If you were to give a history talk on the theme "It's a Mystery!" (can be unsolved or solved...) what would you cover? My first thoughts were the USS Maine and the Roanoke Colony.
I just finished it on audiobook. Fitting that I wrapped it up on my drive to Seattle to visit my daughter. Thank you for the rec!
Putting it on my to be read list!
This year on my birthday, I want for nothing. So if you feel like celebrating little old me, donate to the World Central Kitchen (wck.org) and help those in need.
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I'm starting a crochet journal (yes, 23 years after I started crocheting). What info should I keep in it? Pattern links, hook size, any notes on difficulty or sizing issues? Other thoughts?
I am grateful for my secret Santa.
You got this!!!
Grades are in. I am grateful to be on vacation.
Today I am grateful for my student using the phrase "I have tea to spill" when discussing the lead-up to the American Revolution. Well played.
I wish I could retroactively send you cookies.
Someone asked me what I want for Christmas and all I could think of was cookies.
Always and forever.
Picture of courtney and a brown llama wearing christmas antlers and a red bowed wreath around his neck
Today I am grateful to see my old friends Shannon and BENI from Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas! They came to my campus to provide some stress relief for students and staff alike. Beni and I are well-acquainted thanks to two years of trivia on the farm.
This one goes out to @ladyhistorian.bsky.social
End of quarter reflections today in US History, and one student commented that they liked how I made history not just about dead people, but about gossip about dead people! 🗃️
He’s off in the Bermuda Triangle last I heard…
Alas, I’ve been whammed. Time to listen to Freedom to console myself.
Ok gonna try something.
Today I am grateful for my students. And I am looking forward to seeing my kids over the weekend.
Show Grant more please.
Great Hill investing in Orlando. Still can’t quite cheer for the Pride.
The energy I bring to Bluesky
Sinc and Soph are making me cry. In the best possible way.
Make that three!
I'm so grateful for Sinc. This play is gorgeous right now!
My ballot has been accepted! Woot!
View of a fjord
Courtney standing on the hiking path, looking up At the mountains
I’ll see your Norway and raise you… Norway.
A middle-aged white man in a dark suit seated next to Cookie Monster. They are both wearing poppies for remembrance of WWI. I believe that Cookie was a key advisor to Field Marshal Haig.
As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
