Manda M

@bettesays

The nicest goddamn dame that ever lived. 📍Twin Cities transplant 🚩 standwithminnesota.com

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Manda M@bettesays· Jul 12

(More) good news for the timeline: My sister and brother-in-law's puppy is a belly flopper

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 9

Oh no - confirmed on the webpage 😭

A screenshot of the locations coming soon from the LuluLand Adventure Park webpage

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 9

Experiencing a real reaping/sowing situation this week regarding the work I did *not* do last week when I decided to start vacation early on WEDNESDAY. Saw this guy and found it inspiring last night, but not as much today, tethered to my desk. Maybe it will inspire you though - it was really moving!

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 3

Okay, it is REAL summer now. It was summer*ish* before, but it’s officially the real deal. Meanwhile, we are two minutes into this game and the kid behind me just asked, “Wait, is it intermission…?”

The St. Paul Saints and some other team that’s not as cool playing at CHS field on a fairly clear July evening

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 2

Something like this?

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 2

My hometown and surrounding counties looking just as I expected. "But there must have at least been a lot of good German food...". One would think! But, nein. Thank gods Toledo was only a 25-minute drive away.

A map showing the ethnicities (all German) of a group of counties in Northwest Ohio.

Manda M@bettesays· Jul 1

A picture that captures your essence. ✨ *Please note my sublime happiness at riding public transit for the first time (in this case, Atlanta's MARTA system to Peachtree plaza).

A picture of a young girl with long unkempt hair, pulled back by a white headband, wearing a puffy light blue jacket and yellow embroidered sweatsuit, riding public transit and looking sublimely happy.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 30

Woe to insecure men in shadowy robes, so threatened by love they dare attack the moon 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍⚧️

The Moon is Trans
By J. Jennifer Espinoza

The moon is trans.
From this moment forward, the moon is trans.
You don't get to write about the moon anymore unless you respect that.
You don't get to talk to the moon anymore unless you use her correct pronouns.
You don't get to send men to the moon anymore unless their job is to bow down before her and apologize for the sins of the earth.
She is waiting for you, pulling at you softly, telling you to shut the fuck up already please.
Scientists theorize the moon was once a part of the earth that broke off when another planet struck it.
Eve came from Adam's rib.
Etc.
Do you believe in the power of not listening to the inside of your own head?
I believe in the power of you not listening to the inside of your own head.
This is all upside down.
We should be talking about the ways that blood
is similar to the part of outer space between the earth and the moon but we're busy drawing it instead.
The moon is often described as dead, though she is very much alive.
The moon has not known the feeling of not wanting to be dead for any extended period of time in all of her existence, but
she is not delicate and she is not weak.
She is constantly moving away from you the only way she can.
She never turns her face from you because of what you might do.
She will outlive everything you know.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 26

At least two of these movies are best watched going in with as little backstory or googleable information as possible... #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky #letterboxd

A screenshot of a viewers Letterboxd recent activity that shows title cards for Clockwatchers, Key Largo, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, and Wuthering Heights

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 26

Always slightly terrifying to suddenly be reminded that there are like 100 Blue Jays somewhere in there among the backyard foliage.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 25

Even if it's not immediately obvious, there are signs that my sister and I were raised on a steady diet of Montessori X Jim Henson.

A screenshot of a text message conversation between siblings. The text says, "This one single astilbe bloom is being weird and reminds me of Beaker from the muppets 🤣" and is accompanied by a photo of said Astible bloom.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 25

If you would have told me a few years ago that I'd be buying [HARD air quotes] "Croc toes," I would have slapped you. But my nephew is turning 13 and loves nothing more than pranks and Crocs, so here we are. My sister is going to be so (justifiably) mad at me because they are truly horrible! 😆

A pair of plastic "croc toes," (an appalling accessory you can insert in the tops of croc slides) sit menacingly on a wooden tabletop.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 20

I feel like the Jim and Tammy Show might be a good fit for this list...

Two hand puppets from the seventies with a text overlay that says, "OOPS! There comes a smile - Songs & Stories by Jim and Tammy & their Friends"

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 17

Ended the work day with bunches of teeny-tiny paper scraps I didn't know what to do with, so now I'm making handfuls of teeny-tiny 1-inch by 1-inch collages to save for play. In case you ever wanted to know how I meditate.

Nine colorful 1-inch square paper collages arranged on a piece of unfinished balsa wood.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 15

Update: Mission so very accomplished

A tablet sitting on a wool blanket-covered lap. In the background there are porch chairs and table with a stack of books.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 12

1st art mail delivery! I love my bracelets @usagikumihimo.bsky.social - thank you so much! Thinking it's the year to revisit an old summer style favorite and sport a couple as anklets...

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

Heyyyy…this is an alien stick finger thread, not a witch stick toe thread...!

A mossy stick that looks like a witch toe, being held up over a butcher block counter.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

This one learned they could go-go-gadget their pointer finger to stealthily poke random buttons at star base, and their mom said, “knock it off or it will stick that way....do it ONE more time Xerdon…I S-WEAR to GOD….” and guess what…

A stick that looks like a knobby alien finger jointed in multiple spots, making small zigs and zags, sitting on a butcher block counter.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

This one likes filling out tedious paperwork. It takes frequent pauses to mindlessly tap the pen back and forth on the paper, a nervous tic it developed a few months ago after receiving a somewhat unsettling transmission from the mothership.

A stick that looks like a knobby little alien hand holding a pen next to a paper form sitting on a butcher block counter.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

Here's one with a broken finger. ☹️ (Probably tried to break up a squirrel fight 😬)

A stick that looks like a knobby little alien hand with a broken finger being held by the hand of an actual human, a butcher block counter in the background.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

There are a bunch of knobby twigs in the backyard after last night’s rain and they all look like little alien hands and fingers. I love them, so I’m going to break up work time with a mini thread… (🧵 1/?) This one is a reminder to phone home...

A stick that's shaped like E.T.'s finger sitting on a countertop with a hand next to it trying to illustrate the E.T. fingertip touch thing.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 10

🚨 Just happened to see Do the Right Thing is playing at the Grandview in St. Paul on Thursday, June 25th! I've been waiting a long time to catch this one in a theater manntheatres.com/theatre/83/G...

Rosie Perez dancing in the opening credits of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. She's wearing a short, tight red dress cinched at her waist with a thick black belt and is dancing in front of a set of brownstones cast in a warm light.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 9

PSA: This is the best face sunscreen I've ever used in my life. Great if you don't like wearing much makeup, don't like spending money on makeup, and/or (like me) typically forget to put on sunscreen.

A bottle of CeraVe tinted hydrating mineral sunscreen sitting on a wood desk

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 5

The mini entry porch has louvered windows and it feels like a rainforest in there atm, but the peonies love it. They've fully opened and are glorious! My uncle (good with arrangements) would probably jokingly say this is an example of "nothing succeeds like excess" (eyebrows raised) but I am smitten

An early summer arrangement of peonies and leafy green + plum colored foliage in a turquoise vase sitting on a warm wooden side table in a light front entry porch.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 5

Check out 1998’s Drylongso on @criterionchannl.bsky.social (and go look for director Cauleen Smith’s more recent multimedia art and installations). #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky #letterboxd

A screenshot from Letterboxed showing thumbnails of the cover art for four recently watched films. From left to right, Drylongso, Boys Go to Jupiter, Architecton, and Stray Dog.

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 5

Bedside table summer still life

Light pink and magenta peonies in a small vase sitting on a black metal bedside table in front of a gold lamp and a stack of books

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 5

Same over here

light pink and bright magenta peonies in a small vase on a black desk sitting in front of a stack of books

Manda M@bettesays· Jun 1

The screened-in porch is officially open for another season. Don’t knock - just come around back.

A screened-in porch lit with market lights, surrounded by a verdant green landscape.

Manda M@bettesays· May 29

Spent the afternoon and evening with one of my favorite people at the MN History Center. Always a treat to go there with him, as he helped design the building, has endless stories about it, and is very good at telling them. Ask me about this window sometime…it’s a good one.

A man pointing out an architectural detail on the 3rd floor of the Minnesota History
Museum

Manda M@bettesays· May 25

It's my favorite temp and I know I won't be able to sleep, so I'm ignoring my piles of laundry to kick off a hot week with Kurosawa's Stray Dog at the Trylon @9:15. Seems like the best move. If you are a fan of extremely sweaty movies and/or Toshiro Mifune looking sexy as hell, come and sit by me