Leslie ❄️. Brown
@leslielkb.bsky.social
PhD, Curator, Photohistorian, Educator, and Scholar. Believer in wonder & kindness. Lover of art, music, history, science, rocks, weather, & tiny things.
This weather nerd was excited to see GRAUPEL 🤓 "...also called soft hail, hominy or granular snow, or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected & freeze on falling snowflakes, forming... balls of crisp, opaque rime."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This weather nerd was excited to see GRAUPEL 🤓 "...also called soft hail, hominy or granular snow, or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected & freeze on falling snowflakes, forming... balls of crisp, opaque rime."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel
#HappyThanksgiving, all! We were treated to a delicious meal (vegetarian loaf for us, meatloaf for the carnivores) courtesy of Chef @brucemyren.com 🧡🌽🍞🥔🍄
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#HappyThanksgiving, all! We were treated to a delicious meal (vegetarian loaf for us, meatloaf for the carnivores) courtesy of Chef @brucemyren.com 🧡🌽🍞🥔🍄
Many options, but I'm going with this one...
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Many options, but I'm going with this one...
Many folks are seeing the Aurora Borealis tonight 🌌
For us, in Massachusetts, it's mainly visible via a camera, but I can see a little green & pink with my eyes! These were taken off our porch with a longer exposure.
For us, in Massachusetts, it's mainly visible via a camera, but I can see a little green & pink with my eyes! These were taken off our porch with a longer exposure.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Many folks are seeing the Aurora Borealis tonight 🌌
For us, in Massachusetts, it's mainly visible via a camera, but I can see a little green & pink with my eyes! These were taken off our porch with a longer exposure.
For us, in Massachusetts, it's mainly visible via a camera, but I can see a little green & pink with my eyes! These were taken off our porch with a longer exposure.
We voted, did you? 🗳🤞🇺🇸 Your local elections are SO important & it's often at home where change often starts.
In Cambridge, we voted for our City Council, School Committee, and a new city charter.
For the 2 multi-member bodies above, we use Single Transferable Vote: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_...
In Cambridge, we voted for our City Council, School Committee, and a new city charter.
For the 2 multi-member bodies above, we use Single Transferable Vote: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_...
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We voted, did you? 🗳🤞🇺🇸 Your local elections are SO important & it's often at home where change often starts.
In Cambridge, we voted for our City Council, School Committee, and a new city charter.
For the 2 multi-member bodies above, we use Single Transferable Vote: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_...
In Cambridge, we voted for our City Council, School Committee, and a new city charter.
For the 2 multi-member bodies above, we use Single Transferable Vote: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_...
Enjoyed swishing through the leaves on my walk home 🍂
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Enjoyed swishing through the leaves on my walk home 🍂
I hate this timeline
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I hate this timeline
Boosted × 2: COVID (finally!) & Flu 💉
Please 🙏 consider getting boosted again. This is my 8-9th Covid jab: a mix of Moderna + Pfizer mRNAs and Novavax. This year's dose is focused on newer variants. These *safe* vaccines continue to help protect you from severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
Please 🙏 consider getting boosted again. This is my 8-9th Covid jab: a mix of Moderna + Pfizer mRNAs and Novavax. This year's dose is focused on newer variants. These *safe* vaccines continue to help protect you from severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Boosted × 2: COVID (finally!) & Flu 💉
Please 🙏 consider getting boosted again. This is my 8-9th Covid jab: a mix of Moderna + Pfizer mRNAs and Novavax. This year's dose is focused on newer variants. These *safe* vaccines continue to help protect you from severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
Please 🙏 consider getting boosted again. This is my 8-9th Covid jab: a mix of Moderna + Pfizer mRNAs and Novavax. This year's dose is focused on newer variants. These *safe* vaccines continue to help protect you from severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
I am simultaneously livid & crying.
Yesterday, I scheduled an appt. at CVS for the new COVID vaccine. They said they had the vaccines. I called after reading this NYT article. They do not. Their website still says they do. They will be canceling my appt. We also apparently now need a prescription.
Yesterday, I scheduled an appt. at CVS for the new COVID vaccine. They said they had the vaccines. I called after reading this NYT article. They do not. Their website still says they do. They will be canceling my appt. We also apparently now need a prescription.
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am simultaneously livid & crying.
Yesterday, I scheduled an appt. at CVS for the new COVID vaccine. They said they had the vaccines. I called after reading this NYT article. They do not. Their website still says they do. They will be canceling my appt. We also apparently now need a prescription.
Yesterday, I scheduled an appt. at CVS for the new COVID vaccine. They said they had the vaccines. I called after reading this NYT article. They do not. Their website still says they do. They will be canceling my appt. We also apparently now need a prescription.
A jaunt to Walden Pond on a hot evening included witnessing a photo shoot in the water; swimming to cool off and fishes swarming my feet; finding a tiny freshwater clam/bivalve; hearing many different languages as diverse folks delighted in nature; and enjoying the late summer light.
#SoakupSummer
#SoakupSummer
August 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A jaunt to Walden Pond on a hot evening included witnessing a photo shoot in the water; swimming to cool off and fishes swarming my feet; finding a tiny freshwater clam/bivalve; hearing many different languages as diverse folks delighted in nature; and enjoying the late summer light.
#SoakupSummer
#SoakupSummer
Well, someone isn't minding the heat... This is Finnegan's biggest bubble nest to date 🫧
June 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Well, someone isn't minding the heat... This is Finnegan's biggest bubble nest to date 🫧
Back in the Brown house that is blue. Here are some snaps and shades of twilight, taken from 9:33 to 9:34pm. The sun sets so much later here than in Boston! #nofilter
June 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Back in the Brown house that is blue. Here are some snaps and shades of twilight, taken from 9:33 to 9:34pm. The sun sets so much later here than in Boston! #nofilter
Last night was thanks to a Christmas present from @brucemyren.com: tickets to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings!
Given they both went to Berklee in Boston and David is from Rhode Island, 'twas an extra special night. There were two encores, including a moving rendition of "This Land is Your Land."
Given they both went to Berklee in Boston and David is from Rhode Island, 'twas an extra special night. There were two encores, including a moving rendition of "This Land is Your Land."
May 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Last night was thanks to a Christmas present from @brucemyren.com: tickets to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings!
Given they both went to Berklee in Boston and David is from Rhode Island, 'twas an extra special night. There were two encores, including a moving rendition of "This Land is Your Land."
Given they both went to Berklee in Boston and David is from Rhode Island, 'twas an extra special night. There were two encores, including a moving rendition of "This Land is Your Land."
Nine Days (2020)
Seems like it's not free right now, but rentable or on other alt platforms. Worth it!
Seems like it's not free right now, but rentable or on other alt platforms. Worth it!
May 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Nine Days (2020)
Seems like it's not free right now, but rentable or on other alt platforms. Worth it!
Seems like it's not free right now, but rentable or on other alt platforms. Worth it!
Last week/day of classes: Today @ Boston University, yesterday @ Emerson College
Next week & now: Exhaustion + so much grading, so little time...
Next week & now: Exhaustion + so much grading, so little time...
May 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Last week/day of classes: Today @ Boston University, yesterday @ Emerson College
Next week & now: Exhaustion + so much grading, so little time...
Next week & now: Exhaustion + so much grading, so little time...
POW ️💥 Spring is sproinging
April 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
POW ️💥 Spring is sproinging
POW ️💥 Spring is sproinging
April 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
POW ️💥 Spring is sproinging
Live, local music 🎶 + longtime fav band + front row, reserved seats + walking distance from our abode 🚶♀️= 😊
@ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
@ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
April 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Live, local music 🎶 + longtime fav band + front row, reserved seats + walking distance from our abode 🚶♀️= 😊
@ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
@ Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
Pilfered from Harvard 🤫
April 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Pilfered from Harvard 🤫
Latergram: Gorgeous light and double rainbow, after the rain
April 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Latergram: Gorgeous light and double rainbow, after the rain
A glass filled with the setting sun (and margarita) on opening day (of the porch) 🍹🌅
April 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A glass filled with the setting sun (and margarita) on opening day (of the porch) 🍹🌅
Signs of Spring on part of Harvard's campus, through which I walk on my commute.
March 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Signs of Spring on part of Harvard's campus, through which I walk on my commute.
'Twas a beautiful sunset this evening
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
'Twas a beautiful sunset this evening