Melody Joy Kramer
@mkramer.bsky.social
engagement + crowdsourcing products, ProPublica; librarian, journalist, hyperlocal information ecosystems, public(s) and participation, digital archives, dogs, civic joy, mom, mummer, board games, philly, carrboro north carolina
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
🌈 melodykramer.github.io
bat mitzvah mel or would you like to see the detached garage mel?
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
bat mitzvah mel or would you like to see the detached garage mel?
my dad made a three generation family tree out of personalized coca cola bottles. it includes pets.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
my dad made a three generation family tree out of personalized coca cola bottles. it includes pets.
this implies there’s a gefilte fish 1 and 2. (there are.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
this implies there’s a gefilte fish 1 and 2. (there are.)
a history of the rabinowitz family which features a glossary containing both “lint roller” and “meat juices”
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
a history of the rabinowitz family which features a glossary containing both “lint roller” and “meat juices”
fannie’s favorite meat
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
fannie’s favorite meat
perusing my mom’s extensive collection of handmade cookbooks
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
perusing my mom’s extensive collection of handmade cookbooks
when everyone is ill and thanksgiving is canceled and you have to raid the basement game stash from the 80s.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
when everyone is ill and thanksgiving is canceled and you have to raid the basement game stash from the 80s.
one sandwich fed four!
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
one sandwich fed four!
always somewhat weird to return to my childhood bedroom which has not changed a bit since 2002.
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
always somewhat weird to return to my childhood bedroom which has not changed a bit since 2002.
Long road to New Jersey.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Long road to New Jersey.
another contender
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
another contender
made some roasted carrot, onion, pepper, jalepeno soup. roasted, dumped in pot with chicken broth, made 14 cups (some pictured here!)
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
made some roasted carrot, onion, pepper, jalepeno soup. roasted, dumped in pot with chicken broth, made 14 cups (some pictured here!)
taking a hike along the haw
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
taking a hike along the haw
everything is awful but some things are good
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
everything is awful but some things are good
Someone has made a patriotic display of taped Pepsi containers outside of the Carrboro post office.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Someone has made a patriotic display of taped Pepsi containers outside of the Carrboro post office.
When I worked at Nat Geo I wrote a piece about the preservation of spacesuits and received high-res photos of x-rays of spacesuits which I printed and hung on my bathroom and love looking at.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When I worked at Nat Geo I wrote a piece about the preservation of spacesuits and received high-res photos of x-rays of spacesuits which I printed and hung on my bathroom and love looking at.
This is not our town commons. It is not even real - completely AI generated.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is not our town commons. It is not even real - completely AI generated.
Here are the instructions
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here are the instructions
right side up instructions
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
right side up instructions
Full instructions if you want to replicate
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Full instructions if you want to replicate
light up emerald ring time
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
light up emerald ring time
Bubble machines and beach balls have emerged.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Bubble machines and beach balls have emerged.