Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
This wonderful photograph reminds me of "Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes" (1897), by painter John Singer Sargent, collection Metropolitan Museum of Art.
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This wonderful photograph reminds me of "Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes" (1897), by painter John Singer Sargent, collection Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Craftiness of mind and hand awaits! And cats.
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Craftiness of mind and hand awaits! And cats.
That crossed my mind! The chaser is that our Loafer Man ended up working as a ... shoemaker.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
That crossed my mind! The chaser is that our Loafer Man ended up working as a ... shoemaker.
Glad you're safely home.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Glad you're safely home.
Reposted by Shirley Wajda
"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
I heard this sad news through other personal means, and I am having a difficult time comprehending it. Alison was a wonderful person--such a light in our world.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I heard this sad news through other personal means, and I am having a difficult time comprehending it. Alison was a wonderful person--such a light in our world.