I've talked a lot about our toys, and why we make them, but I figure I should explain again.

I make the toys that I want to see in the world.

I've been collecting toys for years, but those toys are so often made by or in service of corporations that want to lock up our culture and burn our planet.

So I created my own characters, started writing, mined the public domain, and started making my own toys and telling my own stories.

Stories that don't enrich some far off corporation or overstuffed capitalist, toys that are made sustainably, by people who are being paid a reasonable amount of money.

We tell stories that reflect our values, it's #CommunityMedia, and we're making toys that reflect those values too.

It's one part #anticapitalism, on part #openculture, and a small dose of #smallThings

We can't do it without your support, so if you see something you like in the toys that we make, boost it. If you want something, and you can afford it, buy it.

Ask questions, help us tell stories.

Thanks.

Glass Earth
#photography, #potd2026, #photoaday, #pad2026-039, #glassearth, #marble, #smallthings

Switched my Spectrum mobile to Visible+ since it was going from $30 to $40 a month, and Visible had a promo code for $5 off = $30 a month for 60 months. It was relatively easy to switch and went smoothly. I’m excited at the prospect of saving $120 a year this year. In the past, I would go to my local Spectrum store and try to get hooked up when the price rose, but I decided to try the Visible+ plan. Will see how it goes. 😀 #smallThings

So yeah, if you can make it out to Asheville this weekend, come see us at the Designer Art Toy Show.

There will be a few dozen other artists, all showcasing art made entirely outside the corporate system.

These are toys made without the influence of corporations, by real people, in an act of defiance and revolutionary joy.

There's a lot of bad in the world right now, but this is one way for us to find some good.

#asheville #SmallThings #revolutionaryJoy

Growing up, during cold winter weather I was taught to check on our neighbors. Not only the elderly on the street, everyone nearby to make sure they were ok.

We helped each other shovel snow, shared stories of what we've been doing, and as kids, built snowmen and snow forts.

Today, I helped our 90-year-old neighbors carry groceries from their car into their house.

Checked on our 30-something single neighbor as well as family of 3 teenagers and mom to make sure they were ok.

#SmallThings

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."

Roger Nash Baldwin

#quoteoftheday #SmallThings #Start #Resist

But here is an idea for your next “This has been my year” recap. You don’t have to think in highlights. Yes, seriously.

Especially if you are a marginalized person, like me, who doesn’t experience
a lot of highlights or wasn't able to do special achievements.

Small things matter too.
Small things can be joyful.
Let’s celebrate the small things this year, shall we?

2/2

#smallthings

Large and Small, Done and Undone

Wishing you all a happy winter solstice ✨☺️
Here's to the small things in life: the smallest Witch hat I made this far 🫣 so tiny!

#witchesofmastodon #crocheting #smallthings

Enjoying my new one-handle kitchen faucet. We had a two-handle kitchen faucet for years.

Now I can turn on the water with my forearm when my hands are sticky, and not get the handle sticky.

#SmallThings

Stealing @aleen's #SmallThings idea for a moment to say "I sent an invoice!" Yay me for doing the thing!

(Now I'm getting back in bed with my book.)

I am enjoying nearly everything about MacOS after abandoning Windows some time ago. The exception is Finder (MacOS) vs File Explorer (Windows). I am sick of Finder creating a new directory (aka folder) in the root, rather than the directory that I want it created in.

I have just found a right-click option in Finder - "New terminal at folder". So I can right-click on the directory where I want to create a sub-directory, open a terminal window at that folder and then "mkdir" a new subfolder. Woohoo!

#SmallThings

pretty leaf

#photo #gardentooting #winter #ice #SmallThings #leaf #LeafPeeping

#KleineDinge, ganz groß:

Winzlinge unterwegs,
offenbar das "schöne" #Wetter genießend.

#Schnecke #Regen #Garten #Herbst
#smallthings #snail #weather
#rain #garden #autumn