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Lisa M. Bradley 💀
@cafenowhere.bsky.social
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Queer, disabled Latina spec-fic poet/author/editor. Work in LeVar Burton Reads, Fantasy, Lightspeed, Uncanny, & F&SF. Poetry Editor for Strange Horizons. www.lisambradley.com
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Migraine bedside
On wooden side table, an orange translucent water bottle, a purple Kleenex box, a cream colored coffee mug reading “nightmare before coffee”, and a pink sleep mask with “off duty” embroidered in white
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The moment I saw the skeletal Highland cow at the store, I knew I must claim the bizarre bovine for my lawn. Now battle ensues.
On a leaf scattered lawn, ghosts on stakes watch the battle unfolding between a giant inflatable green-and-black spider and an inflatable skeletal highland cow.
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Last night I completed this puzzle based on Kim Smith’s rendition of the Norman Lykes house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I picked it up in the gift shop when we visited Taliesin a couple of weeks ago. I love that it looks like an abandoned spaceship.
A jigsaw puzzle image of an adobe home, set against soft-peaked mountains in the Phoenix desert, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The sky is a cloudless blue, the mountains a darker blue, and the earth surrounding the home is brown and black with cactus and small bushes. The house looks both futuristic and timeless.
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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I finished this puzzle when I returned from my women’s retreat. I’ve done it before but I loved it so much I kept it and came back to it years later. Artist info in alt text
Jigsaw puzzle: Colorful Ram by Erika Pochybova. An illustration of a horned ram from the neck up posed among a riot of colorful flora. The ram is rendered in warm stripes of brown, yellow, and red. Every stripe is further enhanced by different colored polka dots and “stitches.” The flowers and vines are similarly patterned.
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Not a great week for me, except for Exhuma and my rewatch of Kill List.
The “Recent Activity” panel from my Letterboxd profile page showing that I watched What Keeps You Alive, The Beast, Thunderbolts, and Exhuma. What Keeps You Alive and Thunderbolts got 2.5 stars, The Beast 3, and Exhuma 4.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Day 28–I can’t believe the month is almost over! Today’s book is My Heresies by Alina Stefanescu. I almost didn’t buy this book because the cover squicks me out.
The cover of My Heresies by Alina Stefanescu: pink with sans serif text in gold at top and bottom. In the center is a realistic disembodied tongue stuck through a gold ring with the word “poems” in cursive over the ringed part.
August 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I’ve got to decide if I’m going to glue down a few last items, but it’s pretty much complete! I added the pumpkins for a seasonal touch.
A miniature coffeehouse with working overhead lamp and stuffed to the brim with various drink paraphernalia, baked goods, and plants. There’s a table on the patio.
August 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I also kind of watched Kpop Demon Hunters. It was on while I worked on my latest build. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
Screenshot of Letterboxd Recent Activity including 4 films: Relic, Weapons, Vox Lux, and Baskin.
August 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Thankfully @josejimenez.bsky.social was able to get me an English instruction manual and I’m making progress.
Photo of the interior of a miniature coffeehouse mid-construction. There’s an olive green door, menu board, and clock on one wall, some coat hooks and a shelf on the other. The floor looks like wood planks and there’s a black and white checkered door mat that matches the lower half wall tiles.
August 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Woo! The anthology This Exquisite Topology is now available. It includes my humorous poem “Bewitched Border”, about a group of brujas who stand with the ancestors and against border patrol.
A graphic featuring a block of text on the left and a colorful book cover on the right. Text reads: a collection of happy abstractions edited by Naomi Simone Borwein and Chun Hyon Lee New work from some of the best spec fic writers today! Featuring Geoffrey A. Landis, Stewart Baker, Colleen Anderson, Akis Linardos, Cliff McNish, Marisca Pichette, Lisa M. Bradley, and more. angrygablepress.com THIS EXQUISITE TOPOLOGY
August 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I was so excited that my newest building project—a mini café—arrived today. A little less so once I realized…the instructions are in Chinese. Fortunately it’s mostly an illustrated guide. Between that and Google translate, I may yet prevail.
Box of a DIY miniature café with outdoor seating and a bakery case at the counter
August 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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It’s been a slow month because we’ve been watching Poker Face and finishing Twin Peaks: The Return. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
A screen shot of my recent activity on Letterboxd: Lynch/Oz, The Amateur, Phantasm, Cleaner.
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Coming back from our vacation, we stopped in an antiques store in Illinois and I picked up this old matching game. Though called Bird Wonderland, it includes a bat and a lobster on the game cards, which tickles me. The latest patent number on the cards is Sept 15, 1914.
An old cardboard boxed game called Bird Wonderland, which is labeled “Child Improvement Games” and features seven common birds and a bat. Most recent patent number on the box is July 23, 1912.
July 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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This is the puzzle I worked on during my sick time last week. I did it without consulting the box top, but I remembered it was a grid of dog faces, of course. That actually worked against me because I thought it was a regular, aligned grid, not offset like the actual.
Jigsaw puzzle featuring 15 different dog portraits on variously colored backgrounds including a border collie, dachshund, pit bull, German shepherd, poodle, and others.
