@wanderingresident.bsky.social
She/her • Fresh coaster on the West Coast • Cat mom • Knitter • Never not reading • BTS ARMY • 🏳️🌈
Today’s Small Joy: more orchid blooms!
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today’s Small Joy: more orchid blooms!
Small Joy: one of my orchid’s buds has bloomed!
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Small Joy: one of my orchid’s buds has bloomed!
(Not so) Small Joy: seeing Wicked onstage for the first time last night, thanks to a lucky and generous friend who won the lottery and offered her second ticket!
February 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
(Not so) Small Joy: seeing Wicked onstage for the first time last night, thanks to a lucky and generous friend who won the lottery and offered her second ticket!
Small Joy (from yesterday): a hike with an amazing view, and an unexpected meeting with an old friend!
February 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Small Joy (from yesterday): a hike with an amazing view, and an unexpected meeting with an old friend!
Small Joy: a coworker’s choice of Teams ID
February 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Small Joy: a coworker’s choice of Teams ID
Small Joy: Epik High’s mongsang lofi playlist, on repeat on a rainy morning.
February 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Small Joy: Epik High’s mongsang lofi playlist, on repeat on a rainy morning.
Small Joy: these mitts were one of the very first things I made successfully! The yarn is Brown Sheep, and I remember feeling amazed that the wool had come from a place I’d traveled through before, and I’d now used it to make something of my own.
February 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Small Joy: these mitts were one of the very first things I made successfully! The yarn is Brown Sheep, and I remember feeling amazed that the wool had come from a place I’d traveled through before, and I’d now used it to make something of my own.
Small Joy: the *gorgeous* cover of my most recent read, which was also a gripping, vivid, and fascinating story set in a world that jumped off the page.
February 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Small Joy: the *gorgeous* cover of my most recent read, which was also a gripping, vivid, and fascinating story set in a world that jumped off the page.
Small Joy: drinking coffee from a mug my friends gave me before I moved, reminded of the sunshine across my Duluth kitchen table and the laughter whenever we hung out
February 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Small Joy: drinking coffee from a mug my friends gave me before I moved, reminded of the sunshine across my Duluth kitchen table and the laughter whenever we hung out
(Not So) Small Joy: being able to make socks that exactly fit your feet!
Pattern: the ever reliable Rose City Rollers by Mara Bryner
Yarn: oh boy, it’s from the deep stash and has no label. Queensland Collection…maybe Adelaide or Fiji? (Tell me if you know!)
Pattern: the ever reliable Rose City Rollers by Mara Bryner
Yarn: oh boy, it’s from the deep stash and has no label. Queensland Collection…maybe Adelaide or Fiji? (Tell me if you know!)
February 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
(Not So) Small Joy: being able to make socks that exactly fit your feet!
Pattern: the ever reliable Rose City Rollers by Mara Bryner
Yarn: oh boy, it’s from the deep stash and has no label. Queensland Collection…maybe Adelaide or Fiji? (Tell me if you know!)
Pattern: the ever reliable Rose City Rollers by Mara Bryner
Yarn: oh boy, it’s from the deep stash and has no label. Queensland Collection…maybe Adelaide or Fiji? (Tell me if you know!)
Small Joy: wearing the California poppy earrings I made from a keychain last year
February 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Small Joy: wearing the California poppy earrings I made from a keychain last year
Small Joy: turning the heel on a sock never feels less like magic and physics combined
February 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Small Joy: turning the heel on a sock never feels less like magic and physics combined
Small Joy: unearthing a scarf my dad gave me *years* ago which offers golden moons and stars on one side and silver ones on the other 🌘🌠
February 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Small Joy: unearthing a scarf my dad gave me *years* ago which offers golden moons and stars on one side and silver ones on the other 🌘🌠
Small Joy: cat naps
February 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Small Joy: cat naps
Small Joy: roses on campus, after observing student coaches, an activity which always brings me hope
February 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Small Joy: roses on campus, after observing student coaches, an activity which always brings me hope
Today’s Small Joy: my current read! Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee is giving me the familiar-but-not setting and the vivid sense of immersion in the story’s world that I’m always looking for.
January 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Today’s Small Joy: my current read! Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee is giving me the familiar-but-not setting and the vivid sense of immersion in the story’s world that I’m always looking for.
Today’s Small Joy: admiring the cables (and appreciating the warmth in my freezing office!) of my Blue Wave Mitts (pattern is Thea Coleman, yarn is Manos del Uruguay)
January 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Today’s Small Joy: admiring the cables (and appreciating the warmth in my freezing office!) of my Blue Wave Mitts (pattern is Thea Coleman, yarn is Manos del Uruguay)
A friend and I have been texting pictures back and forth with the caption “Small Joy” and I feel like the levels of public doom make it a good idea to spread them around. So, here you go: Small Joy, magnolia tree in the morning edition
January 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A friend and I have been texting pictures back and forth with the caption “Small Joy” and I feel like the levels of public doom make it a good idea to spread them around. So, here you go: Small Joy, magnolia tree in the morning edition
Before darkness falls with a thud, we’ve been having some lovely days and dramatic skies
November 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Before darkness falls with a thud, we’ve been having some lovely days and dramatic skies
It’s really wild to me that the amount of stress-knitting I’ve done this year has resulted in this being the 10th pair of socks I’ve knitted for myself. (I…do not see this changing, given the amount of existential stress going around)
November 21, 2024 at 6:25 PM
It’s really wild to me that the amount of stress-knitting I’ve done this year has resulted in this being the 10th pair of socks I’ve knitted for myself. (I…do not see this changing, given the amount of existential stress going around)
I’m not usually much of a nonfiction reader (nothing wrong with it! It just doesn’t usually grab me!), but this book…wow. I have been riveted, by the spare prose, the vivid images, and by a strong sense of kinship with a woman whose experiences have been so different from mine.
November 21, 2024 at 12:38 AM
I’m not usually much of a nonfiction reader (nothing wrong with it! It just doesn’t usually grab me!), but this book…wow. I have been riveted, by the spare prose, the vivid images, and by a strong sense of kinship with a woman whose experiences have been so different from mine.
Mentally, I’m here.
November 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Mentally, I’m here.