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Marcus Rigsby
@marcusisabat.bsky.social
(He/him) Autistic fantasy writer 🧙🏼‍♂️ and grownup person who likes making wands and casting spells 🪄🔥 Help! I bought too many books again, and I’ve lost my dogs in the stacks!
Another relaxing session at Draw Your Stress Away. This is a chill guided drawing session that happens live over Zoom. Pumpkins were today's subject. That rough looking bird on the stem is a nightjar, which I added for an extra challenge. #drawing #art #nightjars #pumpkins
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Friday’s Halloween party was a roaring success. Thanks, Marielle, for your vision and tireless efforts.
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My roommate’s perfect traditional pumpkin and my ambitious, lopsided raccoon that came out looking angrier than I intended.
#halloween
#pumpkins
#raccoons
#jackolanterns
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of those books I'll remember liking more than I did. I could talk for hours about the world of Paradys, its history and monsters, its gender nonconforming characters, but I often felt detached from the protagonists, making parts of the book feel like a homework assignment. #books #booksky
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you don't plan to read all 39 Hercule Poirot books, make space on your TBR shelf for Sad Cypress. With courtroom drama and a possible death sentence at stake, it's a departure from Christie's formula. The solution caught me off guard, but it felt like a puzzle piece snapping into place.
#booksky
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Highly recommend this chill group on Meetup called Draw Your Stress Away. It’s a free guided drawing session that meets live on Zoom once a month. The drawings are simple, but participants are encouraged to stray from the prompt and make it their own. The skunk is my own addition! #art #drawing
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My hunt for a new favorite author to replace Gaiman led me back to Krystal Sutherland. She's a master of sensory detail, which means you smell and taste everything. Blood, vomit, decomposition. Yup. Don't try to read Invocations in one sitting, but read it! #booksky #books #horror #witchy #mystery
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hey! We got fudge!
September 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Who should appear at Sacramento’s #farmtoforkfestival to do a solo acoustic set? Why, it’s Michael Angelakos of #passionpit, playing some old favorites and debuting a song about his cat!
September 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Poor, poor Harley had her bladder stones removed this week, and now she must wear the cone of shame 🥺
#dogs
#coneofshame
#australianshepherd
#aussie
September 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I figured an oversized spear would be a good weapon for a warrior skunk, since owls are among skunks’ few natural predators. I also read that skunks don’t like their own stink, hence the oleander cape. #art #painting #acrylic #skunks #owls #paintsky #artsky
September 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Not a memorable story, but an amazing sensory experience. I could feel the drops of rain on my face, smell the baklava and cottage bread baking in the oven, taste the mnimi soup. I don’t even know what the hell mnimi soup is!
#books
#booksky
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Little praying mantis on my bike break! I gave him a home on our lemon tree. I hope the spiders don’t get him!
#prayinmantis
#bugs
#insects
#wildlife
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some great pieces on display at the Crocker Art Museum. I like that the captions include a “look for” blurb that draws your attention to some easily overlooked detail in the artwork.
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We’ve been Sacramento residents for 3 weeks now. So far I’m really enjoying our giant backyard with fruit trees, our Canada goose next door neighbors, the million and one book and record stores, and the bike paths that actually feel safe.
July 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The art gallery at the #CAstatefair made the whole event worth the price of admission. I saw some gorgeous art pieces from local artists, some as young as 5, are already better than I’ll ever be. #art #painting #sculpture
July 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I could watch these lemurs running around all day. #CAstatefair #wildlife #lemurs
July 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Raccoon brothers at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit. They’re nocturnal, so they slept most of the day, but once the sun went down, they started wrestling. #raccoons #wildlife
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
One of the cutest animals at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit: Sleepy kookaburra.
July 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Cuddly porcupines at the #CAstatefair. Signs warned visitors strongly against petting them. #wildlife #porcupines
July 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Friendly reindeer at the #CAstatefair wildlife exhibit let us pet them. Their antlers are super fuzzy! #wildlife #reindeer
July 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I laughed a lot more than I expected to. Superman really leans into the corniness of super heroes, but with moments of sincerity that keep the whole movie from feeling like a joke. #superman #film #movies
July 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wait, there are TWO mystery novels about Agatha Christie's 11-day disappearance in 1926? Has anyone read both? #booksky #books #agathachristie
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Lavinia Fontana - “Judith with the Head of Holofernes” - 1600 #art #mannerism #painting #womeninart
June 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
James Ensor - Self-Portrait with Masks (1899)
#art #symbolism
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM