Aimee

@ladyblanchester.bsky.social

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Teacher, reader, queer Last shows seen: Twelfth Night (Flock Theatre, RI) Into the Woods (Contemporary Theater, RI) The Moors (Contemporary Theater, RI) Titanic (Theatre UP, NH) Anastasia (CHS, RI) Dog Day Afternoon (August Wilson, NYC)

Four panel cartoon featuring two birds, gray and white (Me) and black (My Ego) Panel 1 - Me says, I’m sad Panel 2 - Me says, I should say and is interrupted by My Ego yelling SHUT UP!!!!!! NO ONE CAN KNOW WE HAVE FEELINGS PANEL 3 - My Ego continues, WE’RE INDEPENDENT! MIGHTY! STRONG! WE CANNOT ASK FOR HELP! Panel 4 - My Ego continues, WE MUST NEVER FALL PREY TO OUR FEELINGS!!! WE MUST CONTINUE ALONE! NO ONE MAY WITNESS as Me sits there, looking perturbed
The recently restored Holbein portrait of Anne of Cleves. Taken at the Louvre in 2024. The colors are stunning.
A closeup of a classroom ceiling (the kind you would find in an adequately funded public school) reveals a tiny plastic elephant wedged into a gap between a tile and the support structure.
A glass vase filled with about 20 tulips, in shades of pink and cream and purple.
Daffodils bathed in sunshine because spring is finally here in RI
The book Adult Braces by Lindy West - the cover features an illustration of West smiling, with mascara streaking down her cheeks as though she has been crying. There are beautiful red rock formations in the background.
[We’re all going to hell in a while] Patrizia Cavalli Translated by Gini Alhadeff We’re all going to hell in a while. But meanwhile summer’s over. So come on now, to the couch! The couch! The Couch!’
The covers of the four books I read in February 2026: Zomromcom, Olivia Dade: A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park; Soul Music, Terry Pratchett: Good Evening, Mrs. Craven, The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes
A snow-covered deck with snow-covered trees in the background
Most of a large maple tree, its leaves ablaze with fall color - red and orange and yellow
A white woman is wearing a red satin floor-length dress with a deep V neckline. She is smiling because she is very pleased with herself and her new dress.
A collage of four book covers: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher; The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith; Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller; The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis. All wonderful books I recommend unreservedly.
A platter of caprese salad - sliced home-grown tomatoes around the edge and sliced mozzarella in the center, drizzled with olive oil and liberally garnished with chiffonaded basil. Summer on a plate.
A festively dressed person - there are sequin pants, there is a crop top with slashed bishop sleeves, there are heart shaped sunglasses, there is a sash that reads “Slay Queen”
A skeleton holding a magic wand and wearing glittery pink fairy wing and a matching tutu. The text reads “‘It is what it is’ I sat as I almost keel over from anxiety.
A mini Zotter chocolate bar. The label features a pink pig wearing sunglasses and relaxing. The text says “Glücks-Bringer,” which translates to “Lucky Charm”
A mini Zotter chocolate bar. The label features two small figures wearing giant raspberry hats, which is appropriate because this bar is called “Himbeeren,” which means “raspberry” in German
A mini chocolate bar from Zotter - “Haselnuss-Nougat Krokant” which means Hazelnut Brittle in German. It’s vegan!
A mini chocolate bar. The label reads “Zotter/Whisky + Karamell + Pekan/handgeschöpft” (That last word means “handscooped.”) The label’s image has two cool people interacting in a manner that suggests an old-school supper club.
A mini chocolate bar. The label reads “Zotter/Schicht-Nougat/handgeschöpft/Vegan” which translates to “Zotter/Praline Layers/hand-scooped/Vegan” The label is brown and has various nuts on it.
A chocolate Advent calendar. The theme is Christmas ornaments, all round. The text on the calendar says “zotter - hand-scooped Advent calendar”
A white woman is throwing an axe, using a two-handed grip. She is wearing a black top and sequined pants.
A picture of Michael Greyeyes, Jana Schmieding, Ed Helms, Dustin Milligan, and Jesse Leigh in an advertisement for the awesome, canceled-too-soon show Rutherford Falls.
A happy cartoon dinosaur is holding a mug. The caption reads “I’m literally fine as long as I don’t think about the past or the future and also the present”
A selfie of a teacher in front of some of the art she has in her classroom - a collage portrait of Rosa Parks by B. Broadie and a print of a quilt by Bisa Butler are visible. The teacher is wearing an icy teal fleece jacket and a progress pride rainbow lanyard. She is smiling because she loves her job and her students.
An 80s style meme that says “FUCK/I Mean Holy Goddamn FUCK/What The Fucking FUCK” in bright colors
A cardboard sign that says “TEACH the TRUTH & SHAME the TYRANTS”
The book Woodworking by Emily St. James. The cover is a picture of chairs piled up in what could be a classroom.
A photo of a white person with dark blonde hair and black lipstick. The sky behind her is the deep blue of almost night.
A vase full of dahlias, one as big as a dinner plate. They are various shades of pink and orange and yellow.
The cover of the book Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America by Elie Mystal
A smiling white person. Her hair is somewhat curly from summer humidity. She is tired and happy.
A ripe red tomato on a wood cutting board. It has a spiral scar on it that emanates from the stem and curves around the body of the tomato.
A silver dish filled with trinkets. On the rim is perched a card with an illustration of a peony. The card reads “Peony - Health - Focus on all parts to make the whole”
A white person wearing pink cat-eye sunglasses and a black and white hat outside the gate of Versailles
An old tweet by vladchoc that reads “Math problem. I have three apples and am traveling towards you at 17mph. It’s not really a problem, more of a warning. Apple time, bitches.”
A photo of Gene Kelly in a tuxedo, looking like the handsomest man on earth. The caption reads “gene kelly looking at me like this would fix me”
A comic titled “Tolkien vs. Lewis: Allegories” In the top panel, someone is asking Tolkien “Professor Tolkien! Is it true that you wrote your novels as an allegory for the First World War?” Tolkien replies, “No. Never. Ask me that again and I will call the police.” In the bottom panel, Lewis is pictured thinking, “If even one person reading this does not understand that the big lion is Jesus, I will set myself on fire.”
-delia hicks-wilson darling, you feel heavy because you are too full of truth. open your mouth more. let the truth exist somewhere other than inside your body.
Meme that says “Libra” in pink letters on a purple background and below that is a tweet from trash jones that says “you good??” obviously no but i have a great attitude about it
A close-up of pink and white mountain laurel blossoms
A photo of Route 1 in Westerly, RI with protestors lining the sidewalk #fightfascism
A white person with dark blonde hair is looking at the camera and smiling. She is wearing a blue velvet top and two necklaces.
The Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, played by Pat Heywood
Two cream-colored peony-style tulips in a vase on a sunlit windowsill
A meme featuring a photo of the woods, with a pink person-shaped aura. The text reads “normalise letting me disappear into the void for 3-5 business days
A stone monument, surrounded by daffodils and tulips. In the background, there is a tall tree with pink flowers.
A picture of trees in a park with a green lawn and a light blue sky
A quote by Ursula K. Le Guin, beautifully illustrated with a pink flower. “Love does not just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
A screenshot of the title card for the podcast Vibe Check, featuring the hosts Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford, smiling and embracing.
A sign that says “PLEASE DO NOT SIT IN THE CLAM SHELL”
A smiling white person with her hair in two braids. She is wearing a black t-shirt with a name tag that says “AIMÉE” on it.
A smiling white person wearing a large chunky knitted gray scarf. Behind them are racks of costumes.
The cover of Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry’s new book Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe, featuring a really cool sword.
An extremely rad picture of Brittany Howard, wearing sunglasses, dangling gold ball earrings, and a brightly colored garment.
A skeet from Ashley C. Ford, at smashfizzle dot bsky dot social, that reads “This healthcare ceo is hard to talk about because how much death can you cause indirectly before you’re a murderer who got murdered? How do you convince yourself it doesn’t count if you kill people with policy instead of a gun? What do you have to believe about life and systems and human worthiness?”
A picture of a smiling white person wearing a plaid flannel shirt and holding two beverages.
A photo of the women of the 90s sitcom, Designing Women: Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, and Delta Burke
In a scene from The Post, Meryl Streep talks on the phone while wearing the finest gold caftan in all the land.
It’s a screenshot of a tweet by at Anne T Donahue. The text of the tweet is “here i am, ready to take on the week!!!” The picture is from a Richard Scarry book and it is a cat leaning out of a window, with smoke behind and the caption is “beautiful screaming lady”