July 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Last night I completed this Bonjour puzzle called “Dove lake”. For extra challenge, I tried not to refer to the box top and was mostly successful. No artist info provided, but “Hebe. Studio” appears in the bottom left corner.
A jigsaw puzzle of a lake scene. The density and color of plant life suggests a tropical locale. Mountains rise in the background under an orange sun.
July 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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A picture of the inside of the typewriter, before installing the letter strikers, roller, etc
The innards of a Lego typewriter, including the colorful gears that make the carriage move
July 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This is what’s been keeping me going for the last week. Now I need a new project to distract me from the world and my woes.
Lego vintage-style typewriter with a mint or eucalyptus green casing
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Oops, forgot one
A set of 15 variously shaded wood panels scored and painted to create hundreds of distinct rectangles reminiscent of aerial shots of suburban subdivisions but also of kente cloth. Some of the rectangles are yellow, green, and red. Transit 2002 Black afara, ofo, oyili-oji, and ovoro woods and tempera paint Purchased with funds from the Stanley-University of lowa Foundation Support Organization, 2002.106 a-o El Anatsui Ghanaian, 1944- For El Anatsui, the continual rearrangement of Transit's fifteen panels, and the cut-up shapes burned into them, evoke the violent scars of colonial rule and the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, when European businessmen planned the subdivision of Africa. At the same time, however, these visual elements also suggest the geometric style and strip-woven composition of kente cloth, once reserved for Ghanaian royalty and now a popular symbol of African heritage for men and women around the world. Tránsito 2002 Maderas negras afara, ofo, oyili-oji y ovoro, y témperas Comprado con fondos de The Stanley-University of lowa Foundation Support Organization, 2002.106 a-0 El Anatsui Ghanés, 1944- Para El Anatsui, la reorganización continua de los quince paneles de Tránsito y las formas cortadas quemadas en ellos evocan las cicatrices violentas del dominio colonial y la Conferencia de Berlín de 1884- 1985. cuando los empresarios europeos….
June 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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An untitled Rothko of three vertical panels of colors between red and magenta. Along the edges of this portrait-oriented painting one can see a yellow base coat. Untitled 1968 Acrylic on paper mounted on Masonite Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 1985.49 Mark Rothko Russian / American, 1903-1970 Sin titulo 1968 Acrílico sobre papel montado en masonita Donación de la Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. 1985.49 Mark Rothko Ruso / estadounidense, 1903-1970
June 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The surreal painting on basketweave fabric “A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobweb” by Joan Miro with red and black as the dominant colors. Une goutte de rosée tombant de l'aile d'un oiseau reveille Rosalie endormie à l'ombre d'une toile d'araignée [A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobwebl 1939 Oil on basketweave fabric Mark Ranney Memorial Fund, 1948.3 Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983 Une goutte de rosée tombant de l'aile d'un oiseau reveille Rosalie endormie à l'ombre d'une toile d'araignée [Una gota de rocío que cae del ala de un pájaro despierta a Rosalie, que dormía a la sombra de una telaraña] 1939 Óleo sobre tela de armadura de cesta Mark Ranney Memorial Fund, 1948.3 Joan Miró Español, 1893-1983
June 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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A few of my favorite pieces from today’s trip to the museum:
A large metal “coffin” in the shape of a bright pink fish. There’s a barely visible horizontal line that is the hatch where it opens. Fish coffin Ga style 2017 Northern white pine, acrylic paint, fabric, foam, metal Stanley Museum of Art, 2022.14 Eric Adjetey Anang Ghanaian, 1985- In 2017, the Stanley Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of "fantasy coffins," or abebuu adekai [receptacles of proverbs], by Anang, commissioning the work seen here. Figurative coffins like this were first made for burials in Ghana. They continue to serve funerary contexts there and around the world. However, this coffin was not made in Africa, nor was it made for an African funeral. Is it authentic African art? How does it engage with the canon? Ataúd de pes Estilo ga 2017 Pino blanco de tela, gomaespi Stanley Museum Eric Adjete ghanés, b. 19 En 2017, el r organizó un fantasía", o de proverb encargó el ataúdes fi los prime entierros en conte del mun no se hi un fune autenti…
June 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I worked on this jigsaw over the weekend. Soon I’ll take it apart so I have room for a Lego build.
1000-piece jigsaw puzzle “Woodland Magic” by Elena Essex, featuring a variety of mushrooms in watercolor, including morels, fly agaric, and violet webcap.
June 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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The roofers are finished and my cat and I are getting reacquainted. Here he is on an easier day, looking down on me from his cat tree.
Yoshi, a grey and brown tabby cat, looms over a couch in his carpeted cat tree bucket in front of a window. The window has a bright green curtain on one side and a view of leafy trees on the other.
June 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Because 4 yr olds shouldn’t be representing themselves in court
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April 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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This photo doesn’t capture half the beauty of these treasures from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social. Thanks so much, artists! I’m absolutely delighted!
A photo of jewelry arrayed on black and silver moon-themed tissue paper. There are two necklaces, one in gold, black and opalescent beads and the other in blue, silver, and a giant pearl pendant. There are three pairs of dangly earrings: gold and silver starbursts; opalescent crescent moons over blue faceted stones; and blue, cratered moons.
March 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM