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• rosemary: the remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro
• ginger root: the two towers - j.r.r. tolkien
• mugwort: nightmare obscura: a dream engineer's guide through the sleeping mind - michelle carr
• hair of the dog: shark trouble - peter benchley
• raven feather: to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
• owl feather a is for arsenic: the poisons of agatha christie - kathryn harkup
• bone dust: written in bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind - dame sue black
• stardust: a science fiction book
• salt: sphere - michael crichton
• quartz: orbital - samantha harvey
• moonstone: lost moon: the perilous voyage of apollo 13 - jim lovell, jeffrey kluger
• eye of newt: conclave - robert harris

• 21: 100% | gemini
• 20: 90% | gemini
• 19: 53% | gemini
• 18: 33% | gemini
• 17: 11% | gemini
• 10: 100% | a clockwork orange
• 08: 59% | a clockwork orange
• 04: 100% | cursed objects
• 03: 72% | cursed objects
• 02: 59% | cursed objects
• 01: 14% | a clockwork orange

• ✓ tropical storm arthur (06/17 - 06/18)
• ✓ tropical storm bertha (06/19 - 07/24)
• ✓ tropical storm cristobal (08/12 - 08/13)
• ✓ topical storm dolly (08/27 - 08/28)
• ✓ tropical storm edouard (08/31 - 09/03)
• tropical storm fay
• gonzalo
• hanna
• isaias
• josephine
• kyle
• leah
• marco
• nana
• omar
• paulette
• rene

✓ - read previously // ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶u̶ - read in 2026

fiction

• the golden compass, philip pullman ✓
• the subtle knife, philip pullman ✓
• the amber spyglass, philip pullman ✓
• the passage, justin cronin ✓
• the twelve, justin cronin
• the city of mirrors, justin cronin
• the whisperer in darkness, h.p. lovecraft
• the horror in the museum, h.p. lovecraft
• the haunter of the dark, h.p. lovecraft
• the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring, j.r.r. tolkien✓
• the lord of the rings: the two towers, j.r.r. tolkien ✓
• the lord of the rings: the return of the king, j.r.r. tolkien ✓
• the hobbit, j.r.r. tolkien ✓
• the children of húrin, j.r.r. tolkien
• unfinished tales, j.r.r. tolkien
• the book of lost tales 1, j.r.r. tolkien
• the book of lost tales 2, j.r.r. tolkien

• ✔ 02/14: united rentals 300 - austin hill
• ✔ 02/21: bennett transportation & logistics 250 - sheldon creed
• ✔ 02/28: focused health 250 - shane van gisbergen
• ✔ 03/07: govx 200 - justin allgaier
• ✔ 03/14: the liuna! - kyle larson
• ✔ 03/21: sports clips vfw help a hero 200 - justin allgaier
• ✔ 03/28: nfpa 250 - justin allgaier
• ✔ 04/04: north carolina education lottery 250 presented by black's tire - william sawalich
• ✔ 04/11: suburban propane 300 - connor zilisch
• ✔ 04/18: kansas lottery 300 - taylor gray
• ✔ 04/25: ag-pro 300 - corey day
• ✔ 05/02: andy's frozen custard 340 - kyle larson
• ✔ 05/09: mission 200 at the glen - connor zilisch
• ✔ 05/16: betrivers 200 - corey day
• ✔ 05/23: charbroil 300 - ross chastain
• ✔ 05/30: sports illustrated resorts 250 - justin allgaier
• ✔ 06/13: millertech battery 250 presented by koa - justin allgaier

• York Cat Trail - York, United Kingdom
• Cat Island - Aoshima, Japan
• Hemingway Home and Museum - Key West, Florida - polydactyl cats
• Cyprus
• Istanbul - Türkiye
• Great Sphinx of Giza - Giza, Egypt

• abrogate v. repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement); evade (a responsibility or duty)
• bactrachian adj. pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
• banns n. a public announcement made in a church regarding an upcoming marriage
• caul n. a rare piece of the amniotic membrane that covers a newborn baby's head or face at birth
• cerement n. a shroud or cloth used to wrap a dead body, often treated with wax or resins
• chandler n. a dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats; a dealer in household items such as oil, soap, paint, and groceries (historical)
• crepitate v. to make a crackling sound
• deadfall n. a tangle mass of fallen trees and branches; a trap so constructed that a weight falls on an animal and kills or disables it

sweet melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom. she speaks good english, and she invites you up into her room. and you’re so kind and careful not to go to her too soon. and she takes your voice and leaves you howling at the moon.

