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Ashley S. Pumpkins
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Oregonian. Somewhat human, aspiring SFF writer, cromulent book reviewer & someday librarian. AuADHD. She/Her.

Oregonerin. Etwas menschlich, aufstrebender SFF Schristellerin, cromulent Buchrezensentin & eines Tages bibliothekarin. AuADHS. Sie/ihr.
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Still from Season 9 episode 17 of The Simpsons, "Lisa The Simpson" featuring the character Jasper, holding on to a Moon Pie pastry in the Kiwk-E-Mart, declaring "what a time to be alive."
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I don't need a man. I need Mia Goth's wardrobe from Frankenstein.
A photo selection of Elizabeth Harlander's (Mia Goth) costumes from Gullermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, designed by Kate Hawley.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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It contains MALK, so you know it's loaded with vitamin R.
Still from Season 6 episods 21 of The Simpsons "The PTA Disbands" showing Bart Simpson holding a milk carton that reads "Malk, now with vitamin R."
October 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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It contains MALK, so you know it's loaded with vitamin R.
Still from Season 6 episods 21 of The Simpsons "The PTA Disbands" showing Bart Simpson holding a milk carton that reads "Malk, now with vitamin R."
October 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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New fear unlocked: my home state being invaded by another state's national guard because this is the country I live in now. Why am I having flashbacks to AP US history?

But hey, at least I managed to snap a picture of my cat wearing the hat she only wore for .005 seconds! Yay?
A calico cat on a bed wearing a tiny, cat-sized cowboy hat. The cat looks startled at having a hat placed on her head without her consent. The kitty also has some gunk around her ears from treatment for an ear infection, increasing her general air of aggravation.
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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My boy is a year old today! I swear he was just a wee, little 8lb puppy only a few minutes ago 🥰😭🥰
A very happy 1-year-old yellow Labrador puppy wearing a harness.
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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My cross stitch got third place! I won...$1. Worth it!
Miniature cross stitch of a horse in landscape, with a third premium ribbon from the Clackamas County Fair attached.
August 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Together at last! So happy to see Bloody Mary on the shelves! @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social

Endlich zusammen!
Two copies of Kristina Gehrmann's Bloody Mary: A Graphic Biography of Mary Tudor, one in German (Bloody Mary: Die Geschichte der Mary Tudor) and one in English.
July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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It's been 30 years - do you think Homer ever finished painting the garage?
Still from Season 10, episode 19 of The Simpsons, "Mom and Pop Art" featuring the Simpson garage of the Simpson house. A few cans of paint and paintbrush sit on a tarp next to the garage. Only one corner of the garage is painted, with the message: "Start here tomorrow, 7/17/95" painted above it. The episode aired 4/11/99, nearly 4 years after that message was painted.
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Dear internet: help me decide my next Pride Month read! I just finished BURY YOUR GAYS - do I remain in the Tingleverse with CAMP DAMASCUS? Or do I pivot to something with OFMD vibes with RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND? BURY YOUR GAYS left me with a massive book hangover & I honestly can't decide.
Copies of the books Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle and Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland next to each other.
June 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Happy 114th Birthday to the late, great Vincent Price. Today is also the late badass Christopher Lee's birthday as well. May 27 is a hell of a day.
Still from Season 10, episode 12 of The Simpsons, "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday," depicting a craft kit called Vincent Price's Egg Magic, featuring Vincent Price with a painted egg.
May 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Finally refilled the bird feeders after leaving them empty for a few days (hey, I was sick, leave me alone). This scrub jay has ***opinions*** about my negligence.
California Scrub Jay staring intently into a bird feeder camera.
May 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Pumpkin will help me pay the pet tariff. Cat drool is of equal value, right? Right???
A gorgeous dilute tortoiseshell cat laying on top of her bed, having napped so hard she has a line of drool coming out of her mouth.
May 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Now remember, we're in the Itchy lot.
Still from Season 6 episode 4 of The Simpsons, "Itchy and Scratchy Land" which depicts one of two endless parking lots, this one with a sign saying "Itchy Lot." There is no way to distinguish which endless parking lot is the Itchy lot or the Scratchy lot.
May 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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My squirrel baffle baffled nothing. NOTHING!
A squirrel hanging off a wooden fence post to get to a bird feeder full of seed, despite the bird feeder having a squirrel baffle (a kind of lid meant to keep squirrels away) on top of the feeder. The local squirrels are quite clever.
April 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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A very happy book birthday to the finale of one of my favorite series ever: HOLY TERRORS by @what-eats-owls.bsky.social! This trilogy has brought me so much joy, even in bad times.
The cover of Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen, featuring an illustration of a woman with red hair at the center with two people in monks robes flanking her.
April 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Even squirrels enjoy the cherry blossoms.
A squirrel sitting on a branch in a cherry tree, surrounded by pale pink cherry blossoms.
March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Good people of Bluesky, I don't mean to alarm you, but...

THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE HERE! THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE HERE! THEY'RE OPEN AND THEY'RE PINK AND THEY SMELL WONDERFUL! CHEERY BLOSSOMS!!!!!!!!
A cluster of pretty pink cherry blossoms on a cherry tree.
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Scout is glad to be of service and we hope you feel better soon!!
Yellow Labrador puppy sitting in the grass smiling up at the camera. He is a particularly cute puppy.
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Perhaps this picture of my puppy will help you feel better? Puppies make everything better, right? Right???
Picture of a six month old yellow Labrador retriever puppy mid yawn. This puppy is particularly cute.
March 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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My brain immediately went to this:
Still from The Simpsons, season 6 episode 9, Homer Badman. It features a sign that reads: Community Center: Welcome, Candy Convention Room 1! Also: Candy-shaped Rat Poison Convention, Room 11.
March 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Ooooo I've never actually heard of this one and now I really want to read it...
A Book on a desk: the book is Triumff by Dan Abnett.
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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There are few things I love more than a Blind Date With A Book. I'll never go on a blind date with a human, but I'll never not refuse a book date.

Also, come on, nothing beats that description.
A Blind Date With A Book- a book wrapped in brown paper with the logo for the bookstore The Book Bin stamped on it (a cat holding an umbrella over a book in the rain). The tag on the book reads: fantasy, Jonathan Strange meets Monty Python, alternate history, steampunk, $9.
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I think I broke the boycott & it wasn't @edashtonwriting.bsky.social fault: I went to get Scout a pup cup from Dutch Bros & as pup cups are free & I always feel bad just going somewhere to get a free thing, I got a lemonade. I paid with their app 😭

(I'll get my copy of Antimatter Blues eventually)
Very handsome six-month old yellow Labrador puppy stretched out to take up an entire sofa. He's looking at the camera as if to say "I absolutely deserve a Dutch Bros pup cup."
March 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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One good thing: I love seeing little bird footprints in the snow. It's so adorable and wholesome.
Bird footprint left in snow.
February 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM