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Diane Telgen (she/her)
@neglet.bsky.social
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Author of kidlit; musician; feline fanatic; crafter. VCFA grad. Author/arranger site: dianetelgen.com.
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Needed this, thanks.💕
January 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Actual footage of me trying to use a new social media platform, if my post count here is any indication. Will try to be better.
a person is walking a dog on a leash on a beach
ALT: a person is walking a dog on a leash on a beach
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January 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Haven’t been on social media much, due to work and other obligations, including fostering cats for PAWS Chicago. This cute little dude demands my attention!
A brown and white tabby cat lies sleeping on a lap covered by a cream-colored blanket.
December 30, 2023 at 11:11 PM
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Haven’t been posting much lately, so here’s a kitten pic to make up for it:
A brown tabby kitten lies sleeping on her back, arms above her head.
December 14, 2023 at 3:39 AM
neglet.bsky.social
Nothing like getting a shy kitten to accept pets. (The wet food probably helped.)
A brown tabby kitten sits perched next to a stainless steel bowl.
November 9, 2023 at 5:52 AM
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‘Tis the season! If you’d like a signed copy of one of my Spooky books for Halloween, order by October 16! dianetelgen.com/spooky-ameri...
October 14, 2023 at 2:31 PM
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It’s like this little kitten knew I needed comfort today, so he crawled right into my lap.
A tiny brown tabby kitten sleeps in the lap of someone wearing faded jeans and a green apron.
October 12, 2023 at 3:32 AM
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One of my favorite moments at last night’s Peter Gabriel concert: “Road too Joy” accompanied by this fabulous art by Ai Weiwei. Can think of many uses for this lovely rendering of a certain gesture!
Peter Gabriel and his band on a stage in front of the giant screen with art featuring hands displaying the middle finger and a skull on a blue background.
September 30, 2023 at 4:35 PM
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Is it possible to be overwhelmed by sheer cuteness? This little dude… 🖤😻🤍 Still kitten season in Chicago!
A black kitten with white paws and white whiskers stretches out on a puffy cat bed, head on front paws, blinking at the camera.
September 29, 2023 at 3:08 AM
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Great day volunteering with the cats at PAWS Chicago yesterday—caught the perfect kitty blep.
A black and white cat sits upon a shelf, his tongue licking his nose.
September 22, 2023 at 1:26 AM
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A good day for cat (and kitten) naps at PAWS Chicago today!
A white kitten with calico tail lies snoozing on an orange fleece w/ soccer ball print A tortie with white paws lies curled up with front paws in front of her face, snowing on a carpet-covered platform A brown tabby kitty is sacked out atop a light green printed pile, his paws stretching up some wooden walls An orange tabby kitten lies sleeping atop a pair of orange print pillows, revealing a spotted belly
September 14, 2023 at 3:23 AM
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Explored more of Chicago’s neighborhoods this weekend. A bit puzzled by the random sculpture of a cow using a telescope. Maybe assessing for a jump over the moon?
On a city street corner stands a sculpture of a spotted brown cow standing on two legs, looking through a telescope.
September 12, 2023 at 4:47 AM
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Latest sweetheart I met volunteering at PAWS Chicago: “Why should I come down and visit when I look so good up here?”
Shot from below, a black and white cat sits on a wooden shelf amongst fake greenery, licking his paw (with cute little black toe-beans).
September 7, 2023 at 3:59 AM
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Gradually going through my Follow list, unfollowing dormant and placeholder accounts.

Relying on custom feeds for now but also REALLY hoping Bluesky adds ability for user-curated PRIVATE lists to make it easier for me to curate my own feed. Else will have to eventually cull a LOT more 😢.
Comic showing why LISTS help user experience on social media platforms. Image one shows a firehose of posts overwhelming a computer user without lists. With lists, the user is contentedly typing and saying "I think I'll catch up with posts from my kidlit group during my break."
September 6, 2023 at 1:50 PM
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Random opinion of the week: The world is full of false dichotomies.

Like "Peter Gabriel Genesis or Phil Collins Genesis?" when the answer is clearly "Steve Hackett Genesis."
September 5, 2023 at 8:23 PM
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We spend a lot of time telling kids that they can be whoever they want to be, but I think it might be more important to tell them that they can be who they are
September 2, 2023 at 3:32 PM
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Because my first books came out in 2020, it’s only now that I attended my first kidlit author fair. Didn’t have a ton of customers, but at least my table looked great!
A woman with blue hair and a blue shirt sits at a table covered with a light brown tablecloth and two colorful blue quilted table runners. On the table are five stacks of books, and two stand up posters featuring covers of her Ghostly Tales series.
September 2, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Had another great day volunteering at PAWS Chicago this week:

✔️Made scared kitten purr 
✔️Saw striped kitteh belleh
✔️FLOOF!
A black kitten with yellow eyes and a tipped ear looks directly at the camera. A gray striped tabby kitten lounges on the floor, showing off his handsome belly. A teeny tiny extremely fluffy gray tabby kitten sits on the green apron of a grinning woman with blue hair.
September 2, 2023 at 4:55 AM
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No matter how warm it gets (and it got really warm in the PAWS kitten room this week), it’s never too hot to nap!
Against a peach fleece and gray checked basket, A brown tabby kitten sleeps on his back, back feet crossed and head tilted.
August 26, 2023 at 4:44 AM
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Today, a rarity: puppy photos, courtesy my son and his fiancée:
A medium sized black dog sits on a couch, looking at the camera skeptically. A smol black dog with gold muzzle sits on a sofa in front of the skeptical medium-sized black dog and licks a human’s hand.
August 20, 2023 at 3:24 PM
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Pillow cases 2 & 3 to match the wedding quilt in progress.
An eight-pointed star quilted in 4 greens with cream background and dark green borders. An eight-pointed star quilted gold and copper with cream background and gold a copper striped border.
August 19, 2023 at 10:07 PM
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Every day should be black cat appreciation day, but since it’s marked as today, here’s some recent kitten pics from my volunteering at PAWS Chicago.
A black kitten cuddles on a lap, a hooman hand scratching her back. A black kitten snoozes on a human’s lap head tilted and legs stretched. A closeup of a black kitten’s face as she sits on a lap, clawed paw reaching forward.
August 18, 2023 at 3:44 AM
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Getting ready for my future daughter-in-law’s shower; the quilt I’m making isn’t finished, so I took scraps and made pillow covers. Here’s the first, a log cabin:
A quilted pillow cover in a log cabin pattern, with four squares set in a diamond shape, copper and gold in the center radiating out into various greens.
August 18, 2023 at 3:37 AM
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Oh, hello. Have I found the right place finally?

I like to talk books and writing. All the cat pictures just spill into everything else I do. I can’t help it.
Three kittens—one black, two mostly white with small black head patches—cuddle together in a cat bed.
August 17, 2023 at 4:54 AM