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Nicole Solis Snider

@nopartofnothin.bsky.social
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Proponent of the serial comma. Likes both kinds of music: traditional bluegrass and classic country. Picks the mandolin. Black-Eyed Suzie.

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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My nominee for best subhed of the week. From Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin, "What is Heather Cox Richardsonism?"
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Team Peeta, beware.
Screenshot of phone with gale warning.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I took advantage of Bear Family's anniversary sale to buy myself an early Christmas gift. I literally can't wait to read the nerdy liner notes.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Writing (my last 3!) letters of rec and thinking about Mr. Antolini's advice to Holden in Catcher in the Rye: "If you go along with [education] any considerable distance, it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What it'll fit and, maybe, what it won't."
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I am just about to wrap up my unit on The Great Gatsby, and boy, do I love teaching that book. I've read it at least 15 times, and every time I read it and every time I teach it, I find new insights. If you haven't read it since high school, pick up a copy. (And keep a dictionary handy.)
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
One of my favorite things to do as a teacher is write letters of recommendation for students who distinguished themselves in my class. I love helping other people see how awesome these people are. But HOO BOY, each one takes a looooong time to write.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Paul Williams is such a hoss. Man can render a gospel song like no one else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfrY...
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Billy Strings, Paul Williams, Joe Mullins - "Little White Church" (Live at Real Roots Radio)
YouTube video by Real Roots Radio
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World Bluegrass Day @worldbluegrassday.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Jimmy Martin - It Takes One (1985) #worldofbluegrass #legends #guitar
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I know I don't *need* this need this, but I *have* been looking for a small-bodied guitar for my kids to learn on, and we do like baseball... www.sweetwater.com/store/detail...
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Things I did today instead of practicing mandolin: Created a flyer for the jam I host, repeatedly checked @weratedogs.com, avoided the news, made dinner for my kids. NOW I can practice.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
My dog Dean loves to sing along when I tune. Today, I tuned my 2nd A string to his howl, checked my tuner, and discovered he was only a cent or two off. Here he is singing along with a very rusty Ragtime Annie when he was about 5 months old (he's 13.5 now). www.youtube.com/watch?v=byqU...
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Dean the dog loves Bluegrass
YouTube video by Dave Snider
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Fun, fun @blackeyedsuzies.bsky.social gig tonight at Maryland Hall, as part of the outdoor BloomHaven series and road to the Baygrass festival. What a great venue and crowd. The MD Hall staff were so friendly and helpful.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Thoroughly enjoyed this Toy Heart podcast with Larry Sparks, esp. his reminiscing about his time with the Stanley Bros./Ralph Stanley, his responsibility as a steward of bluegrass, and the importance of "visioning" a song and playing the words. thebluegrasssituation.com/read/larry-s...
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Larry Sparks – Toy Heart: A Podcast About Bluegrass - The Bluegrass Situation
The legendary Larry Sparks, a prominent player in bluegrass for over six decades and a Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, joins host Tom Power for this episode of Toy Heart. Sparks shares insightful ane...
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Wish I could go!!!
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
As seen on today's run. Tell me, is my darling still true?
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
So jealous of my son's new socks.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Great time at Grey Fox! Fabulous sets by Compton & Newberry, Sierra Hull, The Wilder Flower, Danny Paisley (always), and Woody Platt.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I love this headline while acknowledging its utter irrelevance to most people today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/a...
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Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Late to post, but the Suzies (@blackeyedsuzies.bsky.social) had a great time playing the Ligonier Bluegrass Festival last weekend. Well-run fest filled with interesting, fun, and friendly people. Plus, firefighters pancake breakfast!
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Super fun show last night, playing the season opener at Rob's Bluegrass Barn in MD. Best place to see bluegrass in the state. www.robsbluegrassbarn.net
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Rob's Bluegrass Barn
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/06/2025
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him theonion.com/rift-wi...
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone who had ever met him. “Elon’s megalomania and tendency to lash out indiscriminately seem to have soured things with every person he’s encountered in his entire life,” said […]
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Just spent the last 30 minutes updating my personal website and reading blog posts dating back to 2010 and my editing career. Here's my fave: nicolesnider.me/2010/11/21/b...
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“Better Yet, Don’t Write That Novel” | Annals of Bad Writing
My friend Ray — who writes an awesome blog about beer, writing, and other things of importance — sent me the link to Laura Miller’s anti-NaNoWriMo essay, “Better Yet, Don&#8…
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
All teachers, school staff, and anyone else who works with teenagers should read Paul Tough's new article about ADHD. Everything here tracks with my experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/m...
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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/04/2025
What To Know About The TikTok Sale theonion.com/what-to...
Q: Shouldn’t the Trump administration be dealing with the collapsing U.S. economy and the genocide in Gaza instead of this?

