Raechel Guest
@raechelguest.bsky.social
Library Director, historian, cat wrangler, lapsed artist.
Diego then and now.
One year ago, Diego was dying from FIP. We treated him with Bova GS-441524 from Stokes Pharmacy, and he made a full recovery. ❤️
One year ago, Diego was dying from FIP. We treated him with Bova GS-441524 from Stokes Pharmacy, and he made a full recovery. ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Diego then and now.
One year ago, Diego was dying from FIP. We treated him with Bova GS-441524 from Stokes Pharmacy, and he made a full recovery. ❤️
One year ago, Diego was dying from FIP. We treated him with Bova GS-441524 from Stokes Pharmacy, and he made a full recovery. ❤️
Trying to get the Halloween decorations at work put away, but some of them are being difficult.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Trying to get the Halloween decorations at work put away, but some of them are being difficult.
Last night as I lay squished into an MRI tube, I thought about the book I’m writing and how I need to learn more about Black Americans in Haiti during the 1860s. And then, when I got home and opened up Facebook, I saw a post by historian Ana Lucia Araujo that included a book just like that!
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night as I lay squished into an MRI tube, I thought about the book I’m writing and how I need to learn more about Black Americans in Haiti during the 1860s. And then, when I got home and opened up Facebook, I saw a post by historian Ana Lucia Araujo that included a book just like that!
I say this as someone who has studied interior design of the 1800s, although it holds true in many other ways.
Trump is an idiot. Lincoln era bathrooms never had marble all over the walls. They had woodwork. Everywhere. Places we would never put woodwork. Never slabs of marble.
Trump is an idiot. Lincoln era bathrooms never had marble all over the walls. They had woodwork. Everywhere. Places we would never put woodwork. Never slabs of marble.
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I say this as someone who has studied interior design of the 1800s, although it holds true in many other ways.
Trump is an idiot. Lincoln era bathrooms never had marble all over the walls. They had woodwork. Everywhere. Places we would never put woodwork. Never slabs of marble.
Trump is an idiot. Lincoln era bathrooms never had marble all over the walls. They had woodwork. Everywhere. Places we would never put woodwork. Never slabs of marble.
Faith and her daughter Olivia consider every day to be Black Cat Day.
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Faith and her daughter Olivia consider every day to be Black Cat Day.
It took some effort, but I persuaded a wyvern to hang out at the library.
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It took some effort, but I persuaded a wyvern to hang out at the library.
I had an email from someone I don’t know asking to meet me in an empty lot to talk about history. Of course I said yes! LOL
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I had an email from someone I don’t know asking to meet me in an empty lot to talk about history. Of course I said yes! LOL
CIA-sponsored regime change has a tendency to be horrific, but apparently we’re doing it again. Is it Venezuela’s oil that we’re after, or is there something else our oligarchs want?
10 Times America Helped Overthrow a Foreign Government | HISTORY
The US has long facilitated regime change to support its own strategic and business interests.
www.history.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
CIA-sponsored regime change has a tendency to be horrific, but apparently we’re doing it again. Is it Venezuela’s oil that we’re after, or is there something else our oligarchs want?
Today I indulged in writing for 8 hours. Which means 8 hours of intense hyperfocus at the keyboard. My body is not happy! Maybe it’s okay that I normally get only 4-5 hour blocks of writing on weekends. I think it’s better for my health.
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today I indulged in writing for 8 hours. Which means 8 hours of intense hyperfocus at the keyboard. My body is not happy! Maybe it’s okay that I normally get only 4-5 hour blocks of writing on weekends. I think it’s better for my health.
Tiny prefers white mousies without tails. If it has a tail, he won’t play with it. As soon as I remove the tail, he’s happy.
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Tiny prefers white mousies without tails. If it has a tail, he won’t play with it. As soon as I remove the tail, he’s happy.
Is it possible to have too many footnotes?
October 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Is it possible to have too many footnotes?
My supervisor. I just wish she would leave the keyboard alone.
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My supervisor. I just wish she would leave the keyboard alone.
Two more days until the long weekend, which I plan to spend holed up in the past, writing an article about Connecticut history that will maybe get published next year.
October 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Two more days until the long weekend, which I plan to spend holed up in the past, writing an article about Connecticut history that will maybe get published next year.
