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Dj Connell
@itbodes.bsky.social
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Writer, teacher. Book Wyrm. Covid informed. I foster cats. The dog helps. Trained in wildlife and companion animal rescue. Ran a teachers library back in the day. Eco-feminist and native gardener. Ukraine will win. Mask up.
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Happy #Caturday. Let’s do what good we can.
Cartoon of a large black cat with gold eyes holding a dark blue beverage cup that has light blue cat faces on the outside. A Coffee Cat if ever I saw one. Text reads: Can we please try a normal, boring, historically insignificant day for once? @POKET.PIKTURES
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Photo of a very scruffy gold kittty who is missing their left ear. The right ear has been tipped so they must have been rescued from a colony. The cat is skinny and is wearing a blue sweater. They are sitting on a pink cat bed, and are clearly in care somewhere. Good luck furry friend. Text : When you had a rough day but are trying to stay positive.
December 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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For all the cats and kittens sleeping in their forever homes tonight, and all the folks who make these happy endings possible. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
#kittens #Santa #cats #Christmas
Two photos of a cute, fluffy white kitten sitting on a branch of Christmas tree. In the first photo she has her head cocked to one side and seems to be listening. She says, “I think I hear Santa” In the second photo she looks directly into the camera with a happy look on her face and says, “It’s Santa!!!!!”
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Merry Christmas. Best wishes to you and your loved ones.
Cartoon of a black cat on a red background wearing a string of large, multicolored, old fashioned Christmas lights. The cat looks a bit surprised.
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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The good people who adopted our Torbie foster Sydney have put her beloved sister Gayle👇 on hold. We would love to see them live together as they are so close.

Everybody cross your fingers 🤞
#cats #kittens
Tiny Tortie kitten Gayle playing with a rainbow colored fuzzy fabric end on a pole toy. She is on a white faux sheepskin and there is a blue and green feather toy (another one of her favorites) in front of her. She is small but mighty. Gayle with her big gold eyes coming up to my phone camera at the shelter. She is a beautiful girl with big gold eyes and brown, gold and white short fur. Very playful and dear.
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Sweet and silly foster kitten Sydney was adopted yesterday after being in CAT’s shelter only 48 hours. No surprise there.

Her adopter(s) will soon realize they didn’t just get a pretty face, they got a very clever girl.

She will rule them wisely. 🌟 Have fun y’all.

#cats #kittens
An adorable Torbie kitten named Sydney with a gold blaze on her nose and amber eyes is sitting on a table and playing with a pole toy. She has her left paw on the string to hold it and is sniffing the top to see how it works. Clever girl.
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Thanks to our rescue Leo (who was raised by cats, and speaks “feline”) we can list our foster kittens as “dog friendly” on their bios. This helps them find homes. He has offered this educational service to hundreds of kittens over the years. Thanks, big guy, we love you. #dogs #cats #kittens
Our large, golden shepherd mix Leo is laying on his side on a sand colored carpet. He is being very still while an 8 week old Torbie kitten sniffs his big old black nose. Our latest foster kittens liked him very much. Even if they don’t get their own dog, they have learned courage in a safe and loving way. Sweet, golden Shepherd mix Leo is looking into the camera while I tell him he’s a good boy. He has a large black nose, short fur, deep brown eyes, and upright shepherd ears. He is now eight years old. He came to us as a puppy from Oregon Dog Rescue.
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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S. Lucia
By Lisa Aisato
Santa Lucia / Saint Lucy imagined as an elderly woman wearing the crown of candles. She is dressed in a soft, wheat colored gown and is holding her two hands against her heart. She is smiling slightly and gazing at the viewer as if she is glad to see them. Her face is full of wisdom, kindness and good cheer. This figure is usually imagined as a young girl and I was delighted to see her as an older woman offering the gifts of the season.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Oregon folks:
Our Torbie sisters, Sydney and Gayle, get their spay neuter surgery on Tues, 12/16. Available for adoption that evening. They are playful and loving, curious and brave. Hoping they can go out as a pair 🤞💜😺 #cats #kittens
They have shots & chips. 🐈 Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood.
Photo 8 week old Torbie kitten sisters. Here they are getting lap time and a cuddle. These two have beautiful golden eyes and pretty markings in brown, black and gold.
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Wild thing
#kittens #FosterKittens #Torbies #cats
The Torbie kitten is hiding behind the rainbow fabric on the pole toy. All you can see is one eye and her right claw wrapped around the toy. She will not give it up easily. A Torbie kitten is attacking the rainbow colored fabric piece at the end of a pole toy. She has her mouth open and her head up and looks like she is roaring.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Please don’t let the 🤬 get you down. I can’t imagine how hard this is. Best wishes for better times ahead.
Cartoon of a black cat who is standing on two legs, glaring, looking fierce, and holding a two handed sword which has seen better days. Test; Inner darkness aside, I am filled with love and wonder.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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It was time to deploy the heated cat beds.
#winter #cats
#AdoptDontShop
Photo of our Queen Rose, an senior black and white cat with green eyes, laying on a blue fleece blanket on top of her heated cat bed. Her bed is on top of a wicker chest which gives her a view outside a window so she can watch the birds.
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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They got bigger.
Happy #Caturday

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Photo of our Torbie foster kittens: Tiny Gayle on the left came to us underweight but she is eating well and growing normally now. Her beloved and bigger sister Sydney is on the right. Both kittens are lovely and have large, expressive eyes. They will be stunners when they are older.
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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The grave’s a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
- Andrew Marvell
To His Coy Mistress
#Poetry #CarpeDiem
#WearAMask

I highly recommend A Fine And Private Place, a fantasy love story that takes place in a graveyard. Grumpy ravens, humor, and ghosts. Peter S Beagle.
Image of a Doctor Death plush. It has a grey body and a black head and white eyes. It wears a grey hat with brown twigs and small green leaves on rather side. It also wears a green leaf pendant. It’s wearing the traditional plague mask from the Middle Ages with the long beak like nose, and carries a wooden staff with a skull on the top. By Squishable.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I agree, it is hard not to lash out sometimes when people expect us to solve all their animal problems, esp when they don’t want to work with us and be part of the solution. Sending respect and best wishes and hoping you have a peaceful holiday season.
Cartoon of a glaring black cat holding a sword. Text: Inner darkness aside, I am filled with love and wonder.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Remember our blind foster kitten Tater Tot? He got a home some weeks ago with a loving, cat savvy family. He has bonded with their older female cat, and loves playing with their gentle 5 year old girl. Both the little girl and Tater love boxes and share their toys inside a large one. #cats #kittens
Photo of a blind ginger kitten grooming his new black kitty sister. She was missing her previous companion who had passed and she loves having a buddy again. Photo of our blind foster kitten Tater Tot, a bold, loving and clever boy. Here he is tracking my voice because I asked if he wanted a treat.
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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These people get me
#cheese

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Small, plastic grocery store gift bag seen at the cheese counter at Market of Choice. Shows an illustration of a classic red demon (with wings, pointed beard, horns and tail) smiling and holding a piece of cheese on a cheese fork in one hand and a tray of cheese in the other. Text reads, “Hey, have you tried cheese?” They are sitting on a chair sized triangular piece of Swiss cheese in an open green field with some juniper trees in the background. Perhaps we are in Italy. Is Stanley Tucci nearby? One can hope.
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Our two Torbie foster kittens taking turns batting at the same feathered pole toy. One is on a blanket underneath a low table, and the other is in front on the floor. Watch for the stealthy paw coming out from underneath.
#kittens #cats #AdoptDontShop
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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She wants me to make it go. #kittens #cats
A 6 week old Torbie kitten sits on a wood floor in her kitten room. She is staring at a rather bedraggled bunch of feathers at the end of a pole toy hanging in front of her. She has been playing with this toy for a while now, and her and her expectant, focused look tells me she isn’t done playing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. Hope you feel better soon, and can get back to reading your horror books and enjoying fur family shenanigans. Best wishes.
Hand Written sign. “You look great. Your teeth look sharp. Your eyes are luminous. The townsfolk whisper your name in hushed tones.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Trump works for Putin.

Read Hiding in Plain Sight and They Knew by Sarah Kendzior

"Anybody with a library card could have taken out my books and read today's news five years ago."

Slava Ukraini 💛💙
Mocked up photo of Donald Trump in a Russian uniform with a picture of Putin on the sleeve. Text: Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like NASCAR drivers. Then we know who owns them. - Robin Williams Cover of Hiding In Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America. Bold cover shows the Statue of Liberty up to her nose in red paint? Blood?
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Morticia Addams drinking tea and looking pleased. Still photo from The Addams Family.
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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These are my latest kitten fosters, Sydney (right) and Gayle (left). They are five weeks old.

They are being treated for worms and need to put on some weight but are otherwise healthy, playful, loving, and bold.

They are now in a room at our house with lots of toys and soft beds.
Photo of two Torti kitten sisters. They are in a cage on a soft blanket at the no kill shelter where I volunteer. They are now at our house as fosters until they are old enough to be spayed and adopted. They will be indoor only cats.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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“Good morning. Did you bring breakfast?”

Two rescued Tortie sisters. The larger one in front has a gold stripe on her nose and a white patch of fur on her chest. The smaller one behind her has a brown nose and deep green eyes. Both are playful and super social. #kittens #cats Would make a great duo
Photo of twoTortie kittens at 5 1/2 weeks old. They are sitting on a quilted pad with butterflies and wild colors in the design. Not my best choice for a photo shoot but they choose it as their sleeping spot and I find them here every morning. I am holding their food bowls, thus the expectant faces.
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Greed is always a player in this economy. Ronan Farrow on why immigrants are not the reason for the housing crisis.
#housing #Bigots #WallStreet
A pink Barbie doll house with pink chicken legs like the famous house belonging to Baba Yaga in folklore. It is called Barbie Yaga.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM