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Dr. Boo
@jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
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Boo! (she/her) medievalist, Old and Middle English LITERATURE, medieval medicine; job seeker; educator; I love LONGFORM fiction: Beowulf, SGGK, Borgen, Supernatural (Destiel), Foundation; HATE FREE ZONE, unless you hate the patriarchy: I support that!
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How it’s going
A stack is paper on a brown cafe table with a paper coffee cup out of focus in the background
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Let the grading commence.
two deep stacks of paper of various ilk are stacked side-by-side on a dark brown table with a full mason jar of milky coffee to the right, for scale
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
Please say hello to Eleanor.
An orange sofa sits in the foreground of a photo of a small tortie cat on a square window sill. The cat is twist to look out the window at an awkward angle. Outside the window is a half-grassy stretch of ground, a gray asphalt road cutting the ground from left to right, and beyond that a white house that is out of focus. A tortie cat mid-meow stand on an orange cushion beside a white woman's bare knee. Behind the cat is a dark brown table holding an array of beverages: a blue and white Shiner Blonde can, a blue beverage thermos, and a large blue and white Sonic cup. Also on the table is a bottle of Advil and a nondescript white medicine bottle. In the background are some bookcases, a fire extinguisher, a cardboard box and other sundry stuff.
September 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I'm a mom!

Meet Eleanor ♥️
A light colored tortoiseshell cat curls bodily around a green Organic Catnip "Cigar" as she rubs her face adoringly on the toy's fabric.
September 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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I met this sweetheart today.

I hope she gets to live with me soon!
Tortoiseshell cat on a white surface leans deeply into ear skritches.
August 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
it is THUNDER at my house.

Tomorrow I have an appointment to meet the ♥️dreamiest♥️girl.
A small calico cat loafs skittishly on a white bed. Shown from the front, the cat is looking slightly left of camera. She has eyes the color of old brass, a pink nose rimmed with a black outline, and a mix of random orange and gray stripes here and there. She looks small and soft.
August 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
#IMC2025

TFW you’re the first person to turn up for a session & the room is empty
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
Follow up:
A spiral cinnamon pastry and a latte with foamy hearts blooming on its top from the Jaunty Goat, Chester. A Chester cat who greeted me on my morning riverside walk
July 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Follow up:
A plate with a triangular slice of cheese and onion pie, a ramekin of garden peas, a personal size gravy boat of cheese sauce and a handful of perfectly golden friend potato wedges.
July 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Follow up:
Full English breakfast (vegetarian version)
July 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The Sleestak endorsed Cuomo.
A Sleestak from the 1970’s show Land of the Lost.
June 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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As I look ahead to #IMC2025 I want to see if any of my #MedievalSky moots might be interested in saying hello.
Image is the official announcement card sent to presenters accepted for the Leeds International Medieval Congress: 7-10 July 2025. The card has a red background with a top-third image of entertainment and presentation at a conference. The middle space shows a medieval manuscript illustration of a beggar using crutches and beseeching alms from a mounted boy on a white horse. The boy wields a sword and wears a wonderful ermine lined cloak. The bottom third of the image identifies the conference's online and physical locations.
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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RIP sweet Kitty Fantastico
June 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Lap time with Fantastico this morning
Black cat reclines regally on a red blanket that is clearly covering the legs of a person. A tumor is visible on the cat’s left knee, if you’re looking for it.
May 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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My beloved Fantastico has cancer, so we are going to spend the next few days partying like it’s 1999! Ironically I’ve never given her kitty junk food because I was averse to feeding her all the bad-for-you additives.
A green box of Temptations brand cat treats: seafood medley flavor
May 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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We're going to have a CATNIP & TUNA PARTY ALL WEEKEND!

Who's with me?

SHOW ME YOUR HAPPY CATS!
Fantastico, the black cat lies on a checkered blanket in a sunny window with her back to the camera as she watches leaves and critters outside. She is happy.
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Don’t click photo unless you’re a medical professional.
My Kitty Fantastico has open wound on left knee. I was home with her all day except lunch time. There’re no other ppl or animals in my apt. Doc THINKS an abscess may have ruptured, but I had to give the okay to sedate for real exam. Now I wait.
Black cat with open wound on left knee and her tongue sticking out a bit.
May 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I have ONE slide finished for my session.
sneak peek
@kzooicms.bsky.social
#MedievalSky
tiny, blurry screenshot of a PPT slide showing excerpts of St Augustine's "De civitate dei" and the Middle English poem "Cleanness" with similar words highlighted in yellow, by design too blurry to read.
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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I'll be there!
A closeup of page 467 of the Leeds IMC 2025 programme listing presenters whose surnames begin with Ro-. The name Robertson, Jennifer K. is circled in red.
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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I did a similar thing with the Book History club at Texas Tech recently! I love the student involvement with experiential learning.
In the foreground, Dr. Jenny stirs gum arabic (powdered) into a solution of water, oak gall (strained), and rust flakes (dissolved) to make ink.In the background, a blurred person looks attentively at the stirring. A closeup of a Mason jar, the interior of which is coated in a brown residue, and the exterior of which is labeled "oak gall + water unstrained) a line up of jars that show oak gall ink (aka iron gall ink) in various stages a woman writes with a white feather quill on brownish paper in black ink
April 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Yes, I was hands-offing when my face turned beet red from cold, driving, stinging snow. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I got snowy and cold today while standing around in a storm.
April 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Long distance hug (BL Cotton Nero A.x-2)
Image from the Middle English poem Pearl (BL Cotton Nero Ax-2). A man in a red habit on the foreshore of a river reaches out to a woman in white on the far shore of the river.
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I am at a bar, having a beer, watching the people, and taking secret photos of dog.
A short, squat mug of golden beer on an unfolded white paper towel beside a green ostrich skin purse on a blond table. A dour middle aged woman in a bright green top and with large spectacles on her face poses with a golden mug of foamy beer, a window showing daylight behind her A wide shot of a bar with an illegible but extensive beer menu behind it and a perfectly legible sign above it that reads “Welcome to the Dust Coast”. A man in a green tee shirt sits at the bar while a second person in a green shirt waits to order. A blond picnic table interrupts the foreground. A closeup of a black, curly-haired dog’s snoot on his momb’s lap. The Very Good Dog is in the bar behaving nicely.
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I took a peek inside my "Job Hunt" folder on my desktop today & was discouraged to face the 75+ cover letters for jobs I've applied to this academic year. I have had 3 "first round" interviews-- 2 in my field, medieval lit. Most jobs are for teaching writing. I'm feeling quite hopeless.
Send cats!
A black house cat with pale green eyes sits atop an orange cushion facing into the camera with a blue tv screen behind her. The cat's forward facing triangle ears show that her attention is on the photographer.
March 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM