Sharon Parker

It has a very map-of-the-world feel to it. Wonderful colors and texture.

I'm so sorry. It looks like you're getting a lot of advice in this thread, I hope something works!

I'm on it! Glad to see an alternative to Etsy for your zines.

I think she would have to remove her hat/crown to fit through the bars. hmmmmm

clusters of white serviceberry blossoms on branches with oval green leaves and a small native andrena bee

This photo of our serviceberry with an Andrena bee illustrates a new blog post on my website, about native bees and what we do in our garden to to balance their interests and ours. #gardeningforbees #sharonscompendium #springgardening

I’m so sorry for your loss.

If you aren’t aware, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center in Minneapolis now provides free Metrix covid tests. They’re super convenient, PCR-quality, and you’ll get results emailed in about 30 mins.

They’re open Mon, Tues, and Thurs from 3-7 and the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 10-2.

This says it all.

I wrote more about rural mail carriers' roles as care workers and what rural communities stand to lose with USPS privatization for @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/02/usps...

Thanks for the link to the poem. It’s marvelous.

Here's my #Februllage offering for today, the 23rd, for the prompt #tapestry. It's a 5x7-inch analog collage using bits and pieces from my stash, on 140lb watercolor paper.

Analog collage on a dark brown background full of semi transparent dots cut from tissue paper and a retro 1950s or 1960s woman in a polkadot dress

I have been making collages for #februllage but have only posted them on Instagram so far, so here's today's. The prompt is "Dots," so I named the person in this Dot. #analogcollage #retrostyle #dots #februllage2025 #sharonscompendium #longfellowminneapolis

It's a fun and creative idea! I look forward to receiving mine in the mail whenever you send it. No hurry.

Done.

Good list of alternatives, and nice to see Anchor Paper, which I think is a Minnesota company?, on the list. I have been getting mailing supplies from Eco Enclose and Clearbags, mostly. Clearbags now has some sizes of cello sleeves (for cards and such) in compostable material, too.

Yes! I got a lot from it but didn’t get around to replying. One I learned from a friend, which I feel relates to your “what needs to get done today?” is “what’s the most important thing?”

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