Janet Harriett
@janetharriett.bsky.social
Creative generalist with a particular fondness for fiction and fiber arts. Caretaker-in-residence of a 115-year-old house and its ghosts, along with 3.5 cats. I like penguins A LOT.
Pinned
(Taking a page out of @mtrkdjoyce.bsky.social’s book)
I’d like to build deeper relationships with my followers. So ask me a question, I will answer, and ask you a question.
I’d like to build deeper relationships with my followers. So ask me a question, I will answer, and ask you a question.
I like this idea. Ask me a question. I'll answer and ask one back.
My vintage Lily Speed-O-Weave arrived! It's been a while since I got anything off eBay, so what is the current etiquette on mentioning the noticeable pot smell in the seller review?
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My vintage Lily Speed-O-Weave arrived! It's been a while since I got anything off eBay, so what is the current etiquette on mentioning the noticeable pot smell in the seller review?
And the sequel, introducing myself with five animals I have pet in captivity:
African penguin
Armadillo
Wolf
Binturong
Kangaroo joey
African penguin
Armadillo
Wolf
Binturong
Kangaroo joey
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And the sequel, introducing myself with five animals I have pet in captivity:
African penguin
Armadillo
Wolf
Binturong
Kangaroo joey
African penguin
Armadillo
Wolf
Binturong
Kangaroo joey
Introducing myself with five animals I have seen in the wild:
Leucistic squirrel
Beaver
Mountain beaver
Groundhog
Fireflies
Leucistic squirrel
Beaver
Mountain beaver
Groundhog
Fireflies
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Introducing myself with five animals I have seen in the wild:
Leucistic squirrel
Beaver
Mountain beaver
Groundhog
Fireflies
Leucistic squirrel
Beaver
Mountain beaver
Groundhog
Fireflies
Researching a Thing I brought back from ransacking my mom's heirlooms, and now I want a hexagonal lap loom with almost every fiber of my being (pun unavoidable). The holdout fibers are the ones reminding me that I have Winter Bills To Pay and 2 lifetimes of craft projects in the queue.
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Researching a Thing I brought back from ransacking my mom's heirlooms, and now I want a hexagonal lap loom with almost every fiber of my being (pun unavoidable). The holdout fibers are the ones reminding me that I have Winter Bills To Pay and 2 lifetimes of craft projects in the queue.
Proof that I have the patience to stab something 8,944 times. Twice.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Proof that I have the patience to stab something 8,944 times. Twice.
Got divorced, needed a paycheck and health insurance. Found somewhere that would provide both and carved a niche as the person that really understands an esoteric part of the process that keeps my employer from losing money.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Got divorced, needed a paycheck and health insurance. Found somewhere that would provide both and carved a niche as the person that really understands an esoteric part of the process that keeps my employer from losing money.
@olafurw.com Did you see Norway's national costume at the 2025 Miss Universe pageant?
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
@olafurw.com Did you see Norway's national costume at the 2025 Miss Universe pageant?
My first attempt at steamed filled buns seems to be a success. Test run of stuffing-inspired baozi, because I am incapable of making less than an entire vat of stuffing, but still want the stuffing flavor and texture experience.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My first attempt at steamed filled buns seems to be a success. Test run of stuffing-inspired baozi, because I am incapable of making less than an entire vat of stuffing, but still want the stuffing flavor and texture experience.
When you order your copy editor on Temu.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
When you order your copy editor on Temu.
I really hope I am not supposed to be running the meeting in 2 minutes. I'm just back from PTO and am still remembering how to do my job, much less teach it to others.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I really hope I am not supposed to be running the meeting in 2 minutes. I'm just back from PTO and am still remembering how to do my job, much less teach it to others.
Waiting for my ride home from the airport. The airport employee who enforces the No Parking No Standing No Waiting signs in the Arrivals area seems to REALLY enjoy his work.
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Waiting for my ride home from the airport. The airport employee who enforces the No Parking No Standing No Waiting signs in the Arrivals area seems to REALLY enjoy his work.
I just witnessed the best "reason my toddler had a tantrum": ~2yo was toddling out some energy in the airport & had a full floor-flopping fit when parent didn't let them toddle off with the stranger who stopped to make sure the kiddo had a nearby adult (parent was watching from maybe 8 feet away).
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I just witnessed the best "reason my toddler had a tantrum": ~2yo was toddling out some energy in the airport & had a full floor-flopping fit when parent didn't let them toddle off with the stranger who stopped to make sure the kiddo had a nearby adult (parent was watching from maybe 8 feet away).
Whoever's idea this was (both as a product, and installing them at @denverairport.bsky.social ), they need a raise.
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Whoever's idea this was (both as a product, and installing them at @denverairport.bsky.social ), they need a raise.
I toasted the perfect 5-layer marshmallow the way mom taught me, and I can think of no better way to end the day that started with yeeting granulated mom off a cliff.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I toasted the perfect 5-layer marshmallow the way mom taught me, and I can think of no better way to end the day that started with yeeting granulated mom off a cliff.
I am ensconced in a blanket fort with the ocean outside.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I am ensconced in a blanket fort with the ocean outside.
Bless his heart, my dad is trying.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bless his heart, my dad is trying.
My tail mascot on the flight into Denver was Hugh the Manatee and 10/10 no notes. Keep the whimsey, Frontier.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My tail mascot on the flight into Denver was Hugh the Manatee and 10/10 no notes. Keep the whimsey, Frontier.
Having survived the first leg of my westward journey, I have made camp in a quiet corner of the Denver airport. Next flight leaves in 12 hours.
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Having survived the first leg of my westward journey, I have made camp in a quiet corner of the Denver airport. Next flight leaves in 12 hours.
Got my sticker, and a nice walk to and from my polling place at the elementary school 3 blocks away.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Got my sticker, and a nice walk to and from my polling place at the elementary school 3 blocks away.
I leave Friday to spend 32 hours in the Denver airport and also 5 days with my dad, which will mark the longest I have ever in my life spent with just my dad. And the longest my clingy Lockdown Cat has spent without me since he moved in.
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I leave Friday to spend 32 hours in the Denver airport and also 5 days with my dad, which will mark the longest I have ever in my life spent with just my dad. And the longest my clingy Lockdown Cat has spent without me since he moved in.
Welcome to Christmas Light Optimization Time (CLOT). I refuse to call it "Standard" time when we're using it for barely over a third of the year.
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Welcome to Christmas Light Optimization Time (CLOT). I refuse to call it "Standard" time when we're using it for barely over a third of the year.
Another successful Trick or Treat in the bag! Candy held out without too much extra, a couple first timers, kids and grownups all had fun.
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Another successful Trick or Treat in the bag! Candy held out without too much extra, a couple first timers, kids and grownups all had fun.
Why is the most robustly engineered part of this Halloween animatronic the part that I need to disassemble to fix the part that broke?
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why is the most robustly engineered part of this Halloween animatronic the part that I need to disassemble to fix the part that broke?
I am watching a neighbor's dog, a pittie who has (with some generous rounding) zero chill. Same with obedience training. When I go over to feed him and he busts out the Intruder Alert, I've taken to telling him "You know me. Use your inside bark." To my shock, he actually barks quieter.
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am watching a neighbor's dog, a pittie who has (with some generous rounding) zero chill. Same with obedience training. When I go over to feed him and he busts out the Intruder Alert, I've taken to telling him "You know me. Use your inside bark." To my shock, he actually barks quieter.
I am at 48% of the audiobook of Dracula and just realized the epistolary novel is the literary equivalent of found footage movies.
Weirdly, the epistolary novel is one of my favorite literary forms, and found footage is my least favorite cinematic form.
Weirdly, the epistolary novel is one of my favorite literary forms, and found footage is my least favorite cinematic form.
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I am at 48% of the audiobook of Dracula and just realized the epistolary novel is the literary equivalent of found footage movies.
Weirdly, the epistolary novel is one of my favorite literary forms, and found footage is my least favorite cinematic form.
Weirdly, the epistolary novel is one of my favorite literary forms, and found footage is my least favorite cinematic form.