Doreen

Uffffffff no yeah -I haven’t picked it or his Letters up in 20 years and I still have distant remembered passages bubbling up in the brain an awful lot lately

Protest Mittens pattern by Virginia Cosgriff Instead of buying the pattern, donate the amount you would be willing to spend on a pattern to a charity of your choice.

And now that you’re here, new mitten pattern came out in case you need something to go with your red toque.

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A bag of lefse chips in “cinnamon sweet” flavor with a lefse chip on top which looks very much like a pita chip.

New most Minnesotan snack food just dropped at our local grocery. 10/10.

A. I am still hoping for someone to make a super cut of Ibson’s carded faces at refs

B. THEY’RE FINALLY TAKING MY ADVICE ABOUT RECRUITING BAYERN GUYS

Naomi is the author of the beautiful and incredibly relevant Year Without Sunshine, and you can basically participate in that kind of community now: donate to Minnesota families and maybe get an ARC of her new book!!

Weird that your guys ate at a Mexican restaurant then they turned around and scooped up the whole staff and now everyone is all no, no don’t eat in my restaurant hard to imagine why that might be.

Why is Minneapolis like this? A Minnesotan's opinion on what's got us fighting the feds in the streets.

This is excellent.

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound. John Greenleaf Whittier en.wikipedia.org

This is who the Whittier neighborhood in Minneapolis is named for

If you’re in MN and help a family who would like a little yarn or fiber to keep their hands busy at home, get in touch and I’ll pop something in the mail this week for you to bring. I know a version of this is being organized in the metro, but we’re all in this and I’ve got a stash for greater MN.

A grey faced sheep with long white curls of wool eats hay from my hand. A dark brown sheep’s back crowding into the frame.

I’m not actively selling or teaching this month, so nothing for me to close today.

MN, I love you. The past weeks are rage and love and grief and hope as you step up to show courage and kindness to neighbors. You’re incredible. Stay warm. Keep each other safe. To a day for truth & freedom.

Seeing all my yarn places send out messages that they’re going to close all business operations but have the building open for people to gather and make in company with others is the thing making me good-cry a little today.

Trail cams can capture footage without sending it to the panopticon.

“Pre-Hague photo shoot” 🏆

Hey Bluesky, send us your best ducks

(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)

I’m just on my iPad for everything so that will work great

Oooh thank you!

Is there a great big not-Kindle option for getting an ebook subscription?

I have Libby and I’m satisfied for audiobooks but the wait time on ebook series and occasionally finding one volume missing in the middle of a series is wearing me down.

You can tell which friends make things and which don’t by their reaction to the phrase “I can’t mail this until it’s dry.”

19!

17.5 hours into my current yarn spinning background book I have met the most Midwestern tiny gods.

Protagonist arrives

Hello hello would you like a cupcake?

What? No.

Hmmmhmmm, Two cupcakes?

No! Plot stuff I gotta do!

Hmmm. Yes, you’re right. Two cupcakes and a cocktail. Here.

I’ve just learned that a potter in Scotland in the 1790s was a FASHION ICON who has not been recognized for their genius in accessorizing

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YouTube video by Zeichne! Fritzle Making Of

DARK CLOUDS

*what?!*

In 1992 Stuttgart apparently hatched their mascot from an egg.

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Perfect. No notes.

Me: sweater weather is finally here! I’ll just pop the covers off all the fans quick and wash them before putting them away.

Lasko execs, villainously cackling with flashlights under their chins at a meeting: what if we used security screws to attach the covers on our consumer fans?

Switching back to a flip phone has really brought some unexpected whimsy to attempting minimal texting.

Sure, predictable text, sure. I’m obviously more likely to be typing “Voltron” than “to.”

Waved Albatross Molting Juvenile by Pete Oxford Waved Albatross Molting Juvenile Photograph by Pete Oxford

This bird was seen waterskiing the Chattahoochee in denim.

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Incredible mullet on this instagram bird. The epitome of flow.

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Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels - The Laysan Albatrosses of Kauai have had a good breeding year With thanks to Louise Barnfield and Hob Osterlund.

This bird is blasting Poison and Metallica behind the tilt a whirl.

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I deeply enjoy pictures of molting birds but nothing prepared me for the juvenile laysan albatross rocking mullets and sideburns like hockeyhair contest contenders.

Scene from princess bride where the grandfather is about to pick up reading the story again in a child’s bedroom: “all right, now, let’s see, where were we? Oh yes. In the Pit of Despair.”