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The Garden Hermit
@gardenhermit.bsky.social
Collector of obscure and useless information, teacher, gardener, single, childless cat lady, crocheter (aka hooker.) Working on restoring the environment on my little piece of the planet and helping refugees and immigrants.
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I always feel like somebody's watching me. 🎶👀
#GingerCats #CatsOfBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Bruno is using his Vulcan mind tricks.
#TuxedoCats #Crochet
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
How can one resist Sylvie?
#TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday
January 31, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Reposted by The Garden Hermit
“Respect for the autonomy and dignity of every person is an ethical imperative and not a favor that we can bestow on others or withhold."

Paulo Freire
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I had an epiphany. In years of therapy of various sorts, no one has ever suggested I recognize and delve into my anger toward my mother. Perhaps it's because mothers are widely regarded as sacrosanct. #Therapy #CPTSD
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The internet has been terrible lately. Post some before and after.

Sylvie and Bruno 2017: The Amazing Two-Headed Kitten
2026: Judging you
January 31, 2026 at 12:59 AM
My presentation on the history of resistance in the U.S was well received, but it was a huge info dump. I think next week I'll break it into chunks and practice our recent grammar point, the third conditional. That's the unreal past:
What would have happened if...? #Teaching #Grammar
January 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
My manic phase arrived just in time for me to build a 48 slide presentation deck 😲 on 150+ years of civil rights protest in the U.S. and bounce around the classroom being passionate about it. 🙃 #BPD2 #Bipolar #Teaching
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 AM
I'm so scared. I have a classroom of immigrants and refugees I have to help understanding what's happening when I hardly understand it myself.
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Mount Tahoma (Rainier) rising through the mist.
#Tahoma #Rainier #PugetSound #PNW #WSF
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM
It's amazing what cold weather will do. Bruno and Jasper do not like each other. #TuxedoCats #GingerCats
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Sylvie is not amused. Pooka doesn't care.
#TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky #DogsOfBluesky
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I went looking for a case for my little origami paper. I found one.
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I wake up with the words,
"I hate you,"
Ricocheting around my head.
You is the operative word,
Not me.
Turn that outward,
Not inward.

I learned not to hate. Let it go. It does not become. But hate is real. It has to go somewhere. Some things cannot be understood. Some things are just hateful.
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The pattern came out very nicely on this one. #OrigamiCrane
January 23, 2026 at 11:31 PM
My first view of The Mountain in the new year. I have half as many opportunities this quarter because I'm teaching in-person only two days. #MountTahoma #Ranier #PugetSound #WSF
January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Today's #earworm, as far as I can see, is completely random. 🤔 🤷‍♀️
#SwingMusic #BoogieWoogie #AndrewsSisters #WW2
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
YouTube video by The Andrews Sisters - Topic
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🚨POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC🚨

When I recovered this cat tree with scrap carpet, I wasn't expecting it to be camouflage. Sylvie approves.
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
My neighborhood.
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Oh, isn't this fun. The copay on my diabetes medication has increased by a factor of seven.
🥳
January 18, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Bruno says it's cuddle time. #TuxedoCats #CatsOfBluesky

(That's Sylvie's butt on the right.)
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I've developed a new therapy. Details in the alt text. #cptsd #therapy
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM