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Every year I do it.
And every year he hates it.
Merry merry, Samwise.
Please don't send #Krampus after me.

#christmascat #blueskycats #tabby #cat #samwise #bestfriend

Orange tabby with elf hat on looking intensely disgruntled.

December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Despite its thoughtful approach to themes of grief and longing, this second installment dragged a bit for me. Overall, the series is #imaginative, with strong world building and a resilient MC in young Evie. I recommend giving it a read.

#booksky #YA #reading #paranormal #YAhorror #books #bookish

Cover of the book The Nighthouse Keeper. The background is grey, with a tall, cylindrical broken building reminiscent of a lighthouse in the foreground. Shooting out from its top are two beams of green light. Behind it is a misshapen figure with black scraggly hair, large green eye, and huge hands with pointed nails, that clutches the building. In front is the main character Evie, with red hair, a black sweater, and grey pants. She hold a glowing green jar, and her friend bird flies above her shoulder. The title of the book is written at the bottom. "The" is in green, and "Nighthouse Keeper" is in white.

December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

This line from "The Emissary" rocketed me back to #childhood in #NY:

"...Dog had rattled down hills where autumn lay in cereal crispness, where children lay in funeral pyres, in rustling heaps, the leaf buried but watchful dead..."

#booksky #shortstories #raybradbury #reading #autumn #fall

Image the book cover features three tall, Victorian style houses. The house in the foreground has red curtains and more design detail. Leaf bare trees blow in the wind, and a main holding a can and wearing a red cape struggles against the gale. Near his feet is a long lizard creature with red, black, and white stripes. The cover is the color of old, water damaged paper, and displays Ray Bradbury's name and the book title in two shades of green.

December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

The overall pacing in this off kilter #holiday romp is satisfying, although I do find it more story driven than character focused. Leans a bit heavy on gore for shock value. Gorgeous artwork, as to be expected with Brom. A fun #read!

#holidayreading #krampus #krampusnacht #darkfantasy #booksky

Image of Krampus, his face grey and surrounded by black hair. His eyes are wide open and blue, mouth agape with large canine teeth and long red tongue sticking out. He has two large horns jutting from his forehead, and holly leaves and berries woven in his hair.

December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Getting #cozy by the #fireside this evening.

December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Anyone else's partner load the dishwasher like they're work-shopping a new criminally insane villain from #Batman?

#dccomics #homelife #dailylife #marriedlife #comicbooks

November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Feels apropos that Groundhog day is one of those #films I've watched over and over and over...

#movies #filmsky #moviesky #billmurray #haroldramis #90s

Film poster featuring Bill Murray looking out from inside a double bell alarm clock. It's seated on a window sill with the curtains drawn back, revealing a pastoral background. In the lower right hand corner, Andie Macdowell looks out toward the viewer.

November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Regardless of how excited I am for a topic, #nonfiction is a struggle for me. While I slowly chip away at two different subjects, I picked up a fun bedtime #read titled "The Clackity".

Who else has more than one #book going at any given time?

#reading #fiction #booksky #yanovel #bookish #bookworm

Cover of book in grey scale with pops of orange. Shows a young girl holding a key while standing in front of a haunted house. The house has arms reaching up around it from the outside.

November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Anyone pick up the #Mondo #RealGhostbusters figures they've been releasing? So good. Loving the #Venkman and #Egon sets I've received so far.

Meanwhile, here's some #cartoon trivia!

#80scartoons #toys #ghostbusters #toycollector #nostalgia

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The real reason Egon is blond in the Ghostbusters cartoon #movies #film #tv #animation #ghostbusters

YouTube video by Treehouse Detective

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November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

On Sundays we #blep.

#catsky #orangecats #sundayfunday #tongue #petsky #cats

Orange tabby cat with tongue sticking out.

November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Does anyone know where I could find a copy of
Vladimir Bogomolov's "Ivan", the Bernard Issacs translation? I'd love to have a physical copy, as I don't really care to read books on kindle.

#booksky #russianlit #reader #librarians #translatedliterature
#books #novella #translatedfiction #literature

November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Currently reading the excellent "The Lost Rainforests of Britain" by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social as research for my novel. I feel a bit guilty for my enchantment, given the important ecological message of this engrossing book. Can captivation be a friend to serious concern?

#forests #books #botany

Cover of the book The Lost Rainforests of Britain. Features tree limbs covered in green moss, hanging over a stream bed with slanting rocks. A bird is flying with a seed in its mouth.

November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Do I need that 1980s Pizza Hut Book It pin on eBay?

There is only one correct answer.

#nostalgia #reading #80skid #booksky #childhood #IYKYK

November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

I was today years old when I learned "Dead Souls" by Joy Division is named for Nikolai Gogol's #novel of the same name.

Meanwhile, I have no grasp of 19th century Russia to really appreciate what I've read of his work. #Book suggestions on where to start?

#reading #booksky #history #literature

November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Reposted by Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Kimmel’s back, Trump’s stuck on the escalator, and Jon’s talking with DNC Chair Ken Martin. New episode out tomorrow.

September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

In San Antonio this weekend, vending at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo. Here's a throwback #Caturday kitten pic of my little oddity Samwise.

#odditiesandcuriosities #blueskycats #oddities #tabbycat #godzilla #throwback #kittens

Red tabby kitten standing next to a Godzilla toy.

August 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Don't let him fool you - he's a covert extrovert.

#redcat #caturday #whiskers #yawn #extracat #tabby #catsofbluesky #besties

Red Tabby cat viewed upside down with his mouth open.

July 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Straddling the shadow, but looking to the light.

#caturday #redtabby #catphotography #bestfriend #cats

Red tabby lying on a turquoise couch, half in shadow.

July 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

The feeling is mutual, bud.

#caturday #redtabby #bestbuds #catsofbluesky #love

Orange tabby wrapped around the arm of owner.

July 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

Morning thoughts.

#goodmorning #atsuko #whereismycoffee

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Words to live by by me, comedian Atsuko Okatsuka 😂 #hopecore

YouTube video by Atsuko Okatsuka

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July 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Stacey Leigh Stonebraker

@slstonebraker.bsky.social

"A cornerstone of our Democracy and being a patriotic American is public health, including vaccinations." - Dr. Andrea Love

#science #July4th #healthcare #USpolitics #education

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