share a few moments of joy and have some musings about life, like I used to back in ye olde days of livejournal.
But the reality is that most days it just feels like the performative virtue Olympics, so I just stopped logging on.
But the reality is that most days it just feels like the performative virtue Olympics, so I just stopped logging on.
Instead of compulsively scrolling social media, I’ve started to lovingly check on my birb on the Finch app.
I think it’s been a positive because instead of feeling sad/angry or annoyed, I end up sending encouragement to friends and remembering to drink water.
I think it’s been a positive because instead of feeling sad/angry or annoyed, I end up sending encouragement to friends and remembering to drink water.
July 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Instead of compulsively scrolling social media, I’ve started to lovingly check on my birb on the Finch app.
I think it’s been a positive because instead of feeling sad/angry or annoyed, I end up sending encouragement to friends and remembering to drink water.
I think it’s been a positive because instead of feeling sad/angry or annoyed, I end up sending encouragement to friends and remembering to drink water.
It’s firefly season and I am so excited to see all those glowing butts blinking in my yard!
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It’s firefly season and I am so excited to see all those glowing butts blinking in my yard!
Spring also means it’s French sorrel soup time!
Early spring garden greens are wonderful.
Early spring garden greens are wonderful.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Spring also means it’s French sorrel soup time!
Early spring garden greens are wonderful.
Early spring garden greens are wonderful.
The arrival of spring means that my spouse is baking bread in the solar oven once more.
April 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The arrival of spring means that my spouse is baking bread in the solar oven once more.
What are your favorite (preferably free, or inexpensive) resources for learning French?
Level: beginner with the ghost of a memory of my past life as a high school student in the 90s.
Level: beginner with the ghost of a memory of my past life as a high school student in the 90s.
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What are your favorite (preferably free, or inexpensive) resources for learning French?
Level: beginner with the ghost of a memory of my past life as a high school student in the 90s.
Level: beginner with the ghost of a memory of my past life as a high school student in the 90s.
On Good Friday we commemorate that insecure men in positions of power had Jesus executed for spreading the radical message of love, justice, and mercy.
April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On Good Friday we commemorate that insecure men in positions of power had Jesus executed for spreading the radical message of love, justice, and mercy.
Attending CTY in the 90s as a teen from rural Maine changed my life in countless ways, and also left me with a lifetime’s worth of imposter syndrome.
April 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Attending CTY in the 90s as a teen from rural Maine changed my life in countless ways, and also left me with a lifetime’s worth of imposter syndrome.
Iris reticulata ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ emerges after my crocus and snowdrops.
I love the ethereal coloring, and that it’s an early flower after a long Maine winter.
#bloomsky
I love the ethereal coloring, and that it’s an early flower after a long Maine winter.
#bloomsky
April 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Iris reticulata ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ emerges after my crocus and snowdrops.
I love the ethereal coloring, and that it’s an early flower after a long Maine winter.
#bloomsky
I love the ethereal coloring, and that it’s an early flower after a long Maine winter.
#bloomsky
Repost with a favorite book from childhood
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Repost with a favorite book from childhood
There’s something special about the earliest flowers; the ones that bloom before the trees have leaves. They are little beacons of hope and promise.
#bloomsky
#bloomsky
April 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s something special about the earliest flowers; the ones that bloom before the trees have leaves. They are little beacons of hope and promise.
#bloomsky
#bloomsky
We’ve got roots!
Plant propagation is so cool. Some of these will be used to expand my own plantings, and others will go to local folks.
Plant propagation is so cool. Some of these will be used to expand my own plantings, and others will go to local folks.
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We’ve got roots!
Plant propagation is so cool. Some of these will be used to expand my own plantings, and others will go to local folks.
Plant propagation is so cool. Some of these will be used to expand my own plantings, and others will go to local folks.
My spouse darned my socks for me! Now I can continue to wear one of my favorite pairs.
March 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My spouse darned my socks for me! Now I can continue to wear one of my favorite pairs.
My first flowers of 2025 are crocus. Although later, I saw that I also had a single snowdrop.
After the long Maine winter, it’s encouraging to see something bloom again.
#bloomsky
After the long Maine winter, it’s encouraging to see something bloom again.
#bloomsky
March 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My first flowers of 2025 are crocus. Although later, I saw that I also had a single snowdrop.
After the long Maine winter, it’s encouraging to see something bloom again.
#bloomsky
After the long Maine winter, it’s encouraging to see something bloom again.
#bloomsky
Humpty Dumpty is the best brand of potato chips.
March 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Humpty Dumpty is the best brand of potato chips.
Spent the afternoon celebrating a friend who, after taking classes for 24.5 years, earned his bachelor’s. Getting to hang out with dear friends I hadn’t really spent time with in over a decade was amazing.
March 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Spent the afternoon celebrating a friend who, after taking classes for 24.5 years, earned his bachelor’s. Getting to hang out with dear friends I hadn’t really spent time with in over a decade was amazing.
Just a friendly reminder that the Independent senator from Maine, Angus King is not a Democrat.
He left the party in 1993, before he was Governor.
He left the party in 1993, before he was Governor.
March 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Just a friendly reminder that the Independent senator from Maine, Angus King is not a Democrat.
He left the party in 1993, before he was Governor.
He left the party in 1993, before he was Governor.
Each day I take what little joy I can find, and I relish it. Eating soup with my neighbors. The red flash of a cardinal in my bushes. A new sprout in my seed trays.
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Each day I take what little joy I can find, and I relish it. Eating soup with my neighbors. The red flash of a cardinal in my bushes. A new sprout in my seed trays.
Attempting to root some grape and elderberry cuttings in water. My hope is that I will have enough success to expand my own plantings AND share some with folks in my community.
There are “better” propagation methods, but I’m trying for what will be easiest for me.
There are “better” propagation methods, but I’m trying for what will be easiest for me.
March 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Attempting to root some grape and elderberry cuttings in water. My hope is that I will have enough success to expand my own plantings AND share some with folks in my community.
There are “better” propagation methods, but I’m trying for what will be easiest for me.
There are “better” propagation methods, but I’m trying for what will be easiest for me.
Rather than "giving up" something for Lent, I'm going to aim to give more to my community--both financially and of myself.
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Rather than "giving up" something for Lent, I'm going to aim to give more to my community--both financially and of myself.
Blue cornmeal cake made with corn we grew. Elder-blackberry jam filling from berries we grew. Lemon buttercream frosting.
A collaboration between my spouse, our kid, and I.
Thankful for tastes of last season’s garden while it’s still too soon to plant the next.
A collaboration between my spouse, our kid, and I.
Thankful for tastes of last season’s garden while it’s still too soon to plant the next.
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Blue cornmeal cake made with corn we grew. Elder-blackberry jam filling from berries we grew. Lemon buttercream frosting.
A collaboration between my spouse, our kid, and I.
Thankful for tastes of last season’s garden while it’s still too soon to plant the next.
A collaboration between my spouse, our kid, and I.
Thankful for tastes of last season’s garden while it’s still too soon to plant the next.
Vaclav Havel is my Roman Empire.
March 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Vaclav Havel is my Roman Empire.
Joy is a Fedco Seeds delivery in your mailbox. I even hugged the envelope before opening it.
February 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Joy is a Fedco Seeds delivery in your mailbox. I even hugged the envelope before opening it.