Flaneur Pajamas?

I am easily amused. I learned the word “flaneur” and my brain, raucous tree of monkeys that it is, immediately thought of the flannel pj bottoms I used to wander around in when I was younger and could pull that level of sartorial DGAF, and slapped the word “pajamas” after it. When I think of “flaneur pajamas”, I think of a guy in a nice - perhaps dark plaid - flannel pajama set, with classy, leather slippers on, and perhaps even a walking stick, wandering the evening streets of South Park or Normal Heights, stopping in the odd book shop or café, with nothing to do but please his own mind. This idea makes me so happy I decided to make it the name of the site.

Who am I?

My name is Kristin, and I am all of the following:

Teacher-in-training (the raison d'être of this site). Opsimath. Overthinker. Crone. Bibliophile. Woolgatherer. Pinko. Host to a divergent multitude. Easily fascinated and easily led. Gender-ambivalent, plumbing-indifferent. They/she. Grateful resident on the lands of the Kumeyaay Nation.

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