Kari Dru

@karidru.bsky.social

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Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He https://ko-fi.com/karidru October.Rosehip on discord

book asks: 1. book you've reread the most times? 2. top 5 books of all time? 3. what is your favourite genre? 4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse? 5. where do you buy books? 6. what books have you read in the last month? 7. is there a series/book that got you into reading? 8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself? 9. when do you tend to read most? 10. do you have a guilty fav? 11. what non-fiction books do you like if any? 12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings? 13. do you have a goodreads? 14. do you ever mark/dog ear books you own? 15. recommend and review a book. 16. how many books have you read this year? 17. top 5 children's books? 18. do you like historical books? which time period? 19. most disliked popular books? 20. what are things you look for in a book?
Screenshot of my above post, below which can be seen profile pics and user names of people who had lied it. Notably, without me expanding anything. This detail has been circled for emphasis.
A colourpoint cat beside a coffee table full of books and a basket of mending. She has a serious expression.
A pink and blue resin fountain pen held in hand. The grip section is a somewhat purpleish midnight blue, which is something of an improvement over eggplant because it is supposed to be sky blue.
A torbie cat and a tuxedo cat in a window, seen from behind, gently touching their faces together.
A torbie cat looks at the camera with an expression that says "you see this shit, right?" From just out of frame, her tuxedo sister presses a paw against her, like she's going to push the torbie off the windowsill. However, the torbie's paw is halfway to whapping position.
Post from robertl.in: I'm with DHH on this one. We don't want a central authority dictating what it will and will not translate. That'd be like a library deciding what I may or may not read. Also, I agree with Oli. The OP is inflammatory and misleading. Deportation is not extermination. DHH is advocating for deportation.
A tuxedo cat curled into a green muslin blanket regards the viewer. The blanket is draped over what is obviously bent human legs.
Two stacked, empty boxes with labels digitally scribbled over, and s fluffy orange cat exiting one of them- and also exiting the frame.
Loose ink drawing in progress of a short tailed raccoon with long skinny legs, giving mad side eye. He is insufficiently evocative of the golden mean.
Post from notlikewe dot bsky dot social quote tweeting me: Avoid it or not whatever that's up to you but there is zero evidence that other Taylor Farms products pose any risk at all This is not a Boars head situation (and even the panic around that was also overblown)
A tuxedo cat on her back on a cat tree, her legs splayed every which way.
A fluffy tuxedo cat with wide eyes and a small, knowing smile looking down at the viewer from a stepladder.
A box of pomegranate pistachio Turkish delight.
Fireflies wink at each other near darkened trees during a thunderstorm.
Flat, looming, rainclouds are bisected by powerlines. Tendrils of smoke drift, almost blending into them, but much lighter and faster and soon dissipated.
A concerned looking gray cat with very wide eyes is hunched up on carpeted stairs that look like they are made of allergens.
A tuxedo cat clinging to and licking a scratching pole on a cat tree.
A little white moth enjoying the center part of a yucca bloom- the part i can't eat, anyway.
Detail of colored pencil ferns and mosses at the base of a tree
close up of the base of tree under which is now a dark brown suggestion of lumpy texture.
The tree's base layer of color is filled in and now there are flowerblobs.
A greyish brown sheet of paper on which is starting to form a person with antlers under a giant tree growing into a hill.
Two young, sleepy cats on a star patterned blanket. The torbie has buried her face affectionately into the belly fur of the tuxedo.
A gray cat called Stripey even tho her coat has darkened and obscured her pattern. She's chilling with a plush Gengar and pink dragon, with some research materials and a random box of Turkish delight. And now you know how I do my writing.
Long haired tuxedo cat flopping around on her back on a cat tree by a rainy window. You can see one green eye staring back.
A fluffy tuxedo cat sitting loaf style on a cat tree platform. She has major Weird Little Guy energy this evening.
A dark gray cat with bright green eyes in a cream cat tower porthole.
A dark gray tabby with green eyes watches from a shady spot in the yard.
A gray cat tail trails out of the porthole on the bottom level of a cat tree. A torbie cat sits above looking down at it.
A cream colored cat tree, with a tuxedo cat hugging the sisal pole with her face pressed against it. There is also a gray cat in the porthole but i think you have to trust me on that.
Sitting in some untamed shrubbery is a calico cat with vibrant green eyes that look like my cat Stripey's, and markings reminiscent of the tricolor portion of Stripey's one litter. She alsi has a giant black nose splotch and somewhat adymmetrical facial features of my belovedly remembered cat Fenris. It looks like she's been eartipped.
An irritated tuxedo cat on a stepstool in a wood paneled room. Her eyebrow whiskers are extremely animated.
A textured leatherette book cover in cream with a yellow howling wolf on it. It has been repeatedly punctured by claws.
A screengrab from the game Scarlet Hollow, in which a box of "Craft macaroni and cheese" is being interacted with. The text window in front of the illustrated (and alarming) pantry reads: "You pick up a box of Tabitha's Mac and cheese. You can't say you've ever seen the brand before. *cook it for yourself. *put it back. *empty the box and stuff it with the dead mouse on the shelf.
Three fountain pens on a notebook. Next to each is written the name of the ink they contain. A deep teal with sparkle that isn't showing well reads "Celestial skies (inkvent)" with an arrow pointing at the glacial blue, sparkly, Benu Astrogem Christmas. Below that, a deep, cool red "Cranberry (inkvent)" points at a basic teal Aurora Ipsilon. Below that, black "Take-Sumi (Iroshizuku) points at a maroon and pearl Pilot e95s.
A torbie cat sitting between me and my teacup, looking expectant.
A young torbie with incredibly green eyes relaxes on a cat condo near a window. Her very round tummy is exposed.
Gazing up into a catalpa tree. It has giant leaves, dappled white blooms, and long brown beanpods.
Text reads: Fighter: The garrison is coming! Hide! Party rolls for stealth* Meanwhile, Moon Moon the druid: (photo of a timber wolf leaping, which looks like it's doing a silly dance).
A gray cat on a stepstool, contorting herself to lick her leg. Her hair is already sticking out in all directions, despite being short.
A rugosa rose with a scattering of palest pink blooms mostly obscures a rhubarb plant by a vinyl sided structure. They are going absolutely feral.
A Chinese clay teapot with a tenmoku teacup full of dark tea. They are sitting on a plain table, missing the rest of the tools of gongfu tea preparation. The rinse water went in a mason jar, in fact.
A small DXG digital camera held in hand. It has Five. Whole. Megapixels.
A long haired tuxedo cat with sea green eyes and a streak down ger nose looking smug over my shoulder.
The overhead light is now on and the cellphone that took the pic casts a shadow on the cat watercolor painting. The cat now has the suggestion of stripes and a hatchy butterscotchy background color. He maintains his stink eye.
am anthropomorpic pumpkin strides through a forest at sunset, in watercolor. The hues tend toward reds and golds with purple shadows. It is very Halloweencore.
The continuation of Pimento Creature. The olive and its shadows are brighter.
The cat outline continues. It is sitting beside a small chest, beneath a tied back curtain, and has knocked a candlestick over, snuffing the candle. It is, nevertheless, judging you. Maybe for putting the candle near fabric.
The olive with pimento inhabitant watercolor continues. Shadows are darker and in danger of being overworked. Its knobbly little fingers are red now.
Watercolor in progress of a cocktail olive on a plate. The pimiento is a creature thinking about crawling out.
A pencil outline of a judgy cat/wizard's familiar.
A tuxedo cat and a yorbie cat in a window. The tuxedo cat is starting some shit. The torbie cat has a betrayed look on her face.
A cellphone pic of a Midori A6 calendar page on which is printed in a lovely dark shading russet "perhaps today is little things that improve my life day". In the hours list, the numbers have been disregarded. Coffee and food are in what is being used as a "done list". Behold, chronic illness.
Screengrab of a reply to me from FuryNumberTwo, that says "speaking of those regular people you liek (sic) to weaponize so you don't feel bad" and links to something about met staff not making a living wage, which I completely believe, to be fair.
A black and white cat flopped on her back. She's kind of in a circle and her feet are every which way. You can barely see her little white nose streak behind her right arm but otherwise you can't see her head.
A Benu Astrogem Christmas fountain pen resting atop a kokuyo notebook page of hastily drafted writing.
A torbie cat in close up planning mischief. In spite of very fuzzy ears, her fur is short.
The cat has some stripes now and the silhouetted tree expands like spilled ink.
Sketchbook with unfinished ink sketch of an alert looking tabby sitting like a gargoyle on a wall. A shadowy tree shape begins indicating that it's night out and this is gonna take a minute. You can see my arm in the bottom of the frame.