Bridgett Williams-Searle
@profbridgett.bsky.social
Writer, early retiree, former associate professor of 18th/19th US history. UIowa PhD/COGS-UE. Former dementia caregiver. Boomer by birth, Gen x by grace of god. Book project on long emancipation and Black resistance in southern Indiana, 1780-1830.
Here’s one reason I love my medical practice…today’s text.
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s one reason I love my medical practice…today’s text.
Given Dr. Hyde’s area of specialty, I would have hoped she could recognize a genocide as it was happening rather than from a polite distance of “objectivity.”
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Given Dr. Hyde’s area of specialty, I would have hoped she could recognize a genocide as it was happening rather than from a polite distance of “objectivity.”
Cosmo wishes you all a warm and light-filled holiday.
December 24, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Cosmo wishes you all a warm and light-filled holiday.
Lest you think I exaggerate...here is the totality of info about slavery at the site currently. I know that a local public history group is working with them, so I remain optimistic about the possibilities of change.
December 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Lest you think I exaggerate...here is the totality of info about slavery at the site currently. I know that a local public history group is working with them, so I remain optimistic about the possibilities of change.
Always welcome the stranger to your table.
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Always welcome the stranger to your table.
Shepherd‘s Pie.
November 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Shepherd‘s Pie.
Have you met Chloë’s cat, Cosmo? He’s a really sweet Little Man.
November 21, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Have you met Chloë’s cat, Cosmo? He’s a really sweet Little Man.
I forgot to show off my minestrone yesterday.
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I forgot to show off my minestrone yesterday.
Fell down the André Michaux rabbithole, as one does. I had no idea he died in Madagascar in 1802. Obviously, I had to buy his Annotated Memoirs.
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Fell down the André Michaux rabbithole, as one does. I had no idea he died in Madagascar in 1802. Obviously, I had to buy his Annotated Memoirs.
Cosmo Brown bids you good evening.
November 18, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Cosmo Brown bids you good evening.
Time for Sunday roast.
November 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time for Sunday roast.
This one’s for German. I also am working on French and Spanish. I’m an A2 in French and German, high A1 in Spanish.
November 17, 2024 at 2:25 PM
This one’s for German. I also am working on French and Spanish. I’m an A2 in French and German, high A1 in Spanish.
Good morning — frost on the banks, crows rising over cold water.
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Good morning — frost on the banks, crows rising over cold water.
I‘m catsitting.
November 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I‘m catsitting.
Last night at moonrise.
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Last night at moonrise.
Here at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, gathering strength and wisdom for the future. Here is Inuk artist Jessica Winters’ piece called Lichen (Hopedale 1). “Every corner of the Earth is habitable boasts the lichen-hugging stone. To make a life (or make a home?), one needs only get creative.”
November 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Here at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, gathering strength and wisdom for the future. Here is Inuk artist Jessica Winters’ piece called Lichen (Hopedale 1). “Every corner of the Earth is habitable boasts the lichen-hugging stone. To make a life (or make a home?), one needs only get creative.”
Tear it down seven times, we’ll put it back up eight. Also, sorry about that arrest.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Tear it down seven times, we’ll put it back up eight. Also, sorry about that arrest.
Reading this slowly to think about his writing…paragraph structure, sentence length and variation, word choice, how to close out the paragraph, section. He’s so damn good. And the argument is compelling.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Reading this slowly to think about his writing…paragraph structure, sentence length and variation, word choice, how to close out the paragraph, section. He’s so damn good. And the argument is compelling.
A little late to the party on this one, but what a marvelous book.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A little late to the party on this one, but what a marvelous book.
Anyone know what this is? Found on a couple of early 19th century letters.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Anyone know what this is? Found on a couple of early 19th century letters.
Seemed like the right thing to read today.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Seemed like the right thing to read today.
Really enjoying this book.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Really enjoying this book.
It’s been a great day.
November 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
It’s been a great day.
Don’t scab.
November 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Don’t scab.