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Cat Purcell (she/her)

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Librarian | mom | writer | spouse | ✡️ #Querying Wilderness of the Heart (Jane Goodall in Space) #WIP - Of Secrets and Skeleton Keys Writes about Wonder Woman at Comicsxf.com and researches at Meetyouroldhouse.com

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Sketch with a cat

06.03.2026 11:08 👍 356 🔁 47 💬 1 📌 0

Right?!

06.03.2026 01:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I had a guy tap on my shoulder while wearing headphones once and ask for a pencil. Then when I gave him one he just wrote “want my number?” On a paper and handed it back to me. 🤬

06.03.2026 01:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

History Teacher and Civil Engineer Professor. One fought in WWII and the other Korean War.

05.03.2026 02:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The library!!

05.03.2026 02:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A patron just came in and sat down with an entire gallon of whole milk and if he drinks that whole thing while he’s here I’m gonna be impressed and mildly disgusted but good for him.

04.03.2026 15:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Sex sells, but so does character.”

03.03.2026 14:02 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I hadn't quite articulated it, but this article does a good job of breaking down a trend I've seen recently. In addition to bringing back some of these older, sexualized costumes, I feel like there's been a trend of titles that take place at earlier points in continuity, at least for the X books.

27.02.2026 17:49 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah it was like the normal time my kids get up in the morning lol

03.03.2026 12:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Same. We tried too 😩

03.03.2026 12:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A split panel shows Frog and Toad, each in their own beds, turning out the light and going to sleep.

From "The Surprise"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

A split panel shows Frog and Toad, each in their own beds, turning out the light and going to sleep. From "The Surprise" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

That night Frog and Toad were both happy when they each turned out the light and went to bed.

03.03.2026 11:37 👍 680 🔁 114 💬 1 📌 2
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Let’s see, a new pinned post maybe.

I am an illustrator and I also make pictures with my own hands for animation and games sometimes.

02.03.2026 18:15 👍 1977 🔁 471 💬 21 📌 3
27.02.2026 16:41 👍 8649 🔁 2962 💬 13 📌 11

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

28.02.2026 21:44 👍 3004 🔁 1180 💬 11 📌 0
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Oh no. This was working until I got to number 23 and it’s my own job fair

01.03.2026 01:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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75 Pictures That Literally NEVER Once Fail To Make Me Laugh Uncontrollably No Matter How Many Times I See Them Here, you might need these.

Had an even harder time at work today. But at least these are making me chuckle. www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/funni...

01.03.2026 01:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

May everyone involved burn in hell

28.02.2026 11:43 👍 622 🔁 158 💬 6 📌 1

Per NYT:

"The Department of Defense is calling these strikes 'Operation Epic Fury.'" 😐

Please call your reps. And then scream into a pillow over the fact we have man children creating geopolitical chaos in the Middle East.

28.02.2026 09:43 👍 102 🔁 66 💬 2 📌 0

One of the things they don’t ever really prepare you for in libraries is having to watch regular patrons relapse.

My heart is heavy today.

28.02.2026 01:32 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
a picture of a chick with the new grass starter's beak and eyebrows badly edited on. the tumblr post underneath it says "i'll kick anyone's ass. ill kick your ass. i'll kick your dog's ass. i'll kick my own ass"

a picture of a chick with the new grass starter's beak and eyebrows badly edited on. the tumblr post underneath it says "i'll kick anyone's ass. ill kick your ass. i'll kick your dog's ass. i'll kick my own ass"

I like the new bird

27.02.2026 15:02 👍 7944 🔁 2735 💬 8 📌 15

when does the new combadge come out

27.02.2026 17:22 👍 164 🔁 18 💬 7 📌 1

I don't need life summarised and smoothed over and sanded until it's so tasteless and homogenised and efficient that's it's not worth experiencing at all

27.02.2026 12:05 👍 38 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Ok I’ve read enough news that’s sent me into a rage today. I’m disengaging from scrolling. 🤬

26.02.2026 20:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My sincere reaction to this article

26.02.2026 20:15 👍 137 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
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I told myself that those were just some weird street noises. Half an hour later I woke up again from the same noses, but louder. This time, there were news: russia launched a full scale invasion.

24.02.2026 11:07 👍 789 🔁 93 💬 1 📌 1
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Four years ago I woke up at 5 am from distant explosions. I asked my boyfriend if he heard them too, he said he didn’t and I should go back to sleep. I tried to calm myself down, went on the internet, it was silent, no news or explanations.

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