Baba Cia
@ciapoeia.bsky.social
Cozy crone. Joyful cook. Compassionate friend. Cautious optimist. Exuberant reader of arcane mysteries. Perpetual student of life. Mothered only by the moon & the stars. Sovereign observer. Currently: treading water
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Baba Cia
@ciapoeia.bsky.social
· Aug 28
A film you're seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A film you're seen more than 7 times with a gif
Such a cool shot!
"One longed for movement in spite of everything, and I plunged all at once into dark, underground, loathsome vice of the pettiest kind."
- Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Such a cool shot!
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The forgotten witches of Flanders are everywhere, and we are very close to giving them an illustrated short story collection! 🖤🌙🖤
Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our project! It means the world! We are now 97% funded. Consider helping transmute that number into 100. 🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our project! It means the world! We are now 97% funded. Consider helping transmute that number into 100. 🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders
An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The forgotten witches of Flanders are everywhere, and we are very close to giving them an illustrated short story collection! 🖤🌙🖤
Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our project! It means the world! We are now 97% funded. Consider helping transmute that number into 100. 🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our project! It means the world! We are now 97% funded. Consider helping transmute that number into 100. 🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
There’s a future for me after all.
Make new things, including friends.
Make paintings, songs, and books.
Make enchanted daggers of ancient goblin bones.
Make a cloak of moss, enspell it with dark magic, and become a wandering legend of the wildlands.
Make paintings, songs, and books.
Make enchanted daggers of ancient goblin bones.
Make a cloak of moss, enspell it with dark magic, and become a wandering legend of the wildlands.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
There’s a future for me after all.
This one is hard for me to pronounce 😂
Espièglerie [eh-spyeh-gluh-REE]
(n.)
- Prankish behavior; mischief; frolicsome roguishness.
Used in a sentence:
“Espièglerie curled around her like the smoke of frankincense, a playful ghost whispering that life was too short for poetry that didn’t sting a little.”
(n.)
- Prankish behavior; mischief; frolicsome roguishness.
Used in a sentence:
“Espièglerie curled around her like the smoke of frankincense, a playful ghost whispering that life was too short for poetry that didn’t sting a little.”
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This one is hard for me to pronounce 😂
Just right for the dark season of the year; I don’t care what anyone says 💜
Epulation [EP-yoo-lay-shun]
(n.)
- A lavish banquet, feasting, or the act of feasting, often with a hint of excess or ritual pomp.
Used in a sentence:
“The princess, not especially fond of theatrical excess, nevertheless enjoyed a fine birthday epulation worthy of a Renaissance court.”
(n.)
- A lavish banquet, feasting, or the act of feasting, often with a hint of excess or ritual pomp.
Used in a sentence:
“The princess, not especially fond of theatrical excess, nevertheless enjoyed a fine birthday epulation worthy of a Renaissance court.”
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just right for the dark season of the year; I don’t care what anyone says 💜
My calico cat really loves to watch tv also. When she was a kitten, the first time I turned on the tv, she hid under the bed - but she crept out after about an hr & has been a fan ever since.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My calico cat really loves to watch tv also. When she was a kitten, the first time I turned on the tv, she hid under the bed - but she crept out after about an hr & has been a fan ever since.
Doot dee doo...
I wouldn't think bears can just float like that. Interesting!
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Doot dee doo...
Go, Li Chi! Way to kick ass 💜 What a shero!
In the Chinese tale "Li Chi Slays the Serpent," a serpent terrorizes a village into feeding him a maiden once a year in exchange for their safety. One year, a girl named Li Chi volunteers to be the sacrifice, then pulls out a sword and slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Go, Li Chi! Way to kick ass 💜 What a shero!
The lady Salem & her 4 puppuritos. The babies are bigger every single day! I think they either are, or are almost, 1 week old now.
the dinner rush! These babies are growing so fast and doing so well. Salem is continuing to amaze me
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The lady Salem & her 4 puppuritos. The babies are bigger every single day! I think they either are, or are almost, 1 week old now.
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Homes once had protective herbs hung above doorways — rosemary for remembrance, lavender for peace, thyme for courage — not out of fear, but respect for unseen blessings. #ThrowbackThursday
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Homes once had protective herbs hung above doorways — rosemary for remembrance, lavender for peace, thyme for courage — not out of fear, but respect for unseen blessings. #ThrowbackThursday
I do! On dark nights in the winter when the weather is especially bad, I turn on this wax melter I have in a back window that shows light thru it. I also have auto-on rechargeable tealight candles for my front window. I do it because I love to see a warm glow in windows in the cold of night.
We should bring back the tradition of leaving a candle in the window on dark nights so travelers, wanderers, and anyone lost between here and elsewhere knows there is still a light waiting for them. #ThrowbackThursday
Art: Allison Ashton
Art: Allison Ashton
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I do! On dark nights in the winter when the weather is especially bad, I turn on this wax melter I have in a back window that shows light thru it. I also have auto-on rechargeable tealight candles for my front window. I do it because I love to see a warm glow in windows in the cold of night.
I was once married to a man who used to approach me that way when he wanted a kiss & it was so gross.
French grunts with le argument 🇫🇷😤😤🇫🇷 #frenchgrunt #grunt #mouthoff #mouthfight #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I was once married to a man who used to approach me that way when he wanted a kiss & it was so gross.
