The Deliberate Literate

Osteo Bi-Flex.

And mini bottles.

Cat #050

Today this little joy spot of a book is on shelves! Curated by ahoffmanwriter, you’ll get to meet the puppies of some
very talented authors. And you’ll meet my Alvin, who was such a terrible dog that he circled back to being the best dog ever.

Cat #049

Time for me too. I finally got new ones about a year ago with cool frames and since then, my eyesight decided to change. 🤬

Black fluffy cat with big round eyes digging in a litter box on a colorful textured background. White handwritten text reads: “Of all the things life can be, it is also a little bit like a litter box. We all leave a mess every now and then… and we all might need someone kind to help us clean it.”

The emergence of Alice and her anticipatory pinwheel for the winds of change:

And this morning the Shed is a carving, deep in the bark of an ancient tree…

Immigrant Pantry Weekly Update

From March 1–7, volunteers with The Collective Good made 63 deliveries serving 270 neighbors across Memphis.

#sheshed 1/

Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky... ・11h Sometimes we're unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it's done we know all the things that it isn't, but we can't see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head

Click to see the whole thing; I saved the post because it spoke to me. Hopefully it’ll speak to you as well.☺️

Thanks to a group of booksellers, Amazon is pulling out of the Paris Book Fair. Amazon has pulled out of sponsoring the Paris Book Fair, thanks to pressure from a booksellers’ association: Syndicat de la Librairie Française (SLF). The SLF, which represents independent bookstor…

Let’s go booksellers!
lithub.com/thanks-to-a-...

🤣

#booksky

Cat #047

And this morning the Shed is a constellation, marking the course of those lost at sea…

Slow-walking #5amwritersclub #newkirkplaza #writingprompt #randomclick #monday

*whispers*
I haven’t seen it either…

A glass of wine with my slice, pleaseandthankyou! 😋

🚀 MidSouthCon 41 begins Real Soon Now!

Online badge sales are now closed so we can print and laminate badges for pre-registered members. If you missed it, don’t worry—badges will be available at the door starting March 20.
Panels, art, cosplay, and 24-hour gaming await!
Learn more: buff.ly/kz7dkRS

Cat #046

Indie booksellers — quick check:
Is Nature’s Acre showing up in your ordering system yet?
ISBN: 9781919392813
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social

Wikipedia page: Tsundoku (積ん読) is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them. The term is also used to refer to unread books on a bookshelf meant for reading later.

TIL there is a specific Japanese word for acquiring piles of books with the intention of reading them in the future:

Tsundoku

It’s beautiful as is. I kinda want to be their neighbor. 😍

Four-panel comic with two black cats sitting on grass under a pink sky. One cat says, “I thought life was supposed to make me happy.” The other replies, “Sometimes it just makes you stronger instead.” The first cat complains, “I don’t like this part.” The other answers, “Nobody likes it.” In the last panel it adds, “That’s why we will go through it together, okay?”

We’ll go through it together 🐈‍⬛🤍