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@rachel.strangeandbeautiful.network
Podcast producer and host on The Strange and Beautiful Network, avid reader, owner of a defunct lakeside motel that I hope to turn into a reader and writers retreat.
Rewatching Dracula (1979) with Frank Langella in celebration of today's spooky season repost (in lieu of a new We Are All Kosh this week). How is this version not better known I mean COME ON. Look at this sh*t.
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Rewatching Dracula (1979) with Frank Langella in celebration of today's spooky season repost (in lieu of a new We Are All Kosh this week). How is this version not better known I mean COME ON. Look at this sh*t.
Found the original motel sign in the barn!
April 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Found the original motel sign in the barn!
Get you an engineer. That's it. That's the post.
April 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Get you an engineer. That's it. That's the post.
First day here highlights. The kids rooms aren't really habitable yet and it was the first night in the new place so we roomed together. Cats are settling in and my sister caught Matt on the Mackinac Bridge live cam (he's the black trailer)
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
First day here highlights. The kids rooms aren't really habitable yet and it was the first night in the new place so we roomed together. Cats are settling in and my sister caught Matt on the Mackinac Bridge live cam (he's the black trailer)
YA'LL we made it! For reference, it was 85 degrees when we left home yesterday. It is uh... Not 85 here.
April 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
YA'LL we made it! For reference, it was 85 degrees when we left home yesterday. It is uh... Not 85 here.
The most important thing has officially packed itself.
March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The most important thing has officially packed itself.
I need to get better about adding a rating if it isn't 5 stars 🤦. That page count though. Thanks #brandonsanderson
March 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I need to get better about adding a rating if it isn't 5 stars 🤦. That page count though. Thanks #brandonsanderson
Oh boy, are they ever in the right place. Brevity is no where near our witty souls. #babylon5 #scifipodcast
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh boy, are they ever in the right place. Brevity is no where near our witty souls. #babylon5 #scifipodcast
There is nothing. I mean NOTHING the same as the joy I get from hanging out laundry on a warm spring day after a dreary winter.
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There is nothing. I mean NOTHING the same as the joy I get from hanging out laundry on a warm spring day after a dreary winter.
I have had the horror of interacting with one of these in real life. Here's some photos. Reminder. This is not a children's book.
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I have had the horror of interacting with one of these in real life. Here's some photos. Reminder. This is not a children's book.
I've been reading this book for subjectively like 18 months, maybe my whole life, and I'm not even halfway through.
February 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've been reading this book for subjectively like 18 months, maybe my whole life, and I'm not even halfway through.
Every single book I own is now in a box. This is the turning point where moving starts to feel real. Motel up north, here we go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every single book I own is now in a box. This is the turning point where moving starts to feel real. Motel up north, here we go.
Hah! Still there.
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Hah! Still there.
Because I've had the pleasure of interacting with the picture book that Donold handed to the Japanese Prime Minister, please enjoy these highlights #fucktrump #punchnazis
February 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Because I've had the pleasure of interacting with the picture book that Donold handed to the Japanese Prime Minister, please enjoy these highlights #fucktrump #punchnazis
This is an amazing elementary fiction novel about the power of found family and the importance of seeing people for who they are and looking past bias. It's monsters as metaphor for being bothered done right and more people should be reading it. #booksky
February 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is an amazing elementary fiction novel about the power of found family and the importance of seeing people for who they are and looking past bias. It's monsters as metaphor for being bothered done right and more people should be reading it. #booksky
I'm working through the second book in the Aurora Cycle by @misterkristoff.bsky.social and @amiekaufman.bsky.social and these books are a love letter to sci-fi. Just brilliant. If you haven't read them, get on it immediately.
February 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm working through the second book in the Aurora Cycle by @misterkristoff.bsky.social and @amiekaufman.bsky.social and these books are a love letter to sci-fi. Just brilliant. If you haven't read them, get on it immediately.
I read pretty pathologically this month. Can't imagine why. @thestorygraph.com got me through this month with the promise of data.
February 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I read pretty pathologically this month. Can't imagine why. @thestorygraph.com got me through this month with the promise of data.
Secret baby is secret. Master of disguise..
January 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Secret baby is secret. Master of disguise..
Rachel's Day #6 of (?). Actually read my coffee mug and realized it was a lot funnier when I found it at a thrift store a year ago. (The opposite side has a picture of the pyramids and if you heard "pyramids" in Zahi Hawass's voice then we are already best friends).
January 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Rachel's Day #6 of (?). Actually read my coffee mug and realized it was a lot funnier when I found it at a thrift store a year ago. (The opposite side has a picture of the pyramids and if you heard "pyramids" in Zahi Hawass's voice then we are already best friends).
The despots in question. They've got a lot of nerve for fiends that only laid three eggs yesterday.
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The despots in question. They've got a lot of nerve for fiends that only laid three eggs yesterday.
Only Brandon would call this a short story. Got me again, dang it.
January 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Only Brandon would call this a short story. Got me again, dang it.
"No fear, only fury"
January 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"No fear, only fury"
Okay I finished #onyxstorm and my thoughts about are going to be everyone's problem on the next episode of Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast. But it left me nostalgic for the high of Empire of the Damned so I'm back with #Jaykristoff for a bit.
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Okay I finished #onyxstorm and my thoughts about are going to be everyone's problem on the next episode of Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast. But it left me nostalgic for the high of Empire of the Damned so I'm back with #Jaykristoff for a bit.
When you need to get up and pretend like laundry is still crucial when the world is burning but your cat knows it's probably a Stardew Valley and audiobook kind of day. #booksky
January 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When you need to get up and pretend like laundry is still crucial when the world is burning but your cat knows it's probably a Stardew Valley and audiobook kind of day. #booksky
Today it struck me that my favorite daily use spatula was my Grandmother's is over 75 years old and the pan I cook with everyday was my Great-grandmothers and is over 100 years old. When we realize that every little thing in our lives can hold value, reducing consumption will be easy.
January 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today it struck me that my favorite daily use spatula was my Grandmother's is over 75 years old and the pan I cook with everyday was my Great-grandmothers and is over 100 years old. When we realize that every little thing in our lives can hold value, reducing consumption will be easy.