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Mary Quite Contrary
@lemonbalmgirl.bsky.social
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Artist, book-lover, nap-aholic, cis, queer, 30s. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💀
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According to the app I just used, a Western Screech Owl is what's been annoying the piss out of me when I'm trying to fall asleep. 🙃
Photograph of a Western Screech Owl's head peering out from a hole in a tree.
April 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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It may have taken me months but I'm finally listening to "Copy/Paste" on vinyl from Record Store Day in November. And? IT'S FUCKING PERFECTION. 💜 #Garbage #ShirleyIsMyQueen
Photo of a hand with chipped black nail polish holding the sleeve of Garbage's record, "Copy/Paste".
April 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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2025, Book #13

#BookSky
A photo of a hardback library book on a wooden table. The book is "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America", by Amanda Jones.
March 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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2025, Book #10
#BookSky
Photo of a hand holding a manga volume, "The Ancient Magus' Bride, Volume 5", by Kore Yamazaki.
February 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Creative friends, if you have a chance, try giving this book a read.

I read it last year, but just got a copy to help get through the next 4 years. Not everything will be relevant, but it gave me inspiration & ideas for finding creativity & hope in a climate that just wants to beat us down.
Image is of a book cover, "Your Art Will Save Your Life," by Beth Pickens. The cover is mostly black & white, with a red heart.
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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2025, Book #5.
#BookSky
Photograph of a paperback volume of manga on a pastel-colored cat blanket. The manga is "The Ancient Magus' Bride, Volume 2" by Kore Yamazaki.
January 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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2025, Book #4
A volume of manga is laying on a crocheted blanket. The manga is "The Ancient Magus' Bride, Volume 1" by Kore Yamazaki.
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Third read of the year. And my first Dorothy Sayers. #BookSky
The photograph is of a paperback book sitting on a blue paisley bedspread. The book is "Strong Poison" by Dorothy L. Sayers, and the cover portray two people, showing only their hands and legs from the side, sitting at a table in front of a fire.
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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My second read of the year. (A reread, but 20 years means I forgot a lot of it...)
A hardcover book sits on a blue, paisley bedspread. The book's dust jacket is seafoam green. The title is "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader", written by Anne Fadiman. The cover also features an illustration of a woman, reading, sitting up on a stack of books.
January 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Just finished my first book of 2025. 😊 #BookSky
Photograph of a hardback book on a paisley background. The cover of the book is bright red and the words and edging on the cover are metallic gold. The book is "The Library Book", by Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief".
January 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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My current bus read.

Well, current until I finished it a minute ago. I definitely want to read the sequels.

#booksky
Photograph of a hand holding up a book with old library stickers on it. The book is "Sheets", a graphic novel by Brenna Thummler. The cover shows an illustration of a front-loading washing machine with a sheet-covered ghost inside with black eye-holes cut into the sheet.
December 10, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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This is my current read while riding the bus to work. Purchased from my favorite nonprofit bookstore, of course. #books #booksky
Photograph showing a hand holding up a hardback book while on a public transit bus. The book is "A Tempest of Tea" by Hafsah Faizal. The background of the cover is black, with an illustration of a woman in a man's suit in light blue fading to hot pink. The woman holds a teacup full of blood.
December 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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My assistant during my virtual counseling session.
A photograph of a short-haired black, curled up against a person's leg, on a blue paisley bedspread.
November 20, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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If it's a day I'm at work, there's a good chance I will spend money I shouldn't on more books.
A photograph of two books side by side. On the left, with a colorful botanical cover, is "Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology", edited by Shane Hawk & Theodore C. van Alst Jr. On the right, with a red cover gesturing the face and arm of an Asian woman, is "Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History", by Yunte Huang.
November 20, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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I need to get some stuff done for my last craft market of the year before heading to work in ~2 hours.

Current status: Sitting on my bed, petting the cats.
A photograph of two cats sitting on a blue paisley comforter on a bed. The cat on the left, sitting up, is black with yellow-green eyes. The cat on the right, laying down, is black & white with yellow eyes.
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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I'm reading far too many books, but these are the current focus:

"When Language Runs Dry: An Anthology for People with Chronic Pain and Their Allies" ed. by claire barrera & Meredith Butner

"The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes" by Chuck Zerby

"Bones: Inside and Out" by Roy A. Meals, MD
A photograph shows 3 books in a row on a grey background. On the left is "The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes" by Chuck Zerby, with a library barcode on the cover. The cover is black, with a brown wooden card catalog taking up most of the cover. In the middle is "When Language Runs Dry: An Anthology for People with Chronic Pain and Their Allies" edited by claire barrera & Meredith Butner, with a frog bookmark sticking out the top of the book. The cover is mostly light blue and features an upsidedown illustration of a person with brown skin laying on a beach, looking out at the ocean and a sky full of fluffy clouds. On the right is "Bones: Inside and Out" by Roy A. Meals, MD, which also has a library barcode on the cover. The cover is bright red, with white silhouettes of both human and animal bones.
November 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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Just finished pet-sitting for a week. The cats & I both survived. They even acted normal-ish! (See 2nd photo.)

So glad the parents & I figured out how to get meds into Queso with food - squirting them into his mouth was NOT going well. (He had a surprise!UTI.)
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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My haul from the Portland Zine Symposium yesterday. Super excited about the Moomin shirt & finally getting a copy of the "When Language Runs Dry" anthology. And saying hi to Alex Chiu & Erika Rier was a great bonus! 💜
A collection of zines, a book, a t-shirt, & stickers - the shirt shirt says "The Forest is for Everyone" and features Moomin trolls, the book is "When Language Runs Dry: An Anthology for People with Chronic Pain and Their Allies", the zines are "Asian Pacific Islander Abortion Zine Vol. 1", "Printing is Expensive, "Testosterone is for Girls Too", "Crow Parenting", and "Self-Managed Abortion".
October 29, 2023 at 8:31 PM
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My housemate knows me far too well and sent me this. It's painfully accurate. 😅
September 20, 2023 at 8:28 PM
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Hey #witchsky, my fave witch con is happening soon. Maybe you're interested? "A virtual convention for secular, skeptical, and science witches." criticalthinkingwitches.com
A beige square with the following text: Critical Thinking Witch Con 2023 September 29th - October 1st All-Access Pass $30; Saver Pass $20 Scholarships available Prices increase tomorrow 9/15 Critical Thinking Witch Collective www.criticalthinkingwitches.com Conjuring community since 2021
September 14, 2023 at 10:31 PM