Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026In a capitalist hellscape, I don't take for granted that I found a job that feels meaningful and gives me energy rather than saps me of it. As a lifelong music lover, that I carved out a corner to thrive in, in a world I only thought I would dream of - still overwhelms me. 040
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026One of those nights where I know I have the best job in the world (for me) & that it is a gift to do something that helps bring joy and music into the world. I've been touring for nearly 15 years now & I feel just as lucky & in awe that this is my career as when I first got in a band van. 170
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The vehemence of Canadians dislike of this shirt is surprising even to someone who GETS IT. 110
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Yes, it was their final show in Seattle. I was 14, so first year my folks felt it was okay to go to a concert solo. Feel lucky every day i got to see it 110
Reposted by Abbey SimmonsPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 27/05/2026It's so easy to forget that people, even elected officials, can at any moment simply choose to do the right thing. 81159223
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 27/05/202631 years ago today. I stood in line for tickets w/ my Dad at Tower Records. I danced under the Space Needle to Fire on the Mountain. It changed the entire course of my life. After this day, I dreamt of going on tour - little did I know it would be as a crew person, not a Deadhead. Forever Grateful 152
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 03/05/2026media.tenor.coma woman covering her face with her hand and the website gif-finder.com is visible below herALT: a woman covering her face with her hand and the website gif-finder.com is visible below her 030
Reposted by Abbey Simmonsshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/01/2026me every single day 10679912047
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/04/2026If you ever witnessed pancreatic cancer, god forbid witnessed it in someone you love - you could NEVER be against a potential cure. 020
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I would rather something mildly painful happen than have someone knock on my door with no warning. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 16/04/2026cue the "another disappointing week in men" klaxon. 000
Reposted by Abbey SimmonsStephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026That's right 7291302349
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Never sure if I should be horrified or flattered when EMT's / ER Docs / Attendings ask what part of health care I work in. My career? Oh no. It's just the trauma of loving ill people in America & having to sound like a PhD to be believed in medical settings as a woman. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 24/03/2026and he has spoken delightedly about it to nearly every person he encounters. he still has a long way to go before he is better, but I know music will be somewhere near the heart of it all. (2/2) 001
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 24/03/2026the human brain is a fascinating, terrifying thing. my beloved dad has been in the hospital for over a week. he doesn't remember most of the last week - but he daily remembers listening to Dolly Parton's "Rockstar" record the morning we took him to the ER (1/2) 100
Reposted by Abbey SimmonsJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 22/03/2026it's wild his full name was entertainment entertainment cummings 532115302
Reposted by Abbey Simmonswomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026An anti-suffragette postcard from the early 1900s 'First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife!' #WomensHistoryMonth 111346262
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 21/03/2026In the last week my mother was diagnosed with metastatic cancer and my father has been hospitalized with severe delirium - which has not improved for five days. It has been like being hit with a firehose of my worst fears all at once. And it's not getting better. 020
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 21/03/2026i'm a fraternal twin and my sister and i called identical twins "scary twins" when we were kiddos and this is why 071
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I rolled my eyes as a kid & doubted the value then, but I am forever grateful for the insistence about politeness and manners from my parents. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026made my psychiatrist cry today, how's your week going? 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I turned it off before tears completely made it impossible to drive. 020
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 12/03/2026My stereo shuffle is an emotional terrorist - on the way to a scary medical procedure for my Mom it played "Helplessly Hoping" by CSNY, "Brokedown Palace" by The Grateful Dead, and "Summer's End" by John Prine. 1-2-3 punch of devastation. 110
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 11/03/2026having an existential crisis choosing a shirt for tomorrow, which is sure to be one of the hardest and saddest of my life. i don't want to ruin a favorite by forever associating it with the day, but also want something that brings me comfort on such a day. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026It can be deadly. I am lucky that my infection responded to antibiotics and that surgical intervention (a year later, at my insistence) has removed the issue (18 inches of my colon that kept getting reinfected). Listen to your body as you would ask a friend to listen to theirs. You are needed. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/20263 years ago I went to the hospital w/ a fever & minor abdominal pain & was admitted for sepsis from a perforated bowel. The pain was no worse than any period I had to go to school or work with. Women downplay health concerns to themselves because they are not believed in clinical settings. 100
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Hope you enjoy them, they've been balms and much needed distractions. 010
Reposted by Abbey SimmonsJeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The peak of civilization 840179
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Also like the "Wildcard Kitchen" which is like a poker game where the cards are ingredients, styles, etc. and both Tournament of Champions and Wildcard Kitchen have blind judging which is fascinating to watch. 120
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026we stream it through Hulu I think and it's on Discovery Plus, though a new season just started on the food network (2 episodes in). There's a Voltagio on it and Stephanie Izzard and a lot of old favorites. Plus a Price is Right style wheel of doom that truly causes havoc. It's a joy. 110
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Couldn't have come at a better time. Do you watch Tournament of Champions? That's my other US cooking comfort show 110
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026that podcast? serialized - one episode a week. 8 episodes, tuesday is the 3rd. my dread has dread. 020
Reposted by Abbey Simmonschris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026man, i click on lots of stuff, new and old, cool and cringe and everything in between. lots of those clicks are inessential and some are good but boy howdy i was not prepared for this performance of 'these days' to hit me between the eyes like a brick 510315
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026amidst - the world - my father told me today he has alzheimer's and my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer on Thursday. This all the same week when a podcast about my favorite high school teacher started on my local NPR station and turns out he was a predator. SO YEAH. 6210
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026ah, the american experience of rushing to the gas station before the barrel increase for the war of the week goes live. 040
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Pay attention when women don't come forward in support of men with shared history. Sometimes speaking out isn't an option, but if someone i've been involved with is called out and I don't publicly have their back - there's a reason. 010
Reposted by Abbey Simmonsthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I have adored Mary Chapin Carpenter's work for decades. One of the great honors of my life to collaborate with her on this single of two covers of songs we love, out today! themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...themountaingoats.bandcamp.comPut the Message in the Box / Migrations, by Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats2 track album 2868784
Reposted by Abbey SimmonsKD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 07/03/2026welcome to bluesky, here is your copy of the communist manifesto and a complete world baseball classic schedule for some reason 141573247
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Pete Hegseth making me long for this crazy motherfucker. 010
Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026American Goldwing is the first album I sold on tour (alongside a lot of copies of Furr). Blitzen Trapper is truly one of america's best live bands & you should go see them since i'll be on tour. 020