Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜

@lynnemthomas.com

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Rare Book #Librarian, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop

In the foreground is a dark blue bowl with a caprese salad (mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil) and two slices of garlic bread. In the background, a black cat. To the right, a water bottle.
Meme with pastel rainbow stripes on the left side, asking “What was your first gay bar?”
Sesame spiced turkey meatballs and smashed chickpea salad from the first Smitten Kitchen cookbook.
A scraggly orange cat wearing sneakers throws horns and says Blech ACTH ooop
A poster for Magic Mike XXL, featuring Channing Tatum and four other guys shirtless and mid dance. Spoiler alert: the plot actually *is* The Odyssey.
A black cat imitates a loaf in a sunbeam on a blue velvet chair.
Caitlin wearing a purple shirt and a grey sweater, grinning like a loon and laughing next to a pumpkin she helped decorate.
A black cat strides across a throw blanket made up of tshirts.
An orangutan, through a glass wall.
Me in a slinky black dress and white elbow length gloves, holding a glass of sparkling wine.
Me, holding a mimosa
A bacon egg and cheese mcgriddle, hash browns, and an orange juice
A burger with crispy edges and a lot of fries.
Two slices of sourdough toast with peach - black currant-sichuan pepper spread on a light blue plate.
A black cat looks balefully at the camera while wrapped in a red blanket on a red couch.
Two stacks of The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The cover has a bright salmon pink design.
A tray holding an IKEA plate of Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, peas, and lingonberry jam, a slice of brownie cake, and a bottle of water.
Two slices of sourdough toast with rhubarb-strawberry spread on a dark blue plate.
A black cat looks at the camera while lying on the back of a large brown leather chair. There are bookcases behind him.
A black cat silhouetted as he sits in front of a series of narrow windows.
A light blue plate with a hunk of goat cheese, some wheat thins, and a wheat thin spread with goat cheese and apricot lavender spread, plus a butterknife.
Toasted challah slices with cherry-violet spread and butter on a light blue plate, flanked by a green napkin and a black Tigger mug of coffee.
A Dutch oven with bubbly Gruyère cheese on top of a stove.
A large Dutch oven full of onions that have been cooked down to relatively golden (40 min)
A black cat with his feet tucked under him sits on a blue velvet chair. He is looking towards a sunbeam.
Two slices of sourdough toast with wild blueberry lychee rose spread sitting on a light blue plate.
A cheeseburger with mushroom, onion, and blue cheese, lettuce tomato and pickle, with fries.
Two slices of sourdough toast with mandarin spread on a light blue plate with a paper towel as a napkin.
Two slices of sourdough toast with butter and strawberry-passion fruit spread on a light blue plate.
A Nespresso Vertuo machine and a Aeroccino milk frother.
Two slices of ciabatta with goat cheese and orange-yuzu-grapefruit spread on a dark peacock blue plate.
A mushroom and Stilton galette
A jar of caramel with salted butter spread and a box with 24 on it and a toy soldier near some presents.
A bunch of keys and a stock certificate indicating my ownership in a co-op unit.
a box with the number 22 and a person holding a bunny, next to a jar of Raspberry-Lychee spread.
A box with gifts on it and a jar of strawberry-passionfruit spread.
a jar of peach-black currant-red sichuan pepper spread, with a box with a 20 and a penguin and toy soldier running across ice.
Two slices of sourdough toast with spreadable cheese and cherry-pink peppercorn spread on a peacock blue plate
A box with the number 18 and a penguin hauling jars of jam on a sled, and a jar of Cherry-pink peppercorn spread
A box with the number 17 and an ice skating penguin, and a jar of pear-mandarin-cinnamon spread
Two slices of toasted sourdough with orange-guava-lime spread on a dark blue plate.
A box for 15 above Orange-guava-lime spread and for 16 above Orange-Yuzu-Grapefruit spread
A box with the number 14 and a tin soldier running by and a jar of Mango-ginger spread.
A box with the number 13 and a gingerbread man holding a gift, next to a jar of Bonne Maman apricot honey spread
A jar of redcurrant-raspberry spread next to a box with a 12, with a gingerbread man holding a gift.
A jar of Pineapple-rum-vanilla spread next to its box with 11 on it, featuring an ice fisher.
A jar of Bonne Maman Madagascar Vanilla Caramel spread next to one of Wild Blueberry-lychee-rose spread
A 1oz jar of Bonne Maman white nectarine -peach-lemon verbena spread next to a box with the number 8 behind a fox in the snow.
A box with the #7 behind a bunny stacking jam jars on it, and a 1 oz jar of Bonne Maman Caramel Coffee Spread
A box with a drummer in front of the number 5, next to a 10z jar of Bonne Maman Apple-caramel-cinnamon spread
A box with bunnies opening a jar of jam in front of the number 3 to the left; to the right, a 1oz jar of Bonne Maman Plum-Pear-Star Anise spread
A box with a girl making a snowman in front of the number 2
Two slices of sourdough toast with butter and jam on a dark teal plate
A box, labeled "1" with a toy soldier carrying the number
A bifolium box with a winter scene on the Bonne Maman advent calendar
A photo of The Pope, who appears to be passionately singing into a microphone while lots of catholic religious figures mill around behind him.
Me in a navy cardigan and navy/white Minnie Mouse ears. The plaque on them says "practically perfect in every way "
A white bowl-style mug with a brown handle and interior that has a picture of a croissant and says "le petit déjeuner." There is a raisin bagel propped inside it for scale.
Caitlin in her chair, smiling.
A black cat with gold eyes looks startled yet alert.