Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Accurate-ish Maryland has loads of regional dialects —Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Hagerstown Grew up in DC, now live in MD (can literally walk to DC tho) I guess there wasn’t any impact from my close ties with WV or the many years I lived in SF 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Accurate-ish Maryland has loads of regional dialects —Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Hagerstown Grew up in DC, now live in MD (can literally walk to DC tho) I guess there wasn’t any impact from my close ties with WV or the many years I lived in SF 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Timeline Cleanse When your golden’s best friend stays with you for a week Smiles for days 141
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Hey @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Here’s the image cropped tight on his left eye No other editing Very very creepy - even out of context 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 12/07/2026🚨🚨🚨 Ya’ll I just tested positive for COVID and Im not happy 🦠🦠🦠 BUT let this be a lesson that #COVID is still a thing, and what you think is a lingering cold or mild flu could be COVID Get tested. If positive tell the folk’s you’ve been in contact with recently 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Too hot to play outside So Ollie must get his ya-ya’s out indoors All. Day. Long. 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 24/06/2026For 2 days a fledgling crow was loitering on our front porch He practiced walking, flapping, & yelling for his parents eBird said let him be - so i did even tho the mom in me wanted to help him Today i found him motionless and, well, dead (No parrot jokes pls) I gave him a little funeral 😢 100
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Today’s weather was glorious ☀️ Spent the afternoon by the bay and ended up at the dog beach i think Ollie’s brain broke from joy 110
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A Cave Dweller! (IYKYK) I bet we could play the do-you-know game - despite my fam being newbies 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/05/2026(i’m just gonna use this photo to comment from now on) 110
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Last weekend i drove to NH to pick up my youngest from college As one does, I found some time to reconnect with myself 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I love them. Colorful, noisy, and busy. A month ago a bluejay was at my feeder eating alongside a cardinal. They got along just fine. Wish I had my own photo to share 120
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/04/2026100% Everyone should visit the FDR memorial when in DC. I’m always deeply moved, and reminded of how far we have fallen from the guiding principles of his presidency www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm 011
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/04/2026And now they have a bigger size! Working my way through the jam, and will have a fabulous large jar to add to my collection 110
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 14/04/2026She’s a plant - a voter from Arkansas that supported him during his campaign on the no tax on tips issue. But the visuals are compelling and tell a sad story. And reinforce your point that she probably gives zero f*cks about his ‘social’ issues bsky.app/profile/matt... 110
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I love this so much. Smart people doing brave things. For the benefit of science. 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Or perhaps Chick-Fil-a sauce? "Our classic dipping sauce with notes of mustard and a smoky tang." 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Ollie says ‘great work! I’ll share my lamby with you!' 132
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Goldens are hilarious. Mine (Ollie) hates to be ‘naked’. He must wear at least one bandana (preferably three) and his collar. Yesterday I gave him a good brushing and forgot to put his outfit back on. He brought his bandanas to me, then his collar. He was rather indignant 2650
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 09/03/2026It’s really gorgeous out today. Took a nice long walk with this guy and felt the sun on my face 🌞 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Agree 2020 and BLM in DC brought the city together but it wasn’t enough. Nothing will be enough until we ALL acknowledge this country was built on the backs of the enslaved and we are a fundamentally racist society 100
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Stakeholders including those fat-cat steak joints (see what I did there?) 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I will NEVER forget the shocking brutality of the insurrection five years ago. I watched it live at home in NW DC, just a couple of miles from the Hill. Worried for my friends who were staffers, scared for all of us. And foolishly believing this would be the end of Trump Yet here we are 010
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Perfect birthday 🌞💗 * Dinner at home with my two older kids * Facetimed the youngest (away at school) * Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids) It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have 010
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Seeing these signs pop up around NE DC, Takoma Park, MD we need more of these please 010
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/11/2025The text you never want to get. From my daughter, while hiding in the school library during a sniper attack on her school, three years ago. She wasn’t physically hurt, but others were. She still lives with it. We all live with it 101
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/11/2025What a beautiful animal - and lovely to see an Arabian before overbreeding took hold #horse #horsegirl 120
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I loved both - but the Electric Company was so cool 7 year old me desperately wanted to be just like the girl with the long dark hair and bangs (second from right) 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Finally - a beautiful summery day 🌞 Despite all the bad vibes currently in DC - there is so much beauty to enjoy 100
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I love this graphic so much I’m reposting (Health and the Economy in the United States, from 1750 to the Present. Author: Dora Costa PMCID: PMC4577070 NIHMSID: NIHMS602626 PMID: 26401057) 010
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 19/06/2025wut? What’s the ROI on that? Just for fun, take a look at this nifty graph showing the state of public health during the US industrial revolution (Health and the Economy in the United States, from 1750 to the Present. Author: Dora Costa PMCID: PMC4577070 NIHMSID: NIHMS602626 PMID: 26401057) 001
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Our happy happy dog in Takoma Park - and the snow is still coming down! 020
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I love my weirdos (And no - we could not get one decent well lit photo but whatever) Merry Christmas! 130
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Despite the current existential gloom I feel about the state of the world - it is Christmas Eve and it’s snowing!Two things that remind me there is joy and hope! 011
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Sunday at DC’s Union Market with my youngest - all I need for Christmas 🌲💙 010
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Grateful for a home filled with books, art, my kids, and food cooking. Grateful for friends near and far. And grateful for a moment of peace to appreciate all of it. Thank you for choosing gratitude and kindness every day 🕊️ 000
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Finally picked up this book by my friend Chip Py. I love Busboys and Poets 📚 021
Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The face of an angel, the personality of a carnival clown 000