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Made it to book 12. Hardcover this time because ThriftBooks only had the paperback with the new covers that say ~now an Amazon show~ or something and I’m stubborn. Lucky for scale.

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I took the deal with the devil and facebook is paying me a considerable amount just to crosspost old reels there for a few months. I need the income, especially now, so I don't feel bad about being on the platform just to take Zuck's money but I'm not going to use the page outside of reposting for this period

my feed on that account is full of ai slop accounts impersonating artists, either selling fake goods or trying to monetize the content. the videos are scarily good now and sometimes it's only recognizing that materials don't work in a certain way that helps me spot them. I doubt even half the people liking what I post are actually real. I feel like I'm feeding the slop machine but my content has probably already been scraped. man it's bleak out here

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had my first real therapist appointment yesterday

basically just sobbed the entire time recapping everything, at some point Lucky got the zoomies so I'm looking at my screen crying describing literal horrors while he's on the couch across from me yelling and digging in the cushions and chasing his tail and being insane 10/10

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you must keep going because you haven't met all the dogs you are supposed to meet

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realized today that I don't need to hold myself back from feeling upset that my situation is unfair just because I know life is unfair in general to so many, and I accept that it is

I can be sad and angry at the unfairness of it all. wanting fairness is not selfish

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Some of the available pendants and necklaces, the most recent ones. Snakestone carvings, shell and sea glass, and painted miniatures. I'm currently struggling financially, and I need to gather money to afford the shipping for a pile of returned parcels, so reblogs would be very helpful, thank you very much!

The prices are in-between 55-67$ shipping included.

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the shells??? with windows??? brilliant

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molding a fox and young deer jaw for ceramic

tumblr fam, are you working on anything cool you are excited about? tell me about it :3

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went out for trivia and met some dogs, this is one

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will try to trap this boy soon ~

he’s warming up to me quicker than Lucky did, or at least he’s less afraid. he is already very vocal and will talk back to me

I’ve named him Red, a nickname my ex used. partially out of spite, he thought I shouldn’t feed the cat and just let it go away and that I was causing more work/trouble for myself. he wasn’t completely wrong, but that is not a thing I can do

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dreaming

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kind of want to try making Egyptian faience ... there are recipes for it online and my kiln gets hot enough for it

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today’s special guests while foraging were … two B2 bombers

(they were circling over the river, likely doing practice runs for the 250th thing air show)

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Today’s blackberry harvest with surprise guest, black raspberries!! I now have about 1.5 lbs of the 3 I need to make blackberry mead.

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it's been 4 weeks since he died, it feels both like so long and also no time at all. I would not wish this kind of grief on anyone

I'm eating and sleeping well again, and can travel further than just in town. I've gone for a walk every day. I'm starting to go do "normal" activities and see people, but I have to keep it short, I get very restless and my sensory issues kick in much quicker than they used to.

stores playing love songs seeing couples out and about, especially holding hands, is difficult. driving one of my normal routes north past his neighborhood is difficult

I will try getting back to work soon. I thought I'd give myself the month off then start again, but maybe starting now and just going slow will be the best approach. I can't afford to not make an income much longer

the quiet and loneliness is pretty profound, he was such a big part of my daily life and I miss it very much. the (illogical) feelings of guilt and regret have eased a little though I am not sure they will ever go away

screen time makes things worse so I'm reading a lot, I'm now on book 11 of t.w.o.t.

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forever amazed that this total Lap Cat was once feral

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Jerboa figurines Middle Kingdom; Dynasty 12–13 ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Egypt Possibly from: Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On) Faience L. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.); H. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.) Repository The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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I love that we’ve always been making little guys

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success!