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EJC
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Traveler, artist, reader, animal lover, Lego builder, unrepentant rabblerouser, Feminist, activist, Boliviana. No PMs please.

“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair[...].”
― Simone de Beauvoir
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Watson makes me happy. #catpics, #catsofblueski
Picture of cat
August 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Lego is my meditation, a time which takes me away from the realities of this crazy epoch. If only I could live in it...
Lego buildings
August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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"Oh, yes," she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children."
"But this isn't yours," I pointed out.
"My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine."

Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
#catsofbluesky #catpics
Picture of Simon and Watson. Like all cats they must test my new pillow.
April 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

19/20

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books Book 1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#booksky
#bookchallenge
Cover of The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books Book 1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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#banksyart
#banksymuseum
February 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20

A Land so Strange: the Epic Journey of Cabesa de Vaca

by Andrés Reséndez

#booksky 💙📚
#bookchallenge
Book cover of A Land so Strange: the Epic Journey of Cabesa de Vaca. The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century by Andrés Reséndez
February 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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“No tribe in the history of Spanish, French, Mexican, Texan, and American occupations of this land had even caused so much havoc and death. None was even a close second.”

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S. C. Gwyne

#BookSky! 💙📚
#nativeamericans
Book cover for Empire of the Summer Moon: Quana Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwyne
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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It wasn't just "gibberish"

#BlackHistoryMonth
#KendrickLamar
Photo of Kendrick Lamar receiving the Pulitzer Prize
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20

#booksky
#bookchallenge
#BlackHisforyMonth
#Blacksky
#HarlemRenaissance
#ZoraNealyHurston
Book cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Nealy Hurston
February 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I found this t-shirt that I almost gave away to charity shop. Couldn't do it. Still fits & has cat hair as a bonus!

#catturday
#catsofbluesks
#catpics
#evolvedmen
#science
T-shirt graphic depicting evolution of men. The most evolved is walking a cat. A lot of cat hair provided by Simon and Watson.
February 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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"Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight"

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
#BookSky
#blackhistorymonth
#books
#MalcolmX
Book cover of The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley.
February 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Kitten is in the animal world what the rosebud is in the garden; the one the most beautiful of all young creatures, the other the loveliest of all opening flowers. ‐- Robert Southey

#WhiskersWednesday #CatsOfBlueSky #Quincythecat
#Catpics
Quincy, a kitty posing for a portrait.
February 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."

Abraham Lincoln

#cats
#catsofbluesky
#SimonandWatson
Two cats sleeping together in a bed made for one.
February 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

16 of 20

ain't i a woman:blak women and feminism by bell hooks

#BookSky
#blackhistorymonth
#books
#blackhistorymonth
#blackwomenmagic
Book cover of ain't i a woman:blak women and feminism by bell hooks
February 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

15 of 20

Bearing the Cross:
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
By David J. Garrow

#BookSky
#blackhistorymonth
Book cover for Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference By David J. Garrow
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

13 of 20

Before Meztizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico by Ben Vinson III

#BookSky
#books
#bookchallenge
Book cover of Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico by Ben Vinson III
February 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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@nnedi.bsky.social

I just realized you are the author of the Binti books, which i read about 4 years ago! I feel honored that you followed back! ("I'm not worthy", as I bow...🤩)
COOL!

"I awoke to the universe"
Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Complete Trilogy

#NnediOkorafor
#BookSky
#science fiction
Book covers of Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor.
February 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

14 of 20

The Black Joke: the True Story of One Ship's Battle Against The Slave Trade by A. E. Rooks

#blackhistorymonth
#BookSky
#books
#bookchallenge
Book Cover for The Black Joke: the True Story of One Ship's Battle Against The Slave Trade by A. E. Rooks
February 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Whether it's sanctioned or not, it will be acknowledged and celebrated!
Nikki Giovanni Black Histor Month Poem.
February 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

12 of 20

Jane Crow: the Life of Pauli Murray by Rosalind Rosanberg
#BookSky
#books
#bookchallenge
Book cover of Jane Crow: the Life of Pauli Murray by Rosalind Rosanberg
February 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Have you ever tried taking a selfie with your kitties?
#catsofbluesky ##caturday
#cats
#Watsonthecat
Three attempts at taking a selfie with a reluctant cat
February 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.
11 of 20
Open Veins of Latin America by
Roberto Galiano9

#BookSky
#books
#bookchallenge
Book cover of Open Veins of Latin America by Roberto Galiano.
February 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.
10 of 20 Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King

#BookSky
#books
#bookchallenge
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM