hollie

(She/her)
Enthusiastic about nature, puns, #IndieWeb, tea, lichen, bags, space, hobbits, social justice, ending climate change, naps.

I love reading, sewing, laughing, bikes, boats, ukuleles, vegetarian cooking, watercolors, knitting, spinning wool. Relearning the fiddle.

Living w/ fibro & MECFS, anxiety, ADHD.

GenX, happily married to @gregtitus, mom (one hard-of-hearing cis kid, one trans). Wears heart on sleeve. Trans rights are human rights.

#nobots

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2024-09-26 00:01:50

Finn’s lab work just came back from the vet, the cyst he had removed was not cancerous! :D
The person that called was his surgeon, she said she was so happy she got to call and give me the news.
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2024-09-23 21:00:40

GOODBYE CONE OF SHAME!
HELLO DONUT OF DISCIPLINE!
#dogs #ConeOfShame #corgis
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2024-09-20 05:24:21

Had a long interesting talk tonight with my hubby and kid, that included the topic of a family member I'm estranged from and how very messed up my relationship with them was for so long. And how I look back and can't understand how no one ever broke in and said to me, "You know _____ is weird, right?" When I asked family/friends years later, they said, "I thought you wanted it like that."
But I didn't know it could be different. Because it was like that from birth.
1/2 --->

2024-09-20 00:19:12

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@npub1a25…l27u Thank you! :) ❤️

2024-09-19 22:32:30

The injured Vice Admiral Finnegan Nimoy Reginald Kirkpatrick is doing so well! He’s staying close by my side but that’s nothing new. He doesn’t need the cone of shame, he isn’t bothering his stitches. He seems content to bask in this recovery phase of snacks and love and many naps. Here he is helping me do laundry. Without that careful stack compression my shirts may not fit tidily into the drawer.
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2024-09-18 01:35:43

I really wish folks were more careful about the videos they post of their kids. Infrequent clips of activities like singing in a choir or playing a sport are one thing, but increasingly I see videos of small people (kids are in fact people) having meltdowns, or crying (even from happy overwhelm), or otherwise being vulnerable. Consider that if you took videos of your friends while they were crying, then posted them, you'd be an unsafe person for them to hang out with.
Be your kid's safe person.

2024-09-13 00:01:49

Apparently the NYT has an op-ed about IUD insertion and the discussion of pain being long overdue? I'd very much like to read it if anyone has access to the article and a way to share.
I had some horrific experiences. I specifically do not describe them unless a friend is considering getting one, and then I urge them to get general anesthesia. I'm so glad to hear that someone is trying to start this discussion at a level that might positively influence how insertions are performed.

2024-09-12 19:38:36

Gentle reminder that someone being intrinsically naive and weirdly open, in touch with a vulnerability most people reflexively hide away (yet nearly always out of touch with current trends), does not signify a lack of intelligence.
They probably feel like a socially out of place, time-machine-refugee most of the time anyway, so there’s little benefit to pointing their weirdness out.
:D

2024-09-09 03:36:46

I watched a YouTube video in Japanese (English subtitles) on making this yummy-looking rice dish in the rice cooker, where you sauté the ingredients and then set them in the cooker, layer on the rice, and cook it on the normal rice mode. As if you're just making rice but you snuck in bonus items.
In typical fashion I neglected to check our pantry before I got started so mine looks nothing like the video, but I'm optimistic! :D
49 minutes and counting

2024-09-08 17:54:08

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@npub1e2p…aqmc Yeah I definitely should've known better. :)

2024-09-08 05:01:59

Sleepy as heck, taking my book and going to bed. I thought it was so late but it's barely 10pm, lol. The late coffee has backfired.
In other news, earlier today we ran to the store and a car in front of us had a sticker that said, "We're all mad here!" (Alice in Wonderland.)
But the font was wonky and I thought it said, "We're all mad at her!" So I turn to Greg, who follows the news more closely than I do and innocently asked, "Who are we mad at?"
It's fun to accidentally crack people up.

2024-09-05 06:18:22

Closing up the house to go to bed and in the back of my mind kinda wondering where Cal is - and then I glance at the kitchen table as I’m about to turn off the light and look who’s in his box….
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/083/488/783/952/006/original/0669c0ea61b61cd6.jpg

2024-09-04 21:18:32

We're at the dentist's office for an appt for Jupes and it was really cute how Greg and I pull out our books (to read in the car while we wait) and Jupes looks around and grabs their bag and says, "Okay here I go! Into an adult appointment by myself! I'm so adult! I'm doing the thing!"
I have so much love and warmth for young people trying to navigate these basic things. It's really an unacknowledged journey learning how to do all this stuff. There is a lot to being a person.