• just like tom thumb’s blues, highway 61 revisited (1965)

he woke up, the room was bare. he didn't see her anywhere. he told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide. felt an emptiness inside, to which he just could not relate. brought on by a simple twist of fate.

• simple twist of fate, blood on the tracks (1975)

• a haiku for every girl i've ever slept w..., by benedict smith
• an almost made up poem, by charles bukowski
• for women who are 'difficult' to love, by warsan shire
• howl, by allen ginsberg
• love in a time of climate change, by craig santos perez
• old possum's book of practical cats, by t. s. eliot
• ozymandias, by percy bysshe shelley
• sonnet xlv, by pablo neruda
• the love song of j. alfred prufrock, by t. s. eliot
• the owl and the pussy-cat, by edward lear
• the walrus and the carpenter, by lewis carroll
• the woman who could not live with her fa..., by margaret atwood

ALABAMA (AL) - the yellowhammer state; the heart of dixie; the cotton state

• ❝audemus jura nostra defendere❞ - (we dare defend our rights)
• capital: montgomery
• bird: yellowhammer, colaptes auratus
• flower: camellia, camellia japonica l.
• 22nd to join the union

ALASKA (AK) - the last frontier

• ❝north to the future❞
• capital: juneau
• bird: willow ptarmigan, lagopus lagopus
• flower: forget-me-not, myosotis
• 49th to join the union

ARIZONA (AZ) - the grand canyon state; the copper state; the valentine state

• ❝ditat deus❞ - (god enriches)
• capital: phoenix
• bird: cactus wren, camphylorhynchus brunneicapillus

✴ - 2026 release

• michael jackson - slave to the rhythm
• michael jackson - chicago
• dolly parton - 9 to 5 - r.i.p.
• orville peck - already gone ✴
• orville peck - too little, too late ✴
• ella langley - choosin' texas ✴
• kyle gordon - mr. jambo ✴
• shakira, burna boy - dai dai ✴
• jake $ing - ford mustang ✴
• wings - let 'em in
• frugit - she holds me like this ✴
• wolf parade - i'll believe in anything
  • give me your eyes, i need sunshine.
  • your blood, your bones, your voice, and your ghost.
• tv on the radio - young liars
• death cab for cutie - riptides ✴
• angine de poitrine - sherpa

• animal collective, fireworks ▹ strawberry jam (2007)
• billie holiday, i'll be seeing you ▹ single (1944)
• bob dylan, don't think twice, it's alright ▹ the freewheelin' bob dylan (1963)
• bob dylan, if you see her, say hello ▹ blood on the tracks (1975)
• bob dylan, it ain't me babe ▹ another side of bob dylan (1964)
• bob dylan, it's all over now, baby blue ▹ bringing it all back home (1965)
• damien rice, the blower's daughter ▹ o (2002)
• david bowie, space oddity ▹ david bowie (1969)
• don mclean, american pie ▹ american pie (1971)
• eagles of death metal, i love you all the time ▹ zipper down (2015)
• elton john, your song ▹ elton john (1970)
• ewan mcgregor, alessandro safina, your song ▹ moulin rouge! music from baz luhrmann's film (2001)
• foo fighters, everlong ▹ the colour and the shape (1997)
• goo goo dolls, iris ▹ city of angels: music from the motion picture (1998)
• hozier, from eden ▹ hozier (2014)
• jeff buckley, hallelujah ▹ grace (1994)
• joy division, ceremony - live at birmingham university on 2 may 1980 ▹ still (1981)
• k-ci & jojo, all my life ▹ love always (1997)

• 18: carnation
• 17: copper
• 16: gold
• 15: mustard
• 14: gold
• 13: carnation
• 12: gold
• 11: gold
• 10: carnation
• 09: carnation
• 08: copper
• 07: copper
• 06: copper
• 05: copper
• 04: carnation
• 03: carnation
• 02: carnation
• 01: peony

storygraph | goodreads

♪ - audio

currently reading

• pumpkin: the curious history of an american icon - cindy ott
• the city of mirrors - justin cronin
• pests: how humans create animal villains - bethany brookshire ♪
• nightmare obscura: a dream engineer's guide through the sleeping mind, michelle carr ♪
• the grapes of wrath - john steinbeck
• ten birds that changed the world - stephen moss ♪
• epidemics and society: from the black death to the present - frank m. snowden ♪
• the complete guide to christian denominations - ron rhodes

up next

• the messy lives of book people - phaedra patrick
• the radium girls: the dark story of america's shining women - kate moore

completed (22/26)

august

• podcasts: 31

july

• podcasts: 43

june

• read daily: 60%
• postcard a day: 50%
• podcasts: 26

may

• read daily: 68%
• postcard a day: 22%
• podcasts: 50

april

• read daily: 65%
• postcard a day: 40%
• podcasts: 78

march

september

• x - 2027 calendar released
• x - court of appeals rules pierre gasly loses monaco gp podium and isack hadjar reinstated

august

• x - lando norris contract extension with alpine until 2030
• x - franco colapinto contract extension with alpine until 2027
• x - max verstappen signs contract extension with red bull until the end of 2030
• x - isaac hadjar out with wrist injury, liam lawson will replace him; yuki tsunoda back in for racing bulls
• x - carlos sainz signs new multi-year contract with williams
• x - alex albon signs one year contract extension with williams
• x - cadillac new team principal - marcin b...

ko-fi

chart of the month

• 02/2023: rosy maple moth
• 04: lunar lad
• 05: window views (gaggle)
• 05: window views (stray cats)
• 05: window views (sunset)
• 06: daffodil - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 07: it’s eggs! - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 08: lunar flight a
• 08: lunar flight b
• 08: lunar flight c
• 08: lunar flight d
• 09: luna - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 10: big horn in the sky - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 11: poppy nouveau i (50x50)
• 11: poppy nouveau ii (60x80)
• 11: poppy nouveau iii (100x100)
• 13: flock a - crows
• 13: flock b

🔁 - rewatch // 🖤 - love // 🔬 - documentary

september

• jurassic world rebirth (2025)
• turning point: generation 9/11 (2026) 🔬
• angels & demons (2009) 🔁

august

• anaconda (2025) 🔁

july

• maternal instinct (2026) 🔬

march

• anaconda (2025)

february

• meg 2: the trench (2023)
• rampage (2018) 🔁
• the matrix revolutions (2003) 🔁
• the matrix (1999) 🔁

january

mammals

• hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius , (common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, river hippopotamus) ♡♡♡
• blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
• orca, Orcinus orca (killer whale)
• cat, Felis catus (house cat, domestic cat)
• raccoon, Procyon lotor (racoon, common raccoon)
• Baikal seal, Pusa sibirica (Lake Baikal seal; nerpa)
• beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas (white whale; sea canary)
• North American beaver, Castor canadensis

birds

• northern cardinal (common cardinal; red cardinal), Cardinalis cardinalis
• pink robin, Petroica rodinogaster
• Luzon bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica (bleeding-heart dove, bleeding-heart pigeon, punay)
• mourning dove, Zenaida macroura (American mourning dove, rain dove, turtle dove, Carolina pigeon, Carolina turtledove)

reptiles

• 100 of the world's worst invasive alien ...
• american civil religion
• animals in space: félicette; soviet space dogs
• ant mill
• cat gap
• chronology of the universe
• clear channel memorandum
• hedgehog's dilemma
• inflorescence
• megafauna | megaflora
• mohorovičić discontinuity
• operation popeye
• operation sea-spray
• pando
• poison laboratory of soviet secret servi...
• project 112
• rat king; squirrel king
• sociological classifications of religiou...
• unethical human experimentation in the u...
• who model list of essential medicines

• below 20° | white
• 20° - 23° | cream
• 24° - 27° | silver
• 28° - 31° | grey
• 32° - 35° | proper purple
• 36° - 39° | viola
• 40° - 43° | lavender
• 44° - 47° | cloud blue
• 48° - 51° | denim
• 52° - 55° | cornish blue
• 56° - 59° | royal
• 60° - 63° | green
• 64° - 67° | tea green
• 68° - 71° | lemon
• 72° - 75° | citron
• 76° - 79° | mustard
• 80° - 83° | gold
• 84° - 87° | copper
• 88° - 91° | carnation
• 92° - 95° | poppy
• 96° - 99° | peony

• reality check: inside america’s next top model s01e01: on top
• reality check: inside america’s next top model s01e02: still in the running
• the secret lives of mormon wives s01e01: the first book of taylor
• the secret lives of mormon wives s01e02: the book of belonging
• the secret lives of mormon wives s01e03: the book of saints & sinners
• the secret lives of mormon wives s01e04: the book of truth
• the secret lives of mormon wives s01e05: the book of broken vows
• trust me: the false prophet s01e01: and that's how we met sam bateman
• trust me: the false prophet s01e02: the prophet, the queen and a camera
• trust me: the false prophet s01e03: he wore a high paranoia
• trust me: the false prophet s01e04: i see that girl in third person

• of animals awarded human credentials
• of chemical compounds with unusual names...
• of cognitive biases
• of colors
• of common misconceptions
• of conspiracy theories
• of crayola crayon colors
• of deadliest animals to humans
• of epidemics & pandemics
• of eponymous laws
• of ghosts
• of haunted paintings
• of heresies in the catholic church
• of infectious diseases
• of inventors killed by their own inventi...
• of lost lands
• of most expensive paintings
• of music styles & genres
• of plants with symbolism
• of songs about the september 11 attacks
• of substances used in rituals

• 🎞️ a clockwork orange (1971)
• 🎞️ ✓ angels & demons (2009)
• 🎞️ lamb to the slaughter (2002)
• 📺 alfred hitchcock presents: "lamb to the slaughter" (1958)
• 🎞️ salem's lot (2024)
• 📺 salem's lot (2004)
• 📺 salem's lot (1979)
• 📺 the strain (2014 - 2017)
• 📺 the passage (2019)
• 🎞️ jurassic park (1993)
• 🎞️ the lottery (1969)
• 🎞️ the yellow wallpaper (2011)
• 🎞️ cats (2019)
• 🎞️ cats (1998)
• 🎞️ the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (2001)
• 📺 the andromeda strain (2008)
• 🎞️ the andromeda strain (1971)
• 🎞️ rawhead rex (1986)

• 08: postcrossing - spain

updates & info

• january - snowy
• february
• march
• april
• may
• june
• july - cloudy
• august - partly cloudy
• september
• october
• november
• december

• a game of thrones - george r. r. martin
• alamein to zem zem - keith douglas
• alice's adventures in wonderland - lewis carroll
• all and everything series - g.i. gurdjieff
• all the presidents men - bob woodward, carl bernstein
• atlas shrugged - ayn rand
• bhagavad gita - maharishi ved vyasa
• bleak house - charles dickens
• charlie and the chocolate factory - roald dahl
• cher ami and major whittlesey - kathleen rooney
• chronicles: volume 1 - bob dylan
• darwin's finches - david lack
• death in venice - thomas mann
• deathbird stories: a pantheon of modern gods - harlan ellison
• decameron - giovanni boccaccio
• democracy - joan didion
• do androids dream of electric sheep - philip k. dick
• dr. miles' almanac: dr. miles new weather almanac and hand book of valuable information - dr. miles medical company

listen on spotify

• ac/dc - highway to hell
• appalachian folk song - o death
• b.j. thomas - raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
• blind alfred reed - why do you bob your hair, girls
• blue öyster cult - (don't fear) the reaper
• bob miller, emma dermer - eleven cent cotton and forty cent meat
• cy coleman - hey, look me over
• donovan - season of the witch
• donovan - sunshine superman
• elton john - crocodile rock
• elvis presley - wooden heart
• franz xaver gruber - silent night
• from mary poppins (1964) - a spoonful of sugar
• from mary poppins (1964) - feed the birds (tuppence a bag)
• from the sound of music (1965) - my favorite things

• spring monster → dk; two long rabbit ears - egg shape with legs
• rainbow monster → arm; unfinished tail - cylinder shape with legs
• neon monster → arms; unfinished tail - square shape with legs - purchase yarn?
• candy box monster → arms; unfinished leg - purchase yarn; find peach yarn
• 3-eyed fanged → - long rabbit ear - egg shape
• rainbow monster ii → square shape with legs
• pastel monster → blob with deep pocket underbite
• rainbow puff flower cotton bag → 4mm?
• kraken
• scoodie → 4mm?
• rainbow tapestry fish blanket → pattern where; 4.5mm?
• rectangles and squares sampler → 4mm?
• honeycomb mosaic blanket → 5mm hook - purchase hlilty lollipop love
• daphne blanket → what size hook - loops & threads color craft in slate; caron cinnamon swirl cakes in spearmint swirl - redo?
• rainbow ripple → 5mm - will this be long enough? (could we add cyan?)

based on stardew valley blanket by @fruitydaycrochet/ig and cat pattern by @marynacrochetdesign/ig

started: january 20, 2025

information & photos here

• red: 2/3 cat; 1/3 solid
• orange: 1/3 cat; 1/3 solid
• yellow: 1/3 cat; 2/3 solid
• green: ✓ cat; 0/3 solid
• turquoise: 1/3 cat; 1/3 solid
• blue: 1/3 cat; 0/3 solid
• purple: 1/3 cat; 0/3 solid
• pink: 1/3 cat; 1/3 solid
• black: 1/3 cat; 0/3 solid
• grey: 1/3 cat; 1/3 solid

