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Melanor Rigby
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Musician, Library worker, Historian, Museum Nerd, Insatiable Reader, Dog Mom, Cat Mom. Auntie. Into singing, feminism, movies, justice, sustainability, animals, science, holidays, folklore, antiracism, gardens, art, libraries - most things. She/her
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? @remhq.bsky.social #music #albums
Album cover for R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People”
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Still working on "Eleanore of Avignon" by Elizabeth DeLozier (2024)
Also started reading "The Road to Roswell" by Connie Willis (2023)📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #CurrentlyReading
Book cover for "The Road To Roswell: A Novel" by Connie Willis (2023) Cover features a blue starry background with southwestern buttes along the horizon. In the foreground is a neon green and blue sign with the title and author info. Above the sign a silver flying saucer appears to be beaming up cow (or other animal).
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Currently reading "Eleanore of Avignon" by Elizabeth DeLozier (2024)📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #CurrentlyReading
Book cover for "Eleanore of Avignon" by Elizabeth DeLozier (2024) White text on a golden background
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Got my cheese advent calendar at Aldi despite being wounded thanks to my very kind and non-judgmental vegan husband #cheese #AdventCalendar #CheeseAdventCalendar 🧀
Looking forward to December gustatory delectation
Festive “Winter Wonderland Cheese Advent Calendar Tasting Experience” box 24 imported festive cheeses 🧀 From Aldi Excited to have this for gustatory delectation in December
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Posters for the last four films I watched (still in a spooky mood): * The Craft (1996) * The Road to Dracula (1999) * Son of Frankenstein (1939) * The Worst Witch (1986)
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#MusicLibrary problems: Interesting interaction w/ someone asking for info on how to play "small vinyls w/ a big hole in the middle" (i.e., a 45). I wanted to crumble into dust, but instead created a short tutorial for my student workers on the subject of 45s, adapters & how to use them. #music
Getty images picture of a 45 ganked from the interwebs. Features a black viny record with an orange label. Label text happens to be for the Columbia issue of Billy Joel's 1980 single "You May Be Right"
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Currently reading "The New Annotated Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly, edited with forward & notes by Leslie S. Klinger (1818 - this annotated edition published 2017) 📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #CurrentlyReading
Book cover for "The New Annotated Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly, edited with forward & notes by Leslie S. Klinger (1818 - this annotated edition published 2017)
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Ten books read in October 2025. Logged via @thestorygraph.com #books #reading #ReadingList #Booksky 📚
Cover collage of the books I read this past month. * Red Pockets by Alice Mah (2025) * The Artist of Blackberry Grange by Paulette Kennedy (2025) * Garfield at Large by Jim Davis (1980) * Garfield Gains Weight by Jim Davis (1981) * The Witch’s Book of Self-Care by Arin Murphy-Hiscock * The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (2002) * Catification by Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin (2014) * Bonnie Writes the Beatles: Hamburg! by Kal Smagh (2024) * Black Water Sister by Zen Cho (2024) * Coming Up Short by Robert Reich (2025)
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Happy Halloween from me and the pets (familiars) 🎃👻 #Halloween #PetsOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #DogsOfBluesky #jackolantern
A black cat named Lucy gazes up at the camera from behind a black ceramic Halloween tree with orange and purple lights and a giant Funko pop of Maleficent as dragon A black cat named Linus sits tall next to a freshly carved jack o lantern A black and white dog rests his front paws atop a tv table containing a freshly carved jack o lantern. Archie looks back over his shoulder at the camera
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Posters for the last 4 things I watched this week: * Hocus Pocus (1993) * The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) * Agatha All Along (2024) * Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025)
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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More spooooky things watched thus far this Spooky Season. #MovieSky #movies #FilmSky #Films #TVSky #TV #Spooky #October #Dracula #Muppets #Garfield #Beetlejuice #AgathaAllAlong #PaulLynde #Halloween
Posters for assorted spooky movies and shows that I've watched in October 2025: * Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) * Dracula (1931) * Garfield's Halloween Adventure (aka Garfield in Disguise) (1985) * Beetlejuice (1988) * The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976) * Agatha All Along (2024)
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Movie posters for the last four things I watched: * Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) * Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985) * Bride of Frankenstein (1935) * The Addams Family (1991)
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Spooooky things watched thus far this Spooky Season. Need to step it up before the end of the month. #MovieSky #movies #FilmSky #Films #TVSky #TV #StrangerThings #Frankenstein #AddamsFamily #Spooky #October
Posters for assorted spooky shows and movies I've watched thus far in October: * Stranger Things (Season 1) (2016) * Frankenstein (1931) * Stranger Things (Season 2) (2017) * The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) * Stranger Things (Season 3) (2019) ... more to come!
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Still working on "Black Water Sister" by Zen Cho (2021) also reading "Coming Up Short" by Robert Reich (2025), and "Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories" by M.R. James (1904) 📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #CurrentlyReading
Book cover for "Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America" by Robert B. Reich (2025) Cover features white text over a photo of the writer. Another (taller) person (whose head is not in the frame) puts their arm around the author's shoulder. Book cover for Penguin Classics edition of "Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories" by M.R. James (first published in 1904) Cover image shows a colored engraving of a be-sheeted ghost looming over a terrified old man whose back is against a dressing table with a mirror Book cover for "Black Water Sister" by Zen Cho (2021). Illustration shows a young Asian woman looking upwards. Behind her are lit red oval lanterns and a starry dark blue sky.
October 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A sampling of the crowd having a good time at Monroe Pk, Richmond, VA #RVA #NoKings #PeacefulProtest
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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T rexes for no kings, Monroe Park, Richmond VA #RVA #NoKings
Two t rexes in Monroe Park standing for democracy
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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My sweetie got me #Halloween truffles from For the Love of Chocolate #yummy #RVA #RVAFood #candy
Halloween truffles on a festive seasonal paper plate prior to being eaten
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Movie posters for the last four movies I watched: * One Battle After Another (2025) * Frankenstein (1931) * Roofman (2025) * Marc Maron: Panicked (2025)
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Tonight’s spooky viewing: Frankenstein (1931). Classic.
Movie poster for the 1931 classic horror film “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Franchise exercised! #vote #RVA #RVAVotes #election2025 #virginia #opossum #possum #VA
The finest “I voted” sticker featuring a cartoon opossum filling out their ballot with the motto “RVA Votes” at the bottom
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Still finishing up my book from last week, but am also starting "Black Water Sister" by Zen Cho (2021)
Book cover for "Black Water Sister" by Zen Cho (2021). Illustration shows a young Asian woman looking upwards. Behind her are lit red oval lanterns and a starry dark blue sky.
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This Monday, don't forget: Fuck Christopher Columbus.
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Image shows a smiling Indigenous woman with dark braids giving a middle finger to the camera.
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Made spooky terrariums at QuarryRVA today #October #crafts
A little terrarium with a black cat in a witch hat, plastic bones, and pink & green moss A spooky terrarium with a sparkly blue frog, pile of skulls and moss Spooky terrariums and a wee sparkly frog
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Today's #MementoMori #ArtEncounter is an archeological one. A mosaic from the 1st century CE that came from the region around Mt. Vesuvius.
#art #Halloween #October #skeleton #mosaic
A mosaic from the 1st century CE made up of irregular tiles forming a picture of a standing skeleton holding two pitchers in its bony hands. Colors are primarily dark brown and sort of creamy.
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit
by Arin Murphy-Hiscock (2018)

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The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Humphrey T. Davies, translator) (2002)
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading
Cover for "The Witch's Book of Self-Care" by Arin Murphy-Hiscock (2018) - gold & red writing on a dark blue background Title info is surrounded by a pattern of stylized gold leaves and red beerries Book cover for "The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa Al Aswany (2002) Features a sepia tinted photo of a woman in a hijab and a man with their backs to the viewer (they are turned toward each other leaning against a concrete wall that looks over the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt) Title is in dark text on a yellow background
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM