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Shadow Patton she/her/hers
@redpenmamapgh.bsky.social
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I like cooking, crosswords, and cocktails including N/A options.
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Generationally appropriate bowling scores (15yo has 6-7, Genxer has 69).
A bowling scoreboard showing 67, 11, and 69
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I fixed it
Eggs in a plastic container in three neat rows of four
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Look at this absolute chaos
Eggs all over the place in an egg container, including a lone egg on the front row
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We surprised my Dad for his 80th birthday, 15/10, would recommend.
An older gentleman holding a piece of cheesecake with a candle in it
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Support independent bookshops, yinz.

I just walked into my local shop (Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley) to pick up an order I made online (one of two), inquired about Margaret Atwood's memoir, and they handed me a free ("damaged") copy.
A cover of Margaret Atwood's memoir, Bookshop of Lives
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Mezcal tasting
mezcal bottles lined up for a sampling
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Seasonally appropriate hand cream
A small bottle of hand cream named vampire blood sits on a shelf
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Last night's costume at the Hellbender Ball: Space Bar.
A woman in a gold lame top wears a bar painted with the milky way around her neck. The bar has four small stools in front and two bottles in it. (It had three, but one fell off.) She is wearing a headband with two red pompoms
October 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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My Friday night date. Be jealous. #dreadpuppyrobets
A King Charles spaniel has a good hold of a yellow and orange toy A king Charles spaniel pulling on a yellow and orange toy
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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What is this shit?
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October 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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My neighbor's chickens
Two brown chickens roosting in a bush
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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LOOK AT THIS TINY FROG ON MY STORM DOOR!
A one-inch frog on a glass door
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Thanks for the lunch idea, @allthingsnoisy.bsky.social
Wide bowl with rice topped with seaweed, salmon, cucumbers, carrots, black sesame seeds, and yum yum sauce
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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My almost 15yo son cooked dinner tonight. He made this FROM SCRATCH.
A deep dish cheese pizza on a cutting board
September 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Also, this happened
Middle-aged man cheers with Iceburgh, the mascot for the Pittsburgh Penguins
September 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The lengths to which i will go to not pay to play the NYT mini
The cover of a small book: sit & solve, easy mini crosswords
September 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Exhibit A
A skeleton dog growls at a skeleton cat hiding behind a pole
September 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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This was waiting for us at our table at Eddie V's last night. Dan conspired with one of the servers he knows. We had a lovely evening!
A table with a white table cloth is covered in rose petals with the number 24 on a red setting
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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When in Rome
August 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Me, waiting for my slice of Costco cheese pizza
Costco server: James! James.
...
CS: oh, I'm sorry, zero, zero, seven
Me: laughing, picking up my pizza
CS: c'mon, gimme something, I'm a dad
Reader, I clapped.
A Costco receipt that says 007
August 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A close encounter of the herbivore kind
A doe stands in a grassy area with bushes and blue sky behind her. She is looking directly at the camera
August 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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We saw it! In SWPA
Two people looking up at weird lights in the sky
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Uh, my family and I just saw this? #UAP
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Yesterday, we surprised my parents with a birthday cake and celebration at the family vacation. They both turn 80 this year.
A sheet cake decorated with frosting flowers that says Happy 80th Birthday Tim & Loretta
August 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Simon is too sleepy to say happy International Cat Day, but that's what he has me around for.
A gray tabby asleep on top of a blue chair
August 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM