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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 10/08/2026

My two furballs being very true to their nature.

A gray tabby cat sleeps happily on top of a dark blue back couch cushion with a halo of light above her.

A small black cat sits on top of a pile of folded tablecloths and cloth napkins in a dining room chair seen from above. She is looking up and meowing.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 18/03/2026

They are such jerks, aren't they?

A small black cat asleep on the lap of her owner, curled up with her face covered with a paw and one ear sticking up.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 13/03/2026

Please enjoy my majestic black cat on this Friday the 13th.

A shorthair black cat sits on her owner’s lap on top of a red and purple quilt with paws tuck under her chest. She gazes happily at the camera.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 04/03/2026

I lost my brilliant, beautiful mom Monday. She a dedicated professor of physics & astronomy, a dry wit, an adventurous cook, a strong willed force & feminist, a lover of music & art, & a supportive, loving mom & wife. A life well lived. Alzheimer’s is awful but I’m glad we got every minute we did.

A young white woman with short dark pixie hair sits on a pine needle covered forest floor wearing a blue striped dress, leaning against a pine tree trunk. She wears an inquisitive expression, looking at the camera.

A young white woman sits in the driver seat of a white vintage car, dressed elegantly in a white wool coat with a matching white flower brooch and earrings. Her black hair and red lip maw a dramatic contrast, and she looks out of the car at the camera.

A close up portrait of an older white woman with short, dark hair gently smiling at the camera wearing a purple evening suit, pearl earrings.

A senior white woman stands at a kitchen island wearing a bright red shirt with a black cat on it. She is working on cutting up apples for mini pies and the ingredients are spread out in front of her.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 12/08/2025

I need to get a smaller box to try on my larger one to see what she attempts.

A gray tabby looking slightly condescending in her very own cardboard box.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 19/05/2025

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... I'm fine with all of these, although I don't remember much about Alexis on Castle.

Alexis Castle from the TV show Castle, a white young woman with long red hair and light eyes.

Beverly Katz from Hannibal, a Korean American actress with long black hair and smirking smile.

Guinan from Star Trek The Next Generation, a dark skinned Black woman with a large, circular hat.

Ariadne from Inception, a young white woman with long wavy dark hair, wearing a red cardigan and a skeptical expression.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 27/01/2025

This was my cats this morning, who also slept through it

A gray striped cat and a black cat sleep curled up together with their faces smooshed together on a gray blanket.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 12/01/2025

After a very overloaded week (work short staffed, grant application and class assignment due, plus snow for funsies) I am taking a moment to chill and appreciate how large and horizontal my cat’s ears are. Also very soft.

A gray, white, and dark brown striped cat snoozes on a quilt with her chin on her paw. Across the middle of the photo her significant ears form a horizontal line.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 22/12/2024

Before I send them off for presents, happy to share these two counted cross stitch dragons that helped me get through many long hours and days during the pandemic and these last few years.

A counted cross stitch on black fabric: A bright orange dragon with cobalt blue wings crouches over a multistory rustic house, shadowed over by autumn trees and a crescent moon.

A counted cross stitch on black fabric: A bright orange dragon under orange colored leaves and branches with many pairs of wings curls around koi in a stone bottomed pond.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 29/10/2024

The Graphic Novels and Comics round Table announces the Outstanding Comics Awards! We are extremely proud to add these awards to the ways the library world recognizes comics. Shout out to our amazing award task force! #libcomix #comics #libraries www.ala.org/news/2024/10...

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 24/10/2024

Do I regret signing up to send 1,000 postcards to get out the vote? No. Does my hand kind of hate me for it? A bit. First batch ready to be mailed out tomorrow, the second early next week. #Didthistoday

Two stacks of postcards, some banded together, sit on a wooden desktop with a pen propped against them. One batch is a good inch taller than the pen. They total 900 postcards ready to be mailed. (One batch is less as a friend took 100 off my hands, for which my writing hand thanks them!)

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 18/10/2024

I mean, I admit I wonder a bit when I woke up to this

A small black cat sitting with an intense wide-eyed stare on a ledge looking out between two heavy green velvet curtains.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 17/09/2024

Honestly startled that I’m in the top 1%!

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 17/08/2024

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! Our small Winnie we got around a year and a half ago and she’s a lovely, cuddly sweetie who walks like a buff athlete and has the plushest fur. A most excellent void cat.

A small black cat is draped across her owners lap and has turned over so she is looking at the camera with one gleaming eye with her head upside down and a paw curled in.

A small black cat sits on a colorful quilt when reds, whites and light blues. She is sitting curled up with one back foot extended out toward the camera and looking up with a surprised, inquisitive face.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 01/08/2024

Put up a staff art display today of a very varied assortment of the creations I’ve made over the years. Very satisfying!

Two rounds of translucent paper in a display case with a black bottom show off an assortment of miniature food including a charcuterie board, mushroom pizza, chocolate frosted cake, and tiny deviled eggs. Most are around the size of a quarter.

A gilded box top shows off a rich embroidered top showing off a fuzzy dark gold and black bee surrounded by wild flowers.

A miniature dark green and wood chaise lounge with decorative gold trim sits behind a miniature wooden butler’s chair with an embroidered seat.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 26/06/2024

Heading to #ALAAC24 this week for GNCRT @libcomix.bsky.social work including our first big social on Sunday 4-6pm and being a panelist at this year’s Friday Forum all about manga! All weekend, come visit us at the Comics Lounge too to learn more about what we do and this year’s projects.

Graphic advertising the GNCRT Meet and Greet the Sunday of the ALA Annual conference from 4-6 pm at the Hilton Bayfront San Diego in the Indigo Ballroom

Graphic advertising the Friday Forum Marvelous Manga running with 3 panels at the San Diego Convention Center in room 23ABC from 11am-3pm. I’ll be on the third program about programming!

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 22/06/2024

New rainbow skirt immediately claimed and approved of by Silverbelle, who critiques my clothes mainly by scrunching them up and then sleeping on them.

A poofy rainbow striped skirt with tulle site on a hardwood floor and a gray striped cat sits on top of it, one paw outstretched, and looks up at the camera.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 11/06/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 7. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

The cover of Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner in shades of gray, cream, tan, and a green gold with an illustration of a swordsman with a voluminous cloak and sword drawn by Thomas Canty.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 10/06/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 6. Memory & Dream by Charles de Lint

The dark green cover of Memory & Dream by Charles de Lint with yellow lettering and a painting of orange and rust wood spirits amid birch trees.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 08/06/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 5. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

The cover of Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice with a dark red background and white Gothic lettering.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 27/05/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 4. Four from the Witch World by Andre Norton, specifically the novella Falcon Law by Judith Tarr

The cover for Four from the Witch World from Andre Norton and other authors, featuring a redheaded bard at the center with a castle and magical creatures around the edges.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 26/05/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The cover of The Secret History by Donna Tartt featuring a cream colored close up of a Greek statue’s face.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 24/05/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 2. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The first edition cover of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl with a muted colored illustration of a house-sized peach growing from a tree.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 23/05/2024

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 1. Alanna the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

The first edition cover of Alanna the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce with a painted cover and the title written in red Gothic lettering and the young Alanna raising a sword.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 07/03/2024

Apparently all I post here is cat photos, so please enjoy this glamor shot of one (Winnie, our black lady) and a very close up Silverbelle begging for a treat.

A small black cat with yellow green eyes looks out at the viewer perched between two moss green velvet curtains on a windowsill perch. She looks like a starlet posing for her closeup.

An extreme close up that shows only the left eye, ear, and back end of Silverbelle, a silver gray tabby determined to get a treat.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 11/01/2024

We got a new cat bed and I fear we will now never see the cats again outside of it.

A gray striped cat and a black cat are curled up in a fluffy blue gray donut shaped bed and are asleep.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 04/10/2023

About to hit the shelves at my library. I really loved this as a portrait of very familiar, truthful teens and also adored the use of the blue. @faitherinhicks.bsky.social

Five copies of Faith Erin Hicks’s Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy stacked spine out and labeled for the public library’s tween and teen collections on a red book truck.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 25/09/2023

Well, at least I’ve accomplished something during my quarantine this week.

Two miniature jack o lanterns on a paper towel, lit from within by a string of LED fairy lights, with a mechanical pencil in the foreground for scale.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 10/09/2023

There is never a time when it isn't time to watch Ocean's 11.

Brad Pitt in a lovely striped shirt with a drink at his elbow leans his cheek on his crossed arms while George Clooney sits beside him at the bar.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 08/09/2023

Currently debating if we can figure out how to dress up our cats as Izma (right) and Kronk (left) for Halloween.

In the background, a gray striped cat lounges on the back of a blue couch with a slightly evil look with one paw languorously extended, while in the foreground a black cat is also curled up with a slightly dim expression.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 22/08/2023

My greatest achievement to contribute to our new dollhouse (an ever changing display at the library) may be this tiny Calcifer, for the fireplace (naturally.)

A small translucent sculpture of Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle held in the palm of my hand. It’s about the size of a quarter or a bit smaller.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 08/07/2023

Got my GNCRT Pride sticker and it immediately went on my water bottle. So happy with how it came out! (If you also want one, or a shirt, go to alagraphics-gift-shop.myspreadshop.…) All proceeds go toward the Round Table!

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 08/07/2023

I maintain my cat has the best judgey face.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 04/07/2023

Added this year’s ALA ribbon badge to my office decorations today.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 03/07/2023

Time for more cats, obviously.

One grey striped cat sleeping on a blanket in an open window along the back of a chair with her companion black cat curled up on the seat of the chair below her curled up in the opposite direction.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 28/06/2023

So glad to have a relaxing day with these fuzzbutts after a busy ALA. Excited to start my GNCRT Presidency, but also, need to recharge a bit first.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 16/06/2023

Librarians are head to ALA next week: drop by the GNCRT Comics Lounge and pick up one of our ribbons. We decided on both a kind reminder and a...less kind reminder.

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Robin B. @robin.noflyingnotights.com · 16/05/2023

Still very much enjoying the recent Halloween-y addition to our household.

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