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Showndra Ridge
@showndraridge.bsky.social
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Self published author, pet mom, and gamer among other things. 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💜💙

Books I've written can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/author/showndraridge

My antique booktube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDustyLibrary
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Happy got-day to Rorry.
Siamese cat sitting on a mat playing with a toy while looking up at the camera
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Siamese cat sitting on a box of books looking up.
August 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This week's book haul may have gotten a bit out of control...
7 boxes of books sitting in a hallway with a cat sitting on one box.
April 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Not really helping there buddy...
Image of a black cat laying on a box filled with books.
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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When cleaning out the car goes wrong and someone decides to jump in. He really wanted to go for a ride with us today. This was after pulling him out of the front of the car 3 times. We forgot the trunk was opened and he jumped in when we walked past.
Tan dog looking up and smiling standing in the back of an opened red car trunk.
April 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Just Wabby helping me sort some books.
Black cat sitting on a red and black blanket next to a pile of books.
March 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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1898 copyright page from one of the old books in my collection.
#book
Image of a page from a book. Text on page reads Copyright 1894 syndicated publishing company Copyright 1898 syndicated publishing company
March 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Got this a bit ago with several lots. I didn't get a chance yet to put it together so I'm not sure all the pieces are there.
Puzzle inspired by JRR Tolkien. Christmas puzzle with Santa at the top of a staircase and a figure at the bottom that fell down. The room around the figure is decorated for the holidays. Items are covering each step of the stairwell.
March 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Eggs all set and now we wait.
Green, brown, tan, blue, and olive eggs sitting in an incubator
March 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Looked at cars, followed by a hike at a park, and ended last night by going out for dinner for my birthday yesterday.
Trail of gravel in the middle of the woods. The trees are lacking leaves. The sky above is slightly cloudy with hints of blue. The trail stretches as far as can be seen and vanishes around a turn.
March 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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3 years ago we found this hand dug abandoned well on our farm hidden under a piece of sheet metal in what used to be our horse pasture. One day I want to fix it back up and see if it could still be usable, but for now it's staying covered.
Hand dug well, lined with stones that has been taken apart so it's flush with the ground around it. The lid which is visible is a piece of old metal. Only the top part of the well is visible, the lower part is covered in darkness.
March 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Quote of the day from Bing.
Quote of the day "She's ruffled some feathers, but in my opinion, should remain right where she is until the pendulum swings and we see gender equality worldwide...as long as 'Fearless Girl' remains, she remains the beacon for the benefits of diversity." Kristen Visbal American sculpture of 'Fearless Girl'
March 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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She's not amused I think.
Siamese cat sitting on a computer tower looking annoyed.
March 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I just wanna show you all one of the books in a lot I'm sorting. It's a 1938 copy of The Yearling.
Book cover. Cover is yellow with birds printed on it and a picture of a boy holding a young deer. Book title The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings author of South Moon Under Text on page reads copyright 1938, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the permission of Charles Scriber's Sons
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I don't really have any kind of updates on anything due to being sick so I figured I'd share this picture I took at a botanical garden a few years ago.
Picture taken outside at a garden, photo shows a metal pyramid structure over a fountain with a cascading waterfall inside. Around the fountain are various types of flowers in bloom. Behind it a large greenhouse with a dome roof can be seen.
February 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Made a somewhat dent in the lots yesterday, working on them again today so hopefully I can get them all sorted by next week. Should be able to as long as I don't get sick and the power holds out.

And picture of the lots for my online store in case anyone is curious about my not writing job.
Boxes holding old books, readers digest and maps. Boxes of old books, national geographic, and a cat.
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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... She stole my chair and I just want to play a bit of RDO and have a beer before bed...
Siamese cat on a blue banket looking up at the camera
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Cover of The Foundling, my first book, cover art by @chrysstadestrata.bsky.social It's a horror series, and can be found on Amazon in ebook, KU, or paperback.
#book #author #writer #horror #vampires #selfpublished
Book cover, front shows a dark night sky with a moon over a county fair, book title is The Order: The Foundling, A Novel by Showndra Ridge, Cover by Chrssta Destrata, Back cover text reads: College should be the time in someone’s life where they can finally grow into the person they want to be. For Nick it isn’t though, as he was too used to the constant moving around his family did, thanks to his dad being in the military. Just staying in one place too long, while going to college, made him too anxious to sit still. After finally giving in to his need to travel, he drops out and set off with no clear plan about where he was going or where he'd end up. It's on this trip that he finds out there’s more to this world when he gets involved in a blood feud hundreds of years old between two different supernatural races. Everything comes to a head when the mysterious Order shows up. This could be the chance Nick was looking for, the chance to find the real place he belongs. The Order may exist to stop the supernatural world from interfering with the normal world, but what does that mean for a normal human like Nick? The Foundling is book 1 of the Order series.
February 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Drs adjusting meds and feeling crappy because of it so trying to relax tonight with a new dragon latch hook and Wabby.
Dragon image printed on a latch hook mat sitting on top of a black cat on a red and black blanket
February 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Giving up on this book. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I just cannot deal with the word 'says' being used every time someone speaks. I gave it several chapters but 'says' just got too much and I started focusing on that instead of the story.
Book cover, title: Nibbled to Death by Ducks by Robert Campbell. Cover shows and hand floating in water surrounded by various breeds of ducks.
February 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The book lot. It's a bunch of herbal books for gardening and using them for various things. I already have some herb books but wanted these to fill out my collection.
Collection of books in a box on gardening and growing and using herbs.
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Game time with Rory.
Sorry for the dark pic it's midnight, my lights are off, and I'm drinking spice cider with rum while I play Red Dead Online.
Sleeping Siamese cat on a blanket in a dark room.
February 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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And he's done. Been working on him on the weekends at night cause I haven't felt well. He'll be turned into a wall hanging when I feel up to sewing again. Rorry kept me company again tonight.
Stitch latch hook rug completed laying on top of a Siamese cat sleeping on a red and black blanket Siamese cat asleep in a ball laying on a black and red blanket
January 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Latch hook time with... Wabby. And yes Wabby does have thumbs.
Black cat under a Stitch latch look rug on a red and black blanket
January 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Not helping.
Siamese cat stepping on a mat for a latch hook kit.
January 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM