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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 5h

Tangentially related to the last, but I have to say "donated the house to the fire department who burned it to the ground in a training exercise" is definitely A Way to deal with a haunted house.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 5h

Today I learned that the weird little cult "outsider" band The Shaggs, loved by such folks as Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain is from the town next door to where I grew up, and I've met at least one of them. Also, their story is SUUUUPER fucked up, holy shit. Small towns house the weirdest shit.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Your daily affirmation: It's time to forge new relationships. Break up with anxiety, and shower your affection on curiousity and exploration instead.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Decided to be fiscally irresponsible and buy Moonlight Peaks (it was on sale, which at least is a little better) last night, because dammit, everything is terrible and I need a new game to disassociate into, and ended up playing until almost 3:30 this morning. Definitely worth the expense.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My side gig is winding down and thus I'm trying to figure out what's next, so of course my brain starts inventing a new oracle system.

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SageNatural @sagenatural.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Patrons get first choice of any teas headed for the Sale Bin (and at a steeper discount than they will have when they hit the Sale BIn.) There is a new list, and it includes unreleased teas: tinyurl.com/mr2v5y3t

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, understand that Salem is *not* an amusement park, it's a *very* small city where people live lives not connected to a heavily romantized tragedy that happened almost 350 years ago. If you must go (because it's a neat place with a lot of history), be a good guest and be respectful.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to this year's Fattest of Bears! Knew you could do it, Backpack!

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whoot! Basement Lake as not returned! (This is good, because it means there's a leak at the ground level, not a crack in the foundation. Much more manageable.)

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's plan: - Get up the courage to go downstairs and see if the lake in the basement has returned. - Make "fairy tail" mushrooms for the goblin market in November. - Figure out some way to make up the loss of half of SNAP, because my income sources don't meet the requirements. - Don't panic.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Having just read Thomas Tryon's "Harvest Home", I'm convinced that it was set in the horrid little town a friend of mine lived in for a while.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The storm's getting a later start than originally predicted (not surprising, given the absolute crawl it's moving at), which means that I have a window of opportunity to go to the library to pick up my reserved book. I'll get to read Harvest Home during the storm, after all!

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For the folks who made a snap judgment about people you saw a video clip of on the internet. While we're at it, check your internal biases and do some work on your ownself.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day to all who celebrate.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today I learned that one of the ways to identify Tree-of-Heaven is that if you break a twig off, it smells like burnt peanut butter. This is a dead accurate description. Also, it's a really weird smell to encounter in a plant.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They’re trying to close the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly (or The Dinosaur Museum as it was known in my house when my kid was little.) Here’s a thread with a simple way to help keep it open. It’s been around since 1812 for goodness sake!

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sadly, I didn't get the email that the folk horror book I requested from the library was ready to pick up until I got home, after the library closed. It would have been perfect to read while a nor'easter rages outside. Guess I'll have to reread The Twisted Ones, instead.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When the time comes for the cultural revolution necessary to get out of this mess we need to set up a cabinet position like the Department of Hobbies that supports literally anything that gets people out of these brain breaking sites and counteracts this collective breakdown

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Massachusetts folks! Do you need your home's electrical updated to not be a fire hazard when you plug in the electric blanket or space heater? Want to get an EV, but don't have a way to charge it at home? Look no further! (The QR code is a link to the scheduling page on the website.)

A yellow business card with an image of a lightbulb. The text says, from top left to bottom:

Licensed & Insured
Michael Coleman Electric
michaelcolemanelectric.com
(844) 524-2613
mcoleman70@gmail.com

There's a QR code in the bottom right corner that links to a scheduling page on the business website.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's quest: Accounting tools, but make them Aesthetic.

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The Vagabond Tabby @thevagabondtabby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

couple things: the products being posted do NOT show the sale price; that was scheduled, like, two weeks ago, & I could redo the whole thing, but I'm tired also, I'm packing orders before heading into town later, & you know what that means! PLEASE BUY STUFF! MAKE ME WORK HARDER!

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grim 🪾🕯️🏚️ @milfluvr420.bog.observer · 21/09/2026

the equinox is almost upon us

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thank you bisexual dice polycule

image of a swirling purple background with light blue dice floating in the air they all have faces and look DANG GOOD. the text says 'congratulations. if you are seeing this you have been chosen by the bisexual dice polycule. they have cleansed your misfortune hexes have a wonderful day'

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Things My Recent Knitting Project Taught Me: while I definitely prefer the look of knit fabrics, the amount of aggravation and extra fiddliness involved vastly outweighs the aesthetic preference, and thus I think I'm officially switching to crochet for anything larger or more complex than a cat toy.

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Man Time Over Goblin Time Begin.

drawing of a goblin and a mudskipper and a moon with a face in the sky. The text reads The Time of Man Over It Goblin Time Now.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Things may be terrible, but I found a gingerbread man shaped cookie pan for $3 at the thrift store, so I win for the day. (I also found curtains I can use as room dividers to keep the living room warmer this winter, which is what I was in there looking for.)

A person's hand holding a large cookie pan in the shape of a gingerbread man in the aisle of a thrift store.

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Isabel Cooper @isabelcooper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People have reminded me to fail less hard at self-promotion, so here's my latest book, only a month or so after release: www.sourcebooks.com/want-me-take...

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Want Me, Take Me, Haunt Me, Make Me

Sourcebooks is an independent book publisher outside of Chicago that publishes a multitude of topics with the belief that books change lives.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 18/09/2026

Okay, I am just going to leave this here because the marketing department has said I am not sharing it enough. If you aren't a fountain pen person, but want a *really nice* pen and like mystery boxes? Maybe for bullet journaling or planners? This is for you. www.abigailmarkov.com/product/quar...

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I need to spend a week wandering around the corn and the pumpkin fields, sipping hot cider and nibbling on apples and freshly baked bread.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

24 more rows on this godforsaken sweater, and then I can finally finish it. I hate this pattern. It's a train wreck. If I ever use it again, I'm going to have to rewrite it first. This thing had better be worth the aggravation.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I discovered a pretty big mistake, and need to frog back to fix it. Oisín has decided to help.

A black cat loafed in the middle of a green knitting project.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

20 year old me would be confused, I think. She expected she'd be a published author living in the mountains by now, so that's a disappointment, but she'd be glad we're in a home of our own, at least.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have acquired an electric blanket that is, ostensibly, washer and dryer safe. There is a good chance that I might not spend the entire winter in pain from being too cold all the time.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

While it's nice out today, winter is on it's way, which makes this week's library find a fitting read for while sitting on the porch with the cats.

A blue book with images of cozy things like teacups and candles sitting on a black and grey table beside an orange coffee cup. The book is "My Hygge Home, How to make your home your happy place" by Meik Wiking.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I woke up before the sun this morning. Gods help me.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The temperature is slowly dropping as the sun heads for the horizon, enough that I not only had to go change into a long sleeved shirt, but I'm also thinking about getting a sweater, as well.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Who still exclusively takes checks these days? What is this, the 1900s?!?

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Mushroom cap colors have expanded, courtesy a very lovely person donating to the Goblin Market Supply Fund.

A pile of yarn skeins on a table, most of which are in Pride flag colors.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Criminal neglect in allowing long-distance travelers to die of their own personal choices. Look, I'm sorry, but I've got to get this party to Oregon, and Isaac's paranoia was endangering everyone else. It's not my fault he drank the stagnant water just after the medicine got "mispacked".

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Covid vax acquired, pj's climbed into. Now I spend the rest of the day being a lump on the furniture, as the post-vax nap should be kicking in shortly.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In the interest of finding New and Interesting Ways To Pay The Bills Over The Winter, Himself is looking at taking up snowblowing. (Assuming we get snow this year, because, well, *gestures at everything*) There's probably going to be some crowdfunding to get things like a trailer hitch

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today I discovered that Michaels has a line of yarn in Pride flag colors, so, um, if anyone feels like donating to the Goblin Market Supply Fund so I can make fabulous mushrooms for the craft fair in November... ko-fi.com/walkingtowon...

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On a more pleasant note, it's a gorgeous day, the Disaster Cats and I have been enjoying the nice weather on the porch since breakfast.

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