I honestly didn’t know what to expect and it was the best first game ever for me! Hope to be back some time!

There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five.

There are four lights.

This is not a post about Star Trek.

They weren’t even really friends, but she remembered the kindness of our daughter. So all of that to say, KINDNESS MATTERS, people. You never know how your life, your actions, or your words affect others. So proud of my kid. And patting myself on the back for encouraging kindness above all.

Today’s personal parent feel-good story:

Today while eating lunch out, a young woman approached our table and addressed our 19-yr-old, confirming that they knew each other from middle school. She told our daughter how she remembered how kind she was to her back then and just wanted to say that.

Thank you for supporting our libraries! (I work there…)

More marching and chanting in Vancouver, WA at the Waterfront for #nokings

Great crowd at Vancouver, WA’s Waterfront Park for #nokings

@maddow.msnbc.com Vancouver, Washington had a great crowd for #nokings

I had to work today, so my hubby @brianpedersonvo.bsky.social made a sign and was at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, WA. #50501Movement #May1Protests #DueProcess

A friend saw this sign recently at Marie Glusenkamp Perez’s town hall in Vancouver, WA. It’s how we’ve been feeling lately with the way she’s been voting in the House…

LOL ahh, that makes more sense now. I was honestly trying to figure out that shape

Trying to figure out what I’m looking at here…?

It’s English Daisy time up here in Vancouver, WA, at Fort Vancouver National Historical Site’s Officers Row lawn. I love these perennial little spots of color.

A painting of a bird beside the text "i don't think you understand exactly how fuckin' pissed we all are"

@maddow.msnbc.com thank you for pointing out the obvious tonight - that we are more able to attend local rallies than head to DC. This is indeed a MOVEMENT. ✊🔥🇺🇸

I couldn’t get the audio to work on this reel that I posted on my Instagram, so just imagine Bob Marley’s song “Get Up, Stand Up” playing as you watch this. #HandsOff From Vancouver, WA

@maddow.msnbc.com Here are a few of my favorite signs from today’s Hands Off rally in Vancouver, WA, just across the river from Portland, OR! We had several thousand!

We were there too! Several thousand showed up in the Couve! Proud of our local community!

Here’s my sign, front and back, for the Hands Off Rally tomorrow in Vancouver, Wa!

The Mountain was OUT on Friday(2/28/25)! This was our view from Owen Beach at Point Defiance. @mtrainierwatch.bsky.social

When you’re short-staffed and can only empty the bookdrops every so often(not every hour)… #IWorkAtAPublicLibrary

This is why we double-check the applications…year of birth should have been 2007😂 #IWorkAtAPublicLibrary

Library coworker showed me this children’s nonfic book cover and…we think the person’s hand/finger could be…misconstrued. Anyone else see it?

#LibraryPetPeeves

Nooooooo!

The Mountain was out today and it was glorious! @mtrainierwatch.bsky.social

Our college freshie heading back to U of Puget Sound, saying goodbye to PLK

Sleepy PLK on my daughter’s lap

A coworker discovered this in the book drop today. #IWorkInAPublicLibrary

Hello, I’m new here. This is our family cat, Princess Leia Kitty. She’s a petite, 7#, 16-yr-old tortie kitty. Not much else to say!