About Me

Hi, I’m Maggie, aka Magpie.

To sum myself up, I’m just an average 37 year old trying to make the most of every day. I spend an inordinate amount of time as a musical sellsword in order to help finance my History teaching habit. Making ends meet as an adjunct professor can be time consuming, but in what little free time I do have I like to read, write, make things, and play video games.

I’ve been blogging on and off on various platforms for about 20 years, and it’s become a hobby that I value dearly as a way to keep some perspective in my life and keep myself from becoming a work-a-holic. My schedule is crazy for most of the year, and my main historical research interests are kind of dark and can really wear on the psyche – lots of death, sorrow, unprecedented destruction, and the worst possible sides of humanity. So, I make an effort to surround myself with bright and happy things as much as I can. I also have a deep appreciation for memes and I use the em dash and parenthetical asides WAY too much in my informal writing.

My husband, Jim, and I have two black labradors named Haruka and Hatsumi. The two of them make appearances here occasionally, and often on my instagram/instastories. I also talk about dog related things sometimes.

Other than that, there’s not much more to say. Anything else you wish to know, you can probably find within the posts of Magpie Making Do!