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I can never move my office chair without first checking for obstructions. #corgisky
Back end of a tri-color corgi-mix dog sleeping happily on the floor under an office chair, mere inches from her perfectly good dog bed. My view pretty much every time I work in my office.
July 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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When people who know you well give you coffee mugs.
Three coffee mugs, one reading "Bless Your Little Heart," one showing Sasquatch in the Columbia River Gorge done in the style of Van Gogh's "Starry Night," and the third reading "Evil Genius at Work."
July 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Chicken Spring has arrived! First new-laid egg of the season. Hooray for that elderly hen who keeps on cluckin'. I can certainly recommend the Andalusian Blue breed of chickens, if you're thinking about a backyard flock. She's been one of the best hens we've ever had.
Freshly-laid white hen's egg sitting on a blue and white checked kitchen towel.
February 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Blep or mlem?
A corgi mix dog with glowing flash-lit eyes with her tongue protruding just a bit more than a blep, just a little less than a mlem. Blem? Mlep?
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Smack!
P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first | CBC News
A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.
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January 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Met a friend for breakfast this morning. Cortado coffee (2 shots of espresso cut with hot milk) and a cheddar-jalapeño bagel sandwich with egg and sausage. Delicious. Buttery. Heart-stopping. I regret nothing.
Coffee cortado in a glass instead of a mug, breakfast bagel sandwich on cheddar and jalapeño bagel with egg and sausage patt.
December 7, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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18 SciFi/PNR Holiday Romances to brighten the season veronicascottauthor.com/2024/11/29/1... #books #booksky #scifiromance #romancelandia
18 SciFi/PNR Holiday Romances
This post first appeared in the Roswell Daily Record… Science Fiction and Paranormal Romance authors are quite creative about writing alien or shifter romances with holiday themes and a numbe…
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November 29, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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"We heard there would be snaxx."
Two corgi mix dogs peek out from under the coffee table at their humans who are eating cheeeeeeese.
November 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Today my book, As Many Ships As Stars hits the shelves. The link at the publisher is below, it is also for sale at Barnes& Noble and Waterstones. www.android-press.com/product-page...
As Many Ships As Stars (paperback) | Android Press
Click Here to order the EPUB edition of this book. Also available onAmazonBarnesandNobleViewpoint Books In a future where Earth is ravaged by the greed of the wealthy, one woman's desperate act of def...
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October 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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I guess those two new washable dog kennel mats belong to the cat now. *sigh*
A Siamese cat sleeps on two dog kennel mats placed on top of a dog kennel.
August 28, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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when ur mom tells u how pretty u r
Two corgi mix pups gazing adoringly up at their photographer. On the left, a tricolor with melting brown eyes. On the right the blue-eyed merle. Pretty girls!
August 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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The Assistant wishes you and your cats a very crabby International Cat Day.
Black tabby with gray stripes and cranky ears
August 8, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Pre-Orders now LIVE. An Indigenous Futurist retelling of the story of how the Quahadi band of Comanches acquired horses As Many Ships As Stars begins in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the near future and centers around space travel. Release Date Oct 8, 2024. www.android-press.com/product-page...
As Many Ships As Stars (paperback) | Android Press
Click Here to order the EPUB edition of this book. In a future where Earth is ravaged by the greed of the wealthy, one woman's desperate act of defiance becomes a journey of transformation and decolon...
www.android-press.com
August 2, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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I think we can safely classify our next-door neighbor's philosophy of riding lawnmowers as "DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT."
July 31, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Hey peeps: it's Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death's #audiobook #ReleaseDay!
This weird little story about the love between the Angel of Death & the waitress at a breastaurant doesn't fit exactly anywhere, so if you're on the fence, please feel free to #AMA.
books2read.com/MollyMolloya...
July 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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One of my long-leggety corgi mix pups didn't quite make it out of bed. Points for trying!
Tri-color corgi mix dog naps, half in and half out of her dog bed.
July 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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Adventure dogs go adventuring!
#corgisky
Two corgi mix pups smile for the camera from a camper’s dinette bench
June 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Pickle flavor taffy.
Two wrapped, green pieces of pickle flavored salt water taffy.
June 15, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Pinky vs. the Demon Moose
on walkies today
#corgisky
A merle corgi faces off against a cranky metal sculpture of a moose
June 14, 2024 at 5:18 AM
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Would you like to write your next novel in Ursula K. Le Guin's Portland studio?
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/y...
You Could Write in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Former Portland Home Studio
The Le Guin family has donated the science fiction novelist's former house to be used for a new writers residency
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June 13, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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RELEASE DAY: The Fall of Waterstone www.lilithsaintcrow....
Lili Saintcrow | RELEASE DAY: The Fall of Waterstone
It’s that time again–another book release! The second book of The Black Land’s Bane is now in the wild, ready for your delectation. The Fall of Waterstone Solveig and her shieldma…
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June 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Some bird outside chirps EXACTLY like a smoke alarm with a low battery. At 5:45am. Better than 3:00am like a real smoke alarm.
May 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Why yes, that dog bed IS in a chair. Your point is?
Corgi mix pup sleeping while contorted into a donut dog bed with a bookshelf behind her.
May 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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The most fun this miscreant has had all day: riding 50' in the car when I moved it out of the driveway. "Load up!" Best words ever, right behind "Hungry?" or "Ball!"
A red, black and white tricolor corgi mix pup lounging on the rug.
May 8, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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Just typed "THE END" to a book that's lived in my head for more than 10 years. Hooray! Now to let it get cold before I pick it up again to revise the draft.

All together now: Ahhh.
(Contemporary romantic suspense, 72K words, featuring a very good dog and an angry feral pig, among other things.)
May 1, 2024 at 12:24 AM