Karen E. Lund 💙💛 @Karen5Lund@mastodon.social

Updated #Introduction, part 2.

I am a fan of most #sports, especially #Mets #baseball and #Isles #hockey.

Other interests include #walking, especially #nature walks, #parks, #photography, #museums, #cooking, #transportation and #pedestrian #safety, and #HistoricPreservation.

I am not here for dating or sex. You will be muted or blocked.

It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned #introduction toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.

I have a BA in #English and enjoy #writing and #editing. I #blog, do a little #freelance writing, and enjoy #reading #nonfiction.

My professional career has been spent providing #administrative support to #nonprofits. I am also a serial #volunteer.

@Joshi I just don't care.

Anatomically I'm a woman.

I was born late in the Baby Boom (early 1960s) and commonly refer to all people as "guys."

I've been called "dude" by a Gen X woman and "mami" by a Hispanic woman. I was once introduced to someone as my brother's brother, which puzzled but did not offend me.

I've thought about using "it."

The only gender word that ever offended me was when someone called me "sir."

I've put that in my bio: Please don't call me "sir."

It's fifty years since M*A*S*H first aired, and it's stood the test of time.

As far as I'm concerned it's the best television series ever--funny, touching, well-written and well acted.

https://circleofignorance.com/2017/07/14/mash-an-appreciation-for-2017/

Dear Twitter,

This is how muting a term ought to work.

It's quiet at #WildflowerHourNYC on Twitter, so I thought I'd share a few recent flower (and butterfly) photos here:

It's Vikki's birthday again, and that means I'm remembering the crazy conversation in which we found out we'd both been invited to join the Nazi party... and we both said "No."

https://circleofignorance.com/2017/09/07/we-said-no-for-vikki/

I wrote a Common Cause letter telling my Representative to pass The American Data Protection and Privacy Act!.

Write one here: https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-your-representative-pass-the-american-data-protection-and-privacy-act

#DataProtectionBill #DigitalPrivacy #Advocacy

I'm up unusually early (it's 6:30 in my time zone) and apparently only #cats are awake on Mastodon.

Timmy Trumpet is welcome in Citi Field any time. What an adrenaline-charged end to the #Mets game.

Not sure if this is the time to admit this, but I was quite heartbroken when the Mets got Edwin Diaz. Nothing against him personally, but I knew an Edwin Diaz in college and he died very young. Every time I heard the name it was like a small stab in my heart.

Now when I hear the name I also hear trumpets.