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RB if you think CD drives in computers are not obsolete, but in fact still necessary, despite being artificially phased out

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Pretty nice walk today, it’s definitely Spring

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GEESE

GEESE!!!

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rb and tell me what’s your most re watched movie.. and be honest

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talked to a hunter the other day about wanting to get into hunting bc the idea of sourcing my own meat very much appealed to me but i killed a crab once when i was 12 and i still think about it so idk if i have the stomach to actually kill another animal and he was like well did u eat it? and i was like yeah. and he was like … and u still felt bad? and i was like yeah. and he was like well if u kill a deer thatll probably make u forget all about the crab

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I judged it on the summary on the back and the first page or two. I bought it for its cover.

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There were so many butterflies on my walk today. Also there's antelope horn milkweed!! A plant I can identify!!

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Wizard worm just emerged from a wizarding hole! Lucky you!!!✨🪱🪄🍀

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me seeing a mutual's happy post: "hell yeah buddy :)" *hits like*

me seeing a mutual's sad/vent post: "aww no buddy :(" *hits like*

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Some new book stickers available on my shop today! I turned a few of my old book drawings into stickers and they’ve turned out pretty well

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Plants from today's walk

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sybil and her sams <3

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Finished painting a set of pendants for a commission about Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic expedition. Endurance, whales, Frank Hurley and penguins. Sea pottery officially captured my brain.

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Books of the Month: March 2024

A look back! I read more books in March than I thought I had, but it's getting busy in my world of finishing the academic semester/prepping for summer camp, so the reading-for-pleasure pace is slowing considerably. Here's some books from my March that I liked and would recommend!

Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves: First in the Shetland mystery series (I think there is a TV show based on these; from what I can tell there are several differences between show and book series). I've been reading a lot of mysteries that are a little shorter, and feel more quickly written? or something - they aren't bad, but don't take time with the narration. Cleeves writes thoughtfully about people and place and plot. I enjoyed it.

The Seas, by Samantha Hunt: What a funky little book. Is the young woman narrator psychotic, or is she actually a mermaid? Don't go in expecting a solid answer to that question. The book keeps you guessing.

Point of Honour, by Madeleine E. Robins: Not quite like other Regency mysteries, this is set in an alternate historical world where the Queen is regent (but her health declining). Meanwhile, Sarah Tolerance is a Fallen Woman who lives at her aunt's brothel, but prefers to earn her keep by being an inquiry agent who dresses in men's clothes regularly and is very very good with a sword (thanks to her deceased lover). Maybe you can see why I liked this book. Now I just need to get my hands on the third in the series (not at my library! or available through ILL!)

Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir: I guess if you haven't read this yet I can't convince you to? I will say that I don't have the same exact kind of brain rot over the characters in the lesbian space necromancer books as some tumblrites (this is not an insult, I get brain rot over other characters, it's just very subjective) but I do find myself thinking almost obsessively about the plot threads and reveals and everything whenever I read these books. And tearing up occasionally. It's just good writing. And plot ideas/setting concepts that no one else has ever had in the history of the world.

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trains are superior because they go through beautiful places and sometimes you get to see the mysteries

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Books of the Month: March 2024

A look back! I read more books in March than I thought I had, but it's getting busy in my world of finishing the academic semester/prepping for summer camp, so the reading-for-pleasure pace is slowing considerably. Here's some books from my March that I liked and would recommend!

Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves: First in the Shetland mystery series (I think there is a TV show based on these; from what I can tell there are several differences between show and book series). I've been reading a lot of mysteries that are a little shorter, and feel more quickly written? or something - they aren't bad, but don't take time with the narration. Cleeves writes thoughtfully about people and place and plot. I enjoyed it.

The Seas, by Samantha Hunt: What a funky little book. Is the young woman narrator psychotic, or is she actually a mermaid? Don't go in expecting a solid answer to that question. The book keeps you guessing.

Point of Honour, by Madeleine E. Robins: Not quite like other Regency mysteries, this is set in an alternate historical world where the Queen is regent (but her health declining). Meanwhile, Sarah Tolerance is a Fallen Woman who lives at her aunt's brothel, but prefers to earn her keep by being an inquiry agent who dresses in men's clothes regularly and is very very good with a sword (thanks to her deceased lover). Maybe you can see why I liked this book. Now I just need to get my hands on the third in the series (not at my library! or available through ILL!)

Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir: I guess if you haven't read this yet I can't convince you to? I will say that I don't have the same exact kind of brain rot over the characters in the lesbian space necromancer books as some tumblrites (this is not an insult, I get brain rot over other characters, it's just very subjective) but I do find myself thinking almost obsessively about the plot threads and reveals and everything whenever I read these books. And tearing up occasionally. It's just good writing. And plot ideas/setting concepts that no one else has ever had in the history of the world.

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Library book + warm afternoon (in between small storms) + ingenious method to keep drink stable and reachable = a very pleasant hammock experience