2024-08-28 03:31:07

Ooooo! Decided to play with some watercolors and I broke out the glitter paint and now it’s a party.
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/037/532/545/535/307/original/af7e0c2f736614f8.jpg

2024-08-16 18:39:21

Our coop's moderation team statement about racism at social.coop just went out, after the recent reports of racism against a member (who is no longer with us).
https://www.loomio.com/d/SndQxA2g/statement-from-moderation-team-involving-recent-racism-reports

2024-08-13 00:46:12

Sent this video to Greg who has lived me with me for thirty years with the text, "I feel so called out," but did not expect to hear him cracking up in the next room after each example, then yellling, "YEP!"😂
#ADHD friends you may get a kick outta this one. :)
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/951/941/189/851/353/original/22494b77968e088b.mp4

2024-08-12 05:54:37

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@npub1mpw…4h3u Would that be so bad? 😂

2024-08-09 08:14:40

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@npub1t00…kx23 Baaah, I'm sorry you had to deal with that. Happy day after birthday!

2024-08-08 06:53:02

I keep wondering why my Photos storage is so huge and then I go looking and it's stuff like this.
This isn't even my dog. 😂
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2024-08-01 22:33:03

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@npub1t00…kx23 Thank you for continuing to point threads like that out, even when it must be exhausting.

2024-08-01 05:22:53

I just laughed so hard my ribs actually hurt - can we get all Olympic commentators to do this?
#Olympics #Olympics2024
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2024-08-01 04:15:52

Day 34 of biking every day! No photos tonight! I went out for a quiet ride, the first of my 50’s! :) I wanted it to just be me and the wind, and so it was. I recorded nothing. I can share that the air by the post office smelled of lavender - like good, real lavender, not a synthetic version. The pub had a band playing outside that I really liked, it reminded me a bit of the music in Amélie. On the corner were two women talking, one holding the leash of a beautiful white dog with one blue eye.

2024-07-17 17:02:26

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@npub1kkp…5sfx That's lovely! What a sweet goodbye!

2024-07-16 18:22:20

Got home and this snail was doing an impression of me on my bike! 😂
(Reposted because it was supposed to be a little movie but for some reason showed up as a photo?)
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/797/553/206/610/967/original/df18dae904cbd908.mp4

2024-07-12 02:23:05

I love this goofball so much. The way he adores this box, it’s so sweet. He steps into it so carefully, too. Slow, considered foot placement. He starts by sitting facing away from me, making it clear he’s in here of his own accord. I have nothing to do with it. Then he turns and curls up facing me, and slowly blinks his eyes. And purrs.
He knows I cannot resist this. There will be chin scritches.
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2024-07-01 19:19:59

My new patch just arrived.
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2024-07-01 16:58:54

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@npub1c2x…w0nm I hadn't heard of this movie but I just looked it up and it looks very much my jam! :) I'll try to find it.

2024-06-26 00:36:33

Fellow #audiobook nerds, Libro.fm is having a great BOGO sale right now:
https://libro.fm/bogo
Edited to add - if you don't know about Libro.fm, you choose an independent bookstore to link your account to and your purchases benefit that store! It's a great alternative to Audible.
#bookstodon

2024-06-25 03:54:42

Are your stories too sexy? Are you accidentally turning people on with anecdotes from daily life? Sign up for my award-winning class on Unsexy Conversation Skills...
Me: So when I went to take my bath
Greg: Yeah
Me: I was taking off my clothes and
Greg: Awwww yeah!
Me: Shut up - I took off my bra
Greg: HOO HOO
Me: And KALE fell out, actual kale
Greg:
Me: I had KALE CHIPS in my bra, apparently for HOURS, since lunch, I had no freaking clue
Greg: That's....great

2024-06-21 21:40:37

The simplest message about fascism that I wish would get broadcast on every possible station to everyone, everywhere.
https://octodon.social/@LiberationistMA/112649163373556815

2024-06-18 04:26:33

I really believe one of the best skills I ever conditioned into the kids is their willingness to say no to me. As in, if you can say no to your unfailingly charming mother begging you to watch an obviously deeply intellectual shark movie ("It's in FRENCH! The shark will probably wear a beret and quote Sartre"), if you can handle her crushed, broken heart, then I feel like you can say no to a lot of uncomfortable stuff that happens in life. And they really have. I've heard some stories.

