Corry

@corrvin.bsky.social

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Librarian. Opinions are my own, not my employer's. Housemate to Jack "Checkers" Linsky, chaos detector (and cat). Gamer, maker of charts, information seeker.

some art I did yesterday. from left to right: pencil sketch of an aloe vera plant in a pot, a rubber stamp carved from that sketch, and three impressions of the rubber stamp, two of which are colored with a peach color and a brown color pot and green plant leaves
Checkers Linsky, my large black-and-white cat, stands on top of my computer tower, as if he's listening to me tell him to get down. His back right foot is about an inch from the power button.
this is my cat Checky. He is a large black and white cat, chubby around the middle, and he is lying on his side on the bed with his back legs sticking out, and his front paws folded like a little T-Rex.
The sheep was drawn with professional grade tools, and amateur grade talent. The sheep has a bit of a smirk. They are lying with their legs folded under them, and looking at the viewer, they are sort of a yellowish sand color with gray hooves. above the sheep appear the words: happy birthday Shepherd!
my cat Checkers lounges on top of a 6 foot tall bookcase. He is a white cat with black spots and a pink nose, and he has a look of mild concern.
A view from my front porch, showing the top of the trees across the road, the iron porch supports, and in the distance, a waning gibbous moon.
Closeup of plants in my yard. They have thick stems and divide at the top into dozens of little white flowerlets. I am fairly sure this is a yarrow plant.
Mjolnir (he's named after Thor's hammer, because he can only be lifted by the worthy) is a black-and-white cat with a continually startled expression, and he is looking out my glass front door. he's looking directly into the camera. he has black spots on his nose and a black spot under his chin.
Screenshot of this morning's Merlin: Red-shouldered hawk, northern mockingbird, brown-headed cowbird, mourning dove, northern cardinal, upland sandpiper, American robin, Forster's Tern, and Tufted Titmouse (this is 1 of 2 pictures of the list)
Checkers Linsky, my black-and-white cat, is lounging on the counter next to the sink. He has visible black toe beans. He is looking straight into the camera lens with very many thoughts (likely about behaving poorly).
my cat Checkers Linsky, a large, black-and-white cat, is lying on his back on my bed while I pet his tummy, which he loves
Checkers, a 5 year old black and white cat, lies on a fuzzy white, maroon, and orange blanket. His paws are folded in the most adorable way. He invites a tummy petting.
Checkers, a 5 year old cat, lounges on the bed, his paws curled and ready to bat-bat-bat at something. His eyes are focused on the camera (the phone is his target).
Checkers, a black and white kitten, approaches the camera at great speed (he is blurred). He is going to catch this phone!
Checkers Linsky, a five year-old black-and-white cat, lounges on a bed with his human, looking adorably at the camera with his front feet curled in the air.
Three tiny animals that might be cats, or foxes, are made out of white clay (Crayola Model Magic air-dry). They are not very detailed, but also they are quite small. The biggest one is probably 2.5" and the smallest about 1.5" long from nose to tail.
A screenshot of the game Glitch, depicting a little player figure standing in front of a shrine, while above them the words "Wait! You were just about to win the game!" appear. These words appeared whenever the player closed the game.
FIve books on my staff picks bookshelf: What to Do When I'm Gone: A mother's wisdom to her daughter We Will Rest: The art of escape The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters Secrets of Adulthood How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn Before You're Grown Up
A chunky black and white cat lounges on a brown sofa. His name is Checkers, he is four, and he is utterly relaxed and contemplating whatever chaos he's going to do next.
A large TV is showing a video of a bird. Two black-and-white cats, Checky and Sammy, are watching TV from directly in front of it, both heads identically tilted to the left. 
Grimmy, my second spotted cat, lying on a bed with striped sheets in front of a patchwork quilt. his front right paw is reaching out and not in the picture because it was touching my hand.
my large adult human hand behind a cluster of three pecans still on the tree and in their outer shell because they're still growing and ripening. The pecans are the size of a small lime. They are the biggest pecans I've ever seen.
Cardstock book cart, in green, with multiple colors of books; the picture is taken on a dark colored desk with amber lighting.
Checkers Linsky, my anxiety poltergeist (and also a black and white cat) is standing on top of my computer tower with one paw raised. His back foot is about a quarter inch from the button that reboots the computer. (Whose great design was that?) His expression suggests he's ready to cause chaos.
Our cat Mjolnir (because he can only be lifted by the worthy). He is black and white, has short stubby legs, beautiful green eyes, and a brain untouched by thought. He has one ear tipped (from before he arrived at our house).
A black and white cat sits on the stairs, looking pensively downward. He is very round and has a black spot under his chin and black spots on his nose and beautiful green eyes.
A simple folded cardstock representation of a book cart, full of books; on top is a cardstock book with a sketched representation of Eric Carle's iconic The Very Hungry Caterpillar cover. (Caterpillar, green and red)
A library interior made of white cardstock. There are two bookshelves, a table, a chair; on the wall is a printed table lamp. Also in front of all this is a cardstock book cart, colored with colored pencils. The whole thing is about 6" tall and the same wide.
A snippet from a café menu describing a dish called quick lunch before the fighting begins. It's a ham and cheese Panini plus some potato chips and the Panini is made with rosemary, focaccia bread, ham and American cheese.
Screenshot from the game Tiny Bookshop. On the left is a bookshelf with books in various solid colors indicating genre. Bottom right is the NPC interaction-- the NPC is asking for a book and specifying a series, with detective, a thrilling story. At the upper right is one of the fantasy books selected-- Terry Pratchett's _Guards! Guards!_ with a brief synopsis, number of pages, and year published. (The NPC took this book when I suggested it, meaning it fit their criteria.)
"This e-mail is to let you know the status of your recent suggestion of Kickoff Kitchen: 64 Game-day Recipes Inspired by Every Pro Football Team. Thank you for your suggestion. The library is purchasing the item you suggested. A hold will be placed for you."
Making a rubber stamp, in three pictures. The stamp is of a smiling, stretched-out cat. The bottom of the picture shows the sketch, inside an outline of the eraser. The middle shows the stamp itself, already carved out. The top shows the stamp used on paper.
on a multicolored rug, there are two black-and-white cats. The large, black and white cat, Checky, is looking up at the camera. The small, black-and-white cat, Sammy, is lying stretched out on his back gently pawing at Checky.
in my kitchen between the dishwasher and the microwave is some open pantry shelving. All of the cabinetry is white, and the shelves are also white. you can see some canisters and bread and tea and on the next to the bottom shelf is my cat, Checky, who is black-and-white.
in the middle is a carved block for printing, showing a dog, peering out through a gap in some blinds. The dog is an Italian greyhound. it's based on a picture taken by a friend of a friend. on all four sides are prints made from the block. on the left side are black and turquoise printing ink, and on the right side are light, blue and green shading to blue rubber stamp ink. it's not a very expertly carved block because the person who made it, which is me, had never done one before.
A block for a block printing, with the parts to be carved marked in sharpie, although some of them are already carved out. The block depicts an Italian greyhound peering out through blinds. it's based on a picture of my friend's dog, taken by his housemate.
this is a picture of my backyard where you can see our little shed and the neighbors shed on the other side of the fence, and the big oak tree, and the cloudy sky behind it. It's taken through a very dirty window, so it's kind of smudged.
A black and white kitten about three months old is being held on the lap of a person sitting in the driver seat of a car. The kitten looks uncertain, but also ready to tackle any adventure. he has enormous white paws and a crooked white blaze going up his forehead.
In the corner of the picture is a hackberry tree's upper foliage, green and leafed-out. The majority of the picture is the sky, deep clear blue, with the most perfectly wispy clouds on this most perfect day.
Checkers Linsky, my 16 pound black and white cat, is stretched out on a multicolored rug. He is awake but cannot be bothered to get up. All legs are pointed in different directions.
Sammy, a small black and white cat, sits on carpeted stairs with a judging expression.
Captain Pai, a dark point Siamese feral, sitting calmly in our grass.
Captain Pai (left) is a dark pointed Siamese, with his bestie Taikun, a gray striped cat. The two are walking companionably along a fence, in green spring grass. Taikun's tail is in a neutral relaxed position while Pai's is the straight-up tail of happiness.
On the left is my light green insulated cup with a black and white sticker of my cat Checkers. The sticker is from a photo of him perched on top of the bathroom door. On the right is the sticker printer. It's blue and about the size of my palm and has a slit for the thermal paper to come out the face of the printer.
middle aged fat white non-binary person (me) looking extraordinarily pleased. I'm wearing a black dress with off-white stars and constellation lines, and showing a full-sized can of Pringles chips which I have just put in the CAPACIOUS POCKETS of this dress.
A picture of our living room about 2004. A desk and table hold two computer setups, with CRT monitors. The computer closest to the camera has a transparent side with wires visible. On top of the tower is a black and white cat, Best Cat, crouched like a loaf. this is where he would hang out with us while we played computer games. He was 9 years old here.
A flat bottomed golden-colored Pyrex bowl (the pattern is Butterfly Gold) holding some barely visible green rice, sesame chicken, and grape-sized tomatoes, sitting on a brown-speckled laminate countertop in my kitchen.
two small pieces I made from terra-cotta colored polymer clay. One is a pot with holes to hang from a string and the other is a platter on little round feet. There is a quarter in the foreground to show that these pieces are a couple of inches across.
Sammy my little black and white cat stands on his back legs to peer out the window, next to Checky a big black and white cat loafing on the windowsill.
Checkers Linsky, my adult black and white cat, is standing in the sink with a look of contemplation. The faucet is over him, but it is not turned on.
My cat Checkers Linsky is on top of a 1970's vintage wood nightstand, sprawling with his front feet turned up and his back feet extending off the edge. he's a big cat and it's obvious that he barely fits and if there was anything on this nightstand, it would be knocked off.
Dean, a pudgy, gray striped cat, is sitting on the kitchen counter with his nose turned up. My finger is touching his nose gently. behind him, you can see the kitchen window and the bright indirect light of a snowy day at home.
Checkers, an enormous black-and-white cat, is squeezing himself under the stair rail, just where the stairs meet the ceiling. He is almost too big to fit, but he has squeezed himself out like a tube of toothpaste and is wiggling around like a straw trying to get the last spoonful of milkshake. just after this picture was taken he reversed course and got himself back on the stairs.
Grimmy, a black and white cat with green eyes and the pattern of a white spork on his forehead – once you see it you can't see it – is lying on some striped bedsheets, looking adorably at the camera. Behind him is a handmade quilt.
A non-binary person (me) is curled up in bed wearing a shirt that reads "I'm an indoor cat." next to me is Checkers Linsky, the biggest imaginable black and white cat, stretched out at a full length of over 3 feet, with his back feet toward the camera and out of frame, belly up, thoroughly relaxed, loving life. he is receiving cheek scratches.
Sammy, our six pound adult black-and-white cat, is sitting on one step of a carpeted staircase but has his front feet on the step below. He looks thoughtful but relaxed.
in the upper sky are a crescent, moon, and Venus very close to each other and below that is the fading sunset, the telephone wires, and the faded out laundromat sign, which is pure white.
This is a model library folded and glued out of cardstock. The library is an approximate copy of the library where I work, the Village Library. In front are a little bench which is a former staff member's memorial, the bike rack, and two crape myrtles, all also made of paper.
This is a Mason jar with a light inside it, illuminating holes in a sheet of black construction paper curled up in the jar. The holes are punched in a pattern to depict a firefly/lightning bug.
A 1" across fridge magnet. The image is a stack of books with "Keep Learning" written across it in red. The image is glued to a little wooden disc and a magnet is stuck on the back.