Del Dryden

@deldryden.bsky.social

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Author, queer, crotchety, neurospicy. She/they. The post-menopausal female they warned you about.

Album cover for Tracy Chapman’s 1988 debut album “Tracy Chapman”. A sepia photo of a young Black woman with short hair, wearing a black turtleneck, looking down and to the side.
Watercolor sketch of hockey goalie Sergei Bobrovsky leaping backwards in front of a hockey goal to make a save
Sketchbook page showing a watercolor sketch of the House of the Seven Gables as seen from the garden.
Close up of a sleeping tabby cat with one paw resting on the forearm of a person using a laptop
Sideshow Bob from the simpsons steps on a series of rakes that hit him in the face. Caption reads, WELL ACTUALLY Europeans liked spices so much that they literally got involved in several hundred years of war in order to determine control of the spice trade
Screenshot of Wikipedia entry on the spice trade, highlighting example spices including “cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric”
Family photo of the Simpsons cartoon characters
White text on black background reads “Tells the truth, even when you don’t want to hear it”
Picture of a man with bright red skin, horns, and wings, with cloven hooves for feet, clearly the Devil, holding a plate of cheese and one piece of cheese with a fork , with text that reads Hey, have you tried cheese?
Screenshot of Bluesky bio reading “Author, queer, crotchety. She/they. The post-menopausal female they warned you about.”
Photo of the rocky mountain front range as seen over city buildings from Denver, Colorado
A white man with brown hair in a brown suit (Hugh Dancy) stares to one side while a taller white man in a darker suit (Mads Mikkelsen) whispers in his ear