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ShannahC
@shannahc.bsky.social
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Cat-lover, book-lover, music-lover, WoW gamer, knitter, photographer, NYer, Miss Star Trek Universe emerita. Fuzzy is my favorite color.
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East Williamsburg #blockabout #nyc #streetscape
Colorful mural on the side of a small supermarket that reads SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I just deleted FB, FB Messenger, and the Starbucks app from my phone (maybe just for the next 24 hours, we'll see). That felt good. I have cash for tomorrow and plans to get my coffee from a small local place and probably not buy anything else.
Poster with big red rabbit and text reading ECONOMIC BOYCOTT. DON'T BUY STUFF FRIDAY FEB 28. WE HAVE POWER. NO AMAZON, WALMART, TARGET, FAST FOOD, GAS. OK SMALL BUSINESS. USE CASH.
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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I worked (paying into Soc Sec) for 18 yrs then became disabled & lost a FT job w/benefits bc of my illness. Then I had PT jobs w/out insurance; started 2 businesses, hoping to get myself health insurance & ultimately lost them bc I was sick. I depend on Soc Sec Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, & EBT
A sticker that reads I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THAT YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
February 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I found a #bodegacat in Williamsburg today. Her name is Bella, and she came out from behind the counter to defend her territory from an elderly dog in a bright orange coat. The deli didn't have coffee, so I had to get a $4 espresso at a little place across the street that was neko-cat themed.
Small black and white cat with orange eyes standing in front of beverage refrigerator on weathered concrete floor
February 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Aaaaand ... it's Monday
B/w Edward Gorey illustration of a child bundled in winter scarf, coat, and hat bouncing out of a sleigh onto their head in the snow. Caption: D is for Desmond throw out of a sleigh
February 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I took the same photo from a room in Queens today too
February 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Hazy reflection of me in a plate glass window over a sign reading EVERYONE is WELCOME. "Welcome" is written out in multi-colored hands spelling ASL and in block letters in the colors of the rainbow.
February 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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#NYC #blockabout
My corner bodega after dark, shot from the corner with wet icy sidewalk in foreground (and a bit of snow at the edges), the front corner of the store with windows brightly lit from inside, lined with colorful grocery items. Over the awning the bright electric sign reads (on both sides) Jaquita's GREENMARKET. Above that, two darkened stories of red brick with tidy lines of windows trimmed with white trim
February 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Time to put more love into the world.
In a window with a gold frame, a block-printed sign with cheery red letters that says HELLO. ALSO, I LOVE YOU.
February 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Black cat inside gray fuzzy cat house and one-eyed dilute tortie cat on round gray fuzzy cat tree platform, looking at camera
February 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Spouse has begun baking homemade bread and I am delighted
Round loaf of homemade bread with golden-brown crust on cooling rack on black kitchen counter. Vintage stainless flour canister with black lid ("FLOUR") and small Kliban cat ceramic cookie jar (pair of white pants with 3 b/w tabby cats peering out) and wooden knife block in background
February 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Today's #blockabout is brought to you by Places That I Miss That Are No Longer There. I loved working next door to Books & Co, back when the Breuer building was the Whitney Museum. That was a wonderful building to work in.
Bookmark from B • O • O • K • S & Co. [red font] 939 Madison Avenue New York City with etching of the storefront over the street address, phone, and FAX numbers. Ivory stock bookmark sits on a paperback copy of N.K.Jemison's The Obelisk Gate.
February 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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February 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Also, this jellybean
Light-colored tortoiseshell cat crouched on white tabletop in sunny window, looking at the camera with her one good green eye (the other one was removed)
February 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Black cat laying in the sun on grey cat tree platform with paws outstretched, looking at camera. Pillar of cat tree has a yellow "caution"shaped sticker that says "LAZY CAT" under a silhouette of a black cat
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Finally got to see the sheep that are part of the Nativity scene at St Pancras church near me. I love seeing them here in the middle of #NYC and they seem quite content. #Queens #blockabout
December 13, 2024 at 4:36 AM
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Helping
At top, desk surface with closed notebook on it, keyboard drawer with multicolored (lit from below) rainbow keyboard, then black cat stretched out across my lap, sleeping
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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This girl
Close up of the face of a variegated gray cat (dilute tortie) in loaf position with paws tucked under her chest on black and red blanket, purple background. Her little triangular nose is pink and grey, you can see all her silvery whiskers, her ears are alert, and her right eye is looking at the camera (her left eye appears closed because it is missing)
December 8, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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Reluctant #blockabout #NYC #Queens
Close-up of reddish door with holiday wreath, blond brick stoop with silver railings and small awning
December 8, 2024 at 5:54 AM
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So studious
Black short-haired cat with green eyes looking owlishly past the camera with his paws folded under his chest and resting comfortably on a thick book with a blue cover titled GOTHAM Petite short-haired cat with variegated gray fur (she's a dilute tortie) sitting with her oversized paws (she's polydactl) curled under her on a darker gray cushion and looking at the camera with one green eye (she's missing her other eye), ears upright and is she smiling (just a little?) under her cute little pink speckled nose
December 7, 2024 at 6:25 AM
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Brrrrr #blockabout, but I actually love winter #NYC #Queens #streetscape
Corner store, as seen from corner. Blue awning on brick building says GLENDALE FLORIST, and is draped with red poinsettias and pine greenery with bright red holiday bows glowing in late afternoon sunlight casting long shadows across concrete sidewalk
December 7, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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It doesn't matter that I've been up north for nearly 40 years, I still get very excited every year when I see the first snow falling.
December 5, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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More coziness
Small dilute tortie cat (with only one good eye!) curled and looking at camera like we just woke her up, with her back touching a larger black cat facing the other way. Their nest is a large soft pillow shaped like a big gray paw with pink toe beans
December 5, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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Brrrr #blockabout #Queens #NYC #streetscape
December 5, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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Cozy
Black short-haired cat curled snugly inside a grey aran cable-knit blanket, which is curled around the cat, with one visible green eye half-opened
December 4, 2024 at 4:16 AM