Lisa Nohealani Morton

@lnmorton.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, programmer, manager. She/her. Black & Indigenous lives matter.

The Yip Yips from Sesame Street standing next to an old-fashioned radio.
A tuxedo cat wearing a bow tie collar gazes into a box of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a dark wood coffee table. Next to the box is a fold-out print of the puzzle design, which is a slightly psychedelic picture of an octopus in the ocean.
A diorama of a room built entirely in stone. Two walls of the room are shown. Against the back wall is a crowded worktable. Along the back of the table is a row of variously-colored potions and powders, in bottles of assorted shapes and sizes, along with a candelabra holding three lit candles. In front of the row of bottles is an assortment of items: a white bowl holding a green liquid; a mortar and pestle; a plant of some kind with green leaves and thin white stalks of different lengths; a purple orb, glowing with a pulsating light, resting on a grey plate of unknown material, an open book on a stand, and an empty iron cauldron. Against the other wall is a set of cabinetry centered on a big wood stove. Mostly-closed cupboards line the top of the wall; one is open to show a collection of terracotta cups. On the far left is a small pantry with its doors standing open; on the shelves inside are a collection of witchy ingredients like mushrooms and potions and plants. On the stove a small cauldron in the center bubbles with dark brown liquid, with some kind of green vegetable floating on top; to the left a kettle steams and on the other side an empty pan heats. Herbs hang to dry from the upper cabinets. Knives hang from the wall along with a spice rack. Underneath the worktable a black cat curls up, sleeping.
A room with purple walls, wood floors, and a ceiling fan. There is one white door at the back right, heading out into a hallway. To the left of that door is a closet with a double white door. Against the back wall there are two tall, rectangular 4-pane windows with peach trim, with a large picture hung between them. Below the windows are a white wastebasket and a light green couch with a yellow blanket folded up at one end and a black and white cat curled up sleeping on the other. In front of the couch is a dark green rug with lighter green detailing and a long, brown, wooden coffee table. On the table is a completed jigsaw puzzle and its box. At the far wall, facing away from the viewer, there is a television hung on the wall. Below it is a brown wood console, with a Nintendo Switch and a pair of headphones on it, and a light green armchair to each side.
A black cat crosses his white-tipped paws coyly over his nose, flashing pink and brown beans. He peers with one narrow yellow eye at the camera. He’s lying on a pink blanket against the back of a grey couch.
A black cat with a white blaze on his nose has fully wrapped himself in a shimmery pink shawl, which lies draped around and above him in a rumpled wave as he snoozes.
A black cat with yellow eyes and white blazes on his nose and chest looks straight at the camera. He’s draped in a shimmery pink tight-knit shawl because he loves to be cozy under things.
An alert containing information about the latest release of the word game.
Nicholas Cage playing Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation. He's saying "Charlie Kaufman. Fat, bald, repulsive, old,"
A pink blanket decorated with images of unicorns.
A pot of vegetable stew simmering on a stove.
A tan pitbull with a white chest and throat stands with her paws resting on the knees of someone who is otherwise off-camera. Behind her are green walls and a white sink; we’re in the bathroom and the person whose knees they are is just trying to take a leak in peace.
A tan pitbull mix stands on a grey couch with a pink blanket on it. A human hand is holding up a cross-shaped, hard plastic chew toy and she is absolutely going to town on it. Her mouth is held wide open by the toy, displaying her white teeth and pink tongue.
A tan pit bull mix wearing a purple collar snoozes on a gray couch. Most of her body is curled up on the seat cushion, and she is leaning upward and resting her head on the back cushion. Behind her is the light-colored wood edge of a laptop computer sitting on someone’s lap; at the other end of the couch is a white chew toy shaped like a plus sign.
A tan pit bull mix pokes her head around the screen of a laptop computer sitting on someone’s lap. She’s staring soulfully at the camera, hoping for a bite of pizza crust.
The six main gargoyle characters from the 90's animated tv show Gargoyles.
A cardboard Halloween decoration hanging on a yellow door with a large glass pane in the middle. It’s a humanoid figure with a jack-o-lantern head in a ragged, belted robe with a cowl hood, over a spooky black skirt. The figure is articulated at several points with rivets (wrists, elbows, waist, neck) so that it can be posed.
A white plate, sitting on a bluish-gray granite counter, holding an assortment of nibbles: raw pecans, raspberries, sharp white cheddar cheese, olives, cornichons, celery and carrot sticks, and cucumber, zucchini, and red pepper. A small glass bowl in the middle of the plate holds ranch dressing dressing to dip the veggies in.
Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion, attending a Zoom meeting from his bathtub
A screenshot from the article in the quote-skeet, reading: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been one of the voices championing regime change, according to the source familiar with the administration’s thinking."
Three large posters, all the same, plastered to the wall of a liquor store in Park View that closed a few weeks ago. The posters feature a picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, looking very buddy-buddy. Above the image it reads: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
A screenshot of part of an email today from Muriel Bowser, the mayor of DC. It's the only part of the email that comes close to addressing the ongoing invasion of DC by Federal forces or the controversy over her recent remarks praising Trump for lowering crime in the district. It reads: I know there’s a lot of anxiety in our city. Over the last few weeks, I've seen DC residents do exactly what I would expect from our city – you’re focused on your neighbors and our autonomy. You’re concerned for each other, for our local control, and our rights as Americans. You’re defending our city, promoting our city, and many of you are giving me ideas, talking to me, and trusting my judgment. Thank you. Sincerely, [followed by an image of the mayor's signature]
A large storefront window covered by a poster of a Banksy-style image of a man hurling a sub sandwich, in honor of the DC resident who threw his hoagie at the National Guard. It’s an image that’s common across DC lately.
The corner of 14th & Irving St NW in Columbia Heights. Hardly anyone is out on the streets of what’s normally a busy neighborhood. A small table with a red umbrella shading it sits across the sidewalk from a Chik-Fil-A, where a woman is selling drinks and fresh cut fruit out of a cooler.
A large group of sci-fi nerds dancing to the hits
A tiny pollinator of some kind - probably a wasp? - resting on a cluster of even tinier white flowers. The wasp is mostly yellow with some black markings and long black antennae. Its wings are folded back. It's manipulating some of the flowers' long, white stamens with its forelegs.
A sheet pan filled with tortilla chips topped with refried black beans, tomatoes and green chiles, sliced black olives, diced red onion, and a mix of cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
A black plate with an open-face caprese sandwich on it: slices of toast topped with fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, and a thick slice of tomato, drizzled with a balsamic vinaigrette.
A crow sits on a purple balcony railing eating peanuts. Next to it is a small plastic container full of water.
A tuxedo cat with a white blaze down his nose reclines in a large cardboard box from Chewy.com, amid a pile of packing paper, which he’s chewed on a bit.
A white bowl filled with dressed noodles, topped with matchstick carrots, edamame, sweet corn, sliced cucumber, and bite-size pieces of medium-rare steak.
A tuxedo cat sprawls on an off-white windowsill, completely blocking the partially-open window.
A small black plate. On it are a handful of Marcona almonds, a pile of cherries, and a few crackers with soft white cheese spread on them.
A white plate with some sourdough bread sliced into fingers, a dish of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, marinated olives, cherries, salami, some sharp cheddar cheese, cornichons and Marcona almonds.
A sheet pan filled with tortilla chips topped with refried black beans, tomatoes, green chiles, black olives, and a mix of Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese, and then run under the broiler to melt the cheese. Not pictured: a small bowl of sour cream, for dipping.
A tuxedo cat attempts to dig a tunnel through a fuzzy dark green cardigan, trying to make a nest. He’s wearing a collar that is white, pink, and light blue, because my cat says trans rights.
A tuxedo cat’s head, black with a white blaze on his nose, emerges from the folds of a dark green, fuzzy cardigan worn by a person sitting with a laptop on their lap. One white paw is visible next to the cat’s head.
John Crichton and Aeryn Sun in a promo shot for Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. Aeryn is pointing a weapon somewhere off-camera.
A very smol (about 5”x7”) casserole dish full of Smitten Kitchen’s Pizza Beans. Only the browned cheese is visible on top, with a little of the tomato sauce bubbling through in the corners.
A Windows dialogue informing me that App Explorer was recently updated. The "OK" includes a checked-by-default box setting my browser homepage to Bing - a totally unrelated action - and indicating I agree to its terms and privacy policy.
A small back patio area, looking out on a couple of parked cars. Everything is coated with half an inch or so of snow.
A blue bowl decorated with white circles, full of soup. The soup includes kale, celery, carrots, wild rice, mushrooms, and two kinds of Rancho Gordo beans.
A batch of ginger molasses cookies are cooling on a wire rack sitting on a grey granite countertop. The cookies are all irregularly shaped.
Enough garlic bread to feed a regiment, sliced into one-inch fingers, on a small black plate.
A latch-hook rug in progress, next to its pattern (a blue, green, and pink dragon on a black & gold background). It’s about 5% closer to finished than in the image upthread.
A latch-hook rug in progress, next to its pattern (a blue, green, and pink dragon on a black & gold background). Below them is a pile of plastic baggies with different colors of yarn. The cat likes to sleep on these.
Eight freshly baked biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Eight formed but unbaked biscuits sitting on parchment paper on top of a baking sheet.
A package of White Lily self-rising flour, a measuring cup full of milk, a small bowl of chopped, chilled butter, and an empty mixing bowl waiting to receive it all, on a grey granite counter.
A tuxedo cat with a white ruff and a triangular white blaze on his nose looks directly at the camera. He’s wrapped loosely in a light pink fleece blanket.
A white bowl full of hard-boiled eggs. A great anytime snack! The bowl is sitting on a blue-grey granite countertop.
A tuxedo cat is curled into a shrimp shape on a pink blanket, sleeping. His rear legs are splayed out, and one of his front paws is wrapped over his nose.
An orange bowl with white geometric designs on it, filled with soup. The soup is a lighter shade of orange thanks to the carrots.
A poster for the animated movie An American Tail. Fivel, an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in patched clothes, stands on a beat-up suitcase in a triumphant pose in front of the Statue of Liberty and other NYC landmarks. A female mouse wearing a dress stares up at him adoringly and a fat cat in a cut-off t-shirt looks on. The cat is the only figure in the tableau not wearing clothes on his bottom half and I have no explanation for this.
The Magic: The Gathering card Slippery Bogle. It costs one mana that must be either green or blue. It summons a 1/1 creature with hexproof. The card art is of a creature something like a cross between an owl and a toad, with a long pointed tongue and big Baba Yaga legs.
A box of Kraft macaroni & cheese.
The image says: "Get to know my trash taste. For every like, I will post one trash I love".
An orange bowl with white geometric designs, filled with soup. The soup includes celery, carrots, tomatoes, smoked sausage, kale, farro, and garbanzo beans.
A brownish-orange crested gecko sits on a white background.