Christine Roca

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IBCLC 🤱 Historical costumer 🪡🧵 Neurospicy ✨ she/her 💙: Libraries 🎧📚 Puzzles 🧩 Knit/Crochet 🧶

Screenshot of another user’s gleaming moon photo directly above this post
Black cockapoo faces the camera as he jumps with a green frisbee in his mouth. His ears, not to be confused with wings, flap outward
Small black cockapoo stands outside in the sunshine wearing a green knit sweater. His mouth is open just enough to see his bottom teefers and his tail is mid-wag.
A view through the ruins of Dunamase Castle reveals a cloudy sky, green rolling hills, and a stone church in the distance.
3 purple crocus flowers bloom betwixt dried brown leaves and green vinca leaves
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in February: Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism The Berry Pickers Cinderella is Dead Symphony of Secrets Razorblade Tears
January: My Dark Vanessa Half Truths Even Though I Knew the End Clap When You Land Good Spirits When the Wolf Comes Home The White Hot Katabasis The Silent Companions Wintering Woodworking When the Harvest Comes Love is a War Song Bunny
Black cockapoo sits on a red couch and looks directly at you with the tip of his pink tongue sticking out
Photos of knit scarf with lines drawn on one image to designate which directions to weave the pieces together
The cuff portion of a mitt knit in green yarn features cables and a chevron design. Bright pink yarn is threaded through the top row as a placeholder since I only have 1 set of DPNs in this size. To the right of this cuff is its counterpart, still on the needles, and only about 2” long.
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in December: I’ll Make a Spectacle of You Future Boy Nocticadia Something in the Walls An Elderly Lady Must Not be Crossed Cry, Voidbringer
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in November: Saltcrop Esperance Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil The Everlasting
Libby notification that “I’ll Make a Spectacle of You” was added to The Free Library of Philadelphia on November 18.
A pink sky to the left, a green sky to the right, swirls of hazy purple in between
A white woman dressed in an 18th century gown hangs a portrait of King George III upside-down in protest of the tyrant.
Photo of “Cry, Voidbringer” by Elaine Ho. The white book with black lettering stands against a green background. The edge of a gold frame and a green glass jar appear in opposite corners of the photo.
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in September: The Serviceberry Parents Weekend It Rhymes With Takei Caught Up The God of the Woods Victorian and Edwardian Fashion Atmosphere
Black cockapoo puppy proudly stands outside with a stick (ok, an 8-foot branch) in his mouth
Closeup of a bee on a pale pink sedum flower.
A sleepy black cockapoo puppy rests his head on a pink axolotl squishmallow.
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in August: The Secret Garden After Taste Yellow Jessamine What Does It Feel Like? Chef’s Kiss A Botanical Daughter Care Work The Book of Madness and Cures Automatic Noodle The Deep Forbidden Alchemy Everything is Tuberculosis
Jigsaw puzzle of Monet’s Garden
Screenshot of Chef’s Kiss on Libby bookshelf. Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle appears underneath.
Multicolored line drawing of 2 adult figures cradling an infant. They are encircled by a green arrow. Text underneath says “Prioritise Breastfeeding; Create sustainable support systems; WABA | World Breastfeeding Week 2025” From who.int - Invest in breastfeeding, invest in the future World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year in the first week of August, championed by WHO, UNICEF, Ministries of Health and civil society partners around the globe. It’s a time to recognize breastfeeding as a powerful foundation for lifelong health, development, and equity. Under the banner of WHO’s ongoing Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures campaign, World Breastfeeding Week will shine a particular spotlight on the ongoing support women and babies need from the healthcare system through their breastfeeding journey. This means ensuring every mother has access to the support and information she needs to breastfeed as long as she wishes to do so - by investing in skilled breastfeeding counselling, enforcing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, and creating environments—at home, in healthcare, and at work—that support and empower women.
StoryGraph cover collage of books read in July: Against Technoableism Tender Is the Flesh Winter Rose Tilt A Week in Winter The Witching Tide Out of the Woods I Can’t Even Think Straight Something in the Water Detained All the Sinners Bleed The Garden of Small Beginnings Bloom Wild Dark Shore The Little Coffee Shop of Terrors I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
A fuzzy bumblebee gathers pollen from a coneflower.
Overhead view of a black-eyed Susan flower in bloom amid a bed of green leaves and closed buds.
Purple coneflower petals with green center
StoryGraph cover collage for June: The Summer I Turned Pretty One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Intermezzo
“Mosaic Tree of Life” 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle centers a black tree with sinewy branches on a glowing background of white, yellow, and red. Colorful orbs with spiral or bullseye designs are interspersed among the branches.
A small black cockapoo hugs his stuffed lamb while lying at his owner’s feet and looking upward with sad eyes
Assortment of flower, herb, and vegetable seed packets on display at a public library. The sign posted next to it says “Seed Library. Grow and keep the seeds.”
StoryGraph cover collage for February 2025 featuring the following titles: So Let Them Burn, Shopkeeping, Black Sun, House of Bone and Rain, How We Learn to Be Brave, Wandering Stars, Death of the Author, The Black God’s Drums, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon, All Fours, and Soil.
Cappuccino art design of a tulip with an adjacent floating heart.
Screenshot of of Libby hold for “House of Bone and Rain” by Gabino Iglesias. “Hold placed, 1st in line.”
Screenshot of Libby notices showing 3 copies of Mariann Edgar Budde’s “How We Learn to Be Brave” newly added to the Free Library of Philadelphia.