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Jackie Howell

@peacefulhands.bsky.social
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Loves the 4-6-3 and the serial comma. Writer'ish person. 💙 for Orioles, REM, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith (not necessarily in that order). Teacher of yoga. Player of guitar. Feeder of cats. Fiendishly hopeful.

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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remember stamps? With little fanfare, the U.S. Postal Museum in DC once displayed John Lennon's childhood stamp collection. More than 550 stamps! (Just like everyone's childhood stamp collection, they've now packed it away.) #JohnLennon #TheBeatles
John Lennon's childhood stamp collection that was once on display at the US Postal Museum.
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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 · 23/09/2026
Look. Words. thebaseballbloggess.com/2026/09/23/1...
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12 Things I Did While You Were Doing Other Things
I’m told that some baseball teams get to play in October. True? While you were busy summering, I was doing things, too. Lots of things. List ahead. 12 Things I Did While You Were Doing Other Things…
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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 · 25/03/2026
The undeniably fabulous Sister Rosetta Tharpe. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Richmond honors rock 'n' roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe with street rename
Richmond City Council voted Monday to honorarily name a section of Barton Avenue after rock 'n' roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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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 · 17/01/2026
Another stringless day. The ghosts of the Carter family continue to hold my guitar strings hostage in Bristol.
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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 · 14/01/2026
Losing a friend, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, what baseball's "off" season really means, and trying to make sense of an ever-teetering world. thebaseballbloggess.com/2026/01/14/t...
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The Purgatorium
“I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end.” ~ Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (1967) Friends die. Democracies crumble. This world, I’m sure you’ve no…
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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 · 28/11/2025
I'm reading Peter Wolf's memoir (outrageously good) and he mentions in passing that John Lee Hooker was a huge Dodgers' fan. More proof that the coolest artists love baseball.
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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 · 18/09/2025
Can I get the Orioles, Rimbaud, a bad double date, and one of the best bands of the 1980s into a single post? Sure, why not? thebaseballbloggess.com/2025/09/18/s...
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Season of Baseball. Season of Hell.
There will be poetry and noetry (not a word. should be a word.) here today. There will be just enough baseball to keep the “baseball” in The Baseball Bloggess. (But not too much.) There will be a d…
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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
AI just kinda wasted my precious time.
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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 · 30/08/2025
Come for the Orioles baseball, stay for the leprosy and the coconuts (all this ... and more!) thebaseballbloggess.com/2025/08/30/1...
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12 Things You Should Know About Arlie Pond
Come for the baseball, stay for the leprosy. (Trust me, there will be leprosy.) Arlie Pond, 19th-century pitcher, meets all of the unfussy criteria of my “12 Things” series – quirky name that doesn…
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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Dance ability = definitely an advantage. But his worn-out shoes and drinking problem could slow him down. And, he may be no match if his opponent is wielding his tambourine as a weapon.
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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 · 08/06/2025
105 years ago today ... this happened (it's more than just an afternoon nap): thebaseballbloggess.com/2019/06/08/e...
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Edd Roush Takes A Nap In The Outfield
On June 8, 1920 Reds outfielder Edd Roush was ejected for taking a nap in center field during a game against the New York Giants. He fell asleep while his manager was arguing with the umpires and w…
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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
media.tenor.com
a dodgers baseball player is standing on the base with his arms outstretched
ALT: a dodgers baseball player is standing on the base with his arms outstretched
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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 · 16/05/2025
To her credit, Lucy never capitulated to the boys, always standing her ground. Sure, she was a mean girl and wrong a lot of the time, but there was some "girl power" in there (Peppermint Patty had it too) that was inspiration to me when I was a kid.
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Jackie Howell @peacefulhands.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
That chart sort of tracks with the general population's death rate, except for the drop in February for baseball players. Maybe spring training gives them hope! www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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QuickStats: Average Daily Number of Deaths, by Month — United States,
In 2017, an average of 7,708 deaths occurred each day. January, February, and December were the months with the highest average daily number of deaths (8,478, 8,351, and 8,344, respectively).
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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.
Adorable toad sitting in a flower pot.
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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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