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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Not much could get me 3 hours from home on the Tuesday after opening weekend of TRF, but seeing snd hearing from @buehlmeister.bsky.social is one of those things.

Exterior of the building for bookstore Book People in Austin, Texas listing Christopher Buehlman as the guest on 10/13 on the marquee, among others

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I thought a storm was going to fuck it up, but it looks like I'm going to have a great view of this eclipse

A view of the partially eclipsed moon from my porch with trees framing it

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Can't. Tell. Me. NOTHIN! 🤩🤩

The MLS western conference table showing Houston Dynamo in first place

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Checking in from the middle of moving with this view from my dining table in the new house. There will *not* be a TV in this front room. It will be in the "den" that is a big room with only one window at the back of the house. The only escapism up here is to the woods, bitches! 🤣

View from my dining table looking toward the corner of a room with orange walls and sky blue trim. Boxes are stacked in the ccorner, and the views from the two windows flanking the corner are woods, with the front deck railing also visible outside of the window on the right

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Y'all.... I really, truly love it. I can't wait to see it done!

A view of an in-process paint job showing my kitchen/living space with bold orange walls and a bright blue ceiling and blue trim

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Something that makes me itchy about some #UU folks...there's so much conflict avoidance that at #UUAGA we had to rename our "con" line to "concern" because we couldn't just let the things be the things... Like, sure, sometimes I'm concerned, but also sometimes I need a Ten Toes Down line!

A Merriam-Webster social media post in response to a post from another. @Pamela says, "what is pro and con short for? Like I always assumed they were short for other words but just realized I dont know what words they are". MW responds, "'Pro' isnt short for anything, but comes from the Latin preposition 'pro' meaning 'for.' 'Con' traces back to the Latin 'contrā,' meaning "opposite, against."

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New house is finally close to being done after a long year of shitfuck.... we are doing BOLD paint. Blue ceiling and trim, orange walls. Here's a rough estimation. 😁

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So it's changing the sheets on my bed. That's what I'll be doing with my free time this afternoon. Get yourself a dog. They're full of free-time filling creativity. 😂 He is freaking cute though...

Domino, my dog, who is a medium sized pit mix, mostly white with grey spots on his body, black nose and markings on his face, sleeping at the foot of my bed on a red blanket and a white pillow

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Made myself some lunch while watching the soccer game from home that I was supposed to be watching from the stadium. My usual-brown rice with some protein/veggies. Grabbed the wrong gawtdam bottle from the fridge and drowned my bowl in Roy's Sister Sheree sauce instead of soy sauce. No mames. 😫

The children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" sitting on a wooden surface

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Tomorrow is gonna be a LOT ... and today's urgent care issues means I totally forgot to grab GA snacks when I was at the store! I can and will still do this.... #UUAGA2026

A photo of my google calendar for tomorrow showing lots of meetings scheduled between 9am and 7:30pm

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Not the way I wanted to start #UUAGA2026 but here we are... I'm going to need the steroids to start working quick...

A selfie showing a red rash going across my neck and face and my right eye swollen and puffy

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Tonight's Girl Dinner™️

Several grape tomatoes in their packaging with a stick of cheddar cheese sitting on a black desk by a computer keyboard

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I am committed to not skipping lunch and eating crap at 3pm, rendering me too full for a reasonable dinner. I have prepped a massive bean salad for the week. Somebody make sure I eat it!

A red reusable serving bowl filled with a colorful bean salad with a utensil on the side

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Forgot to post last night after returning to wifi after the last walkie of the night with the pup.... The moon was on her "I may be just a sliver, but I'm still bright" shit. I appreciated the sentiment.

A photo of the moon. Mostly a dark image with a bright moon in the center, appearing full but it was a partial. Barely discernible trees and powwer lines are around the edges of the shine.

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I promise sometimes I'm really fucking hard. But mostly, I've got that resting nice face 😊

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Here's how they're looking from the stratosphere, where they put the visiting supporters.... #HoldItDown

A view of Houston Dynamo FC warming up for their match against FC Broccoli on 4/25/26

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Got the tattoo I've been wanting for the last 20 years or so for my birthday....

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Also.... Free Drink Fairy just brought tequila shot number dos.

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

We'll be there in time for the rain delay! 😂

View from a vehicle front window showing a cloudy sky and raining conditions

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I love it when my favorite thing streams cross over! @northomahacatlady.bsky.social is on @clfuu.bsky.social's VUU today and named @buehlmeister.bsky.social's Between Two Fires in her TBR list. So many tags! So much goodness 🤣

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Another prize from this evening's bookstore run.... a misprinted (upside down) copy of Ta-Nehisi Coates's memoir

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Im ready! Packing my toddler-era juice cup for my bourbon (and plenty of non-bourbon beverages) and headed out the door!

A small red 80s era plastic cup with DARBI stylisticly written across it (by my mom) sits on a counter in front of a bottle of bourbon

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It sounds fucking WILD to put into words, but really good things happened to me today. Getting my @midnightburger.bsky.social notebooks (and a bonus card!) was a big treat, and other stuff that I cant put out in the world in specifics happened. But good things happened today.

Four small brown notebooks and a white card laid out on a table with quotes from the podcast drama Midnight Burger on them.

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The amount of beverage goblin hardware it took to get me through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this weekend is ... a lot 🤣

A dish drainer holding multiple reusable beverage cups and coffee making supplies along with some recyclable containers

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Just got this 180ish ft asphalt driveway put in for probably half what it would have cost if I called..

A straight, black asphalt driveway going down a wooded lot

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I'm almost definitely losing the battle to keep the house above 50 degrees today, but I did see this sweet little friend outside the bedroom window this morning so there's that.

A deer walking across some green grass on the edge of a lake

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I think that i thought a "member preview" of an exhibit I wanted to see might be quieter or visited by people with more respect for the art and/or other people. I'll come back on a random weekday and do this again. Until then, enjoy this gem from the Frida exhibit in Houston...

When Racism And Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, How Much Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?
1989, Guerrilla Girls

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It's been 12 years since I first cracked open a @buehlmeister.bsky.social book, and I've wanted almost nothing more than new stuff from him every day since!

Facebook screenshot from 12 years ago: Finally finished SK's Lisey's Story. Anyone else read
it? Anyone else have a heckuva time using a can
opener after?! Now the path is cleared to start
Christopher Buehlman's Those Across the River!

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Just came outside and saw a hummingbird visit these little red flowers in my yard, and that did quite a bit for my fragile mental health in the moment. Yay nature or whatever

Red flowers of unknown origin that regrow in my yard for a couple of weeks every year

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Turns out the burner drama was a harbinger of bad things to come... at least it seems to be a power co issue and not a $1M electrician issue

Photo looking out my window at a power co truck lift working on the transformer outside my garage

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

New hyperfocus meal definitely just dropped...

A bowl filled to the brim with bean and veggie salad

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I gave in and made a bean and veggie salad today! Should feed me for the week! 😂

A red plastic bowl with bean salad on a messy kitchen counter

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Also, internet, look at my cute SOCKS!!

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Finally closing out that tax app tab after having it in the emotional support tab group for 2 months...

Parking lot scene with Snoop doing a little boogie in slacks, a patterened brown shirt, brown long jacket, and a gold chain.

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

No dwelling today! Happy Rex Manning Day to all who celebrate 🥳

Clip from movie Empire Records "We mustn't dwell. Not on Rex Manning day."

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Test drive of the broom vendor set up done! Doing my first non-renaissance festival show in a few years....I'm a little nervous, but it'll be fun 😁

White canopy set up in front of my house with several handmade brooms hanging from the edges by chains and hooks.

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I have not had enough coffee for this headline yet this morning, @cnn.com .... first thought - "I could get a degree in that??" 🤣🤣

Photo of a portion of a morning news email, headline reads, "Degree in hand, jobs out of reach"

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Day 3 of a Texas freeze that has required me to survive on bottled water for all house functions. My laundry is piling high. And a fucking vulture just shit on me and my favorite hoodie while I'm walking my dog. 2 more days til laundry. Fuck.

Me, deeply unimpressed, wearing a green stocking hat and a brown hoodie with bird shit on the shoulder

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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Did I say "ratatouille"?? I think I meant "vat-of-touille" 🤣🤣

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