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August 2, 2025
Caturday: Adi Gets Got
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #calico #calicocats #scottishfold #scottishfoldlovers #Adi #AdiLadyFluffington #FrauleinProfessorOverknocker Hewwo. Um, I’m Adi, okay? It’s a little cooler now, an EverMom is leaving de catio window open again. But she got tired of telling me not to sit inna chair under de window…
July 31, 2025
Thursday Doors: Sara In Segovia
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt These are the last of the pictures Sara has sent me from her trip to Spain. Next week, we’ll either be back to my wonky shots or she’ll take pity on you and find more from her archives. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME…
July 29, 2025
Food Tuesday: Bacon Jam
#FoodTuesday #writingprompt @learningtosmoke I got ambitious on Thursday and made bacon jam. I saw it on an Instagram video for jalapeno smashburgers by Dead Greg’s Recipes, which is also on YouTube, and searched for other recipes with which to compare it. The one I basically…
July 28, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Drama and Subtlety
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I was watching Grey’s Anatomy but I stopped because, IMHO, it jumped All The Sharks in Season 4. I’ve switched to ER, because 1) I like doctor shows and 2) it started airing in 1994. Since it’s…
July 26, 2025
Caturday: Chickie Makes It Happen
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! Mommy went away again last weekend and she came home with a black eye! Tipper and I think we should go with her next time. We would attect her. If anybody came up…
July 24, 2025
Thursday Doors: Sara in Segovia
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Here are some more doors from Segovia, Spain, from Sara: Below, from the department of That First Step Is A Doozy: Below, a relic of Rome: A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Something old that catches interest more than something new. MA
July 22, 2025
Food Tuesday: Another Kind of Stuffed Peppers
#FoodTuesday #QuickAndEasy #writingprompt I made these for the convention we went to this past weekend. They’re multicolored seedless sweet peppers stuffed with cream cheese, sour cream, Penzeys Krakow Nights (salt, black and white pepper, sugar, coriander, garlic, mustard, marjoram, mace and savory), and Penzeys dried…
July 21, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Gravity and Books
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt So this happened. We went to another convention this past weekend (Imaginarium, the best creative writing festival ever) and, as I was carrying the very last two plastic bags of snack chips down Sara’s steps to the…
July 19, 2025
Caturday: Tipper Does Yoga
Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? Momma was gone one weekend and we all got SO TENSE. I had to do yoga. Then I had a baff. The girls wouldn’t do yoga with me, so…
July 17, 2025
Thursday Doors: Segovia
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Sara sent me more doors. These are from in and around Segovia, Spain. She calls the one below “Ever So Many Doors”. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A golden castle MA
