Maeve Gearing
@mgearing.bsky.social
Social policy researcher, crocheter, owned by pets
She/her
All opinions are my own.
She/her
All opinions are my own.
My suspicion for my family is an ancestor changed the last name to match the last name of rich people where they settled (new last name was an anglicization of old last name).
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My suspicion for my family is an ancestor changed the last name to match the last name of rich people where they settled (new last name was an anglicization of old last name).
My grandfather had a third grade education (and was functionally illiterate). His daughter, my mom, got a PhD. Truly amazing.
September 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My grandfather had a third grade education (and was functionally illiterate). His daughter, my mom, got a PhD. Truly amazing.
In terms of books I don't mentioned as often: Borrowed Black. www.goodreads.com/book/show/31...
Borrowed Black: A Labrador Fantasy
Retells how a creature named Borrowed Black, made of bo…
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June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In terms of books I don't mentioned as often: Borrowed Black. www.goodreads.com/book/show/31...
I love it, but I think it's misunderstood. It's not a great love story; it's a story about two awful people being awful to each other. Then they die and their descendants get their money and are less awful.
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I love it, but I think it's misunderstood. It's not a great love story; it's a story about two awful people being awful to each other. Then they die and their descendants get their money and are less awful.
So that new parents cannot get home at night
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So that new parents cannot get home at night
SNAP-Ed is the national program administered by states that provides nutrition education, cooking, and similar skills/information. It just gets very little attention. snaped.fns.usda.gov
SNAP-Ed Connection | Home
snaped.fns.usda.gov
March 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
SNAP-Ed is the national program administered by states that provides nutrition education, cooking, and similar skills/information. It just gets very little attention. snaped.fns.usda.gov
SNAP-Ed! Because SNAP is state-administered, each state runs its own SNAP-Ed programs, but they are really great. snaped.fns.usda.gov
SNAP-Ed Connection | Home
snaped.fns.usda.gov
March 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
SNAP-Ed! Because SNAP is state-administered, each state runs its own SNAP-Ed programs, but they are really great. snaped.fns.usda.gov
The winter jasmine is starting to bloom.
March 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The winter jasmine is starting to bloom.
Flip side: Maeve was not one of the top thousand most common names when I was born. It's now in the top hundred. So I'm used to jumping into a spiel for my name that suddenly isn't needed.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Flip side: Maeve was not one of the top thousand most common names when I was born. It's now in the top hundred. So I'm used to jumping into a spiel for my name that suddenly isn't needed.
They blew up the school, The End. It was monsters as metaphor for high school. No need to go beyond high school.
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They blew up the school, The End. It was monsters as metaphor for high school. No need to go beyond high school.
Rimouski! Sorry, I partially grew up in Mont-Joli, so I get excited when I hear about the area
October 19, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Rimouski! Sorry, I partially grew up in Mont-Joli, so I get excited when I hear about the area
The battered)dingy just refers to how paperbacks can come to look very "well-loved" over time. My favorite paperbacks, that I've read dozens of times, have cracked spines, watermarks, etc from me reading them so much
October 17, 2024 at 2:05 PM
The battered)dingy just refers to how paperbacks can come to look very "well-loved" over time. My favorite paperbacks, that I've read dozens of times, have cracked spines, watermarks, etc from me reading them so much
Leslie Nielsen was largely a dramatic actor for the first 30 years of his career! He was just much better at comedy :)
October 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Leslie Nielsen was largely a dramatic actor for the first 30 years of his career! He was just much better at comedy :)
@jeremywhitley.bsky.social Any thoughts?
September 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
@jeremywhitley.bsky.social Any thoughts?
"Awry" as "aw-rie" for me.
September 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"Awry" as "aw-rie" for me.
Seanan McGuire? Maybe the October Daye series.
June 3, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Seanan McGuire? Maybe the October Daye series.
I got so sad when I realized that my husband (taller than me by 7 inches) does not commonly lose feeling in his legs/feet from.just sitting down in "normal" chairs
March 17, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I got so sad when I realized that my husband (taller than me by 7 inches) does not commonly lose feeling in his legs/feet from.just sitting down in "normal" chairs
My dad died this past summer, three days before my 40th birthday.
February 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
My dad died this past summer, three days before my 40th birthday.
My mom did that too, at Thanksgiving. Have fun ordering and setting up a new phone! Sigh.
February 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM
My mom did that too, at Thanksgiving. Have fun ordering and setting up a new phone! Sigh.