iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Relocated the kitten from my desk chair to my lap so I could get some work done. I'm now typing from a position that is ergonomically terrible, but worth it for the cuddles.

A grey kitten sleeping on a desk chair. Photo taken right before I picked him up, sat in the chair, and put him on my lap.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Putting a still from the iconic "this is an Alaia" scene from Clueless in this weeks fashion history lecture on the 1990s. Because even if my students don't get it I will at least be amused.

100

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Currently weaving this tapestry at a very slow rate, but I'm very much enjoying the process of creating gradients by bundling my yarn.

An in-progress tapestry on a vertical loom. The colors move from dark blue on the bottom to a mid blue at the top of the finished section.

020

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Finally picked this project back up after abandoning it in a closet for nearly a year. Got the first petal done, now I just need to do four more. I really enjoy this project, so I'm determined not to abandon it again.

A very large pink flower petal made using long and short stitch and stump work embroidery held up by a hand.

030

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Was going to sit down for just a minute yesterday, but the new kitten sat on my lap and I wasn't able to get up for over an hour. Luckily, my mom had this great documentary on Bella Abzug on the TV. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

pbs.org

Bella! This Woman's Place is in the House - Watch the documentary now! | American Masters | PBS

Follow the meteoric rise of politician Bella Abzug. See how her commitment to progressive causes upended the status quo in Washington.

100

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Did I completely forget about this platform for a few months? Yes. However, I'm now posting a video of the 6-ish-month-old kitten we adopted in January attacking his own tail, so I assume I'm forgiven. (note: I do not expect anyone to have noticed my absence 😆)

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Listen, I can suspend disbelief for all sorts of things if I’m watching a good romcom, but asking me to belive that two 30 somethings in the year 2025 were together for two days and didn’t exchange phone numbers is pushing it.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

New shelves for the craft room/ office closet have arrived! I just need to take care of one more thing and then Operation: Make the Craft Room Less Chaotic can resume!

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Made myself pick a healthcare plan. Will be paying 356$ a month after a 55$ subsidy (I’m guessing I’ll make 55k next year, but 🤷‍♀️). Thats for one person, with a 1.5k deductible and 10k max out of pocket. I can do it, but I’m going to have to cut back on some things 😭

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Extremely proud of this semesters group of sewing students. Our intro sewing course is notoriously difficult, but they worked so hard!

020

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Glad I bought my table loom a few years ago because wow have prices gone up! I’m pricing them out again since there might be some spare money at work and ouch!

120

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I regret to inform you (by which I mean, me) that if I want to wear the sweater I’ve been working on, I have to actually finish knitting the sleeves.

060

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Doing some knitting while binging Dynamite Kiss and the brief the writers were given was clearly “yearning, lots and lots of yearning.” This whole show is infused with the energy of Mr. Darcy’s hand flex and I am here for it.

media.tenor.com

a close up of a person 's hand with a black shirt on

ALT: a close up of a person 's hand with a black shirt on

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

There are many things I can and should be working on today. But we have reached the point where my brain will not work unless the first one is “rearrange and clean up your office”

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

At my dentist appointment today, the hygienist said I made her job easy because I have very good oral hygiene and I’m gonna feel smug about that all day.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today is: how did the semester go by so fast and how did I manage to make such a mess of the dye lab day!

130

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The Sunday scaries can’t get me this week because I put off both grading and some mandatory training and have to get them both done this afternoon.

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I have finished cutting the last of the pieces for my hand sewn quilt. I have 3.5 blocks left to assemble. I don’t know if I will manage to finish them all before I go to sleep tomorrow, but I will be close!

0110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

One of my favorite ways to get rid of thanksgiving leftovers is to bake them into little hand pies using some store-bought puff pastry. I’ve got a set filled with sweet potatoes, rosemary walnut lentil spread, and spinach in the oven right now for lunch.

120

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

So far the snow is very much sticking but you can still see bits of grass peeking through out here in the Chicago suburbs. Definitely shows no sign of letting up soon, so I’m settling in for a cozy, indoor day!

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Forgot to deadhead a bloom on one of my miniature roses and now I think she’s pregnant.

A stem from a miniature roses bush with a few leaves an one dried up purple flower. At the base of the flower is a large round orange ball.

020

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Once again, I need to get out of my comfy chair and get ready for bed, but there is a Clara on my foot.

A very pretty calico cat is curled up asleep. She’s lying on top of a patchwork quilt that is covering the foot of a person who needs to get up, but is trapped by her cuteness.

030

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Kind of looking forward to the snow storm predicted for this weekend. I’m having a no-spend weekend (online and in-person) because I don’t want to participate in Black Friday, so it’s basically just cozy time!

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Spending the day trying to explain to the cats that it is too cold to open up the unheated sunroom, and this “too cold” thing will continue for the next few months.

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The last few years we’ve been doing thanksgiving on Wednesday instead of Thursday for various reasons and honestly it is the best. It’s 6:30pm, everyone is gone, and we’ve got lots of leftovers to get us through the next few days.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Nothing has gotten me out of a reading slump better than a bunch of T Kingfisher novels I put in my Libby queue over the last year all coming in one after the other.

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Putting on my teacher face really takes it out of me! Even after the easiest, calmest, low-stress class session, I still need at least an hour to decompress, a good snack, and a cup of tea.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I’ve been making good progress on my hand pieced quilt top, so I made a little video of all the bits I’ve sewn so far this month! 🪡 #quilting #sewing #craftsky

2130

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I have ordered an entire 15 yard bolt of my favorite off-white quilting cotton. But in my defense, I have plans for 7 yards already.

290

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I don’t want the confidence of a mediocre white man. I want the confidence of a stray cat who walks into a random person’s house and says “I live here now. You’re going to feed me and adore me. You’re welcome”

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

And now to settle into my comfy chair and decide if I’m going to work on one of the projects I need to work on or if I’m going to zone out and work on the pretty pink sweater that is at an easy part.

100

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

This is inspiring me to use my PD funds to subscribe to some of the crafting magazines I’ve been eyeing. I don’t get enough to do anything big, like go to a conference. But knitting and weaving magazines totally would count and be within budget 🤔

220

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Idk if it’s just me, but Senator Duckworth seems to have responded to the angry email I sent to Dick Durban after he folded. Thats… a choice.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The most important thing to ask when adopting a new cat is “is this an up cat or an under cat?” The answer will have a significant impact on your life going forward.

A white cat sits at the top of a ladder, gazing upwards. The ladder is a few feet away from an opening in the ceiling that leads to an unfinished attic. The cat is trying to figure out how to get from the ladder to the opening because he cannot resist the urge to go more up.

020

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Once again, I am preparing to log off of all social media for the entire month of December to avoid hearing Christmas music.

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Extremely pleased with myself for getting my grading done today. Lately, I’ve been putting it off until Sunday, which is less than ideal.

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Everything about this so-called deal is infuriating, but I’m particularly mad about how they’ve promised to get a vote on ACA extensions by the second week of December. To have healthcare in January, we have to pick a plan by December 15th.

200

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Emailed @durbin.senate.gov to tell him that reopening the government without securing extending ACA subsidies is some cowardly bullshit (apparently his phone is not accepting messages) and now I’m logging off so that I can be calm enough tonight actually sleep tonight at a reasonable hour.

020

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This is a perfectly normal amount of sprinkles to have on hand, right?

A kitchen cabinet self entirely full of sprinkles in every conceivable size, shape, and color. About 13 containers are visible, but it is clear that there are more behind them.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The other day my nephew described me as “sort of having a job. I adjunct and blog, so accurate. But wow kid, you don’t have to come at me so hard.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Woke up to the first snow of the year! And I’m enjoying it immensely because I have absolutely no reason to leave the house today.

120

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Hours and hours later, we have made it out of the American Girls store and are headed home. We ate at the restaurant. We got my nieces dolls hair done. My sister bought her an unreasonable number of toys. I really hope my niece remembers this as a good day.

010

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Shout out to whoever decided to just play the entire K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack straight through at the Schaumburg Joong Boo today.

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Wondering how bad the flight cancellation thing has to get before people start talking about using Amtrak instead.

120

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We’re taking my niece to the American Girl store for her birthday and she is insisting that everyone bring a doll. So, I dug my 1991 Samantha out from her box in the basement.

A large doll with brown hair stands on a desk. She’s wearing a a white, mauve and grey checked dress with a burgundy ribbon and black tights. She has on shiny black Mary Jane shoes.

110

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I can have a little bourbon barrel aged red tea, as a treat ☕️

000

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Saw a listing for a 1M$ ~7.5k sqft house on a main road nearish to me and it just makes a great case for why single family zoning is stupid.

100

Dr. Sarah Hegge @sarahhegge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Upgraded my union from a janky spreadsheet of emails to an actual email list today!

000