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🦢➕🖤 · writer, librarian, diarist · probably thinking about fountain pen ink

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2025 Week 27 Notes: Behind the Baseball https://cygnoir.net/2025/07/2025-week-27-notes-behind-the-baseball
in the background, an A5 planner with a sticker that says Books Are Magic. atop the planner is a button with a black background and white text that reads Some Disabilities Are Invisible and has an illustration of a cartoon ghost in a white sheet holding a green book.
July 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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2025 Week 25 Notes: It's got a funny wobble https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-25-notes-its-got-a-funny-wobble
ten small plastic 5mL vials, each filled with ink with handwritten labels, atop a purple placemat
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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2025 Week 24 Notes: Dance like no one's watching Mon Mothma https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-24-notes-dance-like-no-ones-watching-mon-mothma
in the foreground, an overspilling jar of Seoul Kimchi. in the background, a dutch oven on a gas hob and a measuring cup of rice.
June 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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2025 Week 23 Notes: Because I'm only one swan https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-23-notes-because-im-only-one-swan
a beautiful deep-dish pizza in a cardboard box with lots of grease and it is gluten-free too
June 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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2025 Week 26 Notes: Friendship Material https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-26-notes-friendship-material
in the foreground, a riot of green tomato vines, and one very small tomato. in the upper left background, the face and hand of someone I love more than I can say, tending to another tomato plant in our garden.
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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2025 Week 22 Notes: Overthinking it, as always https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-22-notes-overthinking-it-as-always
a ladybug atop a daisy
June 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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2025 Week 21 Notes: Surprise hug-by-proxy https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-21-notes-surprise-hug-by-proxy
a top-down shot of a bright yellow book with black serif text reading "Internet Phone Book: a directory for exploring the vast poetic web" and "Issue One, 2025"
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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2025 Week 20 Notes: Real people who live in a real city https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-20-notes-real-people-who-live-in-a-real-city
a wooden café table with a chocolate muffin on a white plate, a latte in a white mug, a breakfast sandwich on another white plate, and a copy of the Portland Café Passport
May 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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2025 Week 19 Notes: All the heartbeats are synonyms https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-19-notes-all-the-heartbeats-are-synonyms
tendril of jasmine on a wooden trellis
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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2025 Week 18 Notes: Megaphones and tin cans https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-18-notes-megaphones-and-tin-cans
a heavily-processed photo of several purple irises in bloom
May 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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2025 Week 17 Notes: Largely-unnoticed nonsense https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-17-notes-largely-unnoticed-nonsense
in the foreground, a bouquet of red peony tulips in a rectangular glass vase, one bloom with black inside petals turned partially to the camera. in the background, an office cubicle setting.
April 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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2025 Week 16 Notes: Squat, tired, and ready to fight https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-16-notes-squat-tired-and-ready-to-fight
closeup of a glass baking dish that appears to contain cubed butternut squash, chopped leeks, and quinoa, before it has been baked
April 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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2025 Week 15 Notes: Sing to your cats https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-15-notes-sing-to-your-cats
the upper half of the photo is blue sky, and the bottom half is water in gentle waves, with a large log along the riverbank
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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2025 Week 14 Notes: Show up for libraries https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-14-notes-show-up-for-libraries
a fountain pen with cream, golden, and black swirled resin in a black pen loop atop a cream notebook
April 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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2025 Week 13 Notes: Still writing, still moving https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-13-notes-still-writing-still-moving
a brown tabby cat lies on his side, facing away from the camera, on a teal bathroom rug atop a white and dark blue tiled floor
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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2025 Week 12 Notes: Lackluster cookies https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-12-notes-lackluster-cookies
golden brown cookies with small squares of chocolate atop a piece of parchment
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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2025 Week 11 Notes: Tiny hailstones https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-11-notes-tiny-hailstones
ground covered with pebble-sized hailstones
March 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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2025 Week 10 Notes: Surprisingly listenable https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-10-notes-surprisingly-listenable
four donuts with elaborate icings and toppings in a white container with the sun shining on them
March 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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2025 Week 9 Notes: The opposite of fussy https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-9-notes-the-opposite-of-fussy
closeup of a cast-iron skillet with browned gnocchi, burst cherry tomatoes, and a river of melted mozzarella
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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2025 Week 8 Notes: Persephone and pouring rain https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-8-notes-persephone-and-pouring-rain
a swatch of Wearingeul Persephone fountain pen ink, dark violet ink with red shimmer on a white card.
February 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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2025 Week 7 Notes: Take small steps https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-7-notes-take-small-steps
filtered to look like a Polaroid, a snap of a half-bloomed yellow and white Paperbush flower from underneath, pointing upwards to the mostly cloudy sky, with another smaller bloom and trees in the background
February 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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2025 Week 6 Notes: Rodents of Unusual Size https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-6-notes-rodents-of-unusual-size
a furry beaver-like mammal standing in shallow water with branches and leaves hanging down over it
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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2025 Week 5 Notes: Back in the habit https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-5-notes-back-in-the-habit
a brown and white tabby cat perches with his head slightly tilted and front paws on either side of a painted white ledge
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Grateful for this wee face at the end of a long, sad workweek.
closeup of the face of a brown tabby cat, filtered with a sepia tint and irregular splotches all over
January 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Friends of Trees and a whole bunch of volunteers planted Ponderosa pines, oaks, and others behind the library this morning. 🌲 We’re turning this empty field into a climate-tolerant forest for our community to enjoy for generations to come!
Polaroid-style snap of a just-planted young Ponderosa pine between two stakes with a brick and glass public library building behind it
January 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM