DrAnnD
@drannd.bsky.social
Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. Typos make it bespoke. (Skeets my own.)
Thanksgiving #knitting
Southern from Truly Myrtle with a very bouncy sock yarn from Wool and Honey’s Sleeping Bear Yarn Club.
The stockinette with simple increases only at the ends and middle is perfect for getting interrupted by food timers. Let’s see if the lace gets done in the drive home.
Southern from Truly Myrtle with a very bouncy sock yarn from Wool and Honey’s Sleeping Bear Yarn Club.
The stockinette with simple increases only at the ends and middle is perfect for getting interrupted by food timers. Let’s see if the lace gets done in the drive home.
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Thanksgiving #knitting
Southern from Truly Myrtle with a very bouncy sock yarn from Wool and Honey’s Sleeping Bear Yarn Club.
The stockinette with simple increases only at the ends and middle is perfect for getting interrupted by food timers. Let’s see if the lace gets done in the drive home.
Southern from Truly Myrtle with a very bouncy sock yarn from Wool and Honey’s Sleeping Bear Yarn Club.
The stockinette with simple increases only at the ends and middle is perfect for getting interrupted by food timers. Let’s see if the lace gets done in the drive home.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
So honored to have Nic Stone talk to teachers about language, her books, and fighting censorship.
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So honored to have Nic Stone talk to teachers about language, her books, and fighting censorship.
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Presenting at #NCTE2025 this morning with @uabookbans.bsky.social—Betsy Gomez—members of @ncte.org’s Cmtte Against Censorship, authors from Impacts of Censorship Vol 2, and Jim Burke.
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Presenting at #NCTE2025 this morning with @uabookbans.bsky.social—Betsy Gomez—members of @ncte.org’s Cmtte Against Censorship, authors from Impacts of Censorship Vol 2, and Jim Burke.
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
At #NCTE2025 in a fabulous session: "Preparing Preservice Teachers to Advocate Boldly for the Right to Read." Shout out for one of the articles I'm most proud to have out in the world.
So many teacher educators doing so much good to prepare future teachers to meet the challenges of this moment.
So many teacher educators doing so much good to prepare future teachers to meet the challenges of this moment.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
At #NCTE2025 in a fabulous session: "Preparing Preservice Teachers to Advocate Boldly for the Right to Read." Shout out for one of the articles I'm most proud to have out in the world.
So many teacher educators doing so much good to prepare future teachers to meet the challenges of this moment.
So many teacher educators doing so much good to prepare future teachers to meet the challenges of this moment.
@frankstrong.bsky.social accepting @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Award!!
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@frankstrong.bsky.social accepting @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Award!!
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
Honored to know him, awed by his work, and privileged to walk along the path he’s hewing.
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
“I have a master's degree. I've taught for two decades. I am expected to take a bullet for a child. Surely I can make an appropriate decision about what a child should know and think about and read in my class more appropriately than just about anyone else" (985).
Also at #NCTE2025
Also at #NCTE2025
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“I have a master's degree. I've taught for two decades. I am expected to take a bullet for a child. Surely I can make an appropriate decision about what a child should know and think about and read in my class more appropriately than just about anyone else" (985).
Also at #NCTE2025
Also at #NCTE2025
This morning’s #NCTE2025: Ran from a showing of The Librarians with @maggietokudahall.bsky.social to hear from @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Fellow, Ricki Ginsberg, asks colleagues talk about the data from 4000+ surveys of ELA teachers how they experience censorship.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This morning’s #NCTE2025: Ran from a showing of The Librarians with @maggietokudahall.bsky.social to hear from @ncte.org‘s Intellectual Freedom Fellow, Ricki Ginsberg, asks colleagues talk about the data from 4000+ surveys of ELA teachers how they experience censorship.
Beet seedlings from thinning.
First harvest of the winter season (not counting perennial herbs). Will make a small salad for lunch.
I grow things to cultivate awe.
First harvest of the winter season (not counting perennial herbs). Will make a small salad for lunch.
I grow things to cultivate awe.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Beet seedlings from thinning.
First harvest of the winter season (not counting perennial herbs). Will make a small salad for lunch.
I grow things to cultivate awe.
First harvest of the winter season (not counting perennial herbs). Will make a small salad for lunch.
I grow things to cultivate awe.
I’m a bit of a chaos gardener. The brick wall is currently growing lettuce, zinnias, and parsley. And the most attention I pay to the kumquat is coving it during freezes. It seems to work out in the end.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m a bit of a chaos gardener. The brick wall is currently growing lettuce, zinnias, and parsley. And the most attention I pay to the kumquat is coving it during freezes. It seems to work out in the end.
