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A. Katherine Black
@akatherineblack.bsky.social
370 followers 480 following 150 posts
Writer of SFFH, survives on a steady diet of monster movies and coffee, SFWA, Codex, Odyssey '18 and YPO '24,
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akatherineblack.bsky.social
Today's travel read!
hand with green painted thumbnail holding a grey book, titled "Frankenstein (by) Mary Shelley", with dark blue, anatomically correct hearts on the hard cover, and behind the book is a row of chairs from an airport waiting area
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
If I don't have a new story written next week, I'm holding this fortune cookie accountable. 🥠
small, rectangular piece of paper lays on a table decorated with plants, near a takeout box with rice and chopsticks - on the paper is written "Next week will bearing a surge of motivation."
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Was listening to @travisbaldree.bsky.social 's Bookshops & Bonedust on the drive home when the car suddenly drove itself to the local bakery...
rectangular flat box on a white countertop, box is pink on the edges with pictures of coffee and donuts on the top, and an oval loaf of bread on the top partially covers the words on the box: fresh donuts
September 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
cozy, floofy kitty buddy
chubby orange cat with dark orange stripes laying on his side on a green and white crocheted blanket, his front paws curled in, eyes partly open
September 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
I get it! From a Northern MN hike yesterday...
giant grey statue in a field with trees in the background, tree leaves turning color for fall, statue of a woman from the shoulders up with long flowing hair made of tree branches
September 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Feels like she's about to tell me a juicy secret.
large wooden troll sculpture, troll sitting on a slope against a tree, one leg bent under the other and leaning forward, winking
September 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Troll sighting in MN!
large wooden troll sculpture in a clearing in the woods, peeking out from a tree, making a silly face with tongue sticking out and hands up at its ears
September 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
That closet won't organize itself, she said, and then she baked little cakes instead.
white rectangular plate on a white countertop, with two individual-sized rectangular cakes on the plate, each with two yellow cake layers, a yellow/orange frosting between, and a thick chocolate drizzle on top, behind the plate are a silver and a red teapot and a white bottle with a rainbow octopus on it
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
I'd for sure get those chores done, but there's this tiger holding my leg hostage, so...
person's leg with grey sweat pants stretched out on a blanket, with an orange striped cat resting against the leg, his paws laying atop the leg
September 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
tfw kitty gives you an excuse to put off doing laundry...
Black rectangular laundry basket tucked between hanging clothes, a black and white kitty curled up sleeping in the basket, atop crumpled blue clothing.
August 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
The little guy may have failed the pea test, but princess or not, he's still our little snowflake.
tall stack of blankets leaning against a wall, many colors and weaves, with a green/gold landscape painting on the wall and a window to the side, and an orange cat curled up sleeping atop the stack of blankets
August 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
I may be an empty nester, but no way am I gonna stop buying the fun snacks.
small package of Mother's brand "mighty dynamite dinosaur cookies" with images from the Jurassic World movie on the package and of frosted dinosaur shaped cookies.
August 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
post a random picture or everything will go bad in August (not superstitious at all, nope, but Pierre kitty here suggested better safe than sorry...)
orange cat sitting on a green and white blanket, visible from shoulders up, looking straight at the camera with dark eyes and ears bent slightly back, in a very serious expression
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
kitty, two ways
orange cat in the foreground nestled and sleeping on a blanket in the corner of a couch, another orange car in the background, sitting on a cat stool looking out the window at the green pines, a cat tower with orange and green faux maple leaves next to the window
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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on a calm, cool MN evening
a harbor with calm water below a clear blue sky, a line of large rocks in the forefront, reflected in the still water, and in the distance a lighthouse on the right, white with a middle green stripe, and water beyond
May 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
It's a great weekend to support your local indie bookstore!
Visited one today, going to visit another tomorrow...
Five books in a slightly fanned out stack on an orange leather chair, the top book is Orbital by Samantha Harvey, with a cover of colorful planetary bodies in a blue space, the next book title is visible, Caliban and the Witch, with the picture of a woman's head visible, wearing an old fashioned bonnet, the rest of the book covers and titles are not visible.
April 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
So many birdies to watch, so little time.
View of the backs of two orange cats sitting in front of the windows of French doors, looking outside, where there's a wooden patio and grass beyond.
April 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
I think the kitties are asking if it's time to move?
wood floor by front door, windows in background, two open cardboard boxes on the floor, one in the foreground, one in the background, each with an orange kitty sitting in it, looking at the camera
February 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Friday sunbeam
an orange car lays on a wooden chair next to a table where another cat lays, sunlight coming in from the other side of the chair and covering both cats, who are facing each other
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
my coworker
Orange cat laying on its side, sleeping on a fuzzy grey mat, with trees and snow visible through the window behind it.
February 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Neighborhood bunny stopping by to say hi.
View through a window of a brown rabbit sitting on a deck, one eye on the window, snow just beyond.
February 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
When it's -21 degrees outside, best to stay under the covers with typewriter, coffee, and kitty.
View from above of part of a lapdesk holding a silver portable typewriter/word processor and red china mug of coffee, on top of an orange tropical patterned bed spread, with an orange kitty curled up nearby
January 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Pierre the Cat demonstrates how to do Saturday.
Orange cat laying on a tan blanket on a red leather chair, cat half curled and tilted to show his belly, paws curled in, tail curled in, looking into the distance
January 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
Post your favorite photo that you took in 2024
Looking through a window at a nighttime scene, a pine tree slightly tilted to the left, a light shining high and bright behind it, snow covering the ground, other trees nearby
December 31, 2024 at 4:21 PM
akatherineblack.bsky.social
the coziest of cozies
picture taken looking down on a red recliner seat with a blue blanket on it, two orange cats sleeping on their side on the recliner seat, their backs against the arm rests, heads facing each other, paws stretched out to touch each other
December 20, 2024 at 2:40 AM