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I knit a shawl and you can too! yarndragon.com/products/ste...
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I knit a shawl and you can too! yarndragon.com/products/ste...
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Live your life to the fullest.
If that involves frightening a few townsfolk as you float down the street wrapped in old magic, daggers, and malice, then so be it.
If that involves frightening a few townsfolk as you float down the street wrapped in old magic, daggers, and malice, then so be it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Live your life to the fullest.
If that involves frightening a few townsfolk as you float down the street wrapped in old magic, daggers, and malice, then so be it.
If that involves frightening a few townsfolk as you float down the street wrapped in old magic, daggers, and malice, then so be it.
Guess who has 2 thumbs & is one of the many kicked off Medicaid? Apparently, I make $30 too much money now. And they didn't factor in that my rent is $50 more because they didn't ask about any of my expenses. All they asked was proof of how much I get from SS, so it was determined by that alone.
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Guess who has 2 thumbs & is one of the many kicked off Medicaid? Apparently, I make $30 too much money now. And they didn't factor in that my rent is $50 more because they didn't ask about any of my expenses. All they asked was proof of how much I get from SS, so it was determined by that alone.
Before my hip replacement surgery, I was lactose intolerant. But since surgery, I’ve had persistent milk cravings & it’s not making me sick right now. I’ve been drinking about 2 glasses a day. I’m sure this ride will end. I’m probably needing calcium to help my bones heal. It’s sure a trip, tho.
milk is poured into a glass with the words milk it does a body good
Alt: milk is poured into a glass with the words milk it does a body good
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November 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Before my hip replacement surgery, I was lactose intolerant. But since surgery, I’ve had persistent milk cravings & it’s not making me sick right now. I’ve been drinking about 2 glasses a day. I’m sure this ride will end. I’m probably needing calcium to help my bones heal. It’s sure a trip, tho.
4 days old. Puppuritos 💜
four days old (as of last night). I can’t believe a few days ago I was feeling them squirm in their mom’s belly and now they’re here 🥹
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
4 days old. Puppuritos 💜
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Fire was once a language. Romans tossed salt and grain into flames to read the crackle. Greeks whispered into embers to send messages to Hermes. In every culture, someone listened to the fire speak back. #WyrdWednesday
Art: A. Gee
Art: A. Gee
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fire was once a language. Romans tossed salt and grain into flames to read the crackle. Greeks whispered into embers to send messages to Hermes. In every culture, someone listened to the fire speak back. #WyrdWednesday
Art: A. Gee
Art: A. Gee
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Pot-valiant [POT-val-yunt]
(adj.)
- Courageous as a result of being drunk.
Used in a sentence:
"No man so meek but that a full flagon maketh him fierce; for wyne is the smyth that forgeþ fooles’ valour, and many a pot-valiant knyght hath found his bed in a ditch ere dawn.”
(adj.)
- Courageous as a result of being drunk.
Used in a sentence:
"No man so meek but that a full flagon maketh him fierce; for wyne is the smyth that forgeþ fooles’ valour, and many a pot-valiant knyght hath found his bed in a ditch ere dawn.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pot-valiant [POT-val-yunt]
(adj.)
- Courageous as a result of being drunk.
Used in a sentence:
"No man so meek but that a full flagon maketh him fierce; for wyne is the smyth that forgeþ fooles’ valour, and many a pot-valiant knyght hath found his bed in a ditch ere dawn.”
(adj.)
- Courageous as a result of being drunk.
Used in a sentence:
"No man so meek but that a full flagon maketh him fierce; for wyne is the smyth that forgeþ fooles’ valour, and many a pot-valiant knyght hath found his bed in a ditch ere dawn.”
Full Beaver Supermoon is the name of my first album.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Full Beaver Supermoon is the name of my first album.
The tiny, little blep 💜 These puppies are just days old :)
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The tiny, little blep 💜 These puppies are just days old :)
Still foggy at 11:10am. I hope it lasts all day.
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Still foggy at 11:10am. I hope it lasts all day.
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How long since you've been totally spontaneous about something? That's the topic of today's mental health article. I'd love it if you'd give it a read. A lot of it is based on what I've learned from Gabriel :)
rambleandreflect.substack.com/p/the-healin...
rambleandreflect.substack.com/p/the-healin...
The Healing Power of Spontaneity
Life Lessons from a Dog
rambleandreflect.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
How long since you've been totally spontaneous about something? That's the topic of today's mental health article. I'd love it if you'd give it a read. A lot of it is based on what I've learned from Gabriel :)
rambleandreflect.substack.com/p/the-healin...
rambleandreflect.substack.com/p/the-healin...
Ok, you’ve got me dead to rights, except for the wine-stained robe — but I’ll admit to a heckin’ lot of crumbs under my keyboard. It’s just between you, me & millions of other people, right? Our little secret 🤫
Do not fear the night.
Face it boldly.
You and your creaking bones, fading memories, wine stained robe, and teetering piles of unread books belong to the darkness.
Face it boldly.
You and your creaking bones, fading memories, wine stained robe, and teetering piles of unread books belong to the darkness.
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ok, you’ve got me dead to rights, except for the wine-stained robe — but I’ll admit to a heckin’ lot of crumbs under my keyboard. It’s just between you, me & millions of other people, right? Our little secret 🤫