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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The great University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks are feeling a little left out after being ignored by Sen. Schmitt yesterday. #ProudAlum

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is weirdly joyously addictive

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mr. Met knows the rules ... keep on the sunny side.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Jan 1946, Daily Worker. Can anybody help this guy out?

Classified ad reading "got out of army and amy open for bookings. Will pay cash for good used car, eigh cylinders, under $1000. Used for good causes. Write Woody Guthrie"

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Platonic form of televised baseball commentary here. Hypnotic

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My yoga students were doing a new breathwork and, for a moment, everyone breathing together sounded just like Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman.” When I told them that, I realized no one knew who she was. I have corrected that oversight. youtu.be/Vkfpi2H8tOE?...

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Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Nonesuch Records

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Writing once every four months or so is not a particularly heavy lift. But yes, there will be baseball, cats, and Bob Dylan. Basically, all you need in a well-rounded day. thebaseballbloggess.com/2026/05/23/p...

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Pennies For My Thoughts

On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Mint made its very last penny. (I so wanted to title this post “Stop Making Cents” but even I have my pun limits. Associated Press, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal,…

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

You should probably listen to this song every day. For ballast. And, this acoustic version with Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith is one of the best. youtu.be/yEX_f4_5Yio?...

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Patti Smith & Fred "Sonic" Smith - People Have the Power [Live 3-16-90]

YouTube video by What's for afters?

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Saw this pylon wearing an adorable pylon hat out on the road. So of course now I'm listening to Pylon, one of my favorite bands. Thank you for your service, pylon with the pylon hat. @pylongurl.bsky.social

A pylon that has been fitted with another pylon on top -- like a little pylon hat!

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Ben Hill @bensbiz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The St. Paul Saints have unveiled the name of their 2026 ball pig. Chat BLT triumphed over Pigachu, OnlyHams and Toby Lardenhire.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

When an algorithm serves up Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" I think it's being a bit presumptuous to think I have 19 minutes available for it.

cover of the album "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I ordered some guitar strings a while back and they've been stuck in Bristol, TN for ages and I'm thinking the ghost of Mother Maybelle Carter has stolen them from me. 🎸

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

As I get ready to teach my first Yoga class of 2026, I want you to know there are always spots available if Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye happen by. (I might adjust that cobra alignment tho -- just a little.)

Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye doing Yoga in the 1970s

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

How did he know? "I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end." ~ Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (1967)

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Bob Dylan. Baseball. A convenience store at midnight. My heart in still life.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thanksgiving means just one thing -- I'm in the kitchen (with the Tombstone Blues). Grateful to have Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited on the hi-fi while the cookin' cooks.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

If Chicago beats Milwaukee tonight, every city sending a ballclub to the MLB championships is either Canadian or a Democratic-run hellscape rife with antifa violence and interspecies copulation. It gives an Oriole fan hope knowing how poorly our president speaks of Baltimore. Wait 'til next year.

https://audacityofdespair.bsky.social‬

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Portable waterproof tents for baseball in 1900? Domes before there were domes. “The latest novelty is baseball under canvas. The clubs carry their own parks. … The Toronto club won’t consider the suggestion.” - The Toronto Star 10/4/1900 No Rogers Centre for them!

"Playing Ball Under Canvas" headline from 10/4/1900 edition of The Toronto Star

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

You may not think listening to the Rolling Stones sing about Rice Krispies is the jingle you need this morning. But, I assure you, it definitely is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKV...

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The Rolling Stones - "Rice Krispies TV Commercial"

YouTube video by Journeyman461

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 07/09/2025

me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”

a sign that reads “NO LOITERING VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED”

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Breaking news from the Charlottesville Daily Progress. Weird ... I don't recall this. #OriolesMagic

Charlottesville Daily Progress headline incorrectly reporting that the Dodgers threw a no hitter in last night's Orioles game.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Those 1896 Baltimore Orioles are sounding an awful lot like the 2025 Baltimore Orioles. (Baltimore Sun, 4/2/1896)

Headline Baltimore Sun: "Orioles Have Enough Sick Men to Start a Hospital."

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Having the smoke alarm squeal because it's "readjusting itself" is not how I expected the morning to start. (The cats have now stuffed themselves inside the box springs, which, TBH ... is not a bad idea.)

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.

"A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

In the room, the cats eat mad spaghetti / Talking of Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Richard Fariña 1960 Oops, wrong cats. (Mine mostly talk of naps, snacks, and Purr’linghetti.) #MondayIsForPoetry #Caturday #poetry

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Baseball. Bob Dylan. Life. Every year or so I seem to find my way into saying something and I remember how beautiful and twisted words can be. Come for the words or the photo of Dylan in his Little League uni. Either, neither. It's ok. thebaseballbloggess.com/2025/05/29/t...

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Trying Again

Life is hard. Times are tough. I haven’t written on here in forever. Forever being one year, but it is forever in the land of blogs. It seems like forever to me. I missed you, dear readers (Reader?…

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If Mr. Tambourine Man and Mr. Bojangles get in an alley fight on a Friday night, who wins? (Frankly, I don't trust Bojangles.) 🤔 #ImportantQuestions

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

REM ... still relevant, still inspiring, still fighting the good fight.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Toad sums up current Orioles game mood.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day. I hope you give yours some ❤️. Here's one of my favorites ... extra credit if your favorite bookery artfully color coordinates the book covers in their window displays like @ndbookshop.bsky.social

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 22/04/2025

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

In the past 48 hours I have been accidentally added, via cc, to two email chains I clearly shouldn't have been included in. I'm like the Jeffrey Goldberg of ordinary life.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I needed this. I bet you do, too.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I was looking for something else, but then I found popcorn pie in an 1887 newspaper. Thereby hangs a tale? I want this pie. I want this tale. It's suddenly all I can think about. (Altoona, KS Advocate 9/16/1887)

News clip from Altoona, Kansas 9/16/1887 which reads: "For pop-corn pie call on M. Rice; C.A. Bolidg, baker. Thereby hangs a tale."

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A few precious minutes read by John Lithgow. "Set an example" should be a mantra for each of us.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

6AM. The cats are fed. The coffee is hot. Baseball is on. There are so many things wrong in our world. But, not this. This -- at least this -- is perfect. ⚾

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My dad took this photo maybe 1940'ish. I found it in his things after he died. I love it. Chicken. Farmhouse. Well pump. Bunk house. Pretty much all one needs. (A cat would be nice, I guess.)

A photo from 1940'ish of a farm house, with a well pump, a bunk house, and a chicken. My dad took it and I love it.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

There's a long list of good reasons why your cats are better off indoors. Avian flu is now one of them. Keep your kitties in. They deserve the plush, cozy, safe inside life.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Here's a quick, easy, and effective way to reach your Members of Congress and make your voice heard. I'm really impressed by how seamless @5calls.org makes the process of understanding an issue and telling Congress you care. Make your voice heard!

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Contributing a hairball is not an acceptable response.

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Baseball. Cats. All the best things were also all the best things in 1889. #cats #catsofbluesky #baseball #springtraining

1889 print shows a multi-panel illustration beginning on the left with a cat, sitting on its hind legs, playing with a ball of yarn, which evolves over 5 panels into a baseball catcher standing upright.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I keep telling myself, "don't get lost in ridiculous distractions, that's just what they want." And yet I can't look away.

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