Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

When I was teaching third grade in Oakland and we had a lockdown because of an armed person in the building, one of my newer students started crying and another student said, "Don't worry, Ms. Harris will never let the man with a gun get you."

Do you know what that feels like?

The pressure. The trust. The fear that I'd have to. The fear that I wouldn't be able to.

It has been 16 years since I left the classroom and I am crying while typing this because of the visceral memory.

@settinger designed and printed a comic sans typewriter ball so we're testing it on my IBM selectric this afternoon and it totally does work!

Watercoloured a bunch of pages last week. Going for that animated look! #comics #comicbooks #comicart #artist #art #comicartist

Puzzle check.
#puzzles #jigsaw

Someone is really enjoying the spring☀️

#Cat #CatsOfMastodon #MaineCoon

The kids still dig Bernie's wicked beats. #USPol #BernieSanders

I love animation so I'm so excited to feature a months worth of it. There are several sub genres but these are the ones I will feature. https://tinyurl.com/msr77wth #AnimationApril #Anime #Animation #Disney #Film

If I had big enough pockets I would take home every float with slickensides. They spark joy. #Geology #FieldPhotos

roto: I turn
Minima is spinning the rota figularis (potter's wheel) with a baculum (stick) while Minimus fingit (shapes) argilla (clay) in a forma (mould). He's making a Samian ware acetabulum (bowl)
#LatinVerbs

Here's my latest wee video.
A #ghost #story from Portpatrick.
#Galloway #folktale #folklore #ghoststory #womanInWhite #Scotland

https://youtu.be/gBnPOtESlJk

I love how Barnes & Noble specifically promoted some of these "banned" books. Every library and bookstore should do this.

#fascism #books #ChildrensBooks #BookBanning #FightFascism

Love mastodon but do have a pet peeve. So many people post photos and info without including where in the world they are or where the photos were taken. This is truly a global community. It's helpful to know where in the world you are.

If, like me, you get anxious at the dentist, ask to have a lead apron (the kind you wear for X-rays) draped over you. My current dentist did this for me when I first start seeing her, and it makes a big difference.

No matter what you are doing, Pearl does not approve.

#cat #CatsOfMastodon #tortie

What's fermenting in the backwoods of #Vermont? Beer crafted with ingredients foraged from the hills and valleys --> https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-03-27/underground-in-an-old-cheese-cave-this-vermont-brewer-makes-one-of-a-kind-beer #VermontPublic #VT #beer

#PenroseKitchenTiles sealed and drying, on to the rest of the projects...

Please join me in blocking the Fox News bot account.

@FoxNews@press.coop

Thanks for creating a place of integrity here!
#Retoot

More photos from my hike yesterday in Washington and Forest Park. The animals on the shelter wall are really cool. Need to have a picnic there in the near future.

#PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Outdoors #Mosstodon