✥ - sprint race

• ✔ 03/08: qatar airways australian grand prix - george russell (mercedes)
• ✔ 03/15: heineken chinese grand prix - kimi antonelli (mercedes) ✥
• ✔ 03/29: aramco japanese grand prix - kimi antonelli (mercedes)
• 04/12: gulf air bahrain grand prix - cancelled
• 04/19: stc saudi arabian grand prix - cancelled
• ✔ 05/03: crypto.com miami grand prix - kimi antonelli (mercedes) ✥
• ✔ 05/24: lenovo grand prix du canada - kimi antonelli (mercedes) ✥
• ✔ 06/07: louis vuitton grand prix de monaco - kimi antonelli (mercedes)
• ✔ 06/14: msc cruises gran premio de barcelona-catalunya - lewis hamilton (ferrari)
• ✔ 06/28: lenovo austrian grand prix - george russell (mercedes)
• ✔ 07/05: pirelli british grand prix - charles leclerc (ferrari) ✥
• ✔ 07/19: moët and chandon belgian grand prix - kimi antonelli (mercedes)
• ✔ 07/26: aws hungarian grand prix - lando norris (mclaren)
• ✔ 08/23: heineken dutch grand prix - lando norris (mclaren) ✥
• ✔ 09/06: pirelli gran premio d'italia - kimi antonelli (mercedes)
• ✔ 09/13: tag heuer gran premio de españa -..._kimi antonelli (mercedes)_

september

• 22: may & july
• 19: temperature blanket 2026 take iii
• 18: ab/bad #5

july

• 09: a week in the life

june

• 19: american monsters

may

• 23: two more letters

april

• 04: 2026 vvcal

march

• 29: two more letters
• 28: starcat valley blanket
• 20: continuing the alphabet

• 02/01: cook out clash at bowman gray stadium - bowman gray stadium (nc) - postponed due to winter weather
• 02/02: cook out clash at bowman gray stadium - bowman gray stadium (nc) - postponed due to winter weather
• ✔ 02/04: cook out clash at bowman gray stadium - ryan preece
• ✔ 02/15: dayona 500 - tyler reddick
• ✔ 02/22: autotrader 400 - tyler reddick
• ✔ 03/01: duramax grand prix powered by reladyne - tyler reddick
• 03/08: straight talk wireless 50 - ryan blaney
• ✔ 03/15: pennzoil 400 presented by jiffy lube - denny hamlin
• ✔ 03/22: goodyear 400 - tyler reddick
• ✔ 03/29: cook out 400- chase elliot
• ✔ 04/12: food city 500 - ty gibbs
• ✔ 04/19: advent health 400 - tyler reddick
• ✔ 04/26: jack link's 500 - carson hocevar
• ✔ 05/03: würth 400 presented by liqui moly - chase elliot
• ✔ 05/10: go bowling at the glen - shane van gisbergen

film

• cat, from breakfast at tiffany's (1961)
• fat louie, from the princess diaries (2001)
• felix the cat, from feline follies (1919)
• figaro, from pinocchio (1940)
• fuzz aldrin, from moonfall (2022)
• jiji, from kiki's delivery service (1989)
• jones, from alien (1979) & aliens (1986)
• lucifer, from cinderella (1950)
• orion, from men in black (1997)
• rhubarb, from rhubarb (1951)
• sassy, from homeward bound (1993)
• thackery binx, from hocus pocus (1993)
• the cast of the aristocats (1970)
• ulysses, from inside llewyn davis (2013)

television

• fat cat, from chip 'n dales rescue rangers (1989 - 1990)
• scratchy, from the simpsons (1987 - )
• snowball, from the simpsons (1987 - )
• sylvester j. pussycat, sr., from looney tunes, first appearing may 20, 1939

arthropoda

• black carpenter ant, camponotus pennsylvanicus
• black swallowtail butterfly, papilio polyxenes
• brown marmorated stink bug, halyomorpha halys
• cloudless sulphur butterfly, phoebis sennae
• common eastern bumble bee, bombus impatiens
• common walkingstick, diapheromera femorata
• confused eusarca butterfly, eusarca confusaria
• dog-day cicada, neotibicen canicularis
• eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, papilio glaucus
• fall webworm, hyphantria cunea
• german wasp, vespula germanica
• harlequin, asian, or multicolored asian lady beetle, harmonia axyridis
• house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata
• house cricket, acheta domesticus
• leaf-footed bug, leptoglossus oppositus
• oriental beetle, anomala orientalis
• small cabbage white butterfly, pieris rapae
• southern yellowjacket, vespula squamosa
• spotted lanternfly, lycorma delicatula