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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 9h

Tonight's rollicking re-read is Gladiator Cheetah by Murphy Lawless aka @cemurphy.bsky.social Off to adventure with fictional friends! #amreading #booksky

...Shannon had actually heard herself say, *What the hell, " out loud as she sent in her application. She glanced at her phone now, reading what she'd written : 28 years old. Olympic class biathlete with a hip injury. Better with snow than heat, honestly, but hell on wheels with a fun. Happy to plant a dart in a poacher's ass. Call me! XoX

In retrospect, responding to want ads while hopped up on painkillers maybe wasn't the best choice she'd ever made.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Dad made this ceramic back in the 80s, maybe 90s. Thanks to Jack o'lantern led lights, he's glowing again from sunset to midnight. Sometimes the oldies are the goodies.

Hand painted ceramic scarecrow with jack o'lantern head, doffing his top hat, in front of Tom Doyle's American Magicians trilogy, an impressionist style painting of horses, on a blue wall, next to a a very intricately carved chest.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Hey authors & readers, time for a block party: Scammy McScammer alert #booksky (reposted with the alt text)

Mayquill / novella /bsky
with a whopping 34 posts is trying to get money from writers

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Bluesky + Authors + Checking the Mailbox = Happy Surprises #booksky #amreading @neuvel.net

Orange cat-sized Witch Hat momentarily on Void Boi Floof, with Sylvain Neuvel's latest bok The Many, plus some swag!

Blurry Void Boi with blur of hat going south. The book isn't a blur!

Rumpled Void Boi giving the cat sized Witch Hat significant side-eye for the temerity of simply resting on his shoulder.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Caturday night is for sardines in lobster consommé

Three prosperous void bois, face down in their dishes of very stinky delicious wet food, in tiny kitchen with gray floor. Their concierge shall not pass, until they're fulfilled, each dish polished clean.
Tomorrow's litterbox will require both oil lamp and incense.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Replicating as we speak. Cinder is the larger sweet floof. I have removed the hat. Both nip nanas and the spoon are still there. Just, claimed. Waiting to see if the Boss of All of Us, Crow, will appear.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After discussion, the bedraggled nip nana is under tonight's model cat. He's rather adamant about hatching it. Even with the option of an accessible new one. Betting there's a more eligible entry here on bluesky. I think @gonzo.bsky.social or @majima.club have the requisite items?

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Second speed bump in progress by another department manager

Mildly disgruntled void boi floof in the middle of the clean sheets and bare mattress, preventing their installation.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Why there's a raft of posts mid-day, credit to Crow for his management style

A shining void boi speed bump in the way of tasks progress. He's purring in his sleep, and I'm not a monster.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

After sunset on the Equinox, the dragons emerge from hibernation.

A two headed dragon inflatable, one head orange, the other turquoise, mouths open, ready to roar out the magic you can see twinkling up thru their necks.

Photo from last autumn, when it was closer to autumn temps, and the leaves were starting to fall.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Celebrating the first day of autumn

Cozy orb of Void Boi Floof on his favorite corner shelf, on the catio, with a bit of dappled sunshine on him, and out on the courtyard

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some days the mailbox contains excellent surprises! #booksky #amreading

Hardcover editions of @tomdoyle.bsky.social American Craftsmen, the Left-Hand Way, and War Craft.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Found it! (whew I wasn't imagining it)

Hardcover Gregg Press edition of Damnation Alley by Roger Zelanzy, including photos from the movie.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Skitter Bug aka Bug was a one person cat/dragon from the start. He saw no reason for me to go to the office. He appreciated gal pal's visiting to admire him. Somewhere there's a photo of him wrapped around my torso, very possessively glaring over my shoulder.

3yr old full size dragon cat, in my coat, ready to go full Sean Penn on the paparazzi.

2lbs of eepy void boi roumd, day one of taking over my heart and life.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For folks who can't get thru to the Post vet article, a friend sent me photos. No alt, because it's *alot* They really do under report on the private equity impact to vet care costs. Same surgery, same stay, different cat, same year $1,300 at PPI, $10,000 downtown Denver vet.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

They're all 14, or will be in 2 months. Trying to be grateful to still have them, while boggling at the food, meds, litter costs.

Three Voids on stepped cat shelves, enjoying their catio, that they let me share.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Things that can happen when you consider splurging on something that shouldn't be a splurge.

Lower right fang from XL senior void floof, popped out of his mouth, no blood, puss, pain, or noise. He wants more wet food, now please.
Off to email the Vet...

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I got Nevada?! (Colorado native who hauled horses all around CO WY NE NM KS, and worked the Alaska pipeline...I usually get asked if I'm from Oklahoma or Texas)

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Diabetic Duo Opera Company, between acts, behind the scene at the Vet Theater.

large floof and extra large floof under the desk at the Vet. XL is Pavarotti, but only to appointments. Home is the Sound of Silence all the way.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This guy is a $5 thrift store gift from BFF. he's much kinder than the flash makes him look. Also solid and weighs ghastly amount.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Stop by Adam Zagajewski from his poetry collection True Life #amreading #booksky #poetry

Stop

For example a quick stop
at a small beekeeping museum
midway between Belgrade
and Novy Sad, an August day,
-carefree, almost happy.

A beekeeping museum-what could be
more blameless?
There are no ministers
or rock stars here, in fact
even the bees have gone.

Or the moments following a reading,
when dailiness gradually resumes
and slowly, quietly, you
become yourself again
-life may happen then too.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Mine usually self plant in early autumn and sprout exuberant floof by first frost.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Best I can do is an actress name that matches mine, but epic movie, and I was the pita younger sister so...

Larisa Oleynik as younger sister Bianca in 10 Things I Hate About You

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Proof Crow is 100% Cat (there's 6 heating pads, some with fleeces in the image, and a larger box with paper and nip just outside the frame, instead he's in the smaller, uncomfortable box)

A wet cat food flat, overflowing with Void Boi Boss of All of Us, in front of a hearth with various cat perches, conspicuously being ignored. Even his favorite spot.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A tiny little senior girl who had a growing benign liver tumor. She gained back a pound in three weeks. Keeping her medicated & stoned added a pleasant 8-9 months to her life, filled with favorite foods, a bit of cavorting, plenty of supervising her human. She made it to 19 years of age.

6lbs of gray and white kitty girl, feeling absolutely no pain or aches, her back paws between her ears. She's sleeping in catnip, there's even more catnip in her, along with a solid serving of her favorite wet food.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

13 years ago today, this demanding, determined moppet showed up on the doorstep, yelling to be let in. He was home, didn't we understand?! Here's to our social glue, CorMac aka Mac aka Mac Attack aka Mac n Cheese.

Very sweet Void Boi floof, paws tucked under is chin, asleep with splayed ears towards the light. His nose fur glows like a target for kisses.
He's very bébé.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

3 years ago this guy had GI surgery, toss up if cancer or epic IBS, steroids the treatment either way. 5 days post op, he's home, & the quest for safe food he'd eat began. One option he pee'd on, in the dish, on the counter, while making direct eye contact. Clear Communicator? ✅ Bad Boyfriend? ✅✅

Void Boi pouting in Superman pose. Huge emotions rolling off this reincarnated Star of the Silent Movies. Zoom in on those eyes. You know what you did to utterly disappoint him. His Huff of Displeasure is still echoing in your ears, after all these long years.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Catnip is Blooming aka the decadent delicacy when ingested means smelling colors in the next dimension over - Mac aka the Dude Who Abides

Wriggling writhing Void Floof who just ate a thumbnail serving of catnip blooms. Fur, ears, limbs in all directions. There's some scraps scattered on his bench (yes it is his bench to supervise his grow outside the front door, and exuberant young locals may greet him thru the screen) his psychedelic fleece is coming off the bench with his ecstatic gyrations.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Celebrating National Black Cat Day with some catio time, catnip, and trying to ignore the dread paparazzi Mac, Cinder and Crow

Three Voids on staggered cat shelves. Sphinxing, Resigned Sitting, Studiously Ignoring Sitting

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Book one, Daughter of Blood by Anne Bishop

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Of course the local animal shelter's little free library is a red dog house with Snoopy the Red Baron on top.

Free little library with glass door to see the books inside, painted red with wood shingle roof, and Snoopy in his flight helmet, googles lifted, red scarf streaming behind him.
The mural painted on the concrete block enclosure and building behind him.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Oh @delilahsdawson.bsky.social I want to move to Arcadia Falls. This book is a Delight, and I'm only 10% into the story. #booksky #amreading

Illustrated cover for the cozy rom com Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell aka @delilahsdawson.bsky.social it's pink and peach with a blue title & author. There's books, birds, flowers, and the silhouettes of a gal and a guy. There's clearly going to be some shenanigans.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This guy waggles a back leg for belly rubs, and falls deeply, heavily, asleep while getting his belly kneaded.

Sleek Void Boi kinda upside down on his head, one ear squished. All four paws tidily together. He's Blissed Out soaking up heat in the infrared sauna (the door is open, he can exit at any time)

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The belly keeps fuzzing over! No idea why this happening now, but will take it.

Fuzzy Blob of Bliss sprawled on purple fleece with various celestial symbols. The primordial pouch is more fuzz than gray skin.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If I have a super power it's Void Attraction

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Look who is growing some belly fur, three years after his surgery?!

Void Boi seal posing on his favorite bedroom meditation cushion, covered in purple fleece. His amber eyes are closing to go back to sleep, and avoid the pesky paparazzi flash. There's a spreading patch of black fuzz on his naked belly. Nothing has changed in his meds, food, etc so it's a mystery why it's happening. But, winter will hopefully arrive for real this year, and a fur covered belly would be much cozier.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A friend caught a photo of the fleeting moment when all three Voids were happy with physical contact, and I didn't need to use a foot for pets distribution.

White woman sitting tailor style on a wood floor, right hand petting maximum floof void, sleek Boss void in her lap, maximum attention (drama) void braced against left knee, pushing into her other hand for more pressure to his massage pets. They're all briefly happy with this arrangement. The photo commemorates this fleeting Cat Lady achievement.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sometimes there is synchronized communion with the Universal Void

Two Void Bois on stepped cat shelves, blobs of snoozing bliss with identical tail swoops.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Found it! The booze is optional. It works with regular eggs or vegan eggs. Double it for deep dish, cook longer. Have leftovers with expresso for breakfast and Fly.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Friends gave me a London sites tea towel for watering their house plants while they were on vacation. Crow considers this his Wizard of Oz curtain, now chirps for food service from behind it.

Lint free ivory tea towel with red and blue illustrations on it, hanging from bottom oven handle, there's the lower pear shaped part of a plump sleek sitting cat, with his question mark tail, sticking out from under the tea towel.
Because that's not him, Crow, chirping for an extra meal, it's that other cat, the wizard.
And two cats present in the kitchen is the rule for food service. One cat is not sufficient. Three means the human is late and everyone may starve before the dishes are presented.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"I'd been up since sparrow fart this morning." Thank you @julietemckenna.bsky.social for today's heartiest laugh. Now to see what conundrum the Green Man sent Dan into this time! #amreading #booksky

The illustratiled cover to The Green Man's War by Juliet E. McKenna
I think it features green dragon, not a wyvern, it definitely looks displeased with whoever is in it's sights.

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