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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

If loafing you is bread, I don’t want to be rye. #taylorswift

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I probably shouldn’t leave my house this year.

Iconic poster image for the movie Jaws. An open mouthed shark with lots of sharp teeth is pointed upward in the ocean water toward a swimmer. The word “Jaws” appears in red block letters at the top.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

This came wrapped with a Square Books sticker. It is definitely from my niece who is an Ole Miss grad and has been going to Oxford for ball games this fall.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I finished the first book from my Christmas box this morning and opened the second. It is a signed first printing of Wright Thompson’s The Barn, about the murder of Emmett Till. Looking forward to reading it. Also expecting to be emotionally wrung out by it.

Book cover image for The Barn by Wright Thompson. It has a light brown background with black lettering and a grayscale image of a barn surrounded by oak trees.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Too many fireworks, but I was asleep by 10:30. 😊

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It’s midnight somewhere. Happy New Year! Here’s hoping 2025 sucks less than you fear. It’s almost 8pm in Mississippi. If I’m lucky, and the neighbor kids don’t keep me awake with their fireworks, I will be asleep by 9pm. 😂

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I’m halfway through the 1st book in my Xmas box. Amazing Grace Adams is funny and quirky and sad and a little too on the nose about what perimenopausal women go through.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I have a whole gang of grown nieces. They went together and gave me a box of books for Christmas. I’m supposed to wait until I have finished one to open the next. This is pretty amazing. I’ve been a grinch about Xmas. Then this happened.

Fourteen individually wrapped books in a box that is also wrapped. All of the books are wrapped in different patterns of Christmas paper.

Cover image of Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood. It has a green background with a woman’s head and shoulders showing. She has her right hand in front of her face giving the middle finger. The middle finger is covered up with a promotional sticker.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Swifties need to play the NYT Strands game today. It was fun to spot all of the answers right away.

Screen shot of results from NYT Strands game #285, “One for the Swifties.” The results show a perfect score with the spangram found on the third attempt. There are two blue circles followed by one yellow and then three more blue.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Me: Christmas is always too stressful. I just need to be low key this year and not beat myself up about decorating, shopping, and cooking. Also Me: Maybe I will make something by hand for everyone I know between now and 12/25.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

You can request to see your Dr, and they have to let you, but you might be treated like a troublemaker. Even my elderly mother only sees her actual Dr when she insists. Mississippi is just coasting through the doctor shortage on an abundance of nurse practitioners.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Overall I love the clinic. The infusion staff, the business office, etc, have all really helped me, especially when insurance was difficult to maneuver. I just one frustrating NP visit, and it reminded me of all of the flaws in the system where I am under the care of a specialist I never see. 6/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I don’t expect everyone to remember me personally, but I do want them to look at my chart enough to understand where I’m coming from. 5/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The NP introduced herself to me as if we’ve never met though I’ve seen her many times this week. She was unfamiliar with my case. She made me feel like my concerns were not heard. My Dr always seems to recall specific things about me even if it has been 2 years since last seeing me. 4/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I’m mostly ok with this but would like to automatically be scheduled with the Dr at least once per year. As is, I have to request her when appointments are made four months out. 3/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

My insurance company is to blame for me having some visits with no Dr involved. Mississippi has lax regulations about NPs taking the place of MDs, even specialists, and there is a shortage of rheumatologists. My Dr now has more than one clinic and only sees a fraction of her patients. 2/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I love my rheumatologist, but whereas I used to see her every visit, now I only see her on request. Otherwise, I see a nurse practitioner every other visit with bloodwork only in between. 1/🧵

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It was my infusion day today which means it was also my day to stop off at Zeus on the Go and buy spinach pies to eat in the car on the way home. Being able to walk may or may not be enough motivation to stay on my biologic, but spinach pie gets the job done.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Me: I’m following too many people to develop any real sense of community. Also Me: Hits “Follow All” on four more starter packs before breakfast.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Lots of hot takes on Hunter Biden this morning. In normal times I’d agree that the president should not pardon his own son. These are not normal times, though, and MAGA was never going to be satisfied with HB serving a normal sentence for his crimes.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

First, let me say that I do not know how to sew, and before I buy anything I plan to borrow sis-in-law’s machine to learn a little. That said, what would you pick for beginner wanting to learn quilting? Needs to be light enough to move on and off kitchen table. #sewing #quilting #beginner

