cawhit.bsky.social
cawhit.bsky.social
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Librarian
Certified Specialist of Wine
Certified Specialist of Spirits
Human companion of cats, hounds, tarantulas, and isopods
Social Libertarian and First Amendment Supporter
Motto: "Learn Something Every Day" and "What's the Worst That Could Happen?"
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 8: Jerry Jeff Walker, Viva Terlingua
January 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A Nation of Cats: Turkey. Let us not forget that Olympic shooter Yusuf Dikec (Turkey) is a Cat Dad.

www.sapiens.org/culture/cat-...

#Cats
#Turkey
For the Love of Cats in Turkey
In feline-friendly Turkey, an anthropologist considers what long-standing practices of caring for cats reveal about human societies.
www.sapiens.org
December 31, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 7: John Cougar (i.e., John Mellencamp), American Fool.
December 31, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Many things I had now known about President Carter and many others I had forgotten. How to cook a possum, for example.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...
Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100 (Gift Article)
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Saw a lot of ads for "White Elephant Gifts" and "Ugly Christmas Sweaters" . . . for sale. Do people actually go out and buy these things--and new, not at the thrift shop?

www.uglychristmassweater.com

#UglyChristmasSweaters
#WhiteElephantGifts
Ugly Christmas Sweater | Funny Xmas Sweaters for Men and Women
The Best Ugly Christmas Sweaters for Men & Women in 2022! Great Deals on Trending Ugly Xmas Sweaters. Adult Humor, Tacky, Sexy, Naughty, Light-Up, 3D & more.
www.uglychristmassweater.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:27 PM
December 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM
December 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Reposted by cawhit.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter left one last parting gift for Trump after his death at 100 on Sunday. Since the American flag flies at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings after the death of a former president, on Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, all flags will be at half-staff in Carter's honor.
December 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I like to wind my yarn by hand rather than hauling out my ball-winder. It is relaxing and meditative. Unless this happens. Love the yarn, though!
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#Knitting
December 30, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 6: Kinks
December 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by cawhit.bsky.social
Banjo is intrigued.

#Banjo
#Cats
December 29, 2024 at 6:53 PM
We have Welsh Rabbit for dinner every Christmas Eve. This NYT recipe is very easy and not as messy as others. The Chowning Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg serves the best I have ever eaten. (See comments)

#WelshRabbit
#WelshRarebit
#Cooking
#Vegetarian

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1908...
Welsh Rarebit (Published 2006)
cooking.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Veggie Egg McSteve with veggie sausage and tomato.

#Cooking
#Vegetarian
December 29, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 5: Woodstock
December 29, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The Oregon Trail is 50 years old. It is one computer game I have actually played.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

#ComputerGames
#Gaming
#OregonTrail
December 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 4: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Sloppy Seconds
December 28, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Almost-finished shawl made with Nori Akari.
www.ravelry.com/projects/cwh...

#Knitting
December 28, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I want to see "Nightbitch" after I read the book. In this interview in Bust magazine, one thing stuck out like a sore paw. "The starlet co-optioned the bestseller and sent it over to director Heller to gauge her interest in adapting the book for a film." Yup. Starlet.

bust.com/unleashing-t...
bust.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Best Cat Dad ever!

#CatDad
December 28, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Exactly: "But others say bills like Sullivan’s are ideologically driven censorship cloaked as concern for children."

wapo.st/4gPxewX

#Censorship
#Arkansas
Judge rules Arkansas law threatening librarians with jail unconstitutional
The law, which threatened imprisonment if librarians or booksellers provided ‘harmful’ content to minors, violates the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled.
wapo.st
December 27, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Journalists are the bravest people in the world. They are witness to everything from atrocities in war to local government corruption--and nobody has their back.

Motaz Azaiza Captured Gaza’s Suffering. But ‘Nothing Changed.’ www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

#Journalists
#Gaza
#Warphotograhers
Video: Motaz Azaiza Captured Gaza’s Suffering. But ‘Nothing Changed.’
When war broke out in Gaza on Oct.7, Motaz Azaiza, a Palestinian photographer, turned his camera to covering pain and loss in a territory under siege. In doing so, he attracted millions of followers —...
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Every year that I do not see The Nutcracker, I miss it.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/a...

#Ballet
#Nutcracker
10 Ways to Tell if Your ‘Nutcracker’ Is Traditional (Gift Article)
Variations on “The Nutcracker” abound. Our critic sorts out what’s true to the ballet’s heart and (a different thing) to its tradition.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:01 PM
A wonderful option for cemeteries.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/c...

#cemeteries
#naturalburial
#rewilding
Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding (Gift Article)
More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 3: The Animals
December 27, 2024 at 9:24 PM