Nostr notes by Violinknitter

I’m at a new-to-me coffee shop, and the baristas are currently ...

2026-10-31T16:01:52Z

I’m at a new-to-me coffee shop, and the baristas are currently in the back singing silly songs with each other

I’m 100% coming back here!!

Out-of-context QOTD: “Bell pepper seeds are the glitter of the ...

2026-10-27T13:44:43Z

Out-of-context QOTD:

“Bell pepper seeds are the glitter of the cooking world”

Maybe they’ll move in now that his garlic has lost its pungency

2026-10-19T01:07:44Z

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Maybe they’ll move in now that his garlic has lost its pungency

Out-of-context QOTD: “I’m so irritated with my ancestors. All ...

2026-10-14T14:20:32Z

Out-of-context QOTD:

“I’m so irritated with my ancestors. All it got me was red cabbage on holidays and an inability to talk about my feelings”

When you have adequate English skills and top tier comeback ...

2026-10-13T14:11:08Z

When you have adequate English skills and top tier comeback skills

Ode to Taco Bell, by Éros Brousson: “For years I thought that ...

2026-10-11T02:53:58Z

Ode to Taco Bell, by Éros Brousson:

“For years I thought that Taco Bell was a fictional restaurant in video game like GTA, a place that only existed between a strip club, a gun store, and a man in a Hawaiian shirt committing a felony.

“Then I landed in Miami and there it was: between a strip club, a gun store, and a man in a Hawaiian shirt committing a felony. The purple bell glowing in the dark like a church for people whose evening has gone horribly wrong”

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Wave a jalapeño at them from two houses down and their ...

2026-10-10T19:57:58Z

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Wave a jalapeño at them from two houses down and their “Mexican casserole” will be so hot they’ll be chugging milk for days

Occasionally I forget how thoroughly Midwestern US my life is, ...

2026-10-10T19:54:55Z

Occasionally I forget how thoroughly Midwestern US my life is, and then I’ll be eating a Chipotle burrito and have a friend tell me they can “smell the spicy red onions” from a full room away

And I remember that red onions count as spice here 🙃

Out-of-context QOTD: “listen, my mom didn’t raise a quitter ...

2026-10-09T02:55:17Z

Out-of-context QOTD:

“listen, my mom didn’t raise a quitter but she did raise a complainer. So imma get it done but you’ll hear about it the whole time”

“Do we have any friends?” No, because you keep going into ...

2026-10-05T01:09:38Z

“Do we have any friends?”

No, because you keep going into narrator mode and it creeped everyone out

#Monsterdon

She’s not actually running from the monster. She’s running ...

2026-09-21T01:47:25Z

She’s not actually running from the monster. She’s running from the director, trying to escape this movie #Monsterdon

Man speaks in some of the best diction of any of the actors Boat ...

2026-09-21T01:12:19Z

Man speaks in some of the best diction of any of the actors

Boat guy: can you understand him???

#Monsterdon

Legwarmers were required in the 80s. You had to wear them or ...

2026-09-14T01:08:02Z

Legwarmers were required in the 80s. You had to wear them or provide proof of ownership, or you would be carted to the nearest K-Mart and forced to purchase a hot pink pair with glitter

#Monsterdon

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2026-08-29T03:50:53Z

Dolly

Sorry, busy ...

2026-08-28T04:33:07Z

Sorry, busy

This Abbey room was repurposed into a generic Midwestern Italian ...

2026-08-03T02:02:28Z

This Abbey room was repurposed into a generic Midwestern Italian eatery after the movie was finished with it

Someone came in and painted a few murals on the wall, and then it was all breadsticks & lasagna

#Monsterdon

“Until we find out what happened” My dude, an ENTIRE TOWN ...

2026-07-27T01:09:50Z

“Until we find out what happened”

My dude, an ENTIRE TOWN disappeared!!! Maybe this is important info to get out *before* you know everything!!!! #Monsterdon

Ok, ok, I know this is the wrong question for this type of ...

2026-07-13T01:48:13Z

Ok, ok, I know this is the wrong question for this type of movie…

…but I don’t understand the Wolfy-thingies motivation for killing. Clearly not for food. Also not necessarily self-preservation. So why the heck this trail of dead bodies? #Monsterdon

Yoinking this from a Discord server to share here ...

2026-07-12T18:59:05Z

Yoinking this from a Discord server to share here

“Why don’t you save whatever recipe you used last year?” ...

2026-06-26T13:55:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…jezw
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“Why don’t you save whatever recipe you used last year?”

IDK. I only make these around July 🤷‍♀️ and I could probably improv the recipe just fine from my memory. Somehow whichever recipe I find & use doesn’t ever seem special enough to save

Never fails. This time of year I’ll go looking for a Boston ...

2026-06-26T13:53:17Z

Never fails. This time of year I’ll go looking for a Boston Baked Beans slow cooker recipe

And half of the recipes will start with cans of Bush’s beans

The heck??? I don’t want to doctor baked beans from a can! I want to cook my own from scratch!

Ok, I need more mysterious priests and surprise defenestrations ...

2026-06-22T01:24:11Z

Ok, I need more mysterious priests and surprise defenestrations

#Monsterdon

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2026-06-22T01:08:57Z

I think my grandpa owned a car like that #Monsterdon

How are they down to only two weeks of food already? And how is ...

2026-06-15T01:50:28Z

How are they down to only two weeks of food already?

And how is Old Dude planning on giving pregnant people adequate nutrition????

#Monsterdon

I will happily take and wear her red beret #Monsterdon

2026-06-01T01:15:06Z

I will happily take and wear her red beret

#Monsterdon

I am pointedly avoiding practicing violin, which I desperately ...

2026-03-08T20:28:20Z

I am pointedly avoiding practicing violin, which I desperately need to do, so instead I will post Supposedly Wise Thoughts here

Thing I’ve been talking to my students about a lot recently:

- Boredom is death to learning: when you are bored, you stop learning

- Boredom is also the breeding ground of creativity

Kids put up with a LOT from adults ...

2026-03-08T20:11:11Z

Kids put up with a LOT from adults

Finally blocking Celestarium I thought about grabbing something ...

2026-02-15T23:01:15Z

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Finally blocking Celestarium

I thought about grabbing something to measure from the center out so that everything is super even, but then I decided to eyeball it instead. TBH most of the time it’s gonna be bunched up around my neck or folded around my shoulders, so a perfect circle isn’t necessary. And I can always aim for more perfection when I wash & reblock it a few years from now

#Knitting #FiberArts

“Just keep knitting, just keep knitting….” #Perihelion ...

2026-02-09T15:33:41Z

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“Just keep knitting, just keep knitting….”

#Perihelion #Knitting #FiberArts

This project has serious Just One More Row vibes #Perihelion ...

2026-02-08T02:53:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2mr
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This project has serious Just One More Row vibes

#Perihelion
#Knitting #FiberArts

Because apparently I’m never fully myself without an ...

2026-02-07T22:52:45Z

Because apparently I’m never fully myself without an overambitious shawl project on my needles, here is my cast on for the Perihelion shawl by Julia Decker

And yes, I will absolutely be referring to this as my Murderbot Shawl

#Knitting #FiberArts

11 days later, and she is finally done!!! Washing and blocking ...

2026-02-07T16:04:10Z

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11 days later, and she is finally done!!!

Washing and blocking will happen another time. Maybe tomorrow if I get the motivation, but probably next weekend

But soon I will be wearing the night sky around my shoulders 🥹 #Knitting #FiberArts

Um, also… Look, living through the 2020s is rough and a girl ...

2026-02-03T05:00:42Z

Um, also…

Look, living through the 2020s is rough and a girl needs her comfort media

#MurderBot

What’s this??? How can this be??? We have finally reached… ...

2026-01-27T14:11:14Z

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What’s this??? How can this be??? We have finally reached… the edging??? Incroyable!!!

I’m not even a quarter of the way around yet, but it’s so satisfying to see it slowly come off the needles
#Knitting #FiberArts

Just saw someone online suggest staging Shakespeare’s A ...

2026-01-21T19:03:10Z

Just saw someone online suggest staging Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as an overnight shift at Waffle House

This is actually a perfect idea and I want to see this show!!!

There are a number of different edgings people have used for this ...

2026-01-20T16:51:20Z

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There are a number of different edgings people have used for this shawl. I think the original garter stitch edging is just a bit too plain, but I love the double row of simple beaded lace knitsoftwear on Ravelry did for her shawl, so that’s what I’ll be doing, too!

#Knitting #FiberArts

This may not look different than all my other pictures of the ...

2026-01-20T16:45:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…tk7d
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This may not look different than all my other pictures of the Celestarium shawl, but it is. That’s the beginning of the first round after completing ALL the charts

#Knitting #FiberArts

And the stars are back in alignment! Pic one is post-fix, but ...

2026-01-16T15:42:00Z

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And the stars are back in alignment! Pic one is post-fix, but showing the reknit stitches wonkily sized because of the fix. Pic two shows the stitches looking a bit better after I readjusted tension between loops.

(I’m not sure the difference looks like much to anyone but me, but I like the adjustment)

#Knitting #FiberArts

Today I discovered a star was left out of the night sky, so ...

2026-01-16T15:38:00Z

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Today I discovered a star was left out of the night sky, so Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

#Knitting #FiberArts

Round 136 of 156 About 12k stitches to go before I start the ...

2026-01-14T14:27:04Z

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Round 136 of 156

About 12k stitches to go before I start the border

#Knitting #FiberArts

So my goal for my regular reading pace is 6 books per month, so ...

2026-01-12T04:32:35Z

So my goal for my regular reading pace is 6 books per month, so 1.5 books per week.

I’ve read 7 books so far this year.

Reading is my stress relief.

Says something about 2016, yes?

Round 120 of 156 The thing I truly love about long projects like ...

2025-12-20T04:05:28Z

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Round 120 of 156

The thing I truly love about long projects like this is the ability to just sink into the present moment

I’m making blue stitches, I’m occasionally placing a bead, and I know I will be doing these two things for probably the next month to three months

It becomes what feels like a timeless activity. Click, click, click, bead, click click click

#Knitting #FiberArts

**Unsolicited Advice for Interacting With Small Humans Who ...

2025-12-19T17:06:35Z

**Unsolicited Advice for Interacting With Small Humans Who Aren’t Yours**

If you aren’t used to kids, it can feel awkward interacting with them at holiday gatherings.

If you’d like a few tips on how to make those interactions a little more genuine and a little less scary, I’ve got you!

(If you aren’t interested, that’s ok. Keep scrolling!)

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Shout out to that time Ludwig van Beethoven tried to start going ...

2025-12-16T20:02:33Z

Shout out to that time Ludwig van Beethoven tried to start going by Ludwig von Beethoven so it would sound like he was from the aristocracy…

…and the aristocracy was like “Absolutely not! ‘Van’ you are and ‘van’ you will remain.”

Anyway, we *totally* remember those people’s names now

Celestarium update: Still blue. Still beaded. Still going to take ...

2025-12-12T19:42:38Z

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Celestarium update:

Still blue. Still beaded. Still going to take approximately 6,789 months to finish

#Knitting #FiberArts

If you didn’t know this, Diane Duane reblogs the best stuff ...

2025-12-08T03:58:07Z

If you didn’t know this, Diane Duane reblogs the best stuff over on Tumblr

This one made me a little weepy

I don’t know how other people knit this pattern, but one thing ...