2024-06-17 07:29:04

May the forks be with you
https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/112627614136037587

2024-06-08 18:00:57

Aranet, the company from which folks are getting the nifty little CO2 monitors, is having another great sale that puts them at $166.83 AND you get a nice little pouch to carry one around (great to check the air quality of stores and restaurants!).
If you have the monitor already and want the pouch, it's the Square Bag from TopoDesigns, retails for $19.
https://aranet.com/products/aranet4-home
#AirQuality #CO2Monitor #ChronicIllness

2024-06-03 07:41:24

This probably sounds weird but I love night rain in the spring and fall. They are magic times in the PNW. The temp is mild enough you can leave your windows open, and the city is asleep and finally quiet, so you can really hear the soft beat of the drops hit the streets, the sidewalks - I like to imagine I can even hear it in the trees. It’s the life of this place, why everything is so green. It’s also great background for reading (I’m on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy atm). 🌧️📖🌲

2024-06-01 07:20:34

Happy Pride, all! :) 🏳️‍🌈 💜

2024-05-29 02:48:59

Sitting at my desk just now tidying up and outside I see a woman runner, totally decked out, Air Pods, Nikes, fancy long distance running vest, stop in mid stride and suddenly look down, then look around, then down again. I’m thinking is she okay? Did she hurt her leg or something? I start to stand up as she basically collapses to the sidewalk on her knees, and I realize she’s TAKING A PHOTO OF A SNAIL.
I mean I don’t know her but she is clearly a quality individual with excellent priorities.

2024-05-27 07:09:28

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@npub150l…r96e Thank you! :)

2024-05-27 06:28:25

I beg of you, please don't ever ignore someone's food sensitivity. I was accidentally wheated today at lunch. My body's response is to feel normal for about 4-5 hours and then go into a gruesome symptom set I won't describe except to say part of it is gut pain so extreme it's not at ALL irrational to want to call 911. Lasts 1-2 hours and has involved actual tears before. I'm okay now, over the worst of it. But just, if someone says they can't eat wheat, please believe them.

2024-05-26 17:07:06

I'm putting together a collection of women-and-the sea songs, and there is an Ingrid Michaelson song I love called Far Away I can't find. The album version is rubbish (no offense Ingrid lol), but there's a really beautiful live version on Apple Music and I no longer have access to that. I think maybe it's from an Apple event but I'm not sure? Is there anyway to BUY Apple-owned music? When I do a search on Apple Music it just shows me the album recording.

2024-05-25 22:47:52

A laudable contribution to the bear/man discussion. I loved it.
“There is nothing wrong with men. Men are lovable people with the same capacity for empathy, agency, and growth as any other human on the gender spectrum. But when men are socialized to identify their humanness as masculinity and to associate masculinity with power, we get some real problems. These are the problems of patriarchy.”
https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

2024-05-20 00:03:40

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@npub1c5c…644a I jumped into that once! NEVER AGAIN! 😂

2024-05-17 06:26:34

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@npub1mpw…4h3u Boy I sure relate to "we're both a little odd and enjoy just being together without humans around". :) We're similar.
Please keep sharing your journey, too! Gosh I love the photos. 💜

2024-05-14 16:26:38

Okay I want to go on a road trip with somebody where all we do is find cute little towns and then scope out their indie bookstores. When the car is half full of books is when we know it’s time to loop back around home. Also there should be a good deal of finding the best cafes, too.

2024-03-20 19:51:57

I've come away from #FediForum really wishing I knew how to code.

2024-03-09 08:04:41

Folks with ADHD, how did you feel when the acronyms shifted, and instead of having #ADD and #ADHD, now the "correct" term is ADHD?
When I was diagnosed in 2000, it was largely because they'd finally discovered that ADD without hyperactivity was a thing, and that girls/women presented as inattentive more often than hyperactive (thus why they were often overlooked). It still feels inaccurate every time I write "ADHD" in reference to myself (yet I often get corrected if I use "ADD").

2023-08-06 02:41:57

Bees have begun sleeping in housemate’s garden; my heart is melting. Also here’s a lovely peavine! Despite the different lighting these photos were taken within moments and inches of each other, earlier today.
#bloomscrolling #florespondence #bees
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