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August 7, 2021
Chickie Objects #Caturday #TipperAndChickie
HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! The deer cat made me really mad this week. She was out by the playhouse, not very far from the porch. Mommy was hanging out the laundry, and that lazy deer just kept on eating! She didn’t even offer to…
August 6, 2021
Hope And Work #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline
There’s actually hope from Washington. According to an article on the Climate Solutions website, 2021 Washington climate wins are real byVlad Gutman-Britten: The Climate Commitment Act, the Clean Fuel Standard, the HEAL Act and new policies to address natural gas pollution were all built around…
August 5, 2021
More #Imaginarium #ThursdayDoors
We had a great room, even if there was a suspicious red blurt of something on the windowsill. At least it was on the OUTSIDE of the window. Here is the view out of our room door. The convention office was immediately to the left…
August 4, 2021
Amazing #1LinerWeds
#4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, will be in the field this week, excavating artifacts. Another team did the shovel tests and the feature locations, and now Sara and her team will do the actual excavation and collection. Her bestie, the equally amazing Mr. Z,…
August 3, 2021
Hot And Cool #Vegan
You know I love eggplant. I can get beautiful ones at the farmers market, so I feast in the summer. Charlie was distinctly cool about eggplant, so our deal was we only ate it during the summer, which I tried not to take advantage of.…
August 2, 2021
Not Throwing Away My Shot And I Don’t Mean Vaccination #MondayRecommends #NailArt
I’m talking about HAMILTON. I had to subscribe to Disney+ so Sara could show me the Marvel movies, and HAMILTON, a film of the Broadway production, was on so I took my shot and watched it. OH. MY. GOD. If you’ve only heard the soundtrack,…
August 1, 2021
Sunday Snapshot: Curvilinear
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about something at once straight and not straight. MA
July 31, 2021
Tipper Tries Hard #Caturday #TipperAndChickie
Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? My momma won’t listen to me, no matter what. She keeps going out, no matter how cozy I make things here at home. I try to give her interesting things to take pictures of. But she still…
July 30, 2021
Thank God For Financials #Fridays4Future #ClimateStrikeOnline
It’s getting harder and harder to find glimmers of hope, with wildfires and record heat and floods and droughts coupled with global inaction from many governments and international organizations. And I know that, if all climate degradation ended RIGHT NOW, things would still get worse…
July 29, 2021
Imaginarium 2021 #ThursdayDoors
So Per Bastet Publications represented at Imaginarium 2021. We didn’t miss last year, because the convention was held online. This year, it was online AND in person. Sara Marian did a couple of online panels, but T and I were strictly be there or be…