Side-by-side view of two sewing machines, the Brother Strong and Tough and the Babylock Zeal.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I’m probably not doing it right, but I’ve made a little progress toward doing it wrong. I’d like to learn how to properly crochet because my mother has been talking about her grandmother’s love of crocheting and quilting lately. #stitchandbitchsaturday #crochet #beginner

Two rows of crochet in a chunky pink yarn sitting on top of a book about how to crochet.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Shout out to others with chronic illness struggling through this day.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I have chronic fatigue/pain. It is so hard to get myself and some food together to show up for family gatherings, and the weight of other people’s expectations is a lot.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

For those who have nowhere to go for Thanksgiving or who are grieving losses in the time, I am truly sorry. I don’t want to minimize that, but I have fantasies of disappearing from mid-November until mid-January in order to miss the holidays.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I’m always glad to find other Mississippians. Happy Thanksgiving!

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

100% do not recommend going to the grocery store today. Everybody else in town is there.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I’m already exhausted from Thanksgiving, and I haven’t even been to the grocery store yet. 🤪🙄😂

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

If you live in Central Mississippi, I hope you will get out and vote for Justice Kitchens in tomorrow’s run off. Supreme Court Justices are supposed to be non-partisan, and Justice Kitchens is respected across party lines. His challenger has been running as a far right candidate.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Gretel says she did not agree to go to the vet for a post-op recheck.

Tortoise shell cat, six months old, looking out of a cat carrier with big yellow eyes.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Let’s help Mississippi Free Press grow its audience.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I have friends who became real life friends that I “met” through online bulletin boards years before Twitter existed. I’m not looking for meet up friends these days, but as a blue dot in a red sea, some sense of community would be nice. (3/3)

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It’s an odd thing to realize people I feel I know well from the eX place don’t know me at all. Twitter became just a place to follow information, not make friends. I don’t know what this place will be yet. (2/3)

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I was on Twitter for 15 years, but for much of that time I did not post or comment, only liked content from others. I did not have the mental energy for attracting trolls. I’m trying to post here at least once per day to see if I can forge a little engagement. (1/3)

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Stitch & Bitch Saturday. My friend sent me this fun crochet kit. I don’t know how to crochet, but I have downloaded a book from Hoopla, and the kit comes with its own tutorial. Nothing to bitch about here, but out there…

Hello Kitty crochet kit from The Woobles. Red package with image of a white, yellow, and blue crocheted Hello Kitty.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I heard there was a cat tax here. I’ve been moving plants into an enclosed porch for the winter. My succulents are being thoroughly guarded by Jet and Stella.

Black cat on a table with various plants, mostly succulents.

Calico cat on a table with various plants, mostly succulents.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

One of the funniest things about small town MS is that a local bbq restaurant is the easiest place to get a vegetarian plate. I doubt there is anywhere that serves vegan, though.

Styrofoam go plate with fried okra, potato salad, cole slaw, and macaroni and cheese.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I should cross stitch “Did you take all of your meds?” I could hang it over a white board with a checklist of current meds. 🙄🤪

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Last summer 3 people close to me died w/in a few weeks. I struggled w/ RA flares, living on heating pads & ice packs believing it was all anxiety since. Recently noticed that I have not taken my DMARD, one of my main meds, for months. Looking forward to telling dr this. Do I blame it on brain fog? 🤦🏻‍♀️

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I would totally wear a methotrexate bracelet. 🤣

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Looks like Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration for AG. Apparently you must have sexual crimes in your resume to get the job but not more sexual crimes than your boss.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Thanksgiving and Christmas are so stressful. My family asked me to commit to a dish to bring for Thanksgiving weeks ago. People, I’m living on Door Dash and Diet Coke. How would I know what I can manage on any given Thursday?

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following:

"I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two --
And see what worms are eating
At the rind."

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I read the first few chapters last night and definitely recommend. Well written, intriguing characters. It reads like Native American lore woven into a fantasy world. It won a Nebula for YA fiction. Good stuff.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Now that I have almost 1k followers, only three of whom I know irl, I should say that irl I am an introverted weirdo with only three friends.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Brookhaven right now. I’ve lived in various places in Central and South MS.

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left-handed hobbyholic @sgerald.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thanks. I haven’t read either of those writers yet, but I’ve put them on my list. They look great.

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