Also! Your Republican rep/senator doesn't necessarily know your party orientation when you call. Just that you're a constituent and you're pissed.

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Defeatism.

Listening to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It’s the balm needed for this moment. 💗
#gratitudeeconomy #changeofperspective #thankful

Putting some pieces of stems from my Valentines bouquet to good use. #learningnewthings #basketry #weavingnature

I just turned a cloth target bag into twine! This is your sign to stop the doom scroll and work with your hands. #crafttherapy #upcycle #learnnewthings

I’m over here learning how to weave baskets instead of doom scrolling. My little one declared my first project a “tiny hat”.
#crafting #learnnewthings

Haha, he absolutely is!

Congratulations! 🤩

I haven’t touched the garden in like 3 years. It’s so overgrown! Hopefully we can get it back into shape soon. The idea of a garden lit up his little face!

I’m not the only ready to clean up the overgrown garden on this snowy day! #gardeningkids #gardendreaming

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Join us on the 27th for #kidlitart chat! #kidlit

Just finished reading “Unschooled” by Kerry McDonald and “Education: A very short introduction” by Gary Thomas

We’d have a very different education system if these were required reading for every parent sending their children to school!

#education #playbasedlearning #unschooling #letthemplay

Illustration shows girl reading a book with "I love to read" on the cover. Text above is a Judy Blume quote: "Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." Art by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume (whose birthday 🎂 is today!)

#Freadom #BannedBooks #Edusky

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds” -Plato

It’s amazing how long we have known this about education!
#childledlearning #education #unschooling #homeschooling

We’ve been homeschooling for a little over a year now. This is me wishing the kids on the bus a good day while enjoying our slow morning. #homeschool #homeschoollife

Snowman got snowed on. It looks so deep in thought. #snowman #letitsnow

If you know of someone with a recently launched #KidLit book or one that's launching in the next few wks, pls ask them to keep an eye on my #KidLitLaunches threads & post their book info?

I'm going to keep doing these for another few weeks but if they don't seem to be useful, I'll probably stop. 😁

So happy to find the #kidlit community here!

In need of an uplifting timeline cleanse? Looking for #KidLitArt talent? I *highly* recommend checking out what #KidLit artists posted with the #KidLitArtPostcard tag. Founder @ginaperry.bsky.social started this mthly event during pandemic to help fellow illustrators, has moved it to Bluesky.

We got some amazing snowman snow! #snowman #letitsnow

The artists are here (yay!), but we need to work on getting more #kidlit editors, art directors, and agents to Bluesky. You really can not find all of our art on IG by the hashtag bc it's been hijacked by the algorithm.