Twin Cities, MN, USA. Librarian & educator, maker of stuff. Professional journalism is worth paying for. (she/her)https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muzzcuzqjs2uI wish I could buy a newspaper. I *like* newspapers! And I understand that we don’t mix advertising and editorial!08 Sep 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzzcuzqjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muxdp4zzfc2cWho has tried the chicken and waffles Oreos? I’m scared.07 Sep 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxdp4zzfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muvlemu3ms2iThis amazing piece of work is from New Mexico (note the Zia-star in the center -- that's important imagery and IIRC part of the state flag?). Carol won a kajillion State Fair ribbons, stitched em up into a quilt, won more ribbons, and now has her work in the Smithsonian. Good for her. So impressive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvlemu3ms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3musx6zrunk2pWe have baked a pink sparkly memorial cake from a Dolly Parton mix. It’s a little goofy, but I don’t feel bad about that :)06 Sep 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3musx6zrunk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mupxqf6bkc24Hey @joeymcallister.com tell me about your Pullman pan. Where’d you get it? (I haven’t looked, would prefer not Amzn if I can help it)04 Sep 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupxqf6bkc24https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mune74jtlk2cI made a tiny BRRRREEEEEAAAD! @ilenegold.bsky.social this is the focaccia from that Small-Batch Bread book and I am looking forward to having it with dinner!03 Sep 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mune74jtlk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mumvxpjyjc2tBought way more tissues than I need for my house, with the express intent of making 16 take them to school and scatter them around their classrooms like the Kleenex Fairy. The kid will be a little mad at me, but secondary students get sniffly too! Big-kid teachers don’t ask for tissues!03 Sep 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumvxpjyjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mukyg5xh5s2xI ended up having to sew the waistband three! times! & after all that the skirt is too big in the waist. This is fine, it’s a muslin and also a problem I have all the damn time. Deeper back darts & a smaller waistband will fix it. This pattern overall is a winner: Taroko Skirt by Itch to Stitch.02 Sep 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukyg5xh5s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muklsfy3lk23Was on the phone with my sister when the siren went off. Had to explain that it’s Wednesday, and then had to explain why that’s relevant :)02 Sep 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muklsfy3lk23https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mukcr5rpwk2aLove when I am blocked by someone whose bio says “all-in on AI.” Okay buddy. 🙄02 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukcr5rpwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muk2gfdohc2bSo my child was told that they can use Gemini at school in some cases (some courses, notably those with U of M connections, disallow AI completely). They said, “I guess because it’s more secure?” My own guess is that on a school Chromebook, Gemini can’t be turned off. 🤮02 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk2gfdohc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3muggxxbymk2yI can’t tell jokes to save my life. I remember exactly three, and one of them is from Zoboomafoo. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3muggxxbymk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mueykrewds2p16 has left for 11th grade 🫡31 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueykrewds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mudxycwoik25A truly awesome thread about crop art at the Minnesota State Fair. Thanks to @reduplicater.bsky.social for all that alt text! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudxycwoik25https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mubhom2jls26In other news, I installed a zipper fly (I think the second in my life) and it WORKS. (This is a practice piece for a skirt which will be made of Expensive Japanese Corduroy; this woven cotton fabric was $12/yard, which is still a bit high for a fitting muslin, but it may be wearable!) #sewing30 Aug 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubhom2jls26https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mu5xnov6os2hI grew up in Tennessee, Jack. And I’m not into “you guys” as a collective. Judge it as performative folksiness if you want to, but also hush. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xnov6os2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mu5rbf4sps2qCreative Activities, too. (I didn’t get to the Fine Arts building, but I imagine it’s similar over there.) So many pointed and *incredibly distinctive* expressions of grief and anger and collective power. Potent work this year, for sure. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rbf4sps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mu354amd2s24I just busted out a compass to find a Grandstand vendor at the Faira d I’m not at all sure that’s unusual27 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu354amd2s24https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtzdqooaoc2wAgh. Baby 16 has started their first paying job and I didn’t know I was going to be a little bit of a mess about it.26 Aug 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzdqooaoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtysfkebfk2oMy first Tim Curry film was Annie*, when I was about five. My favorite for SEVERAL years. *also ft Bernadette Peters, Albert Finney, and of course Carol Burnett. Had no idea what greatness I was watching.26 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtysfkebfk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtwkuxl6hc2oJust this. One of my favorites. https://youtu.be/x87Zx3XAIsI?si=Ffs3y83VK92cH1lo25 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwkuxl6hc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtwhec7so22wWhat this might mean: care for others, be connected to your community & family, work honestly through hard things and share the light you carry. I do suspect, though she had much she still wanted to do, that Dolly Parton felt the satisfaction of a life lived well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhec7so22whttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mttspirkuc2nJust did some practice-test math with 16 to prep for junior year* and neither one of us has skills to put us on track to graduate, LOL *for them: calculus *for me: year 33 of not looking back at calculus24 Aug 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttspirkuc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtsaeyqx322qI will be so impressed with the first person who can identify this beach/lake :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsaeyqx322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtr7ar2m6k23I kinda think Kushner would run away from Ilhan, tbh [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr7ar2m6k23https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mtmkok3cfs24Shopping, currently, with 16. ALL OF THE CLOTHES are from the mid- to late 90s! Whole mannequin wearing jeans and a sparkly going-out top! Literal garments that are identical to things I wore as a brand-new teacher! (To be clear: I’m slightly weirded out but I do think this is hilarious!)21 Aug 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmkok3cfs24https://bsky.app/profile/ceburke.bsky.social/post/3mti5f4mq5s26I feel like I should know this, but I don’t: is it possible for a kid to practice the license testing course in Eagan? or are we only welcome there with an actual appointment?20 Aug 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:nefes26bti3jt4du3tryfhfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti5f4mq5s26