Vicki Madden
@vlmadden.bsky.social
Teacher, very slow writer, lover of libraries & trains. Words in A Public Space and The New York Times. Rewilding my 1/3 acre garden, mending and darning socks and my little corner of the world
Also I help school leaders.
truenorthbk.org
vickimadden.net
Also I help school leaders.
truenorthbk.org
vickimadden.net
Reviewing my notes from Shakespeare class with Ted Tayler at Columbia.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reviewing my notes from Shakespeare class with Ted Tayler at Columbia.
Looking forward to a smart, fashionable artist as NYC's 1st lady. I love Vanessa Friedman's take on Election Night attire: "a little personal (Ms. Duwaji has wrestled with Palestinian trauma in her work), a little downtown, a little Audrey Hepburn." Also, per @nypost.com a little aloof, lol #NewDay
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looking forward to a smart, fashionable artist as NYC's 1st lady. I love Vanessa Friedman's take on Election Night attire: "a little personal (Ms. Duwaji has wrestled with Palestinian trauma in her work), a little downtown, a little Audrey Hepburn." Also, per @nypost.com a little aloof, lol #NewDay
Murderland by Caroline Fraser fascinates me because it is working the same territory I've been working on: the intuition that something sinister was happening below the surface. And in the region of earthquakes and serial killers, that feeling was quite literal.
November 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Murderland by Caroline Fraser fascinates me because it is working the same territory I've been working on: the intuition that something sinister was happening below the surface. And in the region of earthquakes and serial killers, that feeling was quite literal.
This headline and article is absolute nonsense. But at least you also did this
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This headline and article is absolute nonsense. But at least you also did this
Here is a bit of today's edition of @tanglenews.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here is a bit of today's edition of @tanglenews.bsky.social
No integrity. If you are going to call Cuomo a liar and a snake, stick by it.
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
No integrity. If you are going to call Cuomo a liar and a snake, stick by it.
Thinking about my sign. Maybe:
Dignity & Due Process for Us All
Last time:
Dignity & Due Process for Us All
Last time:
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thinking about my sign. Maybe:
Dignity & Due Process for Us All
Last time:
Dignity & Due Process for Us All
Last time:
I got one two nights ago that was obviously from Adams. One of the screens wasn't even a question, just a dig at Cuomo:
September 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I got one two nights ago that was obviously from Adams. One of the screens wasn't even a question, just a dig at Cuomo:
Actually I got a survey the night before last that I am sure was from Adams. It was kind of hilarious in that way. Also one screen was not even a question, just a dig at Cuomo:
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Actually I got a survey the night before last that I am sure was from Adams. It was kind of hilarious in that way. Also one screen was not even a question, just a dig at Cuomo:
Starting a busy week holding onto my garden, illuminated by that gorgeous Virgo full eclipse moon, still shining in my window at 6:30 a.m. saying: "Discernment, baby. Start seed-sorting, wheat from chaff."
#gardening #rewilding #nativegardening #FullMoon #eclipse
#gardening #rewilding #nativegardening #FullMoon #eclipse
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Starting a busy week holding onto my garden, illuminated by that gorgeous Virgo full eclipse moon, still shining in my window at 6:30 a.m. saying: "Discernment, baby. Start seed-sorting, wheat from chaff."
#gardening #rewilding #nativegardening #FullMoon #eclipse
#gardening #rewilding #nativegardening #FullMoon #eclipse
Imaginary Crimes by Sheila Ballentyne
September 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Imaginary Crimes by Sheila Ballentyne
August 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's hot and so are my plants! Okay, one is not native to upstate New York; it's a Torch Tithonia. I plant it so my neighbors see blooms while I am waiting for some of my slow natives to put on their show. But already ironweed + Joe Pye are on it!
#nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
#nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's hot and so are my plants! Okay, one is not native to upstate New York; it's a Torch Tithonia. I plant it so my neighbors see blooms while I am waiting for some of my slow natives to put on their show. But already ironweed + Joe Pye are on it!
#nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
#nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
The gifts of native gardening: this time of year, so much is in bloom. But also I've found 4 native volunteers all over the place this year: Eastern Enchanter's Nightshade, rhomboid mercury, snakeroot, white avens. Still some invasives but maybe the tide is turning. #nativegardens #nativegardening
July 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The gifts of native gardening: this time of year, so much is in bloom. But also I've found 4 native volunteers all over the place this year: Eastern Enchanter's Nightshade, rhomboid mercury, snakeroot, white avens. Still some invasives but maybe the tide is turning. #nativegardens #nativegardening
ASI in Catskill tidy Upstate Open Studios. My husband is at 76 Broad Street, very Hudson River School landscapes. Come by! #catskill #upstateartweekend
July 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ASI in Catskill tidy Upstate Open Studios. My husband is at 76 Broad Street, very Hudson River School landscapes. Come by! #catskill #upstateartweekend
It's so hot in upstate New York and so little rain. But my new native plants are hanging on. #nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
July 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's so hot in upstate New York and so little rain. But my new native plants are hanging on. #nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
I've written bits about growing up in PNW +my intuitions about menace/danger. (My track team ran at Lk Sammamish Park in 1974; Green River Killer was on my paper route). Some of it is in Heart Problems in A Public Space. But I just read Murderland by @calfraser.bsky.social and it's blown my mind.
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've written bits about growing up in PNW +my intuitions about menace/danger. (My track team ran at Lk Sammamish Park in 1974; Green River Killer was on my paper route). Some of it is in Heart Problems in A Public Space. But I just read Murderland by @calfraser.bsky.social and it's blown my mind.