2025-11-27T19:41:30Z

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I don’t know how other people knit this pattern, but one thing I for sure am not doing is ceaselessly counting while knitting

At the beginning of the round, I insert locking stitch markers where each YO or bead should go, and then knit merrily away without needing to count at all while I work

Also, I can obsessively count & recount while placing the stitch markers, instead of reknitting for fear I missed something #Knitting #FiberArts

Last round of increases complete, and last set of charts begun! ...

2025-11-27T19:29:17Z

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Last round of increases complete, and last set of charts begun! I’m nearly finished!

(Dear reader, she is nowhere near finished. She’s just delusional, and we shall leave her to her happy obliviousness.)

Pattern: Celestarium by Audrey Nicklin

#Knitting #FiberArts

In case anyone was wondering how the Celestarium shawl is coming ...

2025-11-22T15:02:14Z

In case anyone was wondering how the Celestarium shawl is coming along:

It is blue. It has sparkles. It has several lifelines and soooo many stitch markers. I’m happy with it, but there’s soooo much of it left to knit

#Knitting #FiberArts

If there is a sad Gurathin meme, I will acquire it & make it ...

2025-11-13T12:17:50Z

If there is a sad Gurathin meme, I will acquire it & make it mine

#murderbot

So someone mentioned the Tom Holland lip sync battle to me, and ...

2025-11-04T04:20:37Z

So someone mentioned the Tom Holland lip sync battle to me, and y’all know the most sacred ritual of the internet. Here you go

https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk

Merriam-Webster continues to be a bright light in these dark ...

2025-10-21T14:02:46Z

Merriam-Webster continues to be a bright light in these dark internet times

Siiiiiigh Pointless theological clarification because NONE OF ...

2025-09-24T14:15:38Z

Siiiiiigh

Pointless theological clarification because NONE OF THIS MATTERS, but:

the Rapture =/= the Second Coming of Christ =/= the bit where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up

Also the Rapture literally isn’t in the Bible, it’s a fringe theological concept from the early 19th century gone weirdly viral

Like, steam-powered locomotives are older than the concept of the Rapture

In 1959 Hollywood could imagine a woman astronaut, but NASA was ...

2025-09-22T01:07:11Z

In 1959 Hollywood could imagine a woman astronaut, but NASA was like, Nooooo, no girl cooties on our precious space flights! #Monsterdon

Question on a book forum: Do you alternate between series when ...

2025-08-27T15:20:34Z

Question on a book forum: Do you alternate between series when you read?

Me, a mood-reading chaos gremlin: Bold of you to assume I remember to come back to a series within any specific time frame

Misunderstanding #Arthuriana ...

2025-08-26T14:09:10Z

Misunderstanding

#Arthuriana

Literally thousands upon thousands of kids

2025-08-21T21:30:14Z

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Literally thousands upon thousands of kids

If you didn’t grow up in a Focus on the Family family & ...

2025-08-21T16:20:18Z

If you didn’t grow up in a Focus on the Family family & you’re wondering why James Dobson was so bad…

… he started or was on the board of roughly a third of the organizations behind Project 2025

So even if he didn’t encourage your parents to commit child abuse, he still made your life worse

Someone in a violin shop somewhere: “Why don’t we give our ...

2025-07-26T23:11:14Z

Someone in a violin shop somewhere: “Why don’t we give our boss a heart attack & send them to the hospital?”

Library books 📚 ...

2025-07-25T12:25:40Z

Library books 📚

If I didn’t know this was a Steven King movie, I’d swear this ...

2025-07-21T02:22:53Z

If I didn’t know this was a Steven King movie, I’d swear this was a fever dream some trucker had midway across Nebraska after eating a very bad truck station cheeseburger

#Monsterdon

Day 8 #TourDeFleece Didn’t spin much this morning, because I ...

2025-07-12T19:23:59Z

Day 8 #TourDeFleece

Didn’t spin much this morning, because I spun for about three hours on & off yesterday and I can tell my hands need a bit of a break. They’re fine, just a bit tired, but if I spun another three hours today they wouldn’t be fine.

Anyway, this is a little over 5 ounces of the Romney/Corriedale, all spun since the tour began. I can spin up another bobbin’s worth, and then I’ll need to ply a skein to free up bobbins!

Who knew Tumblr would have what I needed to hear today? ...

2025-07-07T00:02:06Z

Who knew Tumblr would have what I needed to hear today?

Tour de freakin’ Fleece, let’s goooooo!!!! I meant to get ...

2025-07-05T13:07:40Z

Tour de freakin’ Fleece, let’s goooooo!!!!

I meant to get this last bobbin of rainbow off my wheel last night, but didn’t get to it. So I spun the last fraction of an ounce this morning, and tomorrow I’ll ply it with the blue/green.

Now I’m going to do a bit of sampling!

#TourDeFleece

No, FFS, the eagles couldn’t have just flown the ring to Mount ...

2025-07-02T13:07:31Z

No, FFS, the eagles couldn’t have just flown the ring to Mount Doom. Remember how Sauron is the “lidless eye”??? And massive eagles flying into Mordor would be a little hard to miss!!! They’d just get into a pitched battle with Sauron & the Nazgull

Frodo & Sam succeed precisely because they’re so small, improbable, and easy to overlook. That’s the entire point

/end rant

Ok, the first big heatwave of the summer is gonna be hitting the ...

2025-06-19T22:09:27Z

Ok, the first big heatwave of the summer is gonna be hitting the US Midwest, so here’s a 🧵 of heat advice that nobody asked for.

For people who live in hotter climates, this will all probably sound glaringly obvious. But when it comes to weather, Midwesterners occasionally lack the sense God gave a teacup.

(You should see us out on the roads in the first snow, like we’ve never seen white stuff before and didn’t have an entire winter of it nine months ago 🙄)

Libro.fm has a list of the 50 bestselling scifi books according ...

2025-05-17T02:58:09Z

Libro.fm has a list of the 50 bestselling scifi books according to their booksellers

I was scrolling through the list, and it’s filled with Suzanne Collins, Martha Wells, and Octavia Butler

I don’t know whether to be pleased or very very scared

Peacock’s #eurovision sound is laughably horrible. The lead ...

2025-05-15T19:10:24Z

Peacock’s #eurovision sound is laughably horrible. The lead vocals are practically inaudible. I don’t have time/energy to set up one of the other ways to watch today, but I’ll probably make an effort for the finals

In case you, like me, needed to hear it today Now I’m going to ...

2025-04-12T14:19:13Z

In case you, like me, needed to hear it today

Now I’m going to find something joyful to do

Anyway, the point of this mini-rant is that a lot of your ...

2025-03-14T17:34:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…cewr
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Anyway, the point of this mini-rant is that a lot of your neighbors and co-workers are in various high-control (especially thought-control!) groups right now, both formal and informal

And if you don’t learn at least a little bit about what an invisible prison that is, you are going to continue to be blindsided by those neighbors acting seemingly completely contrary to all sense

I have two very different pieces of media in mind as I write ...

2025-03-14T17:28:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…3f95
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I have two very different pieces of media in mind as I write this, and it’s relevant to even more

“She should’ve seen what was wrong a lot sooner!” She was a ...

2025-03-14T17:25:56Z

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“She should’ve seen what was wrong a lot sooner!”

She was a CHILD when she was indoctrinated. Her brain was shaped by these lies and stories. It takes years to undo that.

“But she got out, why is she acting like that?!?”

Because getting the body out is one thing, rewiring the brain is another

“Why is she acting so WEIRD?”

Because child emotional abuse & neglect just does that to people, ok?

I swear, seeing people’s reactions to certain storylines in ...

2025-03-14T17:17:08Z

I swear, seeing people’s reactions to certain storylines in recent books and movies: some of y’all didn’t grow up in cults and it shows

And not in a good way

Escape isn’t easy, it isn’t linear, and the mind games stick with us long after we’ve left the physical space

Operation Read the Nonfiction I Own continues with The Message by ...

2025-02-12T16:35:29Z

Operation Read the Nonfiction I Own continues with The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coats

Obligatory matching Mildliner included

NGL, knitters who block their socks confuse me. Isn’t that what ...

2025-02-09T18:26:30Z

NGL, knitters who block their socks confuse me. Isn’t that what feet are for?

I mean, I get it if you want pretty pictures, but other than that, just put it on your foot and wear it!

#knitting #KnittingOpinions

Passing on to you what I’m telling myself today: Eat some food ...

2025-02-08T03:29:29Z

Passing on to you what I’m telling myself today:

Eat some food if you want, drink some water if you’re thirsty, turn on some music, and breathe

Libro.fm — the indie-bookstore-supporting alternative to ...

2025-02-05T14:48:29Z

Libro.fm — the indie-bookstore-supporting alternative to Audible— is offering a free audiobook credit to anyone who completes 10 hours of audiobook listening between Feb 5-14 ❤️

It’s the honors system, and listening to any audiobook on any platform counts, it doesn’t have to be Libro.fm!

https://blog.libro.fm/love/

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2025-02-04T16:09:32Z

😮‍💨

For When You Need Validation For Your Anger ...

2025-02-04T14:29:11Z

For When You Need Validation For Your Anger

I don’t remember how I first ran across mynameismarines, but ...

2025-01-23T15:11:43Z

I don’t remember how I first ran across mynameismarines, but she continues to be one of my favorite book reviewers/book video bloggers. She’s insightful and challenging, and her laugh is simply joyous!

Her latest video about “reading for escape” in the near future is excellent: https://youtu.be/J2rll_9p6uA

Today’s #ChristmasMusic : Robert Shaw Chorale, Many Moods of ...

2024-12-21T15:34:03Z

Today’s #ChristmasMusic : Robert Shaw Chorale, Many Moods of Christmas.

My grandpa owned this on vinyl, and later my parents bought the album as well, so I heard it in both homes as I grew up. It’s still the ultimate in Christmas music for me, honestly

https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-sanctissima-joy-to-the-world-away-in-a-manger-fum/1649970059?i=1649970072

Bach chorale titles, translated ...

2024-11-21T13:41:17Z

Bach chorale titles, translated

1 quart cranberry relish made & in the fridge to set before ...

2024-11-09T17:15:25Z

1 quart cranberry relish made & in the fridge to set before thanksgiving

It’s not #FollowFriday, but I’m impatient, so here are three ...

2024-11-07T14:57:43Z

It’s not #FollowFriday, but I’m impatient, so here are three people who bring happiness to my timeline:

[@juergen_hubert](https://thefolklore.cafe/@juergen_hubert ) for the niche folklore stories

Loren (npub16st…c84m) for alllllll the bird pics & boosts!

Deborah League (npub1089…dcfr) for lots of other nature pic and other happy boosts!

Considering that a lot of US evangelical Protestants consider ...

2024-08-28T15:53:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…g50z
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Considering that a lot of US evangelical Protestants consider Catholics not even Christian, and the Pope as a deceiver/possible antichrist, I’m not sure that’s gonna move the needle at all.

It should, but it won’t.

You can blame Ralph Lauren for that one, not the unwashed ...

2024-07-30T20:08:16Z

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You can blame Ralph Lauren for that one, not the unwashed athlete. Unfortunately that was the design RL came up with for the USA opening ceremony outfits

Hi! I’m Violinknitter, and I joined Mastodon in one of the fall ...

2023-07-02T02:40:08Z

Hi! I’m Violinknitter, and I joined Mastodon in one of the fall 2022 Twitter exoduses. I found a fairly comfy little niche, and have been chattering happily here ever since.

I play violin, teach violin & viola, have a ridiculously long TBR list, listen to audiobooks & podcasts constantly. I like to chatter about #books, #yarn, #knitting, #HandSpinning, #fantasy, #musicology, #violin, #Pokémon, and #cooking & #baking