Sister Curry
@sistercurry.bsky.social
Avid reader, dog-lover, AT LASHER. Short, dumpy, and usually cranky. PhD in American Lit, retired as IT project manager from a Deep Red state posing as a 3rd world country. But the food around here is pretty tasty.
Good morning, Bluesky community
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Good morning, Bluesky community
I have visited Carlsbad Caverns 3 times specifically to watch the bats fly. First time I was too early and the bats hadn't arrived. Second time there was a drought and no insects. 3rd time...f**kin' 🍊💩. 900 miles from home and no bat flight.
October 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I have visited Carlsbad Caverns 3 times specifically to watch the bats fly. First time I was too early and the bats hadn't arrived. Second time there was a drought and no insects. 3rd time...f**kin' 🍊💩. 900 miles from home and no bat flight.
Apropos of nothing:
September 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Apropos of nothing:
Morganza, LA (near Baton Rouge):
August 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Morganza, LA (near Baton Rouge):
Hiked 11+ miles on the Appalachian Trail today and now gorging on barbeque and AFOG beer. Waiting for the bluegrass band
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hiked 11+ miles on the Appalachian Trail today and now gorging on barbeque and AFOG beer. Waiting for the bluegrass band
Alert! Just passed an AMC Pacer towing a trailer headed north on the Mississippi interstate. It eluded my camera but not my notice.
For you youngins:
For you youngins:
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Alert! Just passed an AMC Pacer towing a trailer headed north on the Mississippi interstate. It eluded my camera but not my notice.
For you youngins:
For you youngins:
Shenandoah National Park, September 2023
February 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Shenandoah National Park, September 2023
Spending Valentine's Day in, but splurged on making a chocolate VD cake with blueberries & strawberries. It tastes better than it looks. I missed out on the artistic gene. I think my husband will eat it. 🙂
February 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Spending Valentine's Day in, but splurged on making a chocolate VD cake with blueberries & strawberries. It tastes better than it looks. I missed out on the artistic gene. I think my husband will eat it. 🙂
First snow. Knitted the poncho for her special snow day.
January 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
First snow. Knitted the poncho for her special snow day.
Chillin' my Faux-paign to go with bread pizza.
January 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Chillin' my Faux-paign to go with bread pizza.
Finally got to test my cold-weather hiking clothes. Smartwool top, bottom w/heavy-weight fleece pants, Enlightened Equipment puffy, smartwool buff, Australian possum gloves with EE mitts, and Darn Tough socks. Rating: cozy.
Even survived snow angel.
Even survived snow angel.
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Finally got to test my cold-weather hiking clothes. Smartwool top, bottom w/heavy-weight fleece pants, Enlightened Equipment puffy, smartwool buff, Australian possum gloves with EE mitts, and Darn Tough socks. Rating: cozy.
Even survived snow angel.
Even survived snow angel.
When you live in a bagel desert you sometimes have to get up early and work:
January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When you live in a bagel desert you sometimes have to get up early and work:
Cold day soup with first attempt at Vienna bread (my oven is crap at maintaining temp, so bread is always an adventure):
January 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Cold day soup with first attempt at Vienna bread (my oven is crap at maintaining temp, so bread is always an adventure):
Late March frost on Roan Mountain in Tennessee. It was a beautiful, sunny day for a hike up to picnic in the light snow.
January 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Late March frost on Roan Mountain in Tennessee. It was a beautiful, sunny day for a hike up to picnic in the light snow.
I adopted the buzzard as my spirit animal on trail because each time I looked up, there was usu one or more circling. I came across these 5 waiting for me. I was not hiking very fast. The picture quality isn't great since my phone was nearly always in battery saver mode. These pics all come from PA.
December 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I adopted the buzzard as my spirit animal on trail because each time I looked up, there was usu one or more circling. I came across these 5 waiting for me. I was not hiking very fast. The picture quality isn't great since my phone was nearly always in battery saver mode. These pics all come from PA.
Another one for the MAGA block list
December 2, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Another one for the MAGA block list
Sometimes the Appalachian Trail is really smooth going and then you hit Pennsylvania. Southern Pennsylvania is ankle-twisting tough. But . . .
November 22, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Sometimes the Appalachian Trail is really smooth going and then you hit Pennsylvania. Southern Pennsylvania is ankle-twisting tough. But . . .
Sometimes the trail is hard to discern, and sometimes it takes you to strange places.
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes the trail is hard to discern, and sometimes it takes you to strange places.
Appalachian Trail, Maryland, April 2023
November 19, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Appalachian Trail, Maryland, April 2023
Appalachian Trail near Harpers Ferry, WV (early April 2023)
November 16, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Appalachian Trail near Harpers Ferry, WV (early April 2023)
In 2023, I hiked about 850 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from VA to NH. For various reasons (death in family, sciatica, sudden onset dangerously high blood pressure), didn't finish, but am going to do a daily pic from that adventure just so I can have one good memory a day:
November 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
In 2023, I hiked about 850 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from VA to NH. For various reasons (death in family, sciatica, sudden onset dangerously high blood pressure), didn't finish, but am going to do a daily pic from that adventure just so I can have one good memory a day:
Scout died a few years ago, but he was a great beagle friend. 😢
November 12, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Scout died a few years ago, but he was a great beagle friend. 😢