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Before it was our visibility day, it was our anniversary. The marriage didn't last, but good things don't have to last forever to be worthwhile. Happy Bi Visibility Day to those who celebrate! And happy ain't-iversary to my former spouse. Wishing you all the happiness.

Woke up to silence: The air conditioner is not running. It is below 72 degrees. This is the day long awaited! O happy silence! Welcome fall, welcome rest!

Made a teeny rubber stanp yesterday.

Today at work: Making sure people have fun at an outside event with a local blues band. Being a librarian is awesome.

Personal record #TenMinMerlin today with THIRTY TWO BIRDS!!

it's a beautiful day today. 48° and rising. 17 birds on the #TenMinMerlin. and the visibility is a quarter of a million miles.

Sat outside like a weirdo watching the birds in the sky, doing my #10MinMerlin (13 birds today!) and looking at the yard. We had some yarrow spring up this week!

as I observe the birds, I am also observed

Sitting on my porch in the dawn hour doing my #10MinMerlin and realizing there are just as many birds here in the city as at my parents' house (fewer waterbirds though-- they have a pond and I don't). Also, this is heckin serene.

Advantage of visiting my folks who live out yonder off the pave road: #TenMinMerlin got 14 birds!

My entire life I have known that we went to the Moon, before I was born. I've always known that we could go back, sometime-- but today I finally believe I'm going to live to see it. Forget about the Second Coming-- I'm here for the Second Going.

This I believe: following the season of sorrow and loss, there is a day breaking, and the return of the beloved. I am trying very hard to believe in that coming dawn. Happy Transgender Day of Visibility, and may there be a happier one.

This month's take-home kit was "Little Creatures"-- the history and pre-history of little animals we've made of clay. And then we made animals out of clay! These are mine:

Merry Christmas, dear ones! Love is born anew into the world!

Dear Glitchen with whom I played Glitch (oh best lost game) many years ago: I hope that you have found the kindness and preposterous silliness of Glitch somewhere, whether in another game or here in this life that we share. After all, we only have a long while to play, until someday we awaken.

Sometimes I pick books for my staff picks shelf that tell a little story: Someday, if you are lucky, you will outlive your parents, and that's all right. You should rest, too. And make new friends! Being a grown-up requires skills. Here are some skills-- it's never too late!

A friend of mine had a very unexpected pet loss, and for that and many other reasons, I have added "pay attention to my boy" to my daily checklist. Not that I wasn't doing it before, but I never ever want to doubt myself.

I put on the cat TV yesterday. it was greatly enjoyed.

I woke up this morning to darkness and silence. The morning is cool, and that means that after a long summer of working continuously, the air conditioner is not currently running. O happy darkness and silence! Fall is coming! The pecans will ripen soon!

Crafty brunch yesterday with a friend! Colored another tiny book cart (I may end up with a collection of these).

The viewing is superb! All the colors of nature are represented! ...no it's not leaf time yet. It's Bisexual Visibility Day and I wish you the happiest day! (It is also the 30 year anniversary of the day I got married. Happy ain't-iversary to my ex, may we both prosper.)

Rare sighting of the sweet baby! (This is my partner's cat Mjolnir. Checkers, my black and white cat, is the spicy baby.)

Working at Litfest, a free library event with tons of great info for authors and would be authors. The in-library cafe has a special menu just for today. I ordered the quick lunch before the fighting begins, and it was pretty good!

Ordering glue sticks (as you do as a librarian who makes take-home kits) and I am tickled that the quantity options for this brand are: 2 glue sticks 4 glue sticks 30 glue sticks 60 glue sticks 480 glue sticks I wanted a few more than 60, but not like THAT. (Getting 2 boxes of 60.)

Y'all, Tiny Bookshop is a librarian's dream. Start the day with 40 books, recommend books (ACTUAL BOOKS) to folks based on what they say, and decorate your little trailer! Super cute cozy fuzzy vibes, real soft music that isn't intrusive. I played 4 hours yesterday and only stopped for bed.

Did your friend write a book? Do you know what you can do besides (or in addition to) buying a copy? ASK YOUR LIBRARY to get it! I've had "request Tim Lopez's Kickoff Kitchen" on my calendar since I heard it was coming out in August. (My library lets you request 30 days in advance.)

Someday I'm going to have a bicycle with a basket, for my lunch, and ride it to work. And it will have a little bell that goes ding ding ding. There's a lot of things between me and that bicycle right now (more than I can explain), but it is still in front of me and not behind. Ding ding ding.

Made a stamp today! It's based on a picture of Checky doing the big stretch.

so I feel like this is pretty good for a first time, but also it was a lot of fun. can't wait to do some cat ones.

Working on a new skill!

yesterday I watched the sunrise from eight stories up across the river, and this morning it's cloudy skies through a dirty window and I couldn't be happier because I am home.

Exactly 4 years ago today was his gotcha day! just look at him here, realizing that he gets to be his goofy little weirdo self for the rest of his life because I'm going to love him no matter what.

The only other place to find weather as perfect as today is deep in the memory vault, in grandma's yard, cicadas buzzing, riding the bicycle in circles with the handlebar tassels streaming. Can't be there, so it's good to be here.

We got a rug! It is in heavy use!

Best part of being a librarian: getting to just absolutely rave about @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social 's amazing cookbook, Color Texture Taste, to someone who's going to LOVE it.

We lost our last feral cat to illness last week, and both my partner and I have been seeing, out of the corner of our eye, a cat in the garage, on the drive, in the yard. We've taken to announcing it to each other: "Driveway's haunted." "Sidewalk's haunted." (there is no cat)

The Captain's ship has departed for the far shore, where he will be greeted by all his kitty friends. We'll miss you, Captain Pai. Fair winds and following seas.

Our Captain Pai is soon to sail into the west. He's tired and ill and all his kitty friends are gone. When we humans are near the end, sometimes we are visited (and guided on) by our beloved dead. I hope the same is true for cats.

And today we remember how we learned that those we love who have died are not simply in the past, they are waiting for us in the future. Happy Easter. May love return to you, even if you don't recognize it at first.

I saw this ad for dresses made by SvahaUSA and the woman in the ad straight-up pulled a box of crackers out of her pocket. I immediately ordered one and I am here to say that it's comfortable and the pockets are AS SHOWN. (That's a full sized can of Pringles in the pocket.)

Today is Best Cat's Day! He would want you to always be kind to strangers, because you never know who might have a donut. He loved everyone (including children and the vet), and lived peacefully among us for almost two decades. I miss him (it's been 10 years) but he is in my heart always.

It's Trans Day of Visibility today, and World Backup Day too. Wishing all my dear ones a safe day, and preparation for a future in which we are all safe and nothing we treasure is lost.

Some things are not going great. But I got a new (to me) Pyrex bowl on Thursday and I made myself a bowl of guacamole rice, sesame chicken (leftover) and tiny tomatoes, and it was delicious.

Got to use my loud librarian voice today, but unfortunately, it was to bang on somebody's door and tell them that their house was about to catch fire.