Kate(rpillar)
@bramblebites.bsky.social
Archivist/reference librarian; lifelong book nerd; cat person; tea fiend. She/they.
Ad for a local market from 1889. I have so many questions.
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ad for a local market from 1889. I have so many questions.
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
September 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
It seems like we could all use some cuteness, so here are Cole (orange) and Maggie (calico).
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It seems like we could all use some cuteness, so here are Cole (orange) and Maggie (calico).
I mixed up some PVA/methylcellulose (literally called “mix”) for bookbinding at work today, and the number of people who thought it was yogurt and said it “looked tasty” has me worried, so…
July 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I mixed up some PVA/methylcellulose (literally called “mix”) for bookbinding at work today, and the number of people who thought it was yogurt and said it “looked tasty” has me worried, so…
BEHOLD! My degree just arrived!!!! I wish it specified library science, but hey! This weird little first-gen cryptid got a flippin’ MASTERS DEGREE. 😭
March 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
BEHOLD! My degree just arrived!!!! I wish it specified library science, but hey! This weird little first-gen cryptid got a flippin’ MASTERS DEGREE. 😭
Maggie, who is very sweet but has never made the leap into being a lap cat, has just crawled into my lap of her own volition and is purring. Happy day! Ofc now I can’t go get the snack I was thinking about, but it’s worth it.
January 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Maggie, who is very sweet but has never made the leap into being a lap cat, has just crawled into my lap of her own volition and is purring. Happy day! Ofc now I can’t go get the snack I was thinking about, but it’s worth it.
A few photos of the exhibit! It looks shockingly professional, given that I am neither a photographer nor an artist.
January 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A few photos of the exhibit! It looks shockingly professional, given that I am neither a photographer nor an artist.
I did a deeply silly exhibit at work, and can now professionally cite that something came to me in a dream.
![An artists statement on a purple-ish background. Statement reads: This exhibit came to me in a dream.
No, really. I was asked to put together an exhibit for January, and I agreed knowing that I'd have a few months to figure it out. I'm prone to stress-dreams; they usually take the form of: "it's the end of the semester, you signed up for Advanced French [I don't speak French], you never attended class, and now you're failing and there's no way to fix it." Super fun.
After I agreed to put an exhibit together, I immediately had a dream that it was suddenly January, I'd forgotten about the exhibit, and now my coworker and I were scuttling around the Library with burlap sacks, stealing the tchotchkes off coworker's desks to put on display. It was very cartoonish and honestly hilarious, and out of that dream (and sharing it with coworkers), this very real exhibit came to be.
Librarians are fun people. We're a little weird, and we also tend to collect things. The things on our desks not only enliven our spaces, but also tend to have stories attached to them. Some were gifted by patrons or friends, others were acquired in the wild and brought in. Whatever they are and however they came to be on our desks, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
This was a collaborative project in every possible way, and it couldn't have come together without the help of everyone at the
Public Library-especially
Chuck, who mediated between myself and the printer. Thanks, Y'all, for going along with my deeply silly idea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sq7dn64xxw6zt4eec5nymbuf/bafkreifoi6lb34b54ufmhoivfpkrngmuafobl2pwd23lint7irxggcetia@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I did a deeply silly exhibit at work, and can now professionally cite that something came to me in a dream.
This intro title needs to calm down just a bit (this book is about copyright law and archives).
December 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
This intro title needs to calm down just a bit (this book is about copyright law and archives).
Two very different books that I’m excited to read while I have a couple of days genuinely off.
November 30, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Two very different books that I’m excited to read while I have a couple of days genuinely off.
Decorating library book carts is all fun and games until someone makes Nightmare Wheelie Wonka.
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Decorating library book carts is all fun and games until someone makes Nightmare Wheelie Wonka.
Feline photo dump!
October 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Feline photo dump!
Sometimes, the universe bestows a library book cart upon you, and you get to repaint and decorate it for your home.
August 31, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Sometimes, the universe bestows a library book cart upon you, and you get to repaint and decorate it for your home.
A painting my great-grandfather made to troll art critics at a festival. Titled “Agony of a Doorknob,” Roy entered this in an art fest in the late 50s, labeled as “sold, $350.” Apparently critics lost their minds trying to figure out who painted it. (Printer’s ink on wood)
July 9, 2024 at 3:01 AM
A painting my great-grandfather made to troll art critics at a festival. Titled “Agony of a Doorknob,” Roy entered this in an art fest in the late 50s, labeled as “sold, $350.” Apparently critics lost their minds trying to figure out who painted it. (Printer’s ink on wood)
Maggie in the sun.
July 2, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Maggie in the sun.
It’s Lottery Day! Repping the best I can at work with what’s in my closet. Note to self: get a Lottery shirt.
June 27, 2024 at 1:31 PM
It’s Lottery Day! Repping the best I can at work with what’s in my closet. Note to self: get a Lottery shirt.
I don’t have a Lottery-specific shirt to wear, but I’m doing my best!
June 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I don’t have a Lottery-specific shirt to wear, but I’m doing my best!
@catsofyore.bsky.social Thought you might enjoy this postcard.
April 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
@catsofyore.bsky.social Thought you might enjoy this postcard.
Cole and his magnificent whiskers.
April 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Cole and his magnificent whiskers.
Colcannon (orange) and Maggie (calico).
March 15, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Colcannon (orange) and Maggie (calico).
Library/archives school is sometimes weird. This is an official LC subject heading, and for some reason it’s the note that it can be subdivided geographically that really gets me. I’ll never see the Muppet Movie the same way again…
March 4, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Library/archives school is sometimes weird. This is an official LC subject heading, and for some reason it’s the note that it can be subdivided geographically that really gets me. I’ll never see the Muppet Movie the same way again…