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Nixie Houston

@infinitenix.bsky.social
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She/her Computer screens by day, hand crafter every other moment of my life. Science witch. 🏳️‍🌈 Safe space 🏳️‍⚧️

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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes the book you wouldn’t normally pick up, but you do because of the little recommendation sign at a small indie book store, surprises you! This was delightful and refreshing and I plan on finishing the series.
Hand holding up City of Brass by SA Chakraborty in front of a bookshelf
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We finally have a new cozy hobbit hole to make our own. (Yes, the ornament is backwards…)
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I’m only bringing two plants with me, our big stag fern, Bullwinkle, and my favorite silver pothos. So instead, I’ve taken clippings of anything I could, before I rehomed them locally. I’ll start them all fresh in Seattle!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Best seat in the galaxy.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“The road goes ever on and on”… Last day at Hearst and last day in broadcast… But every new chapter requires the previous one to end… … here we go!!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I carry field notes everyday… when I see these I had to immediately order them. Two packs. 3 places she wanted to take me to see. I still fill my field notes with messages to her.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So… long story short… we’re moving to Seattle…
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I think I’ll be done tonight except for the side snaps!! Here’s the back of my Soft Armor! #Rebellionsarebuiltonhope #sewing
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So close to finishing my Soft Armor. Just the hand stitching on the arm holes and the side snaps. Covered in symbols of hope and resistance and finding your path in the darkness. I’ll showcase the back tomorrow. This has been a perfect meditation in stressful times.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Big day…. Hand stitching some bias tape on my soft armor to calm my anxiety. I am one with the Force, the Force is with me.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy Beltane! May the fires and flowers burn bright for everyone! I took this photo last May in Seattle to share with Grace. Which makes it the most fitting photo to share today.
A field of pink and purple and multicolored wildflowers and poppies.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. James Mandel Finished in 2 days, I love a time travel paradox. I think I read it so fast so I can get to my next Becky Chambers book, haha. Book 12 for the year.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I seriously wish these books were longer, they’re just so delightful.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Got surprised by a giant print of my Artemis poster and logo! After all these years, this little patch logo is the absolute favorite thing I’ve ever made. The stars on the patch represent each program, with the twins as the large two. And yes, the poster is a Dark Side of the Moon reference!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Not a huge VE Schwab fan, but it was one of the last books I know Grace wanted to read. So I read it for her. I did read it in 3 days, so I can’t say I didn’t enjoy it. Toxic lesbian vampires is a pretty accurate description.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Seriously!! I thought this was my new Earthrise… it’s actually Earthset!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Next book done! What’s next! I do have book 3, but might dive over elsewhere first.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This may be the single greatest page in Star trek comic history… People… there’s a story… with a corgi… on Deep Space Nine. There’s some B plot, I don’t care. I’m here for everyone falling in love with this very good boy. He even gets go to on a holosuite adventure with Miles and Julian!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Seriously… over the next week… don’t forget… we have humans on a mission to and from the moon!
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
These little plant babies are either cuttings of my own plants or little leaf that I found loose and had fallen off a plant at a big box store. They’ve been growing roots in the kitchen window for months and were planted today. 4/5 survived. #greenwitch vibes
4 different pothos plants, freshly planted in different colored pots sitting on a cement walkway.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My first free form quilting on the hood of my Soft Armor by Thread and Sprout. A little sloppy, but I’m getting there. I’m using up almost every inch of this STUNNING linen noil I dyed a few years ago. It’ll be covered in runes and sigils to inspire and protect me. Ad astra, per apsera….
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Panel 1 done. More to come. It’s an inch or so smaller than I expected it to be. I never said math was my strong suit, but I’m confident it’ll still work as intended. I think. #handstitching
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A very kind person drew me a little doodle today. I drew him a little Oak leaf sigil back, but missed him. Do small kind deeds today. Community is how we get through it.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Prep work took days, but we’re rocking and rolling now. Smocking details for my next shirt. #handstiching #sewing
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I have spent the past few years very slowly reading this. A chapter every few months, to savor it. I’m finally done. I guess I need need to read the original Cosmos again… Ann Druyan’s Cosmos: Possible Worlds #booktok
My hand holding up Ann Druyan’s Cosmos: Possible Worlds in my backyard with trees and a fence blurred in the back.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Big throwing weekend! I placed first in Women Master’s and got Sister of the Day. Nick place 3rd in Men’s B (also threw in Men’s 40 yesterday!) Also got a new personal record in Light Hammer! #HighlandGames
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
You know that character trait that means you instantly jump to Hard Mode on skills you’ve just learned… Prepping for smocking details on a new shirt…
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hand stitching weekend while watching the Olympics! More sections of my We Are the Storm quilt. Learning how to smock! A detail I’ve wanted to learn for a while and will be in the next adventure shirt I make.
Bright colored fabric. Some is in geometric shapes hand stitched other. Other is white and red vertical stripes hand smocked.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Needs papers removed and a really good pressing, BUT! This was my largest and most complex FPP and I’m quite proud of it! I love how the marble texture turned out. #quilting
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Oh… and Samantha Cristoforetti… don’t think I missed the astronaut…
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We’ve already been watching competition for a few days, but happy opening to the 2026 Winter Olympics! It’s my privilege every 2 years to make my company’s Olympic logo for coverage. This will be my entire life for the next 2+ weeks 💜
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I never thought I would enjoy complex FPP, but this has been wonderfully meditative. Using this marbled fabric for texture has perfect. #quilting
A large section of the Minnesota Loon resistance logo done in Foundation Paper Piecing in black and teal marbled fabric. Pinned to a pin board.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
These simple triangle cowls are my most worn knits. And what better to show off stunning yarn than a simple linen stitch. Goes with everything I own, all of my favorite colors….
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Grace and I got tattoos a year and a half ago… they didn’t match, but they shared meaning. Now I wear my own version of the one she got that day, it sits above my original. It was already full of meaning and now it has even MORE.
Semi matching tattoos reminiscent of the Stargate home symbol. Back and white on medium skin on the left, black and white with watercolor behind it on light skin on the right.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
My most complex FFP I’ve done. Already sewn a few pieces backwards or trimmed them incorrectly, but we’re learning quickly. Using this beautiful marble fabric I have left over, picking different color areas for the two colors.
FFP pattern for Minnesota resistance loon pinned to a pattern wall and the first few quilted pieces above it.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Oh Harry Dresden… I’ve missed you in my life. This story of grief and rebuilding has come at a perfect time for me. Especially here in January of 2026… I might re-listen to a lot of Dresden this year. #DresdenFiles
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
13 years total, 7 legally tied… happy anniversary to my favorite adventure partner. We’re still a duel kayaking power team.
Woman with pink hair and a flower crown in the front of a kayak, with a bearded husband in the back.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
New PR on a marathon that was so hot and humid they cut it short behind me for safety. My first 13 miles as a new half PR as well. Walked the last 8-9 miles because of the heat. I went directly to Raglan Road for a Guinness and Oban.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Bib secured and I met a celebrity! A detective no less! Marathon number 2, here I come! Slow and steady…
Nix standing with her race bib in big cartoon 26.2 numbers.Nix standing with her bib next to goofy in a detective outfit.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This book. This came to me at the perfect time. It’s short and beautiful. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. She’s 2/2 for books that fill my soul.
Hand holding up A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers. Outside against a blurred background of leaves and fence.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Fuck you 2025, don’t let the gators eat your ass on the way out…
Sunset behind oak trees in silhouette
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My Jadzia Dax outfit is done! I go for my second marathon in under two weeks! Training don’t go as planned because life didn’t go as planned… but I’m quite stubborn and at least I’ll be wearing a lot of glitter… #RunDisney #DS9 #JadziaDax
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Engage!!!! It’s taken me a day to just organize all the pieces. I mean, no way I was going to bag by bag. Building slowly to savor it. Not sure how I like the app for instructions. It is nice to be able to rotate it though.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I haven’t knit in ages, but this simple linen stitch cowl has been incredibly soothing this holiday season. Also, how incredible is this yarn!?
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Started New York 2140 a few days ago… about 5 minutes after this cozy moment of reading over lunch… the landscapers started their engines behind me. *sigh…
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
When it’s actually cold enough to wear your knitwear and brand new self made jacket in Florida.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Fun fact, I compete in a very niche sport and I seem to have almost no photographic evidence I throw. This weekend I threw for Grace, who always called me her Shield Maiden. #highlandgames #heavyathletics
Woman with purple hair and a flower crown smiling with giving a peace sign with a plaque showing she won 2nd place in the 2025 Deltona Highland Games. On her shirt it has For Grace handwritten on the shoulder.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@sashasagan.bsky.social providing me with beautiful words for me to read today when I had none to voice.
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Nixie Houston @infinitenix.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A few days ago I lost my soul sister, best friend, and co-worker, Grace Gonzalez. It’s shocking and I don’t yet know how to process it. But I know it will involve smiles and tears and glitter and music.
Myself, with blonde hair, and in a wedding dress, next to my best friend, in navy. Both holding flowers.
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