Susan Brown

@sactowngrandma

I’m a grandma in SacTown who loves her family, books, crocheting, cooking and baking, and DEMOCRACY. Black Lives Matter. Love is Love. Immigrants make America better. Miep Gies rocked. Opinionated AF. Navy Veteran. She/Her. NO DM’s.🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· 19d

with the help of all the dictionaries in the house and have loved Arthuriana ever since. I can’t see Guite’s Arthuriad ever being surpassed. The second book in the cycle, “The Coming of Arthur,” is now available for preorder through his publisher at rabbitroom.com and I just ordered it. 2/

Shown is the cover of a book, “The Coming of Arthur,” by Malcolm Guite.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· 20d

I just got this and am enthralled. The rhyme and rhythm of the words is pulling me under the author’s spell as surely as a powerful undertow will catch a swimmer—but oh the joy in the drowning in song!

Shown is the visually gorgeous cover of the book, “Galahad and the Grail,” by Malcolm Guite.

The central picture is an engraving of a man in armor (sans helmet) holding a sword in his upraised right hand and a wheel or tray that rested on the ground in his left. Surrounding him on the cream colored background, also in black, are clockwise from top left a knight in horseback holding his lance horizontal, a dove in flight against a cliff, the prow of a Viking ship in full sail, a hillside with a tree and river running down, and a castle set against the backdrop of a towering hill. Surrounding all that is a dull brick red edging with cream engravings and the name of the author, Malcolm Guite; the illustrator, Stephen Crotts; and the author of the forward, Susanna Clarke.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· 20d

Mom was also Mom to my seven cousins and their children and grands as both her sisters died early, so the numbers on this marquee are was understated. She was adored by all.

Shown is the lighted marquee at the Vine Theatre in my hometown. The text reads, “GINNY BROWN IS 88! Six kids, ten grands, and many more! We love you so much.”

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· 21d

Life is better with a dog in it. Here is Doggo, age about nine (?), on her morning walk in our neighborhood park.

Shown on a concrete path next to a mulched area with two bright green plants growing in it is a medium-sized brown dog, shorthaired, with her narrow black muzzle going gray. She has no tail—it was broken and infected when she was rescued from her feral existence behind a factory somewhere and so had to be amputated.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Jul 12

I so appreciate creative people, especially on days like this. (Russia, if you’re listening. . . .)

Shown against a painted backdrop of dancing women in flowing gowns is a photo of Mitch McConnell standing behind a speaking Lindsey Graham and smiling in approval; the caption is, “inseparable.”

Shown against the same painted backdrop of dancing women in flowing gowns is the text of a post on threads by the user, “chimpinalls,” that reads “in related news, Lindsey Graham just had a 20 minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.”

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Jul 11

Wanted: Experienced Taxidermist. Large mammal project. Must be willing to sign an NDA.

Shown is a parody of the VHS cover for the movie, “Weekend at Bernie’s,” where Bernie is Mitch McConnell and the two fellows holding him up are the orange wankmaggot (sorry, I work very hard to never give that waste of oxygen the respect of using his name) and JD Pseudohillbilly Vance.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Jun 19

Here’s a picture!

Shown is the open lid of a toilet with a small toilet seat tucked up against it.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Jun 8

Sometimes I want to give up and sink to the depths, then I get a picture like this and find the will to keep going. GrandsonOne (11), facing the camera, is teaching GrandsonTwo (9) to play chess; Grandsons Five and Four (5) are flanking their older brother as they watch the big boys play.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· May 21

Got a new EV this week—a little Chevy Bolt. Bye-bye, Subaru, and hello to the $300-$400/mo I was paying for gas

Shown is a picture of the 2027 Chevy Bolt in Relic Green (aka light ugly army green). It’s a small hatchback.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· May 13

I had ordered a set of six of Bridget’s adventures but the cat-loving grandkids talked me out of four of them; these two were the ones I kept for myself.

Shown is a small picture à la Edward Hopper’s painting of a woman sitting alone in a diner except this small painting has a small black and white cat standing on the diner table.

Shown is a picture that is a copy of Whistler’s Mother except the woman is watching a small wall-mounted tv showing a picture of Grandpa Simpson and she has a small black and white cat on her lap.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· May 11

Shown is a politcal cartoon in two parts, the first above the second.

The first part shows two unhoused men with loaded shopping carts of their belongings and the text, “call me a socialist all you want but if helping this guy,”

And text on the bottom photo of a smiling Jeff Bezos in from of a huge mansion “means taxing this guy I’m not gonna lose any sleep over it.”

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· May 10

I did it! I finally did it! I finished organizing my books! My apologies for hyperventilating, but I truly am that excited. Chapter books are still boxed up, but they have to wait til next month because their eventual home will require moving bookcases that are beyond me, so I’ll have to hire help.

Shown is a wall of seven white IKEA Billy bookcases full of books, each bookcase 74” tall and 16” wide,

Shown is a wall of two white IKEA Billy bookcases full of books, each bookcase 74” tall and 32” wide.

Shown is a wall of two oak bookcases full of books. One bookcase is six feet tall and 30” wide, the other six feet tall and sixty inches wide.

Shown is a black kitchen counter, under which are eight small white IKEA bookcases full of books. Each bookcase is 34” high and 12” wide.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 30

These women are from Afghanistan:

Shown is a screenshot of two photos of women in Afghanistan back in the sixties. The first shows nine women posing in a like, all dressed in dresses that hit just below the knee. The second shows three smiling women walking next to each other; two are dressed in mini skirts, with the third being in a knee-length dress.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 29

This is my favorite picture of my beautiful mother from the last couple of years. She looks good for ninety-plus. I’ll miss her for the rest of my life.

