Susan A. Kitchens
@susankitchens.bsky.social
This year I started growing a home garden bc I’d rather be bloomscrolling than doomscrolling. Hope I can edit my posts here.
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
SoCal SGV Tovangaar LA Co; Zone10b SunsetZone21
Peas on earth.
Sugar snap peas. 🌱
I’ve got a nice little collection of them in my basket.
Salmon and peas and small new potatoes for dinner tonight yum yummy yum
Sugar snap peas. 🌱
I’ve got a nice little collection of them in my basket.
Salmon and peas and small new potatoes for dinner tonight yum yummy yum
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Peas on earth.
Sugar snap peas. 🌱
I’ve got a nice little collection of them in my basket.
Salmon and peas and small new potatoes for dinner tonight yum yummy yum
Sugar snap peas. 🌱
I’ve got a nice little collection of them in my basket.
Salmon and peas and small new potatoes for dinner tonight yum yummy yum
Oh I miss the feral parrots! 🦜
(This on a January 8 a few years before flames consumed west Altadena on the most recent Jan 8). The parrots are there
In that part of the town, and I’ve seen em on visits there, but until the house is habitable again it’s a chance meeting and greeting.)
(This on a January 8 a few years before flames consumed west Altadena on the most recent Jan 8). The parrots are there
In that part of the town, and I’ve seen em on visits there, but until the house is habitable again it’s a chance meeting and greeting.)
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh I miss the feral parrots! 🦜
(This on a January 8 a few years before flames consumed west Altadena on the most recent Jan 8). The parrots are there
In that part of the town, and I’ve seen em on visits there, but until the house is habitable again it’s a chance meeting and greeting.)
(This on a January 8 a few years before flames consumed west Altadena on the most recent Jan 8). The parrots are there
In that part of the town, and I’ve seen em on visits there, but until the house is habitable again it’s a chance meeting and greeting.)
I am the Supreme Brie, after all. I’m not entirely dim.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I am the Supreme Brie, after all. I’m not entirely dim.
#ChristmasTreeLane countdown and tree lighting last night in Altadena, California.
After a year that’s been so so hard, the return to a beloved small town tradition felt so good. Felt so normal – we do this every year! And was resonant with so much deeper meaning, too.
After a year that’s been so so hard, the return to a beloved small town tradition felt so good. Felt so normal – we do this every year! And was resonant with so much deeper meaning, too.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#ChristmasTreeLane countdown and tree lighting last night in Altadena, California.
After a year that’s been so so hard, the return to a beloved small town tradition felt so good. Felt so normal – we do this every year! And was resonant with so much deeper meaning, too.
After a year that’s been so so hard, the return to a beloved small town tradition felt so good. Felt so normal – we do this every year! And was resonant with so much deeper meaning, too.
The #ChristmasTreeLane lighting ceremony is tomorrow night in Altadena. I wouldn’t miss it for anything and I’m already weepy.
Here’s last year’s countdown and lights on. 🎄🎄
It was Dec 7, exactly one month before Eaton Fire ignited.
(I also have fotos of windy lane Jan 7, one hour before flames)
Here’s last year’s countdown and lights on. 🎄🎄
It was Dec 7, exactly one month before Eaton Fire ignited.
(I also have fotos of windy lane Jan 7, one hour before flames)
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The #ChristmasTreeLane lighting ceremony is tomorrow night in Altadena. I wouldn’t miss it for anything and I’m already weepy.
Here’s last year’s countdown and lights on. 🎄🎄
It was Dec 7, exactly one month before Eaton Fire ignited.
(I also have fotos of windy lane Jan 7, one hour before flames)
Here’s last year’s countdown and lights on. 🎄🎄
It was Dec 7, exactly one month before Eaton Fire ignited.
(I also have fotos of windy lane Jan 7, one hour before flames)
I hope this skeet finds you well.
Also…
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Also…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I hope this skeet finds you well.
Also…
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Also…
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This tracks.
My most used words this year:
eatonfire
altadena
fire
and, further down, remediation.
I used anisota.net/harvest to find my various stats for this year.
(Top emoji is that red push pin that was associated with bookmarks.)
My most used words this year:
eatonfire
altadena
fire
and, further down, remediation.
I used anisota.net/harvest to find my various stats for this year.
(Top emoji is that red push pin that was associated with bookmarks.)
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This tracks.
My most used words this year:
eatonfire
altadena
fire
and, further down, remediation.
I used anisota.net/harvest to find my various stats for this year.
(Top emoji is that red push pin that was associated with bookmarks.)
My most used words this year:
eatonfire
altadena
fire
and, further down, remediation.
I used anisota.net/harvest to find my various stats for this year.
(Top emoji is that red push pin that was associated with bookmarks.)
🌱communal garden work today. Mostly maintenance, laying down cardboard and straw for weed suppression. There was a little bit of harvest for the volunteers working in the garden–
Some lettuce, chard, lacinado kale, a few sugar snap peas and some purple sweet potatoes.
Some lettuce, chard, lacinado kale, a few sugar snap peas and some purple sweet potatoes.
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
🌱communal garden work today. Mostly maintenance, laying down cardboard and straw for weed suppression. There was a little bit of harvest for the volunteers working in the garden–
Some lettuce, chard, lacinado kale, a few sugar snap peas and some purple sweet potatoes.
Some lettuce, chard, lacinado kale, a few sugar snap peas and some purple sweet potatoes.
Happy #WeAintBuyingIt season to all who celebrate.
Your Wallet. Your Power.
Hold your money
• no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies!
• delete shopping apps
• donate to mutual aid
• support small businesses
QR code goes here: weaintbuyingit.com
Your Wallet. Your Power.
Hold your money
• no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies!
• delete shopping apps
• donate to mutual aid
• support small businesses
QR code goes here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy #WeAintBuyingIt season to all who celebrate.
Your Wallet. Your Power.
Hold your money
• no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies!
• delete shopping apps
• donate to mutual aid
• support small businesses
QR code goes here: weaintbuyingit.com
Your Wallet. Your Power.
Hold your money
• no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies!
• delete shopping apps
• donate to mutual aid
• support small businesses
QR code goes here: weaintbuyingit.com
Currently: eating TJ’s cheese puffs
Gonna have spaghetti w Italian sausage and leftover blanched green beans sautéed in EVOO+garlic
Yday prepped a buttermilk brined chicken but by 4pm went meh, so the 🍝. Brine can go 48 hrs, so chicken tomorrow.
Did you see the asbestos house image I shared?
Gonna have spaghetti w Italian sausage and leftover blanched green beans sautéed in EVOO+garlic
Yday prepped a buttermilk brined chicken but by 4pm went meh, so the 🍝. Brine can go 48 hrs, so chicken tomorrow.
Did you see the asbestos house image I shared?
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Currently: eating TJ’s cheese puffs
Gonna have spaghetti w Italian sausage and leftover blanched green beans sautéed in EVOO+garlic
Yday prepped a buttermilk brined chicken but by 4pm went meh, so the 🍝. Brine can go 48 hrs, so chicken tomorrow.
Did you see the asbestos house image I shared?
Gonna have spaghetti w Italian sausage and leftover blanched green beans sautéed in EVOO+garlic
Yday prepped a buttermilk brined chicken but by 4pm went meh, so the 🍝. Brine can go 48 hrs, so chicken tomorrow.
Did you see the asbestos house image I shared?
In S Altadena, W of Lake, just inside the front door, an asbestos abatement maze.
Grateful that this house escaped Eaton Fire
Grateful insurance claim finally came through to address the damage from fire
Grateful for this other place we call home 🏠
Grateful to have a Doing Nothing holiday tomorrow
Grateful that this house escaped Eaton Fire
Grateful insurance claim finally came through to address the damage from fire
Grateful for this other place we call home 🏠
Grateful to have a Doing Nothing holiday tomorrow
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In S Altadena, W of Lake, just inside the front door, an asbestos abatement maze.
Grateful that this house escaped Eaton Fire
Grateful insurance claim finally came through to address the damage from fire
Grateful for this other place we call home 🏠
Grateful to have a Doing Nothing holiday tomorrow
Grateful that this house escaped Eaton Fire
Grateful insurance claim finally came through to address the damage from fire
Grateful for this other place we call home 🏠
Grateful to have a Doing Nothing holiday tomorrow
Same.
2002, just after KSC Space Flight Awareness Honors ceremony where he presented award to my BF.
2018, at Harley Rouda campaign HQ before a canvassing event (Rouda unseated Rohrabacher in that election)
Yes, I showed him earlier selfie before we took a new one. We both’d gotten older, LOl!
2002, just after KSC Space Flight Awareness Honors ceremony where he presented award to my BF.
2018, at Harley Rouda campaign HQ before a canvassing event (Rouda unseated Rohrabacher in that election)
Yes, I showed him earlier selfie before we took a new one. We both’d gotten older, LOl!
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Same.
2002, just after KSC Space Flight Awareness Honors ceremony where he presented award to my BF.
2018, at Harley Rouda campaign HQ before a canvassing event (Rouda unseated Rohrabacher in that election)
Yes, I showed him earlier selfie before we took a new one. We both’d gotten older, LOl!
2002, just after KSC Space Flight Awareness Honors ceremony where he presented award to my BF.
2018, at Harley Rouda campaign HQ before a canvassing event (Rouda unseated Rohrabacher in that election)
Yes, I showed him earlier selfie before we took a new one. We both’d gotten older, LOl!
Nice! Use collective Economic power — #WeAintBuyingIt
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nice! Use collective Economic power — #WeAintBuyingIt
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
This week is targeting 3 companies —
🚫💲 Target
🚫💲 Home Depot
🚫💲 Amazon
Do not buy from these stores between Nov 27-Dec 1
WeaintBuyingIt.com
This morning we harvested, rinsed and packed 3 ice boxes full of beautiful red lettuce.
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This morning we harvested, rinsed and packed 3 ice boxes full of beautiful red lettuce.
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
The communal garden (a Friends meeting endeavor; I’m a foaF) grows for the Pasadena Friends In Deed food pantry.
I took our harvest there. Big sorting bc there’s a huge turkey giveaway tomorrow.
Full heart
🌱
I went pretty wild pulling over and taking photos or just hitting the camera button volume while driving. But it went double when I approached and then turned on New York drive
Here’s a view a little before that point when it was mostly a single rainbow.
Here’s a view a little before that point when it was mostly a single rainbow.
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I went pretty wild pulling over and taking photos or just hitting the camera button volume while driving. But it went double when I approached and then turned on New York drive
Here’s a view a little before that point when it was mostly a single rainbow.
Here’s a view a little before that point when it was mostly a single rainbow.
Altadena in this weather is achingly beautiful. Oh I’ve missed seeing sunlit palm trees against dark rain clouds.
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Altadena in this weather is achingly beautiful. Oh I’ve missed seeing sunlit palm trees against dark rain clouds.
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
As I drove east on Altadena Drive, it began raining, revealing a rainbow in Eaton Canyon.
(This image has it all. Altadena Drive sign. That Rainbow. No U turn— don’t we all know it.)
Selection now playing: Tom’s Album
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Selection now playing: Tom’s Album
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
The track “Waiting At The Border” takes me back. (To George HW Bush and the first Iraq war, the quick one, not the forever war his son instigated)
“Los Angeles County Counsel has officially opened an investigation into State Farm’s handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims. Not a review. An investigation by the Consumer Fraud Division.”
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Los Angeles County Counsel has officially opened an investigation into State Farm’s handling of Eaton and Palisades fire claims. Not a review. An investigation by the Consumer Fraud Division.”
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
Hours after this news, State Farm finds the will to act. #EatonFire
view.flodesk.com/emails/69177...
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the still-hot San Gabriel Valley (SoCal, Sunset zone 21, USDA Zone 10a) we got an early start with lettuce at the communal garden.
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
Young seeds transplanted into garden bed on Sep 20, this is how the row looked yesterday.
Why didn’t the lettuce bolt in Hotober? It was grown under shade cloth. 🌱
I love this Veterans Day post from the Print Museum
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I love this Veterans Day post from the Print Museum
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
“Here stand the 26 warriors who have brought down the walls of ignorance and darkness. They remain our greatest tool in a continuing quest for education, enlightenment, and a hope for a better future.”
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7rUGcAVf0/
Not that I need to prove anything to Joyce Carol Oates, but it’s nice to have a list to compare
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not that I need to prove anything to Joyce Carol Oates, but it’s nice to have a list to compare
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
✔️Nature
✔️Pet dog (bro’s dogs)
✔️Praise for movie / music / book
Pride in friend/family accomplishment (don’t usu share here bc privacy)
✔️condolences
✔️sports/team 🧢⚾️
✔️historical references
Okay then!
The California #Prop50 map result graphic we all need — one with a heat map to show, county by county, how close the vote was, or not.
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calmatters.org/politics/ele...
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The California #Prop50 map result graphic we all need — one with a heat map to show, county by county, how close the vote was, or not.
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
calmatters.org/politics/ele...
The #DiaDeLosMuertos community #ofrenda (altar) at Fair Oaks Burger in Altadena
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The #DiaDeLosMuertos community #ofrenda (altar) at Fair Oaks Burger in Altadena
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
(Notice the empty, cleared lots across the street)
300 days ago: #EatonFire (+Palisades)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
300 days ago: #EatonFire (+Palisades)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
Today is #RemediationDay! Got to the house early (oh mornings in Altadena, you’re beautiful and I’ve missed you), pods showed up, then remediation crew. Clean all the things, pack it away. It’s a new phase, and I’m feeling a sense of relief (plus exhaustion)
I didn’t have the heart for another long overtime game. We are doing the last sorting before remediation begins and watching the first 9 innings was distracting enough. Sooooo happy for this outcome, #Dodgers!
The Dodgers jackets
Are in the closet along with so many other things to be remediated.
The Dodgers jackets
Are in the closet along with so many other things to be remediated.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I didn’t have the heart for another long overtime game. We are doing the last sorting before remediation begins and watching the first 9 innings was distracting enough. Sooooo happy for this outcome, #Dodgers!
The Dodgers jackets
Are in the closet along with so many other things to be remediated.
The Dodgers jackets
Are in the closet along with so many other things to be remediated.