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hillaryloomis.bsky.social
all things sheep~wool~tweed 🌞🌱🐑🧶🪡 environmental history agricultural/commodity/textile history PhD student SIU Edwardsville Historical Studies Mama, enviro ed pro, Wisconsin girl at heart
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I've had official safety training for: active shooters, power tools, chemical burns, fire-indoor and forest, tornados, earthquake, tsunami, bear/cougar attack, aquatic rescue in pool/lake/whitewater, all the lifeguarding classes, cpr refreshers ad infinitem, and even a class in avalanche safety

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Second grade boys basketball had funny moments, but nothing compared to the text chain of four dads trying to get baseballs out of a locked shed. New season new characters for the win.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Just a couple of globe trotting ladies in houndstooth spotted in the airport! ASEH2025 here I come!

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Chatting with a McDonalds employee (My 8 yo's fav-not mine) today about the Global Menu restaurant in Chicago-which we were planning to visit this weekend. She mentioned she'd never been to Chicago even though she'd lived in IL for 30ish years.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Been thinking and talking to peers about America's "big covid break up" lately. I think many are realizing "We're not going back!" is more akin to leaving a bad boyfriend then being forced back in time. Has anyone identified a bigger political rift that has split so many families so permanently?

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

The first "History Road Trip Find" of the weekend-some very chique highland cows-en route to Midwest Junto of History of Science and Tech! @Sarah'sOnCentral Eureka, MO

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

IMO Mexico and Canada are both great neighbors that deserve loaves of banana bread, not the cow pies being thrown as of late.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I guess the NYT can't top my frequent reminder to family and friends to face their own fashion follies and burn that ugly tee on the bar-b-que, throw worn sneakers in local streams, and put G-ma's clothes on the scare-crow to decompose under the sun for everyone to see. 🫣

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment