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Rivulet
@rivulation.bsky.social
Embittered ex-idealist who goes goofy for animals.

Writer & editor; former musician, hospice worker, & world traveler; Lyme Warrior; word nerd. Usually perplexed.

Family line of human rights activists.

🚫 religion, porn, swindlers

Be kind or fuck off.
Somebody was way ahead o' me!
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Gonna be an interesting night.
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This works so well for me!

"Do they know it's breakfast time at all?"
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Almost 14 years old and she can still get up there with no problem. Especially while chasing the fly on the ceiling.

#catsofbluesky
#themightyhuntress
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I can tell you exactly when that first big gust arrived last night: It was when I was awakened by The Paw.

#becausecat
#weathercat
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#Boulder

It's baaa-aaack!
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
That moonrise was really something. Say it with me, kids: Awooooo!
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This came up in my FB memories from 2 years ago.

We're gonna need a bigger void.
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Possession is 9/10 of the law.

#catsofbluesky
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My approach-avoidant one when I returned after 12 days.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So, we're starting to go through the family home in the wake of our fierce matriarch's death last spring. Today I found this hilarious and baffling title in Mom's bookcase.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Lady Sunshine Fluffball McTunabelly, aka Viola, soaking up the last of the morning rays.
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My dad had flat feet & was deaf in one ear, but he did not use them to dodge the draft. Instead of combat, during the Korean War he (a musician) was assigned to serve conducting a USO chorus in Baltimore.

See? These things have a way of working themselves out if you're honest about 'em.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
When he returned from war, he had "shell shock," the early name for PTSD. My dad said Zig woke screaming most nights. Ziggy would spend the rest of his 87 years suffering from PTSD & depression, but never was considered a disabled veteran.

Photo is my dad, Uncle Ziggy, my Grandma Rose, ca 1940? 2/2
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you've followed/known me for any length of time, you've heard me mention my late, great, beloved Uncle Ziggy. Zig served in WWII, where he witnessed most of his comrades blown to bits beside him during an amphibious attack, then later was sent to help liberate camps because he spoke Yiddish.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Since he's the only one with any stones at all. They rest are all coward-bullies or barking mad.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Your SNAP money and withheld wages paid for that ridiculous soiree thrown by president Antoinette.
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hello from The Most Beautiful Ride to Costco in the Entire World.™
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM