Claire McGuire 🏳️🌈
@vcmcguire.bsky.social
Disabled writer and librarian. Garden enthusiast. Mother of a trans teen. Perpetually homesick Californian living in Philadelphia.
Sounds about right.
November 24, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Sounds about right.
My dad was fixing me some leftover hue dup bap (Korean rice bowl with raw fish.)
Dad: Want some of those refried beans on top?
Me: what? No! Just gochujang sauce
Dad: or we have leftover marinara
Me, shocked: Dad, no, EW, stop
Dad, totally confused: They’re both red sauce. What’s the problem?
Dad: Want some of those refried beans on top?
Me: what? No! Just gochujang sauce
Dad: or we have leftover marinara
Me, shocked: Dad, no, EW, stop
Dad, totally confused: They’re both red sauce. What’s the problem?
November 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM
My dad was fixing me some leftover hue dup bap (Korean rice bowl with raw fish.)
Dad: Want some of those refried beans on top?
Me: what? No! Just gochujang sauce
Dad: or we have leftover marinara
Me, shocked: Dad, no, EW, stop
Dad, totally confused: They’re both red sauce. What’s the problem?
Dad: Want some of those refried beans on top?
Me: what? No! Just gochujang sauce
Dad: or we have leftover marinara
Me, shocked: Dad, no, EW, stop
Dad, totally confused: They’re both red sauce. What’s the problem?
My 19yo is studying to be a machinist and she made these cool knobs to go on the ends of a handle on a piece of equipment in the machine shop. She is a genius and I adore her.
November 19, 2023 at 7:40 PM
My 19yo is studying to be a machinist and she made these cool knobs to go on the ends of a handle on a piece of equipment in the machine shop. She is a genius and I adore her.
This is so so cool! Love me some Louisa May Alcott intrigue.
November 13, 2023 at 5:33 AM
This is so so cool! Love me some Louisa May Alcott intrigue.
When you’re 46 but you can still wheedle your older sister and brother into playing on the swings with you (from September 2023)
November 10, 2023 at 10:47 PM
When you’re 46 but you can still wheedle your older sister and brother into playing on the swings with you (from September 2023)
The only thing cuter than a baby in a pumpkin costume is his parents, friends of mine who struggled with infertility for many years and finally had a baby this year. Their faces in every picture look like they’ve won the lottery. LOOK AT OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN.
October 31, 2023 at 3:06 PM
The only thing cuter than a baby in a pumpkin costume is his parents, friends of mine who struggled with infertility for many years and finally had a baby this year. Their faces in every picture look like they’ve won the lottery. LOOK AT OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN.
My 9yo friend in Seattle made a Flareon out of modeling clay and sent it to me via his mom who just came to visit. I made a flower crown Glaceon to send back. (Both were inspired by the all-important question, what’s your favorite eeveelution?)
October 23, 2023 at 3:43 PM
My 9yo friend in Seattle made a Flareon out of modeling clay and sent it to me via his mom who just came to visit. I made a flower crown Glaceon to send back. (Both were inspired by the all-important question, what’s your favorite eeveelution?)
Autumn in the garden 🌱
October 23, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Autumn in the garden 🌱
A Carolina mantis used my outdoor chair as a nursery! This egg case will hatch in the spring. 🌱
October 22, 2023 at 5:40 PM
A Carolina mantis used my outdoor chair as a nursery! This egg case will hatch in the spring. 🌱
A good day for visiting the local cemetery.
October 22, 2023 at 1:20 AM
A good day for visiting the local cemetery.
Wordle 850 X/6
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My Wordle has looked like this all day. I’m totally stuck. Gonna break a 99-day winning streak, I’m afraid.
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My Wordle has looked like this all day. I’m totally stuck. Gonna break a 99-day winning streak, I’m afraid.
October 18, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Wordle 850 X/6
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨
My Wordle has looked like this all day. I’m totally stuck. Gonna break a 99-day winning streak, I’m afraid.
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨
My Wordle has looked like this all day. I’m totally stuck. Gonna break a 99-day winning streak, I’m afraid.
My most lucrative piece of writing ever was the grad school application essay that won me a full-tuition scholarship. But ransom notes sound like more fun, and potentially easier to replicate. Grad school was kind of a one-off thing.
If you write just to make money, ransom notes are the most effective way.
October 17, 2023 at 6:19 PM
My most lucrative piece of writing ever was the grad school application essay that won me a full-tuition scholarship. But ransom notes sound like more fun, and potentially easier to replicate. Grad school was kind of a one-off thing.
Palestinian Medical Relief Society is raising money for medical supplies in Gaza. In case that information is useful for you in some way. friendsofpmrs.org
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October 14, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Palestinian Medical Relief Society is raising money for medical supplies in Gaza. In case that information is useful for you in some way. friendsofpmrs.org
Feeling like hot garbage so I’m amusing myself by looking for homes for the native persimmon trees I started from seed last fall. It’s working! I have two people wanting two seedlings each and I feel so happy about my neighbors’ future food security and the beauty of free stuff. 🌱
October 12, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Feeling like hot garbage so I’m amusing myself by looking for homes for the native persimmon trees I started from seed last fall. It’s working! I have two people wanting two seedlings each and I feel so happy about my neighbors’ future food security and the beauty of free stuff. 🌱
Reposted by Claire McGuire 🏳️🌈
Did you know that the leaf in turning over a new leaf is the leaf of a book, not the leaf of a tree?
Now you do.
Now you do.
October 12, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Did you know that the leaf in turning over a new leaf is the leaf of a book, not the leaf of a tree?
Now you do.
Now you do.
I had to ration my pain meds for the last few days due to a delay in getting my prescription filled and I do not recommend this.
October 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM
I had to ration my pain meds for the last few days due to a delay in getting my prescription filled and I do not recommend this.
I knit some socks.
October 9, 2023 at 11:58 PM
I knit some socks.
City what city 🌱
October 9, 2023 at 6:30 PM
City what city 🌱
Reposted by Claire McGuire 🏳️🌈
Marbled godwit, feeding at Albany Mudflats. 🪶
October 8, 2023 at 2:14 PM
Marbled godwit, feeding at Albany Mudflats. 🪶
We just took a neighborhood walk with my visiting in-laws. My MIL had her rollator (rolling walker with a seat) and I had my little folding stool so I could sit down every couple blocks and rest. It was so nice not to be the only one people had to adjust their pace for. I need more disabled friends!
October 7, 2023 at 8:40 PM
We just took a neighborhood walk with my visiting in-laws. My MIL had her rollator (rolling walker with a seat) and I had my little folding stool so I could sit down every couple blocks and rest. It was so nice not to be the only one people had to adjust their pace for. I need more disabled friends!
This bird is so happy. His favorite human is home for the weekend and can help him preen the pin feathers on his head that he can’t reach by himself. (Photo by my mother-in-law.)
October 7, 2023 at 8:33 PM
This bird is so happy. His favorite human is home for the weekend and can help him preen the pin feathers on his head that he can’t reach by himself. (Photo by my mother-in-law.)
My clematis is reblooming! Not as vibrant as it was in the spring, but I’ll take it. 🌱
October 6, 2023 at 5:08 PM
My clematis is reblooming! Not as vibrant as it was in the spring, but I’ll take it. 🌱
@fishtopher.bsky.social in honor of your recent toothy yawn sequence
October 6, 2023 at 1:36 AM
@fishtopher.bsky.social in honor of your recent toothy yawn sequence
Reposted by Claire McGuire 🏳️🌈
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has strict asset limits, meaning millions can't save money for their families or future without risking benefits.
New updates could be a gamechanger.
Insightful piece by @rebeccacokley.bsky.social in @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
New updates could be a gamechanger.
Insightful piece by @rebeccacokley.bsky.social in @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Lawmakers May Finally Update Strict SSI Rules That Keep Families in Poverty
Asset limits in the program have created a system in which millions of people cannot save money for their families or their future.
www.thenation.com
October 2, 2023 at 3:46 PM
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has strict asset limits, meaning millions can't save money for their families or future without risking benefits.
New updates could be a gamechanger.
Insightful piece by @rebeccacokley.bsky.social in @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
New updates could be a gamechanger.
Insightful piece by @rebeccacokley.bsky.social in @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...