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alwen-lost-arts.bsky.social

I read and play with string, surrounded by vintage sewing machines. Spinner, knitter, bobbin lacemaker, weaver. Sometime tatter, netmaker, chair caner. Bread maker, weather geek, chicken photographer.

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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Porch cat as Chair Cat.

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Did I mention we made one of the cakes from B.Dylan Hollis's "Baking Yesteryear"? #CAKE

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Here you go, something that is not insane. Sock progress. #knitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

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What does one even say to this.

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Another flower's worth on my sock.

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It was SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY today. ...what. It's Michigan.

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When he finally did start moving, all I could see was his turkey legs.

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Maybe your timeline needs a REAL turkey instead of all these posers.

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Relax everyone, he’s just trolling us…

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And what the heck, I've always wanted these socks. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... So I'm knitting them.

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My brother got the trout cowl I made him in the mail last night! #knitting

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Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

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Watching Indy 3, and…

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Firing all the JAGs is very very bad

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Hit the ground running, kids.

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Is it that time again already? SCREAMS

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 3 days ago • 862 comments

When they privatize everything, it isn’t regular people who win. It’s their friends and whoever does what they want. 🇺🇸 is not a business. The more we run it like one, the more we leave those with the least behind. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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April 2020, she's hanging out on the porch a lot more. She was actually watching wild turkeys just outside the fence when I took this, and turned to look at me like "You seeing this too?!"

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October 2019, Porch Cat staring into the house waiting for the food to come out before I managed to trap her and take her in to be spayed.

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This is the one and only photo I got of her in May of 2019 when she had three kittens. They were all three black with a white spot on the chest. Two were short-haired, one was long-haired but disappeared by July. She spent a lot of time hiding them and hiding herself.

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She was still doing her own thing back then, wandering down the same path as foxes and coyotes.

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Pretty sure this is Porch Cat on the trail cam back in February of 2018:

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we don't have kings in America, but we DO have the Great Khan of the Midwest 🫡

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A quote carved into the halls of the United States Supreme Court

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📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

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Drool-worthy collection of shuttles (not mine): tattingcollector.weebly.com/tatting-shut... #tatting

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And it ys sayde the Faerie folke yet lyve, but seldom evir do thei appeare to mortals because thei thynke to themselves "yikes! why bothir goinge anywhere near a cybertruck?"

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

Porch cat as Chair Cat.

Did I mention we made one of the cakes from B.Dylan Hollis's "Baking Yesteryear"? #CAKE

Here you go, something that is not insane. Sock progress. #knitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

What does one even say to this.

Another flower's worth on my sock.

It was SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY today. ...what. It's Michigan.

When he finally did start moving, all I could see was his turkey legs.

Maybe your timeline needs a REAL turkey instead of all these posers.

Relax everyone, he’s just trolling us…

And what the heck, I've always wanted these socks. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... So I'm knitting them.

My brother got the trout cowl I made him in the mail last night! #knitting

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

Watching Indy 3, and…

Firing all the JAGs is very very bad

Hit the ground running, kids.

Is it that time again already? SCREAMS

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

When they privatize everything, it isn’t regular people who win. It’s their friends and whoever does what they want. 🇺🇸 is not a business. The more we run it like one, the more we leave those with the least behind. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

April 2020, she's hanging out on the porch a lot more. She was actually watching wild turkeys just outside the fence when I took this, and turned to look at me like "You seeing this too?!"

October 2019, Porch Cat staring into the house waiting for the food to come out before I managed to trap her and take her in to be spayed.

This is the one and only photo I got of her in May of 2019 when she had three kittens. They were all three black with a white spot on the chest. Two were short-haired, one was long-haired but disappeared by July. She spent a lot of time hiding them and hiding herself.

She was still doing her own thing back then, wandering down the same path as foxes and coyotes.

Pretty sure this is Porch Cat on the trail cam back in February of 2018:

we don't have kings in America, but we DO have the Great Khan of the Midwest 🫡

A quote carved into the halls of the United States Supreme Court

📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

Drool-worthy collection of shuttles (not mine): tattingcollector.weebly.com/tatting-shut... #tatting

And it ys sayde the Faerie folke yet lyve, but seldom evir do thei appeare to mortals because thei thynke to themselves "yikes! why bothir goinge anywhere near a cybertruck?"

did this one a month ago, just saying www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

🎨 Horatio Henry Couldery (1832–1893) "Cats by a fishbowl"