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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 14h

The price of chips is breaking me. Chips became the household comfort food during the pandemic and we need to cut back or buy off brand.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 16h

Every time I shop I have the urge to pull out a calculator and double check because the number can't possibly be right.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 6d

In October I'm going to be holding discussions about the interactions between Dreams and Priorities. Members of my Patreon at any level (even free) can be part of the conversation. Come join us?

www.patreon.com/posts/140195...

October Topic: Dreams and Priorities | Sandra Tayler

Get more from Sandra Tayler on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to read this new book by @maryrobinettekowal.com . It releases next week, so grab your copy now

Apprehension by Mary Robinette Kowal. An ARC copy of the book is pictured.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 2d

New Zoom set up. From online it will look pretty much the same, but it is now located in my office instead of a corner of my bedroom.

A laptop is set on a stand facing a wall that is staged with books and shelves to be a good backdrop for a zoom meeting.

Same zoom set up, but you can see it in the context of a somewhat jumbled office space

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 4d

Yup. I'm aware. If the strike continues when I'm ready to ship physical books for this project I'll reach out to Canadian backers and communicate options.

I've coped with postal strikes before.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 6d

Announcement! The Structuring Life to Support Creativity audiobook will be narrated by @maryrobinettekowal.com ! She started recording today! Full details available in my latest project update: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 6d

In October I'm going to be holding discussions about the interactions between Dreams and Priorities. Members of my Patreon at any level (even free) can be part of the conversation. Come join us?

www.patreon.com/posts/140195...

October Topic: Dreams and Priorities | Sandra Tayler

Get more from Sandra Tayler on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 7d

I loved the way the shell of this snail caught the sunlight

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 7d

Today's mood

an elephant is standing under a blue cloth in a cage .

Alt: A black dog grabs a blanket off the roof of its crate. Blanket covers the dog completely and the dog curls up in a corner of the crate completely covered.

media.tenor.com

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 8d

Reading an article is so much faster.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 12d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_S...

Exidy Sorcerer - Wikipedia

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 12d

Sometimes landscape is vertical

Road through a canyon with large outcroppings of rock going up vertically on both sides of the road. Sky is still bright blue with clouds

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 12d

Found some landscape

Over a concrete barrier there are multiple layers of hill and mountain receding into the distance. The rocks are red. The sky is bright blue with fluffy white clouds. The color contrast is beautiful and striking.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 12d

Agree! It was lovely to reconnect

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 12d

Road trip! Compared to our annual trek to Gen Con, this one feels small. Just 10 hours to LA. @howardtayler.bsky.social

Howard and Sandra in a car with a yellow field visible out the window.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats!

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 15d

Shana tova to those who celebrate today

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 15d

I grabbed this book and do not regret it. It was a lovely cozy read full of people being deliberately kind. Sentient house! Magic sourdough starter!

Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 15d

A HOUSE BETWEEN SEA AND SKY has over 1000 reviews on Amazon! 🤯 And it's not officially out until October 1st!

Remember: it's a free pick this month for Prime subscribers, or $1.99 for other customers. Next week, it's out in paperback & audio & sold everywhere. Preorder at your local indie!

A House Between Sea and Sky: A Novel Paperback – October 1, 2025
by Beth Cato (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,038)
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In 1920s California, two people in need of healing find strange refuge in a house with a mind of its own in an enthralling fantasy by the author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge.

Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace. All alone, save for the preternatural sourdough starter her family has nurtured for years, Fayette is also resentful. The proven healing powers of the bread made with her starter were insufficient to save her beloved mother. For Fayette, it’s time to try and push past the pain and anger and move on.

Then, during a violent storm, Fayette saves rising star Rex Hallstrom during a moment of crisis. Their shelter: a peculiar cliffside house, its door flung open as if beckoning them. Sentient, curious, and lonely, it recognizes in Fayette a unique magic even older than its own.

In the days that follow, as a friendship grows between Fayette and Rex, they discover local legends surrounding the isolated house: It appeared in the span of a single night, its cursed origins said to be Hell itself. But for two souls who need to move forward, it provides unexpected comfort and hope. In fact, Fayette and Rex have never felt more alive. Neither has the house, whose mysteries are unending and whose wicked history may be too powerful to ignore.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 15d

Hmm. We did have a rainstorm blow in yesterday...

Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 15d

This event is happening WEDNESDAY!

Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 22d

September is the first month in my Patreon series where I tackle a topic with a discussion post, mini-lecture, and finish up with a live Q&A. Sept Q&A is open to all Patrons, even free!

I'm tackling Creative Interference: finding where your creative energy is going and reclaiming it.

Live Q&A + Coworking Session with Sandra Tayler September 24, 2025 at 5-7pm MDT. September Topic: Creative Interference. Spending less energy on day-to-day living and more energy on your creative projects. For Patrons at any support level. www.patreon.com/c/SandraTayler

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 17d

That is gorgeous

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 17d

Made a small bit of habitat for native bees. I need to get some smaller sticks to fit between the logs. Then it can settle in over the winter. Hopefully next spring some bees will move in.

Logs are standing upright on either end of a horizontal log pile.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 18d

Today I cleaned up a mess.

A large pile of empty cardboard boxes all jumbled up

An open space of concrete floor where the boxes used to be.

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Sandra Tayler @sandratayler.bsky.social · 18d

The Patreon also has content available for free.

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