Icon of St Katherine

Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.

what can I say, I am here to make sure you see all the things that will fill you with rage.

ugh. @jesscigna.bsky.social has such beautiful perspective on rabbit crimes. She told me that she's grateful that the bunnies feel safe enough to feast in her garden (I adore her for this perspective and I do not share it).

"Your job is snack time and honesty."

Back of heads watching soccer

Proof of four-year-old loving life at RIFC

Soccer stadium during a game

There’s a four-year-old (mine) chanting “RIFC!” by himself. This is the best. Let’s GOOoOoOoooo!!!

Mr Lemon announces opening day with list of flavors

It’s an exciting day — MR LEMON OPENING DAY!!!!!!

I can confirm that Phil is an excellent editor

At Providence’s Laboratory Schools, The City Becomes A Classroom. While getting ready for bed one evening in December, my four-year-old said to me, “Mommy, did you know that not everyone has a house?” A dialogue ensued: Me: “Oh yeah? [...]

I wrote a piece for the @thepvdeye.bsky.social about Downtown Providence and its community: pvdeye.org/at-providenc...

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HAPPY 401 GIVES DAY to all who celebrate!! I am helping raise money for the Community Libraries of Providence to further the incredible work they do for and with our community. Please consider donating: clpvd.networkforgood.com/projects/248...

There are three eggs in case anyone is wondering

Providence Peregrine Cam | Audubon Society of Rhode Island Watch a live feed of Peregrine Falcon hatchlings in a nestbox located 26 floors above the city in Providence's Superman Building! Brought to you by Audubon Society of Rhode Island.

My favorite spring return is the @riaudubon.bsky.social Peregrine Falcon Cam atop the Superman Building (THERE ARE EGGS!) asri.org/view/peregri...

I will be awkward, tender, and cold with you and the people you gather anywhere. ❤️

View of the Narragansett Bay from Salter Grove Memorial Park

Thank you, Jessica, for the call back the light community liturgy tonight ❤️ @jdinri.bsky.social

I second this endorsement.

lololol I asked if we can do both - she said that we may not have time. She will be here for two weeks.

My mom texted me asking if I’d like to get a mani/pedi with her or go with her to Costco while she’s visiting.
I’m not sure why this is an either/or question. This is a surprisingly hard decision.

Lessons in Trying 2 Save the World -Nikita Gill

If you name it hope instead of impossible
If you hold it w/tenderness
If you call it the blessing ofyour ancestors
If you look around &see thefaces of everyone youlove
trying to save theworld w/you
Then this work becomes love
&even mountains will move

NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history.

The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists.

Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?

We are finally overcoming the stigma surrounding anxiety and depression - acknowledging that ADHD presents in a wide array of ways and not just something 8 year old boys have. And now men with power are garnering more power to force their conspiracy theories and make life harder for others.

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

I was so annoyed with the angst surrounding Valentine’s Day when I was in HS, I cut out 130 black hearts and outlined them in red glitter and passed them out. “Now you can’t complain!”

Yes! It was $22 for an hour — super educational and we saw so many seals savebay.org/family-fun/s...

At least seven harbor seals chillin on rocks in a banana pose in Narragansett Bay

I had the most magical time on the @savethebayri.bsky.social Seal Cruise today. Look at these chonky bebes (photo taken through my binoculars).

A red and green t-Rex looking plastic dinosaur (about four inches tall) stands on a fake cobblestone side walk building facade and store signs to the right and blurred in the background

One dinosaur was able to slip out with me for a quick downtown errand adventure.

Four plastic dinosaurs stand on a desk in front of a cubical wall and a small pothos in a pink planter

4 yr old: “Mom. Mom. Here. You need dinosaurs for your upstairs office. They will have effic [sic] adventures. We can talk about them at bedtime.”

yessss...already purchased

I split my coffee inside my purse this morning. It ruined my planner and now I do not know how to function (no idea if it ruined anything else)

After 23 years behind bars, the R.I. man behind Mario’s Law talks about the capacity to change - The Boston Globe On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Mario Monteiro talks about the 2021 R.I. law that gives youthful offenders a chance at parole after serving 20 years.

A must listen on @globeri.bsky.social's Rhode Island Report podcast
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/16/m...

$1,131,794,901

That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.

Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.