Hand #quilting a thank you quilt because this one is too big for my machine.
My uneven stitches are tiny moments of resisting the artificial. Each time someone stays warm with this quilt, we will share a moment across time and space. I think of them in the future and they look to me in the past.
My uneven stitches are tiny moments of resisting the artificial. Each time someone stays warm with this quilt, we will share a moment across time and space. I think of them in the future and they look to me in the past.
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hand #quilting a thank you quilt because this one is too big for my machine.
My uneven stitches are tiny moments of resisting the artificial. Each time someone stays warm with this quilt, we will share a moment across time and space. I think of them in the future and they look to me in the past.
My uneven stitches are tiny moments of resisting the artificial. Each time someone stays warm with this quilt, we will share a moment across time and space. I think of them in the future and they look to me in the past.
Now for some #gardening content.
Watching seeds sprout and grow never gets old. Alt text for plant types.
Watching seeds sprout and grow never gets old. Alt text for plant types.
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Now for some #gardening content.
Watching seeds sprout and grow never gets old. Alt text for plant types.
Watching seeds sprout and grow never gets old. Alt text for plant types.
Me too, @maris.bsky.social, me too. Can’t wait to read it. And thrilled to see it being featured at the Texas Book Festival!
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Me too, @maris.bsky.social, me too. Can’t wait to read it. And thrilled to see it being featured at the Texas Book Festival!
I hate the heat and 20 years in Texas has given me coping mechanisms, but not reduced the soul-deep hatred.
When I can do this in my office… my soul rejoices and my to-list seems less loathsome.
When I can do this in my office… my soul rejoices and my to-list seems less loathsome.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I hate the heat and 20 years in Texas has given me coping mechanisms, but not reduced the soul-deep hatred.
When I can do this in my office… my soul rejoices and my to-list seems less loathsome.
When I can do this in my office… my soul rejoices and my to-list seems less loathsome.
Miso shawl from Ambah O’Brien. A colorway from Sleeping Bear Yarn Club. The colors in the pic are wrong. It’s a deep pink and purple. Finally getting into the rhythm and will look great with the whole thing as the eyelets will show up better with more repeats. #knitting
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Miso shawl from Ambah O’Brien. A colorway from Sleeping Bear Yarn Club. The colors in the pic are wrong. It’s a deep pink and purple. Finally getting into the rhythm and will look great with the whole thing as the eyelets will show up better with more repeats. #knitting
Did women ruin seduction?
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Did women ruin seduction?
The line for voting in San Antonio. My precinct has one of the best turn out rates typically, but this far exceeds anything I’ve ever seen!
There’s a smattering of terrible constitutional amendments, but folks are likely interested in the new Spurs arena proposal.
There’s a smattering of terrible constitutional amendments, but folks are likely interested in the new Spurs arena proposal.
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The line for voting in San Antonio. My precinct has one of the best turn out rates typically, but this far exceeds anything I’ve ever seen!
There’s a smattering of terrible constitutional amendments, but folks are likely interested in the new Spurs arena proposal.
There’s a smattering of terrible constitutional amendments, but folks are likely interested in the new Spurs arena proposal.
*chefskiss*
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
*chefskiss*
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
Tell me you fucking didn’t.
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Tell me you fucking didn’t.
If I do not let a certain doggo outside when I get this look, she will relocate my shoes around the house. Sometimes they are lightly chewed.
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If I do not let a certain doggo outside when I get this look, she will relocate my shoes around the house. Sometimes they are lightly chewed.
Another #KnittingHorrorStory—
Put the skein on the swift only to discover 6 stands were cut. Ended up with a whole mess of yarn that I then wound into itty bitty bits. It’s fine, but I’m weaving in more ends than I’d like.
Put the skein on the swift only to discover 6 stands were cut. Ended up with a whole mess of yarn that I then wound into itty bitty bits. It’s fine, but I’m weaving in more ends than I’d like.
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Another #KnittingHorrorStory—
Put the skein on the swift only to discover 6 stands were cut. Ended up with a whole mess of yarn that I then wound into itty bitty bits. It’s fine, but I’m weaving in more ends than I’d like.
Put the skein on the swift only to discover 6 stands were cut. Ended up with a whole mess of yarn that I then wound into itty bitty bits. It’s fine, but I’m weaving in more ends than I’d like.