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Sonya Rousseau

@sonyamarou.bsky.social
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irredeemably myself

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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Amazingly, sometimes there's a next chapter that's better. Please hang around to find out.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ooo. I almost forgot about this. I'm embracing change with as much confidence as I can muster, thank you.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Maddening.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
((😿))
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I am sorry, but at least your sales made a dent! Hope things even out financially again soon.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nuh-uh. I think I am turning into JF; what will it take to make me start proofreading before I post anything?
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I wish now that I had ever moisturized.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nu-uh.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Suddenly I have old lady hands. (Hey, don't be jealous. If you're lucky enough to get old, someday you, too, will have old people hands.)
old lady hand
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I just sent out curatorial inquiries to the three museums that seem like the best match for my project. (A friend of an old friend of mine is on staff for one of them, so maybe a tiny leg up?) I know the odds are terrible, but please send vibes anyway. I'll take all the help that I can get.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I hope all goes well for Cheddar's procedure.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That's terrible news. My kid relies on public transportation but occasionally uses one of their cars. Boo.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Getting so much work done while avoiding doing the thing I gotta do.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Every other day would be a good start. Then go from there to eventual complete self-acceptance. What a radical concept!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah. What he said.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm sorry, Alex and Steff.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Aw, crap. It turns out that senior citizens can get zits. Where's the humanity?
Senior citizen with zit. Just why.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
True! (Okay. Maybe a baby. Or an otter.)
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Update 4 (I think this is the last one): Mom may not have anything wrong with her pancreas after all. She has a couple of doctors monitoring some symptoms and will get some additional scans in 2 months. They'll go from there. Meanwhile, we're getting a reprieve from direness. Big relief.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Naughty Cheddar! But I think it will be fine. And yes, it's truly remarkable that this doesn't happen on the regular.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean. If you want to. No bossiness intended!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It might be worth a shot? Check out their past exhibitions and see if you feel like it might be a fit.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Do you have formal training? (I'm embarrassed that I don't know.) If not, have you ever looked into the American Visionary Art Museum? They accept unsolicited curatorial inquiries. I think a big show of your art would be amazing.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Organizing and cleaning. Doing the right thing is exhausting.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's been a rough year, for sure.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Update 3: we still don't know if Mom has pancreatic cancer, but it's looking unlikely that there's liver metastasis. She's feeling good and will most likely come visit in a couple of weeks after all. I'll take whatever good or goodish news I can get! Now I have to clean house. Worth it.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just watched part of this, but it's always fascinating to witness your process.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That looks great!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Snow on the mountains this morning!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Big update: the band controls the copyrights! No problem with permissions!!!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not that I want anyone to cry, but your words to @tmbg.bsky.social's ears, dear Mama.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I had hoped Mom would see my fabric collage in person during her October trip here, but she's had to cancel. Instead, I sent her the photo of it. Okay, she's my mom, so um, biased, but she said, "Oh! If I were in the band and saw this, I would cry. There's so much thought and detail put in here."
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I loved that place.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, yes, in real life, I have been researching and strategizing every conceivable scenario since I heard about the findings from the initial CT scan. I have not been getting much sleep. I would love to be proven overprepared for a non-problem.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you, Andrea. I am trying hard to be glass-half-full about it, but initial indicators are very worrisome.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Update #2. N's research-expectations work meeting went fine. All is well there. Will probably not know about Mom's situation for another couple of weeks, and she is probably cancelling the trip out here that she's been looking forward to all year.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Update: I fixed the Prius myself, having figured out the solution to this exact same problem with a different Prius several years ago (after the Toyota people were stumped.) One calamity down.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you, Mark.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There are definitely times when it sucks to be an only child. (Okay, yes, I have a half-brother, but we met in our 50s - too late for us to bond meaningfully, it turns out.)
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In case you were wondering about specifics. There were actually other bad, stressful aspects of the week, but this list is already long enough.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Let's see - this week Mom went to the ER and may or may not have metastatic pancreatic cancer, my husband's boss "wants to meet" about fulfilling research requirements, we caught a troublesome skunk which, despite precautions, completely sprayed up the car, and now the car may be dead. Good times.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So I end up oversharing in public forums like this. I am sorry.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't know if it's because: I'm getting old, or I've had to move around so much, or I lost my knack for close friendship somewhere along the way, or some other reason, but when bad, stressful stuff is going on, I don't feel like I can just reach out to anyone anymore. It's terrible. I hate it.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fair. (Um. I'm with N on this one. Haven't seen the current season, tho.)
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I woke up thinking about a thrashy, Bikini Kill-esque cover of "I Only Have Eyes for You." I'm still working out the details. Wish I had the chops.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh! This looks great so far!
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I feel the same. I do the best I can, but maybe that's not good enough?
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I came by to say, my husband just started looking closely at your work in the past week, and he is loving it.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hugs, Andrea.
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Sonya Rousseau @sonyamarou.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Clearly, you need to get your very own old lady so you can fit in with that kind of massively rude behavior norm. That wasn't you. What the hell.
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