Shauna Allen

Senior Medical illustrator, watercolorist, costume-maker, hard-rocking nerd. I love trying new things, learning, and my garden. Collapse-adjusted, she/her.

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Dogs don't have to worry about planning for retirement.

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@NWSBoston We need rain so bad in the CT river valley!

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annual performance reviews are such an awkward blend of "I work hard, but I'm happy to be here, please pay me more"

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I'm having some serious earth-grief over the drought.

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We have a new neighbor; a garter snake that lives behind a rain barrel.

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@be_like_ice Find another ND who regulates the same way.

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‘The Serviceberry’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A cute essay on the gift economy found in nature. #BookReview

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Everyone IRL is talking about the cost of food and gas. 🇺🇸

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Has everyone gotten really weird at parties or is it me?

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@fw_naetoblaq That other people aren’t nearly as concerned with fairness and goodness as I am.

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People laugh at hyper-focus as not a real problem, maybe even a handy productivity tool, but when it strikes me, I can’t sleep, and spend all night working on the project in my head. Usually something I’m excited about. Sometimes this lasts for days.

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I’d like to ask my dog if she ever gets tired of barking so much.

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@bryan_johnson This all makes sense!

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@null_nullspace You can mask or unmask to your comfort and go on about your business and I think eventually the rest of the world will catch up to seasonal masking, or at least thinking nothing of it.

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@be_like_ice Lost a few hours to research that wasn’t on the schedule.

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A very light and fluffy collection of essays/journal entries and recipes on foraging. ‘Gathered’ by Gabrielle Cerberville #bookreview

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I think it's really insane how we're expected to choose a house to live in for 10, 20, 30 years based on what happens to be available during a one-to-two-month timeframe where finances, leases, and loans align.

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I love taking lunch by the fist-full from the ground

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Watching a 15 pound koi fish jump for a bug is like watching a ham try to fly.

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How does anyone find a handyman who isn't shite?