Alison Casella Brookins

Jake & Alison Casella Brookins, in hiking gear with a small river in the background.

Tiptree, a small scruffy black and white dog, and Jo, a small brown dog witb a white chest and paw, on a rock outcropping overlooking a forest and lake.

The last glimmers of sunset over a lake, with a mountain and a forested island against the sky.

getting married in October to ensure autumnal hiking anniversaries remains one of our best ideas

Poster for Godspell

If any #buffalonians follow me, highly recommend Godspell at Ujima Theater! I would buy the cast recording. And there may or may not be a tap number. Showing til sept 19

Slightly diminish a book

Frankenpint

The presumed judgement is so high. It’s part of why I have this haircut. “That cool looking person would NEVER send ME to hell, right?”

Currently a chaplain and wanna tell everyone I meet I DONT CARE WHY YOU DONT GO TO CHURCH.

Screenshot from Star Trek DS9. Leeta, Rom, and the rest of the workers at Quark's Bar are all huddled together. Caption: "(all chanting): Union! Union!"

Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡

MY FAV SERIES!

Proud of @casella.bsky.social once again!

Alison making a goofy snarling face with 3 year old O showing his sharp “eagle claws”

Nibling #1 was an eagle last night see the claws?

Aunting is a verb. Happy mothering day to all the creative mothers out there!

Just got my MMR booster to protect my baby nephews, my hospital patients, and my community from the measles outbreak. Nurse said she had just ordered more doses because so many people were asking for it. Get yours! #vax #mmr

Donate to Buffalo-Niagara Palestine Solidarity March, organized by Lindsay Acker Along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the Gaza Strip spans about 25 miles… Lindsay Acker needs your support for Buffalo-Niagara Palestine Solidarity March

Buffalonians: a local opportunity to contribute to Gaza Ceasefire efforts, with your feet and with your money. I'll be joining a tiny bit of the walk at 8:15am before work. Help spread the word!

25 mile walk: bnpalestinesolidarity.my.canva.site
Donations: gofund.me/fae6360d

My household has been saying this aloud for five minutes…

Alison in a tatty white shirt and black hat grinning at the camera after a long-awaited run

10 months ago I stopped half-marathon training to rest a painful ankle

8 months ago I did a short test run and the pain exploded

6 months ago an MRI showed a torn ankle tendon

4 months ago I had surgery

3 months ago I started PT

And now I went for my first run/walk! Overjoyed and grateful.

I resent having to learn to spell “tariff”.

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Gatsby’s Secret Read as the story of a passing Black man, "The Great Gatsby" is the great American novel.

On April 10, 1925, a young writer published his 3rd novel – a commercial & critical disappointment about a man passing for white

100 years later, Pulitzer Prize-winner Wesley Lowery reveals the secret hidden inside a piece of America's literary canon...

And how "The Great Gatsby" became white

This is high art

This song has become my enemy overnight.

My sister used to run out of first grade every day and hit my mom. You gotta cope with the feels somehow.

Sleep well everyone

What’s your stress level? Mine is, “While falling asleep plan what you’d put in your go bag if you were being bombed like Gaza, make a mental note to stock up on iodine tablets for the inevitable cholera epidemic due to EPA rollbacks, and wonder if you’re up to date with your measles vaccine.”

A sign reading “pay using the app! Have a low-contact experience at Tim Hortons”

What if I want a high-contact experience?

I must say, the garbage truck noisily driving up right next to the sanctuary in the middle of service is the ideal Ash Wednesday vibe.

The most wonderful time of the year

Nibling currently scream crying about not wanting to wake up from a nap. In all fairness, that’s what I want to do every time my alarm rings.

The face that just climbed a flight and a half of stairs without a crutch.

I mean, the face attached to the body that is connected to the legs that climbed the stairs. The face didn’t climb the stairs.

Though I have the wisdom to do it at a stoplight, not on the highway.

By example. Your boldness lives on in me. Or at least in my arm.