Standing against a backdrop of gray kitchen cabinets is a elderly white woman, shown from mid-torso up. Her close-lipped smile lights up her entire face, with her cheeks round and eyes crinkled with happiness. Her short straight gray hair is softly brushed back from her face and she has wire-rimmed glasses on. She’s wearinf a lavender tshirts under a gray pullover v-necked sweater. She is lovely.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 27

A short video of Mom doing her favorite thing in the world, rocking one of her babies. She’s rocking GrandsonFive, with GrandsonFour making an appearance on the floor.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 25

I have one of these. The Resident Retiree keeps our home too cold in winter and too warm in summer, so hard to keep butter on the counter in an ordinary butter dish—it gets too hard in winter and too soft in summer—but this little thing keeps my butter spreadable throughout all.

Shown is an ad from the big selling place for an RSVP International two-piece stoneware butter crock (it sells for $25.85).

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 25

GrandsonFive, youngest of our grands, on our coffee table doing a jigsaw puzzle. He came home with us yesterday and spent the night; I’ll be taking him shoe shopping after breakfast.

Shown sitting on his feet on a coffee table is a small boy in blue pants, white socks, and a blue Hawaiian-type shirt—he’s leaning forward so he can work on the jigsaw puzzle on a plastic tray in front of him.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 20

My mother just passed. I feel like the little tree in this picture—rootless but still connected to the planet by other means. It was several years after my dad died that good books, especially on biblical history, made me think, “I have to tell Dad about this one.” I’m sorry about your dad.❤️❤️❤️

Shown is a photo of a small tree, cut off midair but apparently kept alive by branches connected to a much larger tree that was still firmly connected the the Earth.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 17

Yet another day without a reason to break out the celebratory chocolate. On the plus side, look at what finally arrived! Our friend @brat2381.bsky.social and I are going to the city Tuesday to hear @chanda.blacksky.app speak. Nothing is more fun than listening to intelligent people talk.

Shown are two stacked copies of the book, “The Edge of Space-Time,” by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, with the bottom copy partially visible under the top copy.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 14

I’m at the point in clearing out where I’m framing and hanging up things I’ve been hanging onto. I don’t like mementos in boxes; they should be out to be enjoyed. These are from GranddaughterOne when she was maybe five. (The first says, “once upon a time in Africa there were a king and queen.”)

Shown are two framed pieces of construction paper with childish writing on them. The frames are black and the pictures are hanging on a light green wall. The first paper is a light purple with the big lettering in a darker purple, “Isabel’s Famous Book.”

The second is green, with lettering in both green and purple. The words are placed randomly on the page, with a couple having their letters on different lines. Carefully study reveals that the almost random words actually say, “once upon a time in Africa there were a king and queen.”

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 11

Look at this amazing clowder of cats!

Shown is the single-car garage and part of the front of a rundown house with a roof sadly in need of repair. On the driveway, porch, yard, and top of the garbage bin are cats. Most are orange tabbies, but there are several dark gray tabbies and a cream-colored cat. There are at least thirteen cats visible, but there were more in the yard than are shown in this photo.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 10

@prisonculture.bsky.social Look what showed up in the mail! I cannot wait to read them. Thank you for alerting me to their existence.

Shown are two hardback books. One is, “A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order,” by Judith Flanders; the other is, “Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age,” by Dennis Duncan.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 9

I’m even getting extra kitty snuggles.

Shown in closeup (so mostly just the cat is visible) curled up asleep on a lap; two feet are visible sticking up behind the kitty.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 8

I’m wearing this shirt this morning. Got a fist bump and “RESPECT” from a gas station attendant when he asked me who the 92% was and I told him it was the 92% of Black women who voted for Kamala Harris. From our friend @brat2381.bsky.social’s Etsy shop, comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com

Shown is the front of a black tshirt with text in white, “I Support The 92%” on it.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 8

I saw this Toyota coming across the Bay Bridge yesterday.

Shown is the back of a white Toyota minivan. I cut off the bottom half of the van so the license plate didn’t show.

Below the Toyota emblem, instead of the expected word, “Sienna,” is the word “INSANE” in metal lettering.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 5

This is the six of us with Grandpa Brown on his tractor. From front to back: YoungestSister, SecondBrother (died at 18), NextSister (died last year at 62), me, OlderSister, BigBrother, and Grandpa Brown. 1/

Shown under a big tree and against the backdrop of a small house with a white station wagon parked next to it is a red tractor with a tall, elderly white man holding a blond boy about age 11 on his lap.

Straddling the motorcade of the tractor are five other children scrunched front to back to fit. There’s a little girl about five in the front with a boy about ten just behind her and behind him are three girls about seven to nine. All five of those children have dark hair.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 4

Toby, meet Toby:

Shown under a blue blanket (lifted up slightly by the picture taker), on top of a green and yellow flowered comforter,
Is a curled up gray kitty peering out at the camera. This is Toby.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 4

Our local theatre lets people post messages on their marquee. The sibs did this for Mom five years ago.

Shown is a theatre marquee with the sign, “Vine Cinema” above it.

There are three lines of text on the marquee, the first line’s letters being twice the size of those on the other two lines. All letters are capitalized.

The first line reads, “Ginny Brown is 88!

The second line reads, “6 kids 10 grands and many more.”

The third line reads, “we love you so much.”

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Apr 3

Moose, meet Moose!

Shown on a dog bed covered with a pale pink blanket is a large white hound with black and brown markings. His name is Moose, and he’s 14 years old.

Susan Brown@sactowngrandma· Mar 30

GrandsonFive has been climbing since he learned how to work his arms and legs. If he’s ever missing, look UP.