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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When your Murder Book loot arrives on your birthday! (@mostlybree.kitrocha.com)

3D printed red dragon curled up on top of a stack of three books (yellow, orange, and red). The yellow book lifts off and there's storage inside!

3D printed dragon - The Endless Void - is black and red and pointy. It rests on the back of my hand with its head on my wrist.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So I found something besides clouds that can be ominous: this bathroom graffiti.

Beneath the hook on the inside of a bathroom stall door, "do not intervene." is written in all caps.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rupert is very pleased with himself (his catnip mouse has dried out from its attempt at swimming in his water bowl, and he got new tissue paper)!

A mostly white cat lies sprawled on his side, exposing his very fluffy belly. His front paws are crossed and held up in front of him. Behind him is his donut shaped tunnel. A black catnip mouse with yellow ears is by his feet. By his head, a toy with feathers peeks out from under a crumpled sheet of red tissue paper. He's on a multi-colored rug (kinda splatters on a light background).

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Went from "sashiko class at the local yarn store" to finished object in... less than a month!

A fabric glasses case sits next to aqua glasses on a grey background. The glasses case is made from small grey gingham embroidered all over in orange, yellow, turquoise and purple-y fuschia, forming a sashiko pattern of a grid of little crosses connected by a diagonal grid of lines.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This weekend we hit two years since Rupert came to live here!

A buff and white cat is lying down (on a mottled multicolored rug), looking at the camera. His paws are wrapped around a long kick toy that has little tiny cats and larger dumpster fires printed on it. His donut cave is in the background.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If you see this, quote a pic of you in sunglasses.

White woman in a black tank top wearing black sunglasses with rainbow starburst on the upper outer corners of the frames. Her brown hair is short and messy, with long bags. She's sitting in a car, and there's something purple in the back seat.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Snickerdoodle chocolate chip cake! (from Snacking Bakes)

A square cake sits on parchment paper on a blue plate. One corner is cut out. It's a light colored cake with mini chocolate chips inside and cinnamon sugar on top.

A small square piece of cake on a green plate. You can see cinnamon sugar on top and melty chocolate chips inside.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

He then came up on the table to make off with the packing paper (which I am far more willing to share).

A buff and white cat is leaning into the frame from above to inspect things on a crowded table. There's a soda can, a box of tissues, a small mailing box, and several pieces of that neat packing paper with lots of slits in it that gives it dimension.

A buff and white cat, seen from above, leans over his prize, a piece of brown packing paper. He's on a grey rug over a wood floor.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Rupert wanted to smell the flexicube, but stole my new hex fidget! @mostlybree.kitrocha.com

A buff and white cat faces away from the camera and extends his front right paw to tap at a dark pink hexagonal fidget toy that's sitting on the wooden floor (upon which it makes intriguing noises).

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Woot! Rupert is also proud of you. (And looming.)

A buff and white cat sits on the corner of a high up bookshelf, staring down at the viewer (benevolently).

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

A sunset sky over a cityscape. The sky is a purplish blue with clouds lit in shades of pink, fading towards orange at the horizon. There are buildings in the background, across the street, and lampposts and train tracks in the foreground. (Brookline, Boston, 22 Jan 2026)

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Look, I don't know why I'm stuck on recreating pizza hut meals, but there are far less productive coping mechanisms. (And I haven't caved and bought red cups.)

A blue plate with a personal pan pizza and breadsticks on it, with a ramekin of red sauce and a glass of diet pepsi, sitting on a speckled kitchen counter.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I forget how good the pizza hut / book-it vibes are, so it's been way too long since I made the king arthur pan pizza. (I use a 7" pan and thus get to have pizzas on two consecutive nights.)

A cheese pizza with a golden brown top of cheese with splotches of sauce in a smallish cast-iron pan sitting on the stove after coming out of the oven. It has personal pan pizza vibes.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I wish you a Merry Christmas! Rupert wishes for your tissue paper.

A buff and white cat sitting on crumpled gold tissue paper. He's sitting up and looking straight at the camera. He is in front of a purple sofa on a multi-colored rug.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

So day 1 spoils! This is probably the end of advent reporting, but I hope you're enjoying whatever treats are at hand, and revel in opening whatever tiny doors present themselves.

A blue box of hot chocolate mix, a small package of cheese, two chocolates, a shortbread cookie, and an assembled corner of a puzzle featuring one cat in a Santa hat on a stained glass background. This cat might be yelling.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

No spoilers on the Clue calendar, there's also. A bag of goodies to work with.

This advent calendar opens like a book with dossiers on the left and a clue (board game) style map on the left. Both sides feature doors.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ikea kicks us off with a vanilla truffle.

The ikea advent calendar has a dark blue and green patterned background with various ornaments hanging off the stylized tree that the dark green forms. One door is opened.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The grinch cocoa calendar fails on the primary assignment: Little Doors, instead opting for windows. It's also fundamentally not an advent anything with 12, but last year demonstrated that I don't actually want hot chocolate *every* day, so calling it a win.

A rectangular box that says "12 Days Grinchmas" across the top. There are 3 rows of windows (4 windows each) with different colored boxes sporting different scenes from the grinch. They are numbered in order, and today's is a blue box featuring Cindy Lou Who and Max in his reindeer disguise. It's filled with French vanilla cocoa mix.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I had the cat puzzle last year. I put it away in a more interesting order, but it was a good one last year.

The top of a jigsaw puzzle box featuring a grid of 24 cats in Santa hats is behind the bottom of the box filled with little boxes numbered 2-24 (they're green, red, and cream). One BOS is opened at the front, with its pile of puzzle pieces in the foreground.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Walker's also starting in the upper left, with a chocolate chip round on the first day.

A open book-like advent calendar. It's mostly white with some red candy striping and plaid, in and around various Christmas scenes. Santa and Mrs. Claus hang out on... a balcony? A mezzanine? Elves pushing baking carts filled with cookie trays, a sleigh, several Christmas trees. Shortbread shapes are incorporated.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Trader Joe's chocolate starting in the upper left corner, revealing a chocolate boot.

An advent calendar, with a brown border at the top proclaiming "A Cozy Christmas" above an indoor Christmas scene. There's a fireplace with a fire and stockings, a tree, presents, cookies, pets looking content and/or mischievous, and a snowman visible through the window. One door is opened.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Today's cheese is truffle cheddar, a reasonable start.

The front of a folding advent calendar with a dark blue background and a winter scene. It says "Winter Wonderland Cheese". One door is open, revealing a small package of cheese.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Up first: It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber hits the ground of Nakatomi Plaza! He begins his descent on day 1.

A dark teal skyscraper made of press board, meant to look like the building from Die Hard, with a suited figure holding a gun falling from the top. One hand points at the 1 at the top of the tower (it is numbered 1-24).

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Advent, day 1, 2025. I have no intention of keeping up the documentation, but we absolutely get a first-day tour! #tinydoors #adventcalendar

This year we're going with a modest 8 calendars (to be joined by a 12-day ice cream one that isn't in my possession yet. They are: Clue: Secrets Under Snowfall; Grinchmas Cocoa (12 days); Ikea; Walker's Shortbread; Aldi's cheese; a Trader Joe's chocolate "A Cozy Christmas; Happy Christmas Cats Jigsaw advent; and Hans Gruber falls off Nakatomi Tower.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Guy who doesn't really seem to like boxes when I don't unpack the catnip toy.

Orange and white cat with a blep sitting in a cardboard box from Chewy.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

So... took a bit, but I did this thing, and it is good. (@mostlybree.kitrocha.com for good measure...)

Close up shot of a torn piece of foccacia with a visible pool of melted butter inside.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

My foccacia is filled with garlic butter and cheese, and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is partly to blame. 😸

In the foreground there's a piece of foccacia with mozzarella visible inside. It's held over the larger foccacia, sitting I. A cooling rack on a counter with various kitchen stuff in the background.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I mostly went to Costco today to get naan and food court dinner that wouldn't result in dirty dishes... but these adorable pajamas snuck home with me. (August is *far* too hot for them. But soon...)

A zoomed in photo of the right side of a white woman's torso. She's wearing a pink/burgundy striped shawl-collared pajama top, printed with a jaunty smattering of galloping zebras.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I made foccacia as an extended version of pomodoros for myself this afternoon/evening (every 1.5 hours you have to go do a thing with the dough!). Also, honey goat cheese. #3doughs60recipes

A golden loaf of foccacia with flaky sea salt on the surface, resting on a cooling rack.

A hand holds a chunk of of foccacia smeared with honey goat cheese above an aqua plate with a larger hunk of foccacia and a knife on it.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I... need to put the foccacia away now.

A piece of homemade foccacia smeared with honey goat cheese, sitting on a small aqua plate. There's a knife balanced on the far edge of the plate.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Fundamentally, this is @mostlybree.kitrocha.com 's fault. (I have other enablers, but...) I made foccacia tonight. (From 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes.)

A slab of golden brown foccacia resting on a cooling rack. It's plain (just a sprinkling of sea salt).

A torn piece of freshly baked foccacia. You can see that it's nicely puffy.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Honey Butter Dinner Rolls from Lacey Osterman's 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes.

A tray of 16 freshly baked rolls. They are golden brown and shiny with honey butter. The tray is glass, and resting on a mostly blue tea towel.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Rupert has been home alone Quite Enough, thank you.

A downward view of the back and head of a buff and white cat a she rubs against the legs of the photographer (wearing black pants). There's a pale wood floor and the corner of a teal rug.

A buff and wite cat pushes his head into a hand for pets. He's standing on a grey nubby bath mat, and his tail is curling.

A buff and white cat is loafed on a pillow, pressed against the head of a white woman who's only in the bottom corner of the frame.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Update on my obsession-cheese: this is it, at Trader Joe's, and it is good. (And, you know, doesn't get you down the rabbit hole of ordering boxes of cheese from Wisconsin.) This cheese has become an important pillar of my life.

A square, flat plastic package with a burnt orange label that reads Trader Joe's Garlic Bread Cheese (a mild cow's milk cheese seasoned with garlic powder and baked golden brown).

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A delightfully creepy read from @tkingfisher.com! (I did make good choices last night about whether continuing to read a horror novel into the night at a catholic retreat center in a former monestary. It was much better to face the teeth in the light of day.)

T. Kingfisher's book A House With Good Bones. The cover art features two vultures, and the text "Southern hospitality to die for."

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

To combat fury and despair... bright pink shoes.

Bright pink mary janes worn with grey cuffed jeans. Standing on asphalt scattered with pale pink fallen flower petals.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Today there was oven (coping) cheese! It is delicious and melty while also being cohesive (texturally a lot like haloumi). Would absolutely stand up to being dipped in things. Very yummy, do recommend.

The front packaging of Gardner's Wisconsin Cheese & Sausage Original Oven Baked Cheese. It's mostly blue, and you can see cream and brown cheese around the edges.

One third of the block of cheese, browned in a pan and sliced into 5 narrow strips on a blue plate.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

So maybe you need to make rice krispy treats with potato chips, too. (Stick of butter, 10oz marshmallows, about 6oz of ruffles this time out, but should have squeezed in a bit more. Squish into an 8" pan, cool, cut into squares.)

A square of rice krispy treats made with ruffles potato chips on a small blue plate.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Surely someone has a pipe cleaner for Rupert!

A buff and white cat with a pink nose peers out of a cat-shaped hole in a donut-shaped tunnel.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Today, coping cheese arrived at my house. I ate the squeaky kind tonight . When that's gone, it'll be on the the melty kind. (When someone told me about oven-baked cheese, I was very persuadable.)

Shipping box that says "Cheese is always a good idea!" in a script font.

Shiny refrigerator bag that protected the cheesy goodness. It says "Gardner's Wisconsin Cheese and Sausage, around a cartoon image of a wedge of yellow cheese, a partially sliced summer sausage, and a white mouse head.

Four packages of cheese: squeaky fresh cheese curds, original oven-baked cheese, cheddar oven-baked cheese, and garlic oven-baked cheese.

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I drew cards before a dance this afternoon, and... look, sometimes the Portable Fortitude deck goes *hard*. But anyway, for all of us: Protection from the U.S.A.; Protection from ennui; Protection from structural collapse. Because yes. (Fabulous deck by Corina Dross.)

Three cards in a row on a wooden table with alit candle in the upper right corner of the frame. The first is an ace of diamonds, with a hand-drawn image of a machine gun whose tripod spans rhe entire globe, with the text "Protection from the U.S.A." the middle card is the 4 of spades, and has a woman with long curly hair with her face in her hand. The text wraps around her head and says "Protection from ennui." The final card is the 4 of clubs. The illustration is of crumbling buildings with a pile of bricks in the foreground. The words are fit onto the empty spaces on a building, and read "Protection from structural collapse."

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paperkingdoms @paperkingdoms.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Walking back home this morning, I found these on the railing outside my apartment:

A row of 5 birds (maybe rubber duckies) molded out of snow perched on a hand rail, with more snow in the background.

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