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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sitting in the window seat reading with the cats curled beside us. Add dogs and a view of the sea and this was my dream for the future at age 12. The husband reading beside me is the only part I didn’t dream of. Who knew I’d find another person who loved books and words as much as I did?

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Girls’ day out with my daughter and Mother-in Law. Shopping & lunch. Now a soft Halloween blanket on the couch with hot tea, and a TV show to marathon. Time for some introvert time.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had therapy. Mediated. Opened my office windows wide to the cool autumn air. Went to Filipino martial arts. Combined it washed away the anxiety I’ve been struggling with for days. I know it’s not a permanent fix unless I stop reading the news and become a hermit in the woods, but today is good.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok, I’ve stopped eating my anxiety. I’ve stopped shopping my anxiety away. I’ve almost stopped scrolling on line for anxiety relief, but as I fix all the above the anxiety remains. I’m white-knuckling it as I build healthier ways of coping.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wisdom is knowing I will never, ever use the recipes in that fall magazine. The pretty pictures almost seduce me. Maybe this time, I think I will COOK. I will BAKE! No, I will not. Put the magazine back & walk away, I tell myself. And I actually listen & do it. It’s an autumn miracle.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If don’t know how you Capricorn Sun signs are doing, my moon is in Capricorn and its a lot. Black moon Lilith is moving from Sagittarius into our sign. So Sun or moon, hang in there.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you’re having dark thoughts it’s not you. The energy has been growing darker all day. Whatever anxiety & bad thoughts hold on. This will pass. You will be safe & happy again just hold on. We got this.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Drove myself to gym and did the whole workout, but it finished me for the day. Had to cancel Filipino martial arts. Figured out that I’d had food but no protein. I cannot neglect that especially if I’m going train.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Filipino martial arts was great tonight. So good to be back in the dojo multiple times a week again. Gym canceled yesterday because trainer had to cancel not because long covid benched me.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Magnus has decided I don’t need to use the new computer to finish the blog.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Austin folks: These indoor babies did not deserve to get tossed on the street. Can anyone take in this sweet family? #CatSky

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

After three years of writing on the last two Merry Gentry books its like I forgot how to relax. Gym and dojo are good, but unscheduled fun puzzles me.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Second day this week in the gym. First time in years. Also did Filipino martial arts. First time in months for both on same day. Long Covid sucks a lot less this week.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Back in the dojo today. Filipino martial arts emphasis on kali. Double sword is one of my favorite ways to ground & center. It just cuts through the noise.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

First day back at the gym in months. I have no words for how good it felt to lift weights, exercises I’d almost forgotten. Long covid sucks a little less today.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A Ghost of Daylight is finally off to my editor! The final book in the Merry Gentry series will be out in April 2027.

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Elijah Wood: It's Done - Lord of the Rings

ALT: Elijah Wood: It's Done - Lord of the Rings

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There is more proof that Elvis is alive than Mitch McConnell

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Eastern Wood Peewee sitting like a darkish, wing banded mystery waiting to be solved. Inordinate joy whenever I ID the different peewees, phoebes, and flycatchers. Add a couple of similar warblers to raise the difficulty level. Now back to writing.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Voted! My fellow Missourians there’s still time for your voice to be heard.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So close to done on the edits but I’m just too tired to keep going tonight. Must sleep. I can get up early & finish tomorrow. Goodnight to the Queen of Air & Darkness and her consort Eoman, to the Queen’s Darkness, the Killimg Frost, Princess Meredith, & Princes Rhys and Galen.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I let myself sleep 10 hours last night. But tonight I’m exhausted earlier. I think I’m just wearing out after weeks of editing/rewriting. My ADHD loves the late nights but it’s not just one paper for college then getting my A. It started as nearly 1,000 pages now down to 700 plus.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have to stop for the night. I could write first draft but the editing is down to final chioices and I’m too tired to make those kinds of decisions. So goodnight to Merry, Rhys, Galen, and little Bree. I’ll finish editing the scene tomorrow.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Wrote until 1:30am again. Or is it edited, or both? Both. Driven from bed still exhausted but that last scene is now clear in my head. If I’d edited it last night I’d have gotten it wrong. This morning I know one last scene needs to be scraped and done over then we are done.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Not even Christmas music can block out current news so I’ve got So I’m editing to “The West Wing” on headphones. There is something so soothing about it.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

There are homeowners who refuse to be haunted by anything less than a lord or a lady. Refuse to accept their spectres are more likely to be chimney sweeps' climbing boys, maids who took their own lives. Sooty prints and shattered vases tell workers' tales. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

First lotus of summer! They are so big and pink and luscious like joy in physical form.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My goal today is to stay offline and listen to the pouring rain, drink tea/coffee and finish editing this chapter that’s been beating me for days. Today I will win and then I’m back to editing the hallway scene. Gods, this is my least favorite part of writing.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sometimes the world gives us omens that should not be ignored:

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Editing required a new scene my editor & I had agreed on. First first draft in weeks. Got so carried away forgot lunch, so guess I’m getting dinner. My Adhd is thrilled & completely out of steam. My autism is hating the total disregard of schedule. AuHD diagnosis lets me know what’s happening.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It’s been a long, hard month this week. Anyone else feel the same?

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Writing went much better today. I had to cut 2 days worth of pages because it’s too late in the edits to add new scenes that aren’t on the list my editor & I agreed on. Plus no adding 1st draft parts in a very final draft because my ADHD is bored with editing & wants new toys.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Morning view while I drank my second cup of caffeine.

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Mongoose @m0ng00se.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’ve recently rediscovered my long lost love for reading and Audibles, and not only do I remember how much @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social shaped my teenage self into the badass feminist I am today, I’m 40 y/o and still LOVE the Anita Blake series. ❤️

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Mother’s Day gifts from my daughter this year are awesome. Then she & my husband gave me the gift I want & get every year possible to not have to take care of anybody else by myself for the rest of the day. All food ordered in, and I am off duty as mom for the rest of the day.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This beast of a book is the Merry Gentry book after A Glimmer of Death. My dyslexia doesn’t like editing on screen so I print out and write changes long hand before transferring back to the computer.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My husband’s ADHD has always been worse than mine. I was driven, focused until my hormones left now I’m struggling the way I’ve seen him do for years. I apologized to him for all the times I was impatient. We both had ADHD, why couldn’t he do what I did? Estrogen, that’s why.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Our kittens minutes after birth three years ago this week. Marshmallow, Smaug, Agatha, plus their brother Graham. He was adopted into another home with a kitten brother from another mother.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy Birthday to Marshmallow, Agatha, and Smaug! They were born in rescue three years ago today. It is also the birthday of my grandmother who raised me. I took it as a sign of love and healing, and that is exactly what it has been. Thanks to St. Louis Pet rescue for helping us find them.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Lady garden survived the storms. The fountain which is the focal point of the garden was broken before hand. If I had been thinking, I would’ve taken the statue into the garage along with the potted plants, but the Goddess stood tall and firm in the face of all the weather.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 23/04/2026

Behold the snake.

A four panel comic. In panel 1, there's an image of a closeup on the head of a yellow morph timber rattlesnake, with text above it that says "Behold the snake: Cunning, cruel, and bloodthirsty, it embodies evil and sin.
Who knows what malevolent thoughts lurk in its mind?" In panel 2, the snake is zoomed out slightly, and a thought bubble rises above its head with three dots inside it. In panel 3, we're zoomed out more to see the whole snake curled up on a rock with a colorful background behind it, and there's a thought bubble rising from its head that says "Mmm warm sun." In panel 4, we're zoomed out even more, and the snake is sitting on a rock at the top of a hill with green grass and trees, a vibrant background of mountains and lakes behind it, and a bright blue sky with a golden cloud and birds flying. The snake is thinking "Nice day."

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Boonville, Arkansas you have an active tornado without a warning going off according to Max Velocity.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Went to bed early. Woke to tornado sirens. Now down in the basement with family and pets. It’s a warning, so everyone in St. Louis area stay safe.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A mug that makes me think of Anita and rereading Crimson Death to refresh myself on what character before I sit down to write the new Anita Black novel? Can you guess?

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Magnus, Agatha, and Smaug enjoying my office view as I write new Anita Blake. The book is an a scene with Wedding prep and mother-in-law‘s from hell, but the short story idea is her armed to the teeth and hunting rogue monsters. Which should I write today?

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

First day back in my office since I got COVID. I’ve been writing on the couch, but today I’m at my desk with my view spread out before me. Magnus is enjoying the view along with me.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

So rainy and gloomy that we turned on our Easter lights to try and bring some cheer into a strangely bleak spring day.

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