Now that I have taken up German again, I have been loving "Babylon Berln". Wonderfully creative series on Weimar Berlin culture in detective story form. #Germany
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The suppressed 60 Minutes segment on CECOT is now up on the Internet Archive. Please watch and pass it n on.
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Everyone has their favorite #janeausten illustrations, and mine are those by Philip Gough, done for a British edition of her novels by Macdonald and Company in the 1940s and 50s. #booksky 📚
When I took a class on #janeausten from Juliette Wells, I didn't realize that I was embarking on a basic rethinking of both myself as a reader & fan & of the entire body of responses to & reworkings of Austen. Her book Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination, is a turning point #booksky
Ok, I think I have settled on my choices for #janeaustenjuly If #janeausten #booksky
Finished my #pridemonth Fields of Brioche Shawl by Jonatan Tollow. I used @uplandfiberco.bsky.social Cor Fingering. It's a relaxing brioche project that creates a subtle yet striking effect. 🧶 #justknitting #showmeyourknits
Janet Groff writes about the ambitious complexity of Mansfield Park #janeausten : Jane Austen’s Boldest Novel Is Also Her Least Understood www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
A year ago today we asked volunteers to help transcribe Jane Austen’s older brother Frank's Memoir. The transcription is now complete and available to read online! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us to share Frank’s story.
📖 Read the Memoir: tinyurl.com/2hpp39n6
My #wip for #pridemonth is the Fields of Brioche Shawl by Jonatan Tollow, using @uplandfiberco.bsky.social Cor Fingering. A friend calls this my "gray scale rainbow" but the point to me is to support lgbtq makers #knitting #showmeyourknits 🧶
If you want to start to understand Stonewall and the larger struggle for lgbtq rights you can't do better than listen to the @makinggayhistory.bsky.social podcast. #pridemonth
Finally blocked my 2 color version of Coastal Highway by Lisa Ross. Tried a lot of colors with the Magpie Fibers Swanky Sock Castaway but figured out it has a bluish undertone, so I ended up using Emma's Yarn Practically Perfect Sock in Orbit. 🧶 #justknitting #showmeyourknits
I definitely need one of these
Wish we could see it in the USA 😭
Finished a baby blanket for my cousin. This is the Camilla Blanket by Carrie Bostick Hoge for Brooklyn Tweed. I used Cascade 220 in Aran weight. 🧶 ##justknitting #showmeyourknits
Whenever I can I try to #shoplocal and two of my faves are Mount Royal Soaps, based in the Remington neighborhood of Baltimore and @zekescoffeedc.bsky.social
I've been listening to so many wonderful programs from @npr.org for decades. Just donated because there's never been a more urgent time to show support.
Sun Shower Happy Hour Wrap by Laura Dobratz using Emma's Yarn Super Silky, one of my faves 🧶 #justknitting #showmeyourknits
Another cousin having a baby means another #babyblanket This is the Camilla Blanket by Carrie Bostick Hoge for Brooklyn Tweed. I'm using Cascade 220 Superwash Aran. 🧶 #showmeyourknitting #knitting
Saturday #reading and #knitting the Sunflower Dreams Shawl by Sarah Schira using one of my fave cashmere yarns, Anzula Luxury Fibers 📚🧶 #booksky #shawlknitting #janeausten #justknitting
Been awhile since I left my book comfort zone, but Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina got my English major juices bubbling again. It's a fascinating genre-buster. Listening to it for the second time and looking forward to checking out his first novel. #booksky #books #reading
Profoundly disgusted and ashamed of the U.S. government's treatment of Ukrainian President Zelensky. Ukraines's security is our security. We must relentlessly oppose Russian aggression against Europe.
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Finished my Snark-o-Meter by Casapinka. Made it about 18 incheslonger by repeatingsome sections in different color combos. 🧶 #justknitting #knitting
Assuaging the distress of the news with a Travelling Cables Hat by @purlsoho.bsky.social with Anzula For Better or Worsted in Charcoal #knitting #yarn #showmeyourknits #showmeyourknitting #yarn 🧶
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Tulips, coffee and Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel North and South on a cold January morning ❤️📚 #booksky
Great map from Ben Noll showing how much snow fell from the southern storm. Record snows in New Orleans, Lafayette, Mobile and Pensacola.
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
A white piece of card stock sits atop a knitted shawl. The paper has the following written on it in pointed pen calligraphy: Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises. - Elizabeth Zimmerman. The shawl is a lovely mint green with thin stripes in a light pink that contain bobbles of the same colour. It’s squishy and soft and oh so warm.
This resonates more than ever now 🧶 Here’s to finding solace and self care in our #knitting .
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Only took me three years to start the Snark-o-Meter by Casapinka. I'm using Emma's Yarn Super Silky, one of my fave yarns. #shawlknitting #knitting 🧶