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Cathy Crea
@cathycrea.bsky.social
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Community College English and Reading instructor in White Bear Lake, MN. Chronic migraine. Knitter, bookbinder, metalsmith. She/they 🏳️‍🌈 Trans rights are human rights
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This is out my bedroom window!
Silhouette of bare trees with the deep red glow of aurora borealis behind them
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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I made a fascinator for Halloween.
A small witch hat made of black felt. It has a purple band and spider webs embroidered on it in light gray and silver thread. It is about 4 inches tall. The same small witch hat as in picture #1, but with my hand picking it up for scale. It is about the size of my palm.
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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My partner says, “I love a good French dip sandwich as much as the next person, but… “
A postcard reading “You are invited to a Peace of Mind Seminar. We invite you to learn more about how planning for your final wishes may shield your family from unnecessary emotional and financial burden.” These words are superimposed on a photo of a French dip sandwich with a cup of au jus and crinkle-cut fries.
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I’m sure this is fine…
A screenshot of the vaccines.gov website, saying “Please enter a valid 5-digit ZIP Code” under the ZIP code box. (*My zip code is correctly entered but I blacked it out.) The site says at the top “The functionality of this website may be impacted while it is being updated.”
September 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Two loaves of shokupan (milk bread). One chocolate and one <Paul Hollywood voice> over-proved
Two loaves of home-baked bread sit on a wire rack on a glass-top range. The one on the left is darker (chocolate) and the one on the right is slumping a little. There’s a tile backsplash in the background. One tile has a prairie chicken on it, because this kitchen is elderly.
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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This vandalism appeared overnight in my neighborhood
A temporary fence in front of townhomes under construction. “Diversity = White Genocide” is spray painted on the fence.
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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A hand-lettered sign reads “‘I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE’ -Representative Melissa Hortman”
June 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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trump take egg
Empty spaces where eggs usually go in a dairy case at Trader Joe’s.
February 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I’m always amazed they leave me unsupervised with all this stuff.
A counter with eye drops, eye covers, and a big plastic eyeball model. A jumble of equipment in an eye doctor’s exam room.
January 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I borrowed a popover pan from my local library! We had ham and gruyere popovers for dinner.
A pan of popovers in odd shapes sits on a glasstop stove.
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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50 degrees in White Bear Lake. House was built during the Nixon administration.
A meat thermometer held under a stream of tap water at 50 degrees F.
January 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Oh hell no
Screenshot of a photo from a Buy Nothing Group post from Facebook offering shrimp cocktail with a “sell by” date of 6 days ago
December 31, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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This chai spiced pound cake smells amazing. Thanks, @louisathelast.bsky.social for calling out the recipe. www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/chai...
A swirled reddish-brown Bundt cake sits on a cooking rack
December 1, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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This asshole demands vigorous scritches on her haunches while she is on the bed and sometimes she leaves the bed to yell at us to come to the bed where we can pet her

The clean and folded laundry is hers, obviously
A cat with black fur on an orange comforter surrounded by folded laundry
November 4, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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I spent the weekend in New England and it was so autumnally New England that an oak leaf fell into my mouth
Autumn in a New England cemetery featuring a winding road, tombstones, a bright blue sky, and red, orange, yellow, and brown leaves on trees and the ground
October 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Hello Brazil here are my cats
A black longhaired cat and a black shorthaired cat are looking in opposite directions, posed like they’re in some sort of buddy movie
August 31, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Proof of cats
A dark gray/black fluffy cat and a sleek black cat lie curled up together on a blanket
June 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Quote skeet this with a photo of graffiti or street art from your phone
Graffiti on a concrete wall reads “lean” ? with the words “algae,” “tiles,” “brain,” and “head” written inside the letters.
February 10, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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I have finished an entire tube of lip balm. This may be my most Minnesotan accomplishment ever.
A tube of lip balm with the cap off. “Crop Art” is printed on it. If you look carefully, you can also read “Wild Rice” and see the tail of a blue ribbon printed on it.
January 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Fluff and Stuff. Fluff has a haircut in this photo. Their government names are Bougainvillea (Stuff) and Magnolia (Fluff).
Two black cats, one shorthair and one shaved longhair, snuggle together on an orange comforter.
January 17, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Better investigate.
Jessica Fletcher of “Murder She Wrote” is at the front of a classroom. She and several students appear to be looking at the silhouette of a black cat, because a black cat is sitting right up against the TV screen.
December 17, 2023 at 3:13 AM