It may be freezing out there, but the Lions were on fire.
Erika Geiss
@erikageiss.bsky.social
Personal account. Thoughts are my own. Former educator (higher ed), art historian, writer, editor. Mama legislator in the Michigan state senate.
Boyteen did the “all the friends are home for the holidays” gathering this afternoon after he & I ran some errands, & then the Hubbs, Girlteen & I just chilled & vegged on this Shortest Day. Watched ✔️Suicide Squad ✔️X-Men Apocalypse ✔️Five Nights at Freddy’s & now SNL. Not a bad day at all.
A post Lame Duck 2024🧵: An open letter to the IrREParable Karen Quitsett (Whitsett): Cue the slow clap. 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 Congratulations on being the individual who (by your dereliction of duty) prevented the people of Michigan from having the following things sooner rather than later: (1/17)
So the official time is about 4 hours from the time of this posting, but Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome Yule! ❄️
Take 2: Thanks to Sen. Jeff Irwin for hearing #MIFLOC in committee today & to colleagues for voting it out to the full chamber. Grateful to #MotheringJustice, @michleague.bsky.social & so many other state & nat’l partners. Let’s finally get Paid Family & Medical Leave in Michigan for Michiganders.
💔 The Earth has lost a light, but the heavens have gained one. Her memory will not just be a blessing, it is one.
Breaking News: Nikki Giovanni, the poet who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, has died at 81.
If you’re wondering why your kids are placing a white crayon on the window sill, flushing ice cubes down the toilet, & wearing their PJs inside out tonight, it just may be because they are engaging in the ritual of invoking the Snow Day Fairy ❄️🧚♂️.
Today, the MI Momnibus package got out of the Senate w/bipartisan support. One step closer to seeing #ReproJustice in Michigan. Grateful to the State of Birth Justice & #mileg partners Sens. @sarahanthony.bsky.social, @stephanielilychang.bsky.social, Mary Cavanagh & Sylvia Santana. #MoveThatMomnibus
I hope everyone celebrating Thanksgiving has had a happy, thoughtful one. I am so grateful for a wonderful family, dear friends, thoughtful colleagues, Trabectedin (IYKYK), & much-needed down time.
Having a new driver has made me a somewhat more patient experienced driver, I think. This has also sprouted some new grey hairs & a couple of minor near heart attacks. But it’s all good; grateful for milestones, especially ones we couldn’t imagine happening a few years ago.
•GenX, polyglot, Afro-Caribbean-Latina Blerd, y he vevido mil vidas. •Mama of 2 darling kids, wife to 1 dear husband. •Usually wicked busy w/work & being a PedOnc🎗️mama. •Posts = rare; follow backs = rarer. •🐦 to 🦋 person •SM should be like crayons: fun & non-toxic. 1/2