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Kate Sparkes
@katesparkes.bsky.social
🇨🇦 fantasy author (All the Queen’s Knaves, the Bound Trilogy), cat person, friend of birds, struggling human. She/her
Gone reading.

Byeeee!
April 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Is there an app like Pinterest that doesn’t allow AI images? I like it for recipes, but pretty soon I won’t trust them, either.

I’m 100% not interested in using fake images to inspire any part of my life (or in supporting further AI generation)
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Amazing. I have full conversations with Minnie. And if you call her brother George by his name he goes “yeah?” 😄
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
How does she know when I’m about to get up? Never fails. Now she’s purring and I’m stuck. 🥰
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Fred does this when he wants love in the middle of the night 😩
April 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This suggested alt text is downright disrespectful.
March 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“Don’t paint real wood” they said.

Fine, I won’t.

But this is now my THIRD attempt at finding a paint colour that makes the cupboards look “not horribly dated and gross.”

(In a shocking turn of events, CSP-760 is a strong contender.)
March 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One day off this week. Time to do some home maintenance!
March 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I need to take the garbage to the end of the driveway and am expecting this guy to throw a party when I get back 😅
March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Book mail! I’ll have a few copies of Princes and Pawns (and everything else) at ‘SciFi on the Rock’ next weekend!
March 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I love a used book with notes. This one only has the start and end date of someone’s read-through (CHALLENGE ACCEPTED), but also the pages smell really nice.

I hope this stranger is doing okay in these troubled times. 🥰
March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They don’t need to be purebred anything to be perfect 🥰
March 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Someone correct me if this is wrong, I googled
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Got up at 4:30 this morning to see the eclipse. Couldn’t stand out in the cold too long before I ran back to bed, but I’m glad I did it.
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Learning chess with one of the kids today. The cats are into it.
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If anyone was wondering what happens when you get fidgety during a zoom meeting and take a fancy pet brush to damaged human hair that’s 8-9 months overdue for a cut… you’re welcome
March 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Longing
March 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I need to have a shower. I need to do work. The boss says no. 😭
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is Fred. He likes to sit on phones and shoes.
February 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Fun fact: fuzzy blankets come with a multiplied “warm and cozy” bonus if you have pets! There was no room for my legs in my bed last night, but I definitely wasn’t cold. 🥰
February 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Update: she let me get up and do things. Now we’re working but I need to get up to have lunch but SHE’S ALL SLEEPY 😭
February 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I need to get up and start my day, but Minnie is comfortable and purring on my lap.

What to do, what to do…
February 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Decided to make bread while the pea soup was cooking. The soup recipe isn’t going to be my new favourite, but it’s doing decent work as comfort food 💕
February 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The floof tree bears excellent fruit
February 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Oooh, my future self is going to be so excited when she wakes up to roses beside her bed! Perfect colour and everything.

I’m setting the bar sky high 🥰
February 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM