Dre Aitch (she/her)

@dreaitch.bsky.social

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Feral cat lady, Little Free Library steward, occasional maker of things, thrifter, autist, leftist, tremendous nerd. No uninvited DMs, please.

The interior of a white little free library and pantry box is shown with four interior divisions containing books and pantry items. A second shot shows the same interior completely full, with some books about Easter facing outward, as well as copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, immigration rights cards, and small toys.
The interior of a white little free library and pantry box is shown with four interior divisions containing books and pantry items. A second shot shows the same interior completely full, with some books about Easter and Eid facing outward, as well as copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, immigration rights cards, and small toys.
This image from an Oura ring report lists my resilience score as having moved from “limited” to “adequate.”
The camera pans right, past a garden flag that says “Read Books; Change the World” and another one celebrating Mardi Gras. Panning upward, the camera then focuses on a green and beige Little Free Library. Its door opens and the camera zooms in to focus on a list of March celebrations and observances on the back wall. The camera then zooms back out and pans right to show a collection of children’s books before panning up and to the left to show a small container of dog treats and a collection of adult books. Finally, the camera zooms backward to show a clear container of bookmarks attached to the library door and continued backward as the door closes.
A Little Free Library features in this video. It is painted a slate-blue color. The back panel features a medallion painting of three red-and-white mushrooms in a mountain meadow. Pantry items, copies of the Constitution and rights cards, bedazzled mushroom bookmarks, and some small toys are added to the library. In the last two shots, a brown tabby cat rolls playfully on the sidewalk and birds circle in flight against a blue, pink, and purple sky.
This video shows a large, double-door Little Free Library painted white, in a suburban neighborhood. Its back panel contains a central medallion painting of a hummingbird hovering over yellow flowers. A series of books, shelf-stable food, and other items are shown being added to the library.
A fluffy, black-and-brown tabby cat rolls on a rug in the sunlight from a sliding glass door that looks out into a courtyard. All four of his feet are in the air and he looks very pleased with himself.
A wooden Little Free Library is shown beneath a coast live oak. Nine books, including two wrapped “blind date” books and two copies of the U.S. Constitution are held up to the camera before being added to the library. The final shot shows all the books in the library with two bedazzled bookmarks.
Six children’s books about Ramadan and Muslim holidays are held up in front of a beige and green Little Free Library before being added to the books inside. The final shot shows two of the books facing out toward the viewer.
An interior shot of a large, double-doored Little Free Library is followed by glimpses of books, including Spanish-English dictionaries and resources on the U.S. Constitution. A series of shots then shows the rearranged interior with some small toys and stickers added among the books.
An interior shot of a rectangular Little Free Library is followed by glimpses of many books, including resources about the U.S. Constitution in English and Spanish. This is followed by shots of the books arranged with some small toys and stickers and then a shot of the closed library on its street corner.
This video shows a mixture of books for children and adults in English and Spanish being added to a large, double-doored Little Free Library.
This video shows four children’s books and a copy of the U.S. Constitution being added to a Little Free Library, along with a package of dog stickers and a bedazzled dog bookmark. It then shows a view of sunset over the fields behind the library box.
A camera pans left past a garden flag that says “Read Books—Change the World” and another garden flag celebrating Black History Month up to a green and beige Little Free Library. The door opens and the camera pans inward to a list of events, including Black History Month, on the library’s back wall. The camera then pans back out and to the right, then up and to the left, to give the viewer a look at the spines of the books inside. All of them are by or about African Americans. The camera finally pans back out as the library door closes.
Five pamphlets of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, featuring the American flag and the original manuscript of the Declaration, lie on a beige cushion. The edge of a gray, knitted throw appears on the left.
A paperback copy of James Baldwin’s book The Fire Next Time is in the foreground, featuring a photograph of James Baldwin looking up and to his left while his right hand adjusts his scarf. There are bushes and landscaping in the background.
A ginger-and-white cat lies on his left side on a square, gold-colored floor pillow. He is in a broad beam of sunlight with his eyes mostly closed, happily relaxing.
This Instagram reel shows two images. In the first, seven children’s books about the ocean laid out on a dining-room table. At the top of this photo are two cloth toy seagulls, one dressed as a ship’s captain and the other as a sailor. The second image provides a close-up view of the seagull toys.
The hindquarters of an orange tabby cat emerge from a dark gray body pillow’s case that is lying on a light gray bedspread. The wall behind the cat is painted a golden yellow.
A Mercury News headline reads “News Alert: Silicon Valley’s brilliant young techies help Musk, Trump penetrate government, drawing Democrat fury.” This is a screenshot taken from an email, so the headline appears above an ad for Uber drivers acting as ambulance drivers. Below that and the paper’s masthead are headshots of several men in their 20s.
An orange and white cat with a pink nose and wide-open yellow eyes peeks out from underneath the ledge of a kitchen bar while he crouches on the seat of a barstool. A rotisserie chicken sits in its open container on the bar above him.
A wide variety of books focusing on some kind of puzzle is held up, one by one, outdoors in a neighborhood setting.
A hand holds up a series of paperback books outdoors: We Were the Lucky Ones, by Georgia Hunter; Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Franklin; Maus I & II, by Art Spiegelman; and Night, by Elie Wiesel.
Paperback copies of the books Efrèn Divided, by Ernesto Cisneros; Signs Preceding the End of the World, by Yuri Herrera; Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder; The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri; Breaking Through, by Francisco Jimènez; and Typical American, by Gish Jen appear, one after the other, on a cardboard background.
This flow chart explains that visitors to the Road’s End Little Free Library may take books whether or not they have books to contribute, where to leave book contributions, and that any books visitors take may be kept, passed along to a friend, or returned to any Little Free Library.
In this video, several children’s picture books about the Lunar New Year are held up against a backdrop that includes trees and a garden flag honoring that holiday.
A long-haired, black-brown tabby cat with big yellow eyes and a salmon-pink nose looks up at the viewer from the bottom of a large, white laundry basket made of woven and braided cotton cords.
A film still from “The Producers” (1967), written and directed by Mel Brooks. Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock looks stunned and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom is anxious as they plan a fraudulent Broadway musical about Hitler in Bialystock’s office.
A white and orange tuxedo cat with green-yellow eyes looks into the camera while sitting on a bed. He wears a green collar and has a tipped left ear, indicating that he was once considered a feral community cat.
This photo is of the cover of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. It features a view of a cafe table full of drinks, cups, and glasses. Someone is resting their arms on the table in the foreground to the right, but they are only visible from behind and to their left, with just portions of the arms and hands visible.
This is the cover of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, The Serviceberry. It has a beige background with a painting of two branches full of fuschia, red, and purple berries and light-green leaves. A cedar waxwing bird is perched on the lower branch with a berry in its mouth while another flies away into the distance.