aneelee

@aneelee.bsky.social

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Chicana, vegetarian, voter, and mama to a disabled and autistic adult. I knit things, cook things, and read things to maintain sanity amidst this maddening anti-trans, anti-brown and anti-vax country. aneelee.com

small black and grey havanese dog with short cut wearing a green sweater, a red and white cowl. he is laying in a bed with other blankets and sweaters underneath him.
white bowl with frijoles charros and a sourdough tortilla folded into quarters. light from window blinds reflecting in white bowl
Kamala Harris in a dark sweatshirt reaching into a stocked open fridge to grab collards.
image of construction equipment demolishing the east wing with wires, framing and stone in a tattered shambles.
Cover of “If you want to make god laugh” by Bianca Morris. Primarily yellow with black lettering, an owl and dog illustration, and speckled with orange dots framing the book title.
screenshot of a website with large gray box breaking content on scroll. so damned dumb.
Photo of me with my hair pulled back and glasses off in a red t-shirt with an “I voted. Yo voté.” sticker
Screenshot of USDA.gov homepage takeover with following copy “Due to the Radical Left Democrats shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President *rump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support…”
Book on black and white placemat. Book cover is of Cristina Rivera Garza’s Death Takes Me. On cover is a woman in black ankle-length dress that is obscuring her face with a gauze-like ivory piece of fabric that is in actively being pulled in front of her upper body and caught mid-motion.
GCFI outlet pulled out of wall with burnt purple cap on one of the wires.
someone trying desperately to sub spaghetti squash for spaghetti and plopping a tomato sauce (bolognese?) atop. maybe some mooch on top ‘cause realizing this is likely a vegan contraption.
two large knitted panels of garter stitch with various colors representing a temperature range. first panel is cool teals, yellows and pinks with increasing bands of navy blue. second panel is primarily navy blue and a jewel-tones teal color. one band of bright pink in the middle/ish.
two side by side bowls with basmati rice and chana masala and spinach in each
my hand holding a handmade wood cut out plaque of my name, nelly, with the dog’s bedding and the dog in background
Digital book cover of James by Percival Everett on a white Kobo Libra Color. James typography features an oversized J that extends to top margin of book and there is a black and white drawing of male figure carrying a knapsack on a stick over his shoulder. figure is almost headless and contained with the J’s counter.
oatmeal bread with a layer of mayo and tomatoes on top. served on a wedgewood lettuce/cabbage plate.
Rocco, our 11 year old havanese, crashed out on the cool floor without a cone (yay!!!) and without being medically sedated. best possible sight in weeks.
screen shot of apple weather forecast for next 9 days or so with highs in 80s and low 90s. lows all firmly in 70s
small orange bowl holding scoops of strawberry frozen yogurt. background is my keyboard, wires and misc desk stuffs.
strands of pasta hanging from white hanger hooked to a cabinet door in kitchen, ever so precariously . white cabinets in background.
White Kobo eReader with Joanna Fluke’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder cover on it. Cover has a tiny bear at bottom center with chocolate chips floating all over the light blue cover with some chocolate chips looking like masks.
cluster of white sea turtle eggs as tide starts to wash away the sand and seashell nest around them.
quart size mason jar filled with roasted tomatoes and labeled 6/24. some chickpeas soaking in a bowl in the background.
coffee stained handwritten grocery list - eggs, soy milk, cilantro, lime, earth balance, potatoes, cheddar, raisins, chips, canning lids, onion
canning jars lined up on a shelf filled with golden roma tomato sauce
cutting board with chopped green bell peppers on left and several different tomato varieties (gold, yellow, pink, and dark green) chopped on right
wedge shaped guitar box inside another large handmade folding carton as it closes. that is me closing it shut and laughing in delight at end.
small side table with a cup of coffee, crochet hook, and an ereader inserted into wood phone stand… blue and turquoise garter stitch work in progress in foreground and various knitting things (bamboo knitting needles and yarn skeins) to left of side table.
hobonichi weeks planner open to 19th week of year with handwritten list of ideas for meals. background is a physical book open to a recipe of walnut sun-dried tomato chorizo and a kobo reader with Chickpea Magazine’s Plenty issue pens and lettering stencils littered about.
screen shot of Apple Podcasts app picturing the April 27 episode of This American Life - Chaos Graoh. Album art is a man bent over to examine a graph closely. Description: People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.
holding a yellow popsicle (pineapple, banana, yogurt) in foreground with dining room clutter in the background
parked teslas (lots of them) as far as the eye can see
Orange card with handwritten “Merry Christmas. Love you mom.” note from my son when he was wee. Card is sitting on top of open cookbook turned to a recipe for Vanilla and Cream Steel Cut Oats Porridge.
Screenshot from Libby app - green background with Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi. Book cover at center is intersecting black, orange, green and purple lines reminiscent of optical illusion art.
yellow glob of gloop in a small pyrex bowl that is too gelatinous to be bread and nowhere near the texture of “soft scrambled vegan eggs” that the internet recipe claimed.
picture of me in brown sweatshirt ok far right of frame wearing an n-95 and glasses with my itty bitty havanese knocked out on his meds ahead of his vet visit.
tortilla up close. can see flecks of green and whole wheat embedded in flour dough.
small black faced away and dog curled up on mixed stack of blankets - grey fleece, turquoise hand knit throw and turquoise and white quilt.
a glorious, symmetrical block of homemade tofu in water in plastic container with another batch of tofu pressing in background in green tofudee press
two containers atop a large wooden cutting board. left container is clear patio with soy beans soaking in water. left container is a wet stainless steel bowl with unvisible black beans soaking.
dark green spinach sauce with cooked chickpeas, uncooked red lentils, and uncooked quinoa in center before full cook
map of europe with american bases indicated by blue dots from linked Newsweek article. Source for map: OASD(EI&E), World Bank
picture of black Havanese curled up on my lap. left leg extended over small stack of hand-knitted blankets. blankets are charcoal grey and turquoise.
upside down quarter-pint mason jars with a long line of freezer-pint containers filled with homemade dog food.
white table with multiple puzzle piece sorting trays and partially assembled puzzle with sky revealed.
screenshot of libby app picturing book cover art of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner. purple and green hues with close up image of one side of face over “tall man”
screenshot of vinyl v lunar owls game summary. 31 to 41 with lunar owls up.
screenshot: audiobook cover of Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel in Libby app with mostly pink-hued background. cover is an off-balanced over-the-shoulder close up of two boxers as one in background takes a “headshot”. rainbow-ish gradient for background with bursts of color like you would see if you got hit i head.
Small rectangular cake (baked in fancy molded tin) with syrup dripping off the edges and in all the little crevices.
a temperature blanket project with bands of knitted garter stitch in different colors - yellow, turquoise, blue, pink, blue, purple and yellow again.
DVD covers. top one is of Victoria/Victoria with red lips and mustache of lights.
cover of The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo
cocoa cake in square glass baking pan
blue silicone ice tray with tiny slivers of chives immersed in a liquid (olive oil)
grey tablescape with (clockwise starting from left corner) an iPad, wireless speaker, The Shamshine Blind book with red in progress hand-knitted stickers, a Field Notes notebook opened to temperature blanket palette, and finally an opened planner