You should post more thirst traps. 👀
i don't think these count as thirst traps but these are the two most recent photos I have of myself featuring random airbnb cat.
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Well, that storm could have gone better.
The netting pulled off the barn roof (which is mostly fine, it was loosely attached because we hadn't gone back to secure it properly yet), so that will have to be re-attached once it warms up and calms down. For now, Polaris and his ladies will be in the barn only. The HEAVY and WET snow we got also pulled Pen 3's netting down strongly enough that the support posts punctured it, so Pen 3 is also confined to quarters until we can get that stapled back up. I put in an order for new netting, but it doesn't get here until the end of the month, and likely won't be able to go up until spring.
At least the birds are safe and well. They have a lot of fresh straw in their coops to bed down in, and Stan and Artemis have got a heated perch they're smart enough to use.
We have more weather and colder temps coming, so wish us luck.
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[Image Description: the "Before X Does Anyone Want To X" meme featuring J. Cole extending his hands outs towards and audience as he stands before a microphone. On the top, it says in small, cramped, allcaps letters "Before I throw out all these wood shaving I've amassed and kept in a giant cardboard box", and on the bottom it says in slightly larger, cramped, allcaps letters "does anyone have any possible idea what I can use them for??" End I.D]
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In Memoriam: Charles Simic, 1938-2023
The Serbian-born American poet Charles Simic passed away this Monday, January 9, 2023. In memory of him and his work, we are sharing two pieces that feature his poetry that are illustrated with wood engravings. Simic was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, and an appointment as US poet laureate.
The first item shown here is a broadside published by Charles Seluzicki in 1981, printed at the Meadow Press with a wood engraving by Sarah Chamberlain. It features the poem “Interlude” by Simic, and is signed by both Simic and the printer/designer, Leigh McLellan.
The second piece shown here is the book Shaving at Night by Charles Simic, with three wood engravings by Helen Siegl, published in 1982 also printed and designed by the Meadow Press. Each engraving accompanies a poem from the book.
When I was in college, I remember reading a Charles Simic prose poem that had something to do with trees in a literature class (I can’t for the life of me remember the title), and I just remember the image it created in my head and thinking “wow.” I hope that Simic’s work will continue to inspire young poets and readers for many years to come. May he rest in peace.
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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager
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Made the mistake of poking the bear on a forum site by criticizing femininity as a set of standards imposed on girls & women to make them objects to be consumed….. WOOF. I literally cannot believe the number of women who refuse to think critically for 2 seconds about why they need to alter their appearance with makeup, shapewear, beauty treatments etc.
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the creature is great but you cannot pet him. he will annihilate your hand and arm and then bite your stupid face for even trying. (unless he's very very sleepy then you can scritch scratch his chin and he'll purr in a weirdly wobbly way). so he is great but I am glad to be home with my little urwisek who is the cuddliest most attention demanding and deserving little thing ever. keeps headbutting me and licking my forehead. little baby
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Wait- did Emmet see the scraps of whatever "Ingo" was peeling and notice that they basically just started to rot or something?
he was carving an apricorn
huh, weird
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