Mother, scholar, voter. Unsinkable. Expertise in World lit, Japanese lit, children’s lit, translation studies, and general saltiness. Contributor to @roganslist.bsky.social since 2017 🤯https://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muxx352gak2tI organized my last @votefwd.bsky.social letter-writing party in 2022. Between then and now, the price of a domestic US postage stamp has gone from 60 to 82 cents. Thanks, GOP! 🙃08 Sep 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxx352gak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muxlskgu5s2uSalad Nicoise with potatoes, beans, and lettuce from my garden ☺️😋07 Sep 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxlskgu5s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mux7xfv6r22uThis hummingbird, photographed by my mom, feels the same way about the last day of summer as I do 😐07 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux7xfv6r22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muvhbhpjm22vNow, when people tell me I shouldn’t give up on meeting the right guy, I just snap back that they could help me by introducing me to someone if it’s so easy. Which no one has done. Even once 🤷🏻‍♀️07 Sep 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvhbhpjm22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muvgact6wc2vMatsuri at the Nikkei Centre. I may have felt compelled to do some Bon odori 😇07 Sep 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvgact6wc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mutebysiqc2cMy camera roll is 70% this thing but who can blame me? Good nite #Caturday06 Sep 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutebysiqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mut7zxwlw22cMy annual Zwetschgendatschi 💜06 Sep 2026 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mut7zxwlw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mut762g4wk2nOkay, not only do there need to be romance novels featuring heroines over 50, but more competent, successful women over 50. We fucking exist, you know?06 Sep 2026 04:53 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mut762g4wk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3musvbser422hIf the sun is out, then so am I!06 Sep 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3musvbser422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mus5xawwrs2kHello there. It is #Caturday05 Sep 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus5xawwrs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muqlq3yshc2hI want this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 04:00 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqlq3yshc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muq7t3fb2k2tTFW you invite 17 people to a #GOTV letter-writing party and only 3 people RSVP, with 2 saying they can't make it 😩05 Sep 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq7t3fb2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muq7hphvos2tDay 4 of being Chair. All I have to say about that: #TGIF05 Sep 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq7hphvos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3munt53omyc22Sometimes, it’s better to just go fly a kite 🪁04 Sep 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3munt53omyc22https://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mul5jbai3c2a2nd day as Chair 🪑 Office: clean and organized, decor flawless Computer setup: all set, including printer connection On the other hand: Calendar: filling up Chair’s inbox: over 500 emails to sort 🫠03 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul5jbai3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3mukz25casc2tThank you to my lovely staff colleagues who took me out for lunch today and thanked me for my work. Gestures like that really do matter 💜02 Sep 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukz25casc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muj7tvjv422fSomeone is a beneficiary of a new bed from the neighbours. Cat approved 🐾02 Sep 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muj7tvjv422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mortabasi.bsky.social/post/3muj7qyggdc2fThis is sad to me https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/philadelphia-s-academy-of-natural-sciences-museum-is-closing/article_fd842a79-123b-482d-b8f1-dc646fcddaae.html02 Sep 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:secicjuusuj7y7bfp44i37fc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muj7qyggdc2f