A: Have fun in El Salvador.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Slow progress is still progress. Have been stuck on the 6th video of Christopher Henry's Monroe Improvising course (basically, week 2 of 12) since last July. (I've been working on other things, too.) Powered through it today, and got some good stuff out of it. #ilikebluegrass
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Picked some bluegrass fiddle tunes on my guitar for the first time in forever. Forgot how much fun hearing that sustain is.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I feel truly grateful, in these strange strange times, that Pope Francis is on the road to recovery. We need him and his goodness right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/w...
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Pope Francis Makes Public Appearance in Rome
From a balcony, Francis greeted hundreds of people waiting outside the hospital where he had been treated for respiratory problems.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Today is this majestic beast's 13th birthday. I'm not sure if Dean's ennui is due to his advancing age or the hat unfortunately placed on his head.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The green one has hundreds of uses. The purple one only has one.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This kind of breaks my heart.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Getting rear-ended is never fun. But, now that everything is all over and my car is repaired and no one was hurt, here are some people I appreciate: 1) MD first responders: the state troopers, Riviera Beach fire dept., etc. were calm, friendly, helpful, humane -- everything you'd want them to be
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Reposting as a public service.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Greatly enjoyed many things about @nickofferman.bsky.social's "Where the Deer and the Antelope Play," but the word "reborative" is the one that will stick with me. I appreciate any author who goes deep with the precise meaning of a word. Well, maybe not *any* author.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This is the second best Frog and Toad story.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Sad to miss the @blackeyedsuzies.bsky.social gig at Pickett Brewing tomorrow. First cold of the season has done laid me out.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
That's some good bluegrass crooning right there.
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World Bluegrass Day @worldbluegrassday.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman - Loving Another Man #bluegrass #vintageacousticguitar #worldbluegrass
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts."
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
2 out of 3 gigs for the weekend done. I love bluegrass.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Discuss: "Cookies" is the best Frog and Toad story.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Current obsession: tormented love Stanley Bros. songs like "Could You Love Me One More Time" and "I Just Think I'll Go Away." So good.
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Black-Eyed Suzies @blackeyedsuzies.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It was INCREDIBLE to see so many friendly faces at Chesapeake Wintergrass! ❄️🪕🌻 We’ve got a lot coming up so hopefully we see you at some of our upcoming shows: 2/9: Wehrley’s Auction House 2/22: Fisher House Marathon Bluegrass Jam 2/22: Pherm Brewing Co
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#profbluegrass list of the week: Top 5 tips for memorizing songs 1. Focus on one phrase at a time. 2. Play it slowly, aim for perfection. You want to lock the right notes into your neural pathways.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Who will I see at #chesapeakewinterbluegrass this weekend? Come to our slow jam Friday at 5:30, see the Suzies at 8, and catch a rare Possum and Sook set Sat. afternoon.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
OH at the guitar shop: Ooh, yeah. I LOVE fretless basses.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Not only was Melba Montgomery a perfect vocal match for George Jones, the greatest country singer of all time, but the songs Montgomery wrote were often adventurous in their emotional complexity as well as super fun to sing along to. Thanks for the great music. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/a...
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Melba Montgomery, Country Singer Known for Her Duets, Dies at 86
Her high harmonies put an emotional charge into her work with George Jones and others. She also had solo hits, including “No Charge,” a country No. 1.
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Nicole Solis Snider @nopartofnothin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
1st #profbluegrass list: 5 Melba Montgomery-George Jones duets that also work in bluegrass (though not necessarily in a jam). In honor of Montgomery's passing yesterday. 1. I'd Jump the Mississippi 2. I Dreamed My Baby Came Home 3. Flame in My Heart 4. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds 5. Once More
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