Vicki Haddix

@vickibostonslp

Clinical Associate Professor, SLP, AAC #AugComm #ATchat & UDL. #BskySpeechies Other interests: books (romance, mystery, nonfiction), travel, jazz, hockey, Memphis Grizzlies, wine, & cheese; she/her

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Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· 18d

I’m loving seeing all the @romancingthevote.com auction wins & buy it now purchases come in! Here are mine that arrived this week. I’m looking forward to reading the book & using the cards to send actual mail, while supporting voting rights.

The book Little Miss Petty by Sally Kilpatrick & a notebook & stickers with this theme

Notecards made with cheese wrappers from Reading Vermont Artisan cheese. They are red & white with a large R.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· 20d

I got a mocktail version at an outdoor jazz festival in Belgium. It looks a bit like an ultra healthy smoothie but it was delicious & refreshing on a hot day.

A non-gin basil smash mocktail held up in front of a crowd in front of a band on stage

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· 28d

My @peculiarityshop.bsky.social hoard (aka Dragon’s Den mystery box) arrived & it’s gorgeous!! They all fit different moods & I will so enjoy wearing them. Thank you to the fabulous creators!

Three bracelets displayed on a white woman’s wrist. One bracelet is all silver and has two dragon heads biting a ring. Another has purple and white beading with a central flower design. The last is a series of purple beads in a pattern that looks a bit like I picture dragon scales.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 8

I have been cranky all day for various reasons & this video where the whole stadium sings along has been cheering me up so I thought I’d share. From #BTS #Arirang Day 1 Brussels

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 6

After BTS in Brussels, I went to Ghent, where the #GentJazz festival was happening! I hadn’t known that until I got to Belgium, but happily I got to see Lakecia Benjamin, Stanley Clarke, & the Terence Blanchard/Ravi Coltrane tribute to Miles Davis & John Coltrane. A great music (& food) week. 3/3

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 6

Most of the reason I went to Belgium last week was because my friend had an extra #BTS #Arirang concert ticket. My intro to k-pop was spectacular. I have absolutely become a fan. And people are so generous with their maker skills. I got handed posters, keychains, cards with lyrics. It was great! 2/3

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 6

I went to Belgium last week & had a great time. I spent an afternoon at the Museum of Musical Instruments. I was there ~12 years ago & regretted not getting the audio tour (I was on a shoestring budget). Now the audio (& some video) are included! 1/3

A trumpet/trombone like instrument with 7 horns. Composers wrote music for this! But apparently the fingering was really difficult & it didn’t catch on. Trombonists preferred their slide.

White harpsichord with two keyboards and a scene painted on the top

Of course there was a theremin in the collection, on the basement level

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Feb 14

It’s been a stressful week but the Girl Scout cookies arrived so Bowie has a new box to occupy & I have treats & we are feeling a little better. #Caturday

Fluffy black cat in a brown cardboard box

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Feb 1

More insights from #ATIA2026 coming as I gather my thoughts now that I’m home, but I went to Maker Day yesterday & made this gorgeous fidget spinner!

A fidget spinner made from a CD, a marble, a bottle cap, & sparkly beaded stickers

Directions for making the fidget spinner in the first photo. Ingredients: CD, marble, bottle cap. Tools: glue gun, cup. Step 1: place CD shiny side down on the cup. 2: put marble in the hole in the center of the CD & glue it in place. 3: Turn CD over, position on cup, & glue bottle cap covering marble. 4: Remove spinner from cup, grasp bottle cap & spin!

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jan 10

It’s been a minute since I posted a #Caturday photo so here’s #ProofOfCat Bowie. He’s trying to hang on in this new year & hopes you are, too.

Fluffy black cat reclining on a pink blanket covered cat tree resting spot. One paw is outstretched, holding on to the side. His ears are perked up & his eyes are looking warily at the camera

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Dec 27

One more #corgi photo before this account returns to the regularly scheduled cat posts. Connor had a great time playing in the snow on our walk this evening.

A corgi boosting himself up to take a sniff of snow covered bushes

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Dec 21

My mom’s corgi, Connor, is helping me show off my newest @peculiarityshop.bsky.social purchase. I got some gifts & couldn’t resist a new shiny, pretty bracelet for myself.

A happy corgi getting ear scratches from a white woman wearing a bracelet made of 4 strings of green, silver, & black beads

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Nov 22

One major work project is finished for now so I’ve had the brain space to read other nonfiction & this book from @thewaroncars.bsky.social people is high on my TBR. Bowie is (somewhat) patiently listening to me agree loudly as I read on this #Caturday. #ProofOfCat

The book: Life After Cars, resting on a leg and a fluffy black cat with his head turned toward the camera resting next to that leg.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Nov 8

Bowie’s innocent, “I have no nefarious intentions whatsoever” look is just precious. #Caturday

Fluffy black cat looking up at the camera with wide eyes and his ears perked up. He is sitting partially on a shoe, under a chair.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Nov 1

This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a photo of Bowie in the classic Halloween arched black cat pose! #HappyHalloween #BlackCats #ProofOfCat early #Caturday

A fluffy black cat on the floor in a semi-arched pose, side eyeing me

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Oct 29

Great ISAAC session from Beth Poss & Mary Katherine Dally on building skills with building blocks. Great ideas about making blocks more accessible to everyone. And yes, I was building a microblock panda while I listened! #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies

Zoom slide showing the 8 stages of block play, from carry and tote to building block structures that represent objects for pretend play

Laptop open to slides about block play. On a table there’s a microblock panda as well as sorted piles of very small white blocks

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Oct 25

I need another cocktail. The Memphis #Grizzlies have been so bad tonight that it took until 7:38 left in the 4th quarter before they scored the 86 points that the Miami Heat had in the first half. 😱

Basketball court with the arena scoreboard showing Miami Heat 129 & Memphis Grizzlies 86

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Oct 18

It’s everywhere! The monthly cheese club box from Jasper Hill Farms included a charming treatise on the alchemy of cheese making & this Curds Not Kings was on the back. #NoKings

A black & white graphic captioned “curds not kings” with a man holding a cheese wheel & a skeleton

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Oct 5

Wonderful Jon Cleary show at the Overton Park Shell in #Memphis tonight. I love when my favorite New Orleans musicians make it up the river.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Oct 1

October is AAC Awareness Month so I’m going to try to post about this at least a few times a week. Starting with the upcoming sales on apps. Lauren Enders Gonzalez always makes a great graphic for this event! #AugComm #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #AACAwareness2025

Graphic displaying all the sales on AAC apps & services that are happening on various days/weeks in October. I don’t think I can transcribe all of that into this alt text space but please DM if you need more information

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Sep 20

Bowie & I are enjoying a chill weekend. He has been cuddling with his new pickle toy all week. 😁 Hope everyone is having a lovely #Caturday! #ProofofCat

Fluffy black cat looking up at the camera while resting his head on a fuzzy green pickle toy

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Sep 5

Hey #BskySpeechies & #SLPeeps- colleagues at the University of Memphis are exploring knowledge, perspectives, & clinical use of GLP with a survey. If you have 10 minutes, we’d love to hear from you. Open internationally. Link to survey: memphis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Announcement and recruitment flyer for a research study from the University of Memphis exploring speech language pathologists’ knowledge, perspectives, & clinical use of Gestalt Language processing theory.

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Aug 30

It’s been a few weeks since I did a #Caturday post. Here are a few photos showcasing Bowie’s love of packaging. Sure, treats may come inside packages but the real fun is the actual packing material! #ProofOfCat

Fluffy black cat sitting on brown paper packaging

Fluffy black cat playing with a shiny strip of paper that I pulled off when opening a box

Fluffy black cat looking right at the camera and sitting on a package of squeezable cat treats. Part of the red plastic package is not completely torn off & it’s clearly just teasing him with its existence, as he is calmly explaining to me why he’s been attacking it

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Aug 17

Adios Puerto Rico! It was a shorter trip than usual this year but I got my beach time in and got in some reading on the lovely porch. #Vacation #PuertoRico

A brown pigeon on a bench looking at the camera. In the distance is the beach

A night photo, with the tree leaves looking a deep yellow/orange shade and the dark navy blue sky, lighter blue clouds, and ocean waves if you zoom in. There’s a woman & small dog walking up from the beach

A porch with a dark gray couch and bright pink, green, & purple pillows. The big windows are arched and filled in with fancy curved grillwork. Through them you can see more arches and greenery

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Aug 10

Bowie is very supportive of me trying out eucalyptus sheets to stay cool at night, especially when they come in this perfectly sized, comfortable box. #Menopause #Caturday #ProofOfCat

Fluffy black cat in an open box. The upside down text on the box’s lid reads: tuck yourself into luxury and wake up refreshed

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Aug 2

Bowie is supervising my yoga session from the safety of his current most favorite box. He is sharing his opinions about my cat/cow pose quite loudly. #Caturday #ProofOfCat

Fluffy black cat in a white box that is on it’s side in front of a green yoga mat

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 20

Bowie was really trying to use telekinesis here to get the yogurt on the table within range of his mouth. (He did eventually get a taste, so perhaps it worked!) #Caturday #ProofOfCat

Small fluffy black cat staring really hard

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 18

My @peculiarityshop.bsky.social mystery box arrived! Each time I get one I think- this is amazing, nothing can top this. And yet look what these makers have done from prompts about my favorite colors, oak trees, & passionflowers. I adore this. Thank you! 🥰🥰

The packaging creating anticipation- 3 small white tissue paper wrapped jewelry with stickers of each maker’s name. Also the Peculiarity Shop business card and a gorgeous fae sticker.

The packaging is now open and 3 gorgeous bracelets are sitting atop the white tissue paper

White woman’s wrist displaying 3 bracelets- one is bead woven with black on the outer parts & jewel tones on the inner parts. Another is green and purple braided nylon (?) with a silver tree pendant in front of a swirly green pendant. The third has two strands- one has passionflower shaped beads and the other white-ish & gray-ish beads.

White woman’s forearm with a passionflower tattoo wearing the passionflower bracelet

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jul 12

My favorite recent Bowie photos- I mentioned that a friend told me about a cat who liked to hang out in the bathtub & play with the water. Bowie was horrified and after clearly telling me to keep that information to myself went into hiding mode. #NoBathsForThisCat #ProofOfCat #Caturday

Fluffy black cat in a box with a horrified expression on his face

Fluffy black cat is now curling up to hide from the world in the little box

Vicki Haddix@vickibostonslp· Jun 21

A short Bowie vignette for #ProofOfCat #Caturday Photo 1: a cat arguing that, even though he did topple the treat container & consume half of it overnight, he needs more treats now. Photo 2- a cat very annoyed that he hasn’t won this negotiation (yet).