@kimthornton
I write about dogs, cats, and other animals, and sometimes about cocktails and travel. Love to read, travel, and be outdoors. Tea maven. Collector of shoes and purses. Slave to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She/her.
Pizza beans are delicious! next time I will make them saucier. Made with @ranchogordo.bsky.social royal corona beans. Also I only used half the mozz and no parm because I was lazy.
A picture of all-time badass Stagecoach Mary Fields, holding her rifle.
Happy International Women's Day!
Remember, when in doubt, do as Stagecoach Mary Fields did, and either headbutt, shoot it, set it on fire, or let your horses trample it.
"She broke more noses than any other person in central Montana."
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Matt is the reason I and so many others have careers. He deserves all the best in the world, and any way you can help will go to a truly good dude.
It’s not. It’s beets.
This is a weird but effective crossover.
hands down the absolute *strangest* “on background” sourcing I have ever seen in the NYT. Completely bonkers stuff www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
At my old job, we got paid twice a month, not every two weeks. I had an employee who was convinced that we were being shorted because we didn’t get extra at the end of the year (or something like that—this was 30 years ago). I’m not sure she ever believed my explanation.
That was fucking great.
Hey San Diego folks, I’m gonna be talking with the truly excellent @maggietokudahall.bsky.social next week at the Downtown Central Library. Come join us!
Great color.
Want to learn more? Listen to our podcast episode: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res... Or dig into our article about the mini-forest movement: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res...
Plus at least two more now.
I love this.
The way he was arrested makes his death all the more painful. He was failed by the US carceral system in multiple blatantly terrible ways.
Snowdrops encircling a tree with Heslington Hall and its 18th century topiary in the background
Daffodils in a long stone planter sitting on paving in front of the 18th c topiary garden behind Heslington Hall.
Cheerful signs of spring at Heslington Hall at the Univ of York, home to the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies #18thCentury #snowdrops #daffodils #topiary
This is important y’all. This is our chance to save the stars.
Edward Gorey in the streets of NYC wearing a luxurious fur coat. It’s a b&w photo
My favorite image of Edward Gorey, an underrated fashion plate
Devil in a Blue Dress
The only Winter Olympics footage you need to see today.
His name is Nazgul, and he's a Czech wolfdog, which I only just learned exist, and now desperately need one.
crowdsourcing for my MA students: do you have a scanning app you like for archives? I used turboscan and save documents as pdfs within box/folder folder system in dropbox that mirrors the archive's system--but is there something newer/better that you do and that works?
It's as if he was looking into a crystal ball.
Our first president warned abt remaining united & being on the lookout for a despot who “agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection”
Macro of cluster of star-shaped white with yellow flowers, and a couple buds atop tall stalk.
Fremont Star Lily (Toxicoscordion fremontii) blooming in Mayacamas Mtns this weekend, for #MacroMonday. 💚
Learn about this toxic beauty here...
cnps-yerbabuena.org/fremont-star...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱
@nkalamb.bsky.social @johannamellis.bsky.social
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
Early morning shot of the city from afar, with moon rising over the mountain
My Albuquerque
GENIUS
I had an Obituary Cocktail at Fives bar to kick off Mardi Gras weekend, and I somehow made it to throw beads and more in the Iris parade!
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