Rocky doesn’t like his medicine, but it’s doing great things for his eye.
October 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Rocky doesn’t like his medicine, but it’s doing great things for his eye.
I sent an email to the CT State Library last night asking for help locating a document referenced in a book published in 1973.
One of their Reference Librarians not only replied today, she sent me a gorgeous scan of the document! (Detail seen here)
One of their Reference Librarians not only replied today, she sent me a gorgeous scan of the document! (Detail seen here)
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I sent an email to the CT State Library last night asking for help locating a document referenced in a book published in 1973.
One of their Reference Librarians not only replied today, she sent me a gorgeous scan of the document! (Detail seen here)
One of their Reference Librarians not only replied today, she sent me a gorgeous scan of the document! (Detail seen here)
How life should be: people from all over the world coming together to share their culture.
In this one moment, an impromptu group from Ghana, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Guyana, and the Philippines danced, drummed, and laughed. Their joy was felt by everyone watching.
In this one moment, an impromptu group from Ghana, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Guyana, and the Philippines danced, drummed, and laughed. Their joy was felt by everyone watching.
September 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
How life should be: people from all over the world coming together to share their culture.
In this one moment, an impromptu group from Ghana, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Guyana, and the Philippines danced, drummed, and laughed. Their joy was felt by everyone watching.
In this one moment, an impromptu group from Ghana, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Guyana, and the Philippines danced, drummed, and laughed. Their joy was felt by everyone watching.
Rocky had an urgent care vet visit today for his right eye. I believe the vet said he has Eosinophilic Keratitis—an inflammation that is causing a white buildup on the cornea. He’ll be getting ointment and drops for two weeks. Like he hasn’t been through enough already! At least he’s a good patient.
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Rocky had an urgent care vet visit today for his right eye. I believe the vet said he has Eosinophilic Keratitis—an inflammation that is causing a white buildup on the cornea. He’ll be getting ointment and drops for two weeks. Like he hasn’t been through enough already! At least he’s a good patient.
The weekend started with me thinking I could easily and quickly prep an article for a different publication after the project I wrote it for was canceled.
Some of you know where this is going….
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Some of you know where this is going….
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September 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The weekend started with me thinking I could easily and quickly prep an article for a different publication after the project I wrote it for was canceled.
Some of you know where this is going….
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Some of you know where this is going….
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Faith and Diego, the largest of her babies, waiting with great anticipation as I get their food from above the fridge.
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Faith and Diego, the largest of her babies, waiting with great anticipation as I get their food from above the fridge.
✔️ Ate breakfast
✔️ Started chicken stock in slow cooker
✔️ Pulled up weeds for an hour
I am completely exhausted and ready to go back to bed, but apparently I still have to run errands. 😫
✔️ Started chicken stock in slow cooker
✔️ Pulled up weeds for an hour
I am completely exhausted and ready to go back to bed, but apparently I still have to run errands. 😫
September 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
✔️ Ate breakfast
✔️ Started chicken stock in slow cooker
✔️ Pulled up weeds for an hour
I am completely exhausted and ready to go back to bed, but apparently I still have to run errands. 😫
✔️ Started chicken stock in slow cooker
✔️ Pulled up weeds for an hour
I am completely exhausted and ready to go back to bed, but apparently I still have to run errands. 😫
When an author catches you looking at her book in the campus store, of course you have to buy a copy and ask her to sign it. ☺️
September 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When an author catches you looking at her book in the campus store, of course you have to buy a copy and ask her to sign it. ☺️
I’m not sure, but I think there might be a cat under the blanket.
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m not sure, but I think there might be a cat under the blanket.
With everything that’s going on, I’m surprised no one is talking about McCarthyism as a relevant and important precedent.
September 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
With everything that’s going on, I’m surprised no one is talking about McCarthyism as a relevant and important precedent.
A little bit of history joy: Duke University Libraries has shared issues of The Anglo-African I haven’t seen before, and in them I found a letter from Alexander C. Luca describing a visit to Iberia College in Ohio, where his daughter Mary was a student in 1863.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A little bit of history joy: Duke University Libraries has shared issues of The Anglo-African I haven’t seen before, and in them I found a letter from Alexander C. Luca describing a visit to Iberia College in Ohio, where his daughter Mary was a student in 1863.
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