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Leanne

@violaleanne.bsky.social

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Violist, knitter, writer, general odd-duck-about-town. AuDHD. Read anything, always have a couple of cats, and if it's about dragons, otters or hedgehogs, I'm interested. Probably really a dragon anyway, given the size of this book collection... (she/her)

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Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 19h

Were my skills perfect? Heck no (notable failures included "Penelope" and "infrared"). And I definitely remember an Electric Company episode explaining "ph" (the pronunciation of "pah-honograph" cracked me up because... well... there's another one on the end!).

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 19h

I learned to read (actually that's not quite accurate - I just suddenly COULD, one day) well before starting preschool, so when the pink plaid-covered phonics workbook showed up in 1st grade I was extremely annoyed by the whole thing and allowed to go read newspapers with a parent volunteer. 🤷‍♀️

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 19h

Same here - I had French first thing in the morning in both 7th and 8th grade and I've kept the 7s and the 24-hour clock ever since. Oddly, the 1s didn't stick. 🤷‍♀️

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 5d

My goofballs have SO MANY TOYS and yet... yeah. The balled-up foil off a burrito beats them all EVERY TIME. They do love the cardboard scratcher houses from Aldi though. Possibly due to the catnip...

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 5d

I am an un-notable Italian-American who totally agrees. This dude got famous basically for getting lost - I do that like, every week, c'mon, and WITHOUT the side of genocide that followed.

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 6d

Score one for the weirdos!

Sunshine, MPH 🛸🔬☣️ @callsignwhisker.bsky.social · 7d

And there was this ❤️ www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so glad I bought all the seasons on DVD. Physical media FTW as always...

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 8d

When your boyo gets big, you get a bigger bag. 🤷‍♀️

A chonky orange tabby filling the bottom of a cat carrier and overflowing like pie innards. He big.

The same chonker chilling in a roomy purple and black carrier bag. Much better.

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 9d

People being like "oh they lowered it, that's not the high note" uhhhhh did they miss the LOW note in the bridge? Damn, girl got RANGE.

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

I desperately want a house. NOT THIS WAY, DAMMIT. WTF is wrong with these people, don't they have enough money???

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Vale, magistra. Thanks for Virgil and Catullus and Trimalchio's dinner party and putting up with me and writing the glowing rec letter that helped me get out of that hellhole a whole year early. 11/11
www.capecodtimes.com/obituaries/p...

Susan Twitchell Obituary - Cape Cod Times

Susan Patricia Twitchell of East Falmouth, a Latin teacher at Falmouth High School for 32 years, died on October 2, 2025. She was 66. Born to...

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Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Taurum nostrum iam habemus, sic stercore vestro non egemus.

Roughly, that's "we already have our own bull, so we don't need your shit." And she was as gleeful as we were about it. 10/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Still not totally sure, to be honest. But now I can never ask. I literally make Latin references multiple times a week, constantly explain word roots to students, and still remember the Latin club motto, based on the horned-helmet-wearing cow plushie that was our mascot - 9/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Years later, when I told this story to someone, they looked at me funny and said, "Uh - you know she thought you were lying, right? That was supposed to be a gotcha." My autistic ass just took it at face value, knowing that I liked the class and the teacher and got high marks, but y'know... 8/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

The next morning I dragged my exhausted carcass into Latin class, presented my teacher with the autograph, mumbled "Gonna go nap now" and collapsed into my seat at the back of the room. A 45-minute nap helped, and the project went fine (remind me to tell stories about THAT teacher sometime...). 7/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Her response was, "Sure, you can sleep through class if you get me his autograph." Sweet, I thought, that should be easy, they're signing stuff for us all tonight anyway. So that night I brought an extra sheet of paper, told him what she'd asked for, and he happily signed it for me. 6/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

So the day of the rehearsal, I asked my Latin teacher if she would be okay with me sleeping in class the next morning so I could have some prayer of speaking comprehensible English come 4th period English class, due to having a late rehearsal with Yo-Yo Ma in Boston that night. 5/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

Anyway, definitely got home after midnight and had to be up at 5AM for school due to household dynamics re: bathroom scheduling and a 40-ish-minute bus ride to school. And I had a major oral presentation due in English that day. Not a great combo. 4/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

So our rehearsals obviously had to fit with his busy schedule, which meant there were some late-night weekday ones. I live in Boston *now*, but I grew up down on Cape Cod, which meant a nearly two-hour drive home after the rehearsal let out (don't remember exactly when - 10PM? 11?). 3/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

My sophomore year I had Latin first period. A time when I was generally barely awake anyway, but I liked the class so I actually showed up. That spring, my youth orchestra was lucky enough to have a concert scheduled with Yo-Yo Ma (he turned 70 yesterday, which is also mindblowing, but anyway). 2/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 10d

I just found out that my high school Latin teacher passed away last week. She was seriously awesome and the news is hitting me harder than I might have expected, especially as she was only 66. So I'm gonna tell my favourite story from the three years I was in her class. 1/11

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 11d

Ooh, is there a pool? Five bucks on "over". 😂

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 11d

It's there! Actually it was there two days ago but it wouldn't let me add it to my cart (or wishlist) until today. 🤷‍♀️

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 11d

When everything sucks, there is still a fuzzy tum to rub. My kittygirl is cute as hell.

A cow cat, stretched out very long but also curved, belly up, pink toe beans and nose on full display, lying on a blanket and some laundry and whatever the hell else I was too tired to toss off the bed before collapsing into it last night.

Leanne @violaleanne.bsky.social · 13d

Oh yeah. I got sideswiped by a dude in a giant pickup truck who decided he needed to be in the lane I was already in. Day after the clocks